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- Extracts from
   the rules of
   Trentham
   Workhouse
   1810



Extract from
   When I was a
   Child by
   Charles Shaw

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   of the Spittals
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Food in the Workhouse - Extracts from the Rules of Trentham Workhouse 1810
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A print of Chell Workhouse, circa 1839

A print of Chell Workhouse, circa 1839.


The Governor and Matron shall allot the quantity of provision for each day's consumption agreeable to the following Bill of Fare, shall see them weighed, and properly dressed and distributed.

Sunday:    Broth - meat and potatoes -peas, soup.
Monday:   Rice, milk - soup and bread and cheese - mashed potatoes.
Tuesday:  Broth - pork and pease pudding or bacon broth.
                  Wednesday:  Milk, porridge - meat and potatoes or bacon and
                  vegetables-broth.
Friday:      Rice and milk - Ox cheek or legs of beef with potatoes - broth.
Saturday: Milk porridge - a clearance of what has been cooked made
                  with bread and cheese - rice milk.

 

Extracts from the rules of Trentham Workhouse continued...