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A parliamentary report of recorded a local workhouse in Rotherham with Parish workhouses or poorhouses also existed at Rawmarsh, Laughton and. Census: Residents of Union Workhouse, Alma Road, Rotherham, York Henry Charles TURNER, M, 53, M, Master (Head), Workhouse Master, Sheffield, .
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The legislation was implemented rapidly in the rural south of England but workhouses were longer in appearing in the north, where outdoor relief was still preferred on the grounds of its cheapness and efficiency. However, in the Poor Law Guardians bought five acres of land off Moorgate on which to build the new workhouse in compliance with the new law. The Union was made up from a number of local parishes.
It took two years to build the workhouse, which was open by the end of July The workhouse was able to accommodate inmates and occupied one of the most healthy areas on the outskirts of the town. It continued to be used as a hospital into the s. Some small parts of the workhouse still exist but the majority of it has been demolished.