Staff of Abingdon Union and Workhouse
Principal Staff of the Abingdon Union and Workhouse with dates in post and annual salary (PRO: MH9/1)
| Clerk | |||
| Richard Ellis | Oct 1835 - | £75 | |
| Bromley Challenor | Mar 1861 - Aug 1888 (died) | £90 (£140 from Apr 1877) | |
| Bromley Challenor Jnr. | Sep 1897 - Oct 1918 | £180 | |
| Master | |||
| Richard Ellis senior | Oct 1835 - 1853 | £150 | |
| Richard Ellis junior | Oct 1853 - 1861 | £150 | |
| James Clarke | Dec 1861 - Jan 1892 (resgd. "Ill health") | £85, £100 from Apr 1874 | |
| Joseph Fray | Apr 1892 - Mar 1918 ("Superann.") "Unfounded attack on the W.H. administration by the Press, 1909. The Master and Matron have been superannuated but will continue to discharge their duties during the period of the war, receiving no salary but taking their superannuated offices together with B & L in the W.H." | £70 (£110 from Aug 1899, £113 from Feb 1910) | |
| Charles Howard | May 1919 - | £60 | |
| Matron | |||
| Ann Ellis | Oct 1835 - 1838 (died) | £50 | |
| Hannah Ellis | Oct 1839 - 1853 (died) | £50 | |
| Susannah Ellis | Oct 1853 - 1861 | £50 | |
| Harriet Clarke | Dec 1861 - Jan 1892 (resgd. "Ill health") | £40, £50 from Apr 1874 | |
| Elizabeth Fray | Apr 1892 - Mar 1918 | £30; £55 from Aug 1899; £58 from Feb 1910 | |
| Amy A Howard May | 1919 - | £55 | |
| Treasurer | |||
| Henry Knapp | Oct 1835 - | (Post unsalaried) | |
| James P Hammeth | Oct 1851 - May 1882 (resgd.) | ||
| Henry D'Almaine | Jun 1882 - Oct 1894 (resgd.) | ||
| Isaac Westcombe | Dec 1894 - May 1915 (die) | ||
| CJS Dawson June | 1915 - | ||
| Chaplain | |||
| Revd Thomas H Hawes | June 1836 | £50 | |
| Revd J Harker | Nov 1862 - Jan 1871 (resgd.) | £50 | |
| Ven Alfred Pott | Mar 1871 - Sep 1874 (resgd.) | £50 | |
| Hon Revd Henry Bligh | Oct 1874 - Aug 1878 (resgd.) | £70 | |
| Revd William Gibbs | Nov 1878 - Jan 1885 (resgd.) | £50; £70 from Aug 1879 | |
| Revd Robert CJ Griffiths | Jan 1885 - Jul 1896 (died) | £70 | |
| Revd Wentworth Watson | Sep 1896 - May 1900 (resgd.) | £60 | |
| Revd HJ Maitland | May 1900 - Jun 1914 (resgd.) | £60 | |
| Revd HA Kennedy | Jul 1914 - £60 | ||
| Medical Officer | |||
| Daniel Stone | Mar 1854 - Nov 1869 (died) | £45 | |
| Henry McK. Parkes | Dec 1869 - Apr 1875 (died) | £45 | |
| Charles Hemming | May 1875 - May 1876 (resgd.) | £45 | |
| Henry Edward Dixon | Jul 1876 - Jan 1892 (resgd.) | £45 | |
| Sidney A Hayman | Jan 1892 - May 1900 (died) | £45; £60 from Mar 1896 | |
| Edward K Woodford | July 1900 | £60 | |
| Nurse | |||
| Many | 1848-1892 | approx salary £20-32 | |
| Various nursing posts e.g. Charge Nurse | from 1894 | Approx salary £30-60 | |
| Assistant Nurse | 1848-1892 | Approx salary £20-32. | |
| Vaccination Officer | (Nuneham Courtney and Sutton Courtney Districts) | ||
| William G Salisbury | Jul 1872 - Mar 1879 (died) | 1/- per case | |
| Vaccination Officer | (Abingdon, Fyfield and Cumnor Districts) | ||
| Tom Simpson | Jul 1872 | 1/- per case | |
| Schoolmaster/ mistress | |||
| Many | (From 1874 children sent out to National Schools) | Approx salary £30 | |
| School Attendance Officer | |||
| Louis B Russell | Mar 1879 | £18 | |
| Industrial Trainer | |||
| Ellen Veary | Oct 1873 - Dec 1900 (died) | £25; £30 from Apr 1889 | |
| Porter | |||
| Many | Approx salary £20-30. | ||
| Baker | |||
| Many | Approx salary 12/- per week | ||
| Superintendent of Labour and Gardener | |||
| Many | 1856-67 | Approx salary £20 | |
| Industrial Teacher and Gardener | |||
| Many | 1868 on | Approx salary £20-30 | |
| Superintendent of Labour and Laundry Woman | |||
| Many | 1856-67 | Approx salary £15 | |
| Industrial Teacher and Laundry Woman | |||
| Many | 1868 on | Approx salary £20 | |
| Relieving Officers for 3 Relief Districts | |||
| Many | |||
| Assistant Relieving Officer for Vagrants | |||
| Supt Peter Hedger | Apr 1869 - Dec 1885 (died) | £5 | |
| Inspector John Heath | Dec 1885 - Mar 1900 (died) | £4; £5 from Jan 1886 | |
| Pol Supt Edmund Holding | Apr 1900 - Dec 1903 (resgd.) | £5 | |
| Pol Supt William Foster | Jan 1904 - £5 | ||
| Collectors of the Guardians | |||
| Many | 1876 onwards | Five or ten percent commission |
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