Intro
Another morgue, DEAD PEOPLE FRIDGESSS
Biiiiig thanks and props to Mockneyreject, who drove about mad and spotted the boards up on something else near which lead to me throwing a mad excitable fit when I saw this tucked away at the side.
Had a good day, thanks for putting up with me!
Hope you enjoy the report?
History
Work house turned hospital, this place, unlike most others, retained some of it's original features from it's Workhouse early years. The whole Vagrant's block had been retained. Why they did this was unclear, but a small section of this small block was converted into a small Mortuary that would service both St Mary's and Melton Mowbray cottage hospitals.
Here's some history of St Mary's and it's past:
Up to 1834
A parliamentary report of 1777 recorded a parish workhouse in operation in 'Melton Mobray' with accommodation for up to 40 inmates. In 1835, there was a workhouse in the town on Back Street.
After 1834
Melton Mowbray Poor Law Union officially came into existence on 26th March 1836. Its operation was overseen by an elected Board of Guardians, 56 in number, representing its 54 constituent parishes as listed below:
County of Leicester: Ab-Kettleby, Asfordby, Ashby Folville, Barsby, Branston, Brooksby, Buckminster, Burrough-on-the-Hill, Burton Lazars, Coston, Great Dalby, Little Dalby, Dalby-on-the-Wolds, Eastwell, Eaton, Edmondthorpe, Freeby, Frisby-on-the-Wreak, Gaddesby, Garthorpe, Goadby Marwood, Grimston, Harby, Hoby, Holwell, Hose, Kirby Bellars, Long Clawson, Melton Mowbray (3), Nether Broughton, Old Dalby, Pickwell with Leesthorpe, Ragdale, Rotherby, Saltby, Saxby, Saxelby, Scalford, Sewstern, Somerby, Sproxton, Stapleford, Stathern, Stonesby, Sysonby, Thorpe Arnold, Thorpe Satchville, Twyford, Waltham-on-the-Wolds, Wartnaby, Welby, Wycomb and Chadwell, Wyfordby, Wymondham.
Another morgue, DEAD PEOPLE FRIDGESSS
Biiiiig thanks and props to Mockneyreject, who drove about mad and spotted the boards up on something else near which lead to me throwing a mad excitable fit when I saw this tucked away at the side.
Had a good day, thanks for putting up with me!
Hope you enjoy the report?
History
Work house turned hospital, this place, unlike most others, retained some of it's original features from it's Workhouse early years. The whole Vagrant's block had been retained. Why they did this was unclear, but a small section of this small block was converted into a small Mortuary that would service both St Mary's and Melton Mowbray cottage hospitals.
Here's some history of St Mary's and it's past:
Up to 1834
A parliamentary report of 1777 recorded a parish workhouse in operation in 'Melton Mobray' with accommodation for up to 40 inmates. In 1835, there was a workhouse in the town on Back Street.
After 1834
Melton Mowbray Poor Law Union officially came into existence on 26th March 1836. Its operation was overseen by an elected Board of Guardians, 56 in number, representing its 54 constituent parishes as listed below:
County of Leicester: Ab-Kettleby, Asfordby, Ashby Folville, Barsby, Branston, Brooksby, Buckminster, Burrough-on-the-Hill, Burton Lazars, Coston, Great Dalby, Little Dalby, Dalby-on-the-Wolds, Eastwell, Eaton, Edmondthorpe, Freeby, Frisby-on-the-Wreak, Gaddesby, Garthorpe, Goadby Marwood, Grimston, Harby, Hoby, Holwell, Hose, Kirby Bellars, Long Clawson, Melton Mowbray (3), Nether Broughton, Old Dalby, Pickwell with Leesthorpe, Ragdale, Rotherby, Saltby, Saxby, Saxelby, Scalford, Sewstern, Somerby, Sproxton, Stapleford, Stathern, Stonesby, Sysonby, Thorpe Arnold, Thorpe Satchville, Twyford, Waltham-on-the-Wolds, Wartnaby, Welby, Wycomb and Chadwell, Wyfordby, Wymondham.
County of Nottingham: Over Broughton.
Later Additions: Bescaby (from 1858), Shoby (from 1858), Sysonby with Eye Kettleby (from 1894).
Later Additions: Bescaby (from 1858), Shoby (from 1858), Sysonby with Eye Kettleby (from 1894).
The population falling within the Union at the 1831 census had been 17,872 with parishes ranging in size from Brookesby (population 10) to Melton Mowbray itself (3,356). The average annual poor-rate expenditure for the period 1833-5 had been £9,433 or 10s.7d. per head of the population.
A Union workhouse was built in 1836 at the east side of Thorpe Road in Melton Mowbray. It was designed by Charles Dyer and adopted an elongated H-plan layout, rather than one of radial layouts more popular at the time.
A vagrants' block was located at the south of the workhouse. It contained work cells for stone-breaking at the southern side. The cells walls contained outlet grids (now bricked up) through which were placed the small pieces of broken stone.
The nearby vagrant cells were for vagrants, or tramps, passing through the town.
Interesting List of residents: http://www.workhouses.org.uk/MeltonMowbray/MeltonMowbray1901.shtml#Inmates
Further reading: http://www.workhouses.org.uk/MeltonMowbray/
http://www.meltontimes.co.uk/news/local/town-s-piece-of-history-could-be-lost-1-464848
Pictures
Have some messy pics about dead people things, No doubt MR's pics will be better
Mortuary
External
Fridgez
A rather bare and empty Chapel of rest
Skylight
FYAH
Why do dead people need to be comfy?
May the force be with you
Uno
Lock you in
Special waste
Plans
Cells
Chimney
Best served chilled
