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St Michael's Parish Workhouse date unknownGifford Place takes its name from the residence of Alderman James. Gifford (died 1774), whose old Georgian building of red brick standing well back from its lofty entrance gates had been demolished by the time A B Gray made this note in 1921. The Parish Poorhouse, at the entrance gate, still survived at this time.
St Michael’s, the smallest of Cambridge’s old parishes, gained its workhouse through the 1744 legacy of Mrs Ann Carrow. The money was invested in two tenements in Gifford’s Place, off Green Street, with the parish subsequently being given the option of turning them into almshouses. The tenements were rebuilt in 1794 for the use of the most distressed paupers belonging to the parish. (The Workhouse in Cambridge)
1836:
James Careless
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1841:
John Hoppett, 35, college servant
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1851:
Robert C Hands, head, 32, letter carrier, b Cambridge
George Gray, head, 27, painter, b Cambridge
John Hoppett, 44, college servant, b Trumpington
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1861: (see Gifford Place, Trinity Street)
James Carter, 33, college porter, b Fulbourn
Charlotte Dickerson, 64, supported by friends, b Cambridge
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