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Ancestry UK

Workhouse Tour

Current location:
Guardians' Boardroom

The Board of Guardians, the elected representatives of each parish in the Union, met here weekly or fortnightly to discuss Union business.

From here you can:
Go out to the observation landing

Pontefract workhouse boardroom, early 1900s. © Peter Higginbotham

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