City of London Workhouse, Bow Road, East London

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City of London Workhouse, Bow Road, East London

Situated where Mile End Road continues as Bow Road in East London, the City of London Union Workhouse opened in 1849. The palatial building, designed by Richard Tress, later became the union infirmary, and is now St Clement's Hospital. Date: circa 1894

Media ID 36070885

© Mary Evans / Peter Higginbotham

1840s 1849 1894 Clement Clements Health Infirmary Mile Palatial Poor Poverty Tress Workhouse Workhouses

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