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The Field Estate of William Cowle

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Patients and staff in Stroud Hospital 1881

The new hospital was built very soon after William COWLE bought The Field Estate and donated the land to the Trustees. The story of Stroud's Dispensary and first Casualty Hospital are told elsewhere, but by the 1870s the Trustees were searching for a larger and purpose-built establishment. William COWLE had been a member of the Board of Health for some time and his donation of land on the western edge of The Field estate must have been greatly welcomed. The Nurses Home was not built until the 1930s and the censuses suggest that some of the nursing staff were housed in Fern Royal House, halfway down Middle Street, at least for a time.

The census taken on the night of the 3rd April 1881 listed the following staff and patients at Stroud Hospital: The return lists the staff first - you will notice they are all Unmarried. I have added a column YoB to show the person's approx Year of Birth. Poor Margaret JONES travelled a long way to become an unemployed laundress. This transcript is made courtesy of the National Archives, who own the copyright on all census papers.

Surname	First name	Position	Marital status	Age	YoB	Occupation	Place of birth
STRONG	Frederick W	Surgeon	U	25	1856	house surgeon MCRS LRCP	Yorks, Howden
PRATT	Elizabeth	matron	U	38	1843	matron	Warks, Claverdon
KING	William James	servant	U	30	1851	hospital porter	Glos, Stroud
HENDY	Sarah Annie	servant	U	19	1862	housemaid	Glos, Longford
ALLWAY	Sarah Ann	servant	U	21	1860	cook	Glos, Horsley
GARDINER	Ellen M	servant	U	22	1859	ward maid	Glos, Bisley
RAY	Frances E	nurse	U	36	1845	nurse	Glos [?], Knaresborough
HORWOOD	Mildred E	nurse	U	24	1857	nurse	Glos, Coln St Andrews
BISHOP	Amelia M	nurse	U	22	1859	nurse	Glos, Stonehouse
BROWNING	William	patient	M	64	1817	agricultural labourer	Glos, Stonehouse
GREGORY	George	patient	M	47	1834	general labourer	Glos, Eastington
AYERS	John	patient	U	19	1862	agricultural labourer	Glos, Frampton on Severn
FORD	Edward	patient	U	20	1861	wood turner	Glos, Rodborough
TWISSELL	Henry	patient	U	22	1859	general labourer	Glos, Bisley
WINSTONE	Joseph	patient	U	17	1864	plasterer bricklayer	Glos, Bisley
ALDRIDGE	James W	patient	M	26	1855	cloth cutter	Glos, Rodborough
MASTERS	William John	patient	U	17	1864	agricultural labourer	Glos, Cranham
PARTRIDGE	Frederick	patient	M	45	1836	mason's labourer	Glos, Stroud
GILL	Frederick	patient	M	15	1866	under gardener	Glos, Randwick
ROBERTS	Maryann	patient	U	26	1855	laundress domestic servant	Glos, Mitcheldean
HEATH	Eliza Matilda	patient	U	22	1859	housemaid	Cambs, Dillingham
ROE	Sarah A	patient	U	42	1839	inn landlady	Hants, Southampton
GOTOBED	Frances J	patient	U	14	1867	tailoress	Glos, Newport
JONES	Margaret A	patient	M	40	1841	laundress unemployed	Canada Nova Scotia Halifax
WEBB	Mary Jane	patient	U	35	1846	tailoress	Glos, Bisley
MUTTON	Emily	patient	U	13	1868	tailoress	Glos, Stroud
BOLTON	Priscilla	patient	U	20	1861	mill hand cloth mill	Glos, Stroud
DAVIES	Elizabeth E	patient	U	39	1842	power loom weaver	Wilts, Westbury
BIRD	Eliza Ann	patient	U	13	1868	scholar	Glos, Bisley
BARRETT	Emily	patient	U	14	1867		Glos, Miserden
ANDREWS	Emily Jane	patient		7	1874	scholar	Glos, Stroud
HAWKINS	Matilda	patient		8	1873	scholar	Glos, Stroud
STOCKWELL	Henry	patient		9	1872	scholar	Glos, Stonehouse