Semer

Introduction

Located on river Brett, recorded in Domesday as "Seamera" and appearing on John Speed's 1610 map as "Semere". The 1837 OS map shows it as "Seamer".

In 1841 the population was 370 including 108 in the Cosford Union Workhouse (see the gallery) which was then situated within the parish. Built in 1780 as a House of Industry it was large enough for 500 inmates and cost about £8,000 to erect. Ten acres of land surrounded the workhouse, much of which was cultivated by the inmates. There was also a cemetery in the grounds. Little now survives of the buildings but a former isolation hospital is now used as a private house.

Gallery