Monument record TR 02 SE 1 - Site of Romney Marsh Union Workhouse, Church Road, New Romney

Romney Marsh Union Workhouse, was converted from a large house on Church Road, in 1840. Demolished in the 1950s Initially, three existing parish workhouses were retained by the union: at Lydd, for the temporary reception of the able-bodied; at Brookland for the aged and infirm; and at New Romney for the children. Eventually, a large house on Church Road, New Romney was purchased and around £1000 spent on its conversion for use as the union workhouse.
Site of Romney Marsh Union Workhouse as shown on the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Edition O/S maps.

Landmark, Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 2nd Edition, 1897-1900): Landmark Epoch 2 (Map). SKE30965.

Landmark, 1907-1923, Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 3rd Edition, 1907-1923): Landmark Epoch 3 (Map). SKE30966.

Swale and Thames Archaeological Survey Company, 2014, Archaeological Monitoring of land at Little Blackhall, Blackhall Lane, Sevenoaks, Kent (Unpublished document). SKE30954.

<1> Kent County Council, 1987-, Kent County Council: holding record (Miscellaneous Material). SKE59004.