Cobblers City Woodley

[susannon]

Can anyone please tell me about Cobblers city, which I understand was a workhouse in Woodley, and how I might look at their records?

Thank you,

Sue

[Peter Goodey]

I used to live in the area and I feel as if I ought to know the answer but I have to confess my ignorance.

So far as I know, there wasn't a Union workhouse in the Woodley area. Perhaps an earlier parish workhouse? Trouble is, when you go back a bit, Woodley barely existed. I only know of Cobblers City as a hamlet in that area.

Unless someone else can come up with an answer, I can only suggest that you ask Berkshire Record Office - someone there ought to know (although not necessarily the person answering the phone!). If the place existed and if any records survived, that's where they are likely to be.

[peter nicholl]

There is a mention of the Woodley and Sandford Parish Workhouse (for up to 50 inmates) at

http://users.ox.ac.uk/~peter/workhouse/Wokingham/Wokingham.shtml

It existed up until 1834, after that it came under the Wokingham Poor Law Union.
There may also be something on the Hurst website http://history.hvs.org.uk

HTH

Peter