Machynlleth The new
workhouse, located at the end of Maengwyn Street,
was eventually completed in 1860. Even after the opening of the new
workhouse the Union still paid small sums of money to people in the area
who were in temporary difficulties. Those with longer
term problems, though, had to report to the workhouse, and
their belongings could be sold by the Union and the money used to cover
some of the cost of their care. More
about Machynlleth's workhouse...
The workhouse
A
new workhouse for Machynlleth Union
The Machynlleth
Union was not at all keen to build a new workhouse but the authorities
insisted. It looked for a while as if the Machynlleth Union might be disbanded.
The Union had difficulty obtaining a proper site for a new building site
and the necessary money to build it.