Birmingham Union Cottage Homes, Marston Green, Warwickshire
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Birmingham Union Cottage Homes, Marston Green, Warwickshire
A girl stands in front of one of the childrens cottage homes at Marston Green in Warwickshire, to the east of Birmingham. The homes were opened by the Birmingham Poor Law Authorities in 1879 to house over 400 pauper children away from the workhouse. As well as the cottages, each one housing up to 30 children, there was a school, infirmary, swimming baths, workshops and a farm
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© Mary Evans / Peter Higginbotham Collection
1879 Birmingham Cottage Homes Infirmary L Aw Marston Pauper Poor Poverty Swimming Warwickshire Workhouse Workhouses Workshops
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