You start this multi form The Hursley Workhouse
At the start there is a Chirp "Called HURSLEY" for those with an enabled GPS. If not then just search as normal.
Please park with some care and consideration for the locals, the local pub car park will probably your best bet, with the start of the trail just around the corner at the Square (Iron Railings)
If you wish to you can take in 3 other caches "directly" on your way around this multi:
Hursley Circular #1 - GC1MG1X
Hursley Circular #2 - GC1MG24
Hursley Circular #17 - GC1MG53
There are also 2 other caches in the village
Kebleland - GC21QJJ a quick multi around the area of the Church and park
The Monarch's Way - Hursley - GC1Y97H - Another quick there and back
A parish workhouse was erected near the centre of Hursley in 1828.
After 1834
Hursley Poor Law Union was officially formed on 11th August 1835. Its operation was overseen by an elected Board of Guardians, 9 in number, representing its 5 constituent parishes as listed below (figures in brackets indicate numbers of Guardians if more than one):
After the formation of Hursley Poor Law Union, the former parish workhouse in Hursley continued in use as the union workhouse. It comprised two long parallel rows of cottages running north-south, the L-shaped eastern row having a short frontage onto the street at its northern end. The area between the two main blocks formed yards for different classes of inmate. Two small blocks, running east-west ran across the central area at its centre and southern ends. The site location and layout is shown on the 1867 map below.
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The workhouse, unnamed though clearly identifiable as Hursley, was also the subject of an article in the magazine All the Year Round in November 1867. The article noted a number of deficiencies in the building: inadequate classification of the inmates, the disgusting state of the water closests, and a cesspool under the windows of the lying-in and infectious wards which had remained unemptied for at least twelve years. The residents, though, seemed well-fed and happy enough. The author also questioned the dubious arrangement by which the workhouse site was being rented from a member of the Board of Guardians, a situation not permitted by the Poor Law Board's regulations.
The two main workhouse ranges survive and have been converted to residential use.
Note: I have been advised by experienced geocachers that this cache is not for the faint hearted - but is good fun with a lovely big box at the end as a reward for hard efforts :)