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City of London Union Workhouse Infirmary, Bow RoadSituated where Mile End Road continues as Bow Road, the City of London Union Infirmary later St Clement's Hospital) opened in 1849 as the City of London Union workhouse. Date: 1905
The former Whitechapel Union workhouse on Southern Grove (formerly South Grove), Mile End, was designed by Richard Robert Long and erected in 1870-71. Date: 2002
Queens Park Institution - Blackburn, LancashireQueens Park Institution - Psychiatric Hospital - Blackburn, Lancashire. Queens Park Hospital was formerly the Blackburn Union Workhouse. Date: 1931
Children at Willesden Workhouse / Central Middlesex HospitalYoung children and their nurses at the Acton Lane site of the Willesden Workhouse / Central Middlesex Hospital. Date: Date unknown
The Downs Sanatorium, Belmont, SuttonA uniformed porter stands at the entrance to the Downs Sanatorium, at Belmont, near Sutton, Surrey. The former childrens institution was converted for use as a tuberculosis sanatorium in 1912
Oliver Twist and Camera CrewA production still shows a camera crew filming Robert Newton and John Howard Davies in the climactic rooftop scene of David Leans 1948 version of Oliver Twist. Date: 1948
Dingle and Castletownbere Workhouses, IrelandArchitect George Wilkinsons design for the new union workhouses at Dingle, County Kerry, and Castletownbere, County Cork, in the west of Ireland. Date: 1848
Cincinnati Workhouse, Ohio, probably 1920s
An Exmouth boy, Training Ship Exmouth, early 1900s
Wireless training, Training Ship Exmouth, early 1900s
Going ashore, Training Ship Exmouth, early 1900s
Divisions at meals, Training Ship Exmouth, early 1900s
Boys drilling on deck, Training Ship Exmouth, early 1900s
Leeds Workhouse, Victorian period. Date: late 19th century
Sheffield Truant SchoolA view of the Truant school established in 1879 in a former workhouse at Hollow Meadows, Bradfield, near Sheffield
Eventide: A Scene at the Westminster Union - von HerkomerEventide: A Scene at the Westminster Union is an 1878 work by the social realist painter Sir Hubert von Herkomer (1849-1914). It depicts women at St James's Workhouse, in Soho, London
St Charles School, Brentwood - a Certified School housing children boarded out by the workhouse authorities
St Peter's Hospital, BristolA view of St Peter's Hospital, Bristol - formerly the city's Mint workhouse, established in 1698. The building is partially half-timbered and has leaded light windows
Fire at Whitechapel and Poplar School, Forest GateThe Whitechapel and Poplar District School, Forest Gate, East London, following a serious fire. Date: 1890
Chailey Union Workhouse, SussexA view of the Chailey Union workhouse at East Chiltington, Sussex
Burnley Workhouse InmatesA group photograph of elderly female inmates at Burnley Union workhouse, Lancashire
Bolton Workhouse Site MapA map of the Bolton Union workhouse site, Lancashire. Date: 1915
Bedford Board of GuardiansBedford Poor Law Union Board of Guardians Date: 1907
Whitby Board of Guardian, Mulgrave CastleWhitby Board of Guardians on an outing to Mulgrave Castle, Yorkshire Date: 1930
Medway Union Workhouse Death NoticeDeath notice for inmate Emily Winkfield issued by the Medway Union workhouse. Date: 1924
WORKHOUSE FUNERALA WORKHOUSE FUNERAL A poor woman is distraught as the body of her husband is carried away Date: circa 1860
A view of Cleveland Street in the Fitzrovia area of London. The large building right of centre is the Middlesex Hospital out-patients department
Guildford Union workhouse during its First World War use as a military hospital. The building, erected in 1836, was designed by George Gilbert Scott and William Bonython Moffatt
St Marylebone Workhouse InmatesAged male inmates of Londons St Marylebone workhouse sit in their airing yard, chatting, reading newspapers and smoking pipes. Date: circa 1905
The Westminster Unions industrial school for pauper children, opened in 1851 on St James Road, Wandsworth. From 1904, it was used as a workhouse by the Wandsworth Union
The Feoffees House or Feoffees Hall, erected as a parish workhouse in the 1730s at Ecclesfield, near Sheffield, West Yorkshire. Date: Unknown
Cartoon, Mr Parnell, like Oliver Twist, asks for more. Lord Salisbury plays the part of the Beadle, dishing out thin soup. A comment on Conservative resistance to Irish Home Rule. 1886
Tariff Reform League Campaign CardA campaign card by the Tariff Reform League shows a hop farmer complaining that cheap imports of hops will lead to his ending up in the workhouse. Date: 1908
Government Funding of Merchant Navy TrainingA boy at the desk of the Board of Trade President is told that, except for those in a reformatory or industrial school, or having parents are in a workhouse
Basingstoke Union WorkhouseA view of part of the Basingstoke Union workhouse, Hampshire Date unknown
Troops at Kells WorkhouseTroops camped at Kells Union workhouse, County Meath, Ireland. They had been sent to the area to quell unrest caused by the Duke of Leinsters attempts to evict Irish tenants from his properties
Thurgarton Incorporation Workhouse PlanPlan of the Thurgarton Incorporation Workhouse erected in 1824 near Southwell, Nottinghamshire. It was designed by the Rev. John T Becher and William Nicholson. Date: 1828
St Olaves Union Institution, LadywellBird s-eye view of the design for the St Olaves Union Institution for the Aged and Infirm Poor, Ladywell, South London. The architects were Newman and Newman of London. Date: 1897
St Marylebone Workhouse Infirmary, Rackham StreetThe St Marylebone Workhouse Infirmary, Rackham Street, London. It was designed by Henry Saxon Snell. Date: 1881
Stockbridge Union Workhouse, HampshireA view of the landscaped entrance to the Stockbridge Union Workhouse. Two men, perhaps the workhouse master and his son, stand in the garden. Date: early 1900s
Smallburgh Workhouse NursesNurses at the Smallburgh Union Workhouse, Norfolk. Date: circa 1910
Smallburgh WorkhouseA view of the Smallburgh Union Workhouse, Norfolk. Date: early 1900s
Smallburgh Workhouse MasterThe Master of the Smallburgh Union Workhouse, Norfolk, believed to be Frank Owen. Date: circa 1910
Smallburgh Workhouse ChildrenChildren and staff at the Smallburgh Union Workhouse, Norfolk Date: circa 1910
Norwich WorkhouseA view of the entrance to the Norwich Union workhouse, Norfolk. Date: circa 1920
Newcastle in Emlyn workhouseAn aerial view of the Newcastle in Emlyn Union workhouse, Carmarthenshire. Date: Date unknown
Mountfield Parish WorkhouseThe former parish workhouse at Mountfield, Sussex. Date: circa 1908
Marston Green Cottage Homes, BirminghamEntrance lodge at the childrens cottage homes at Marston Green, near Birmingham. Date: circa 1921