The Walton le Dale Workhouse…
In modern day terms, the Walton le Dale Workhouse was were the Food Warehouse is in Bamber Bridge is now, off Station Road.
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The first reference I can find to the workhouse is in the Preston Chronicle newspaper that was published on Saturday, 19th March, 1831. It is the recording of a death that seems quite remarkable given the circumstances.
On Monday, last, at Walton Workhouse, aged 93, Margery-Woodruffe, formerly of this town [Preston].