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Tiddicross Workhouse

Tiddicross Parish Workhouse

Tiddicross Field, situated to the west of Wrockwardine on the road to Charlton, was purchased for charitable purposes in 1657, when the rents of the property, upon which a house and barn were later built, were divided annually between the poor of the parish. The cost of relieving local poverty rose rapidly during the 17th and 18th Centuries and in 1782 the parish authorities were forced to rent a cottage in which to house the local poor. However, most people requiring assistance received it outside the institution, through cash payments and goods in kind. At that time, the parish included the detached settlement of Wrockwardine Wood, where the need for aid proved to be particularly heavy and was often linked to downturns in local industry.