Hostel Collection

Mount Pleasant Hotel, Kings Cross, London
The Mount Pleasant Hotel at the corner of Kings Cross Road and Calthorpe Street, Central London. The building was originally erected in 1894 as one of Londons six Rowton Houses - large

WW2 - Map of Beirut, Lebanon - with Military locations
End of WW2 - Map of Beirut, Lebanon showing Military locations important for a British serviceman stationed in the city at the end of the Second World War

Tanners Hatch Hostel
Tanners Hatch Youth Hostel, remotely situated, on the edge of Ranmore Common, Surrey, England. A very popular hostel, especially during the Winter months. Date: 1950s

Union workhouse, Pontardawe, Glamorgan, Wales
The Pontardawe Union workhouse was erected in 1870 on Brecon Road, Pontardawe, Glamorgan, Wales. It later became the Danybryn Hostel

Cranny Falls Hostel
Cranny Falls Youth Hostel, near Carnlough, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. Date: 1930s

Duchess of York at Training Hostel, Market Harborough
Duchess of York at a Training Hostel, Market Harborough, Leicestershire - part os a scheme fostered jointly by the Imperial

Rowton House, Camden
The Rowton House on Arlington Road, Camden. Rowton Houses provided cheap hostel-style accommodation for working men. Date: 1926

Salvation Army elevator
Men at work sorting waste paper in a Salvation Army Elevator. Elevators, which aimed to help the unskilled or unemployed, combined a factory space together with hostel accommodation for those working

Barnardos Ever Open Door, Southampton
Exterior of Barnardos Ever Open Door hostel, Southampton Date: circa 1905

Scouts Hostel, Kandersteg. 21 August 1931

Police officers socialising at a Section House, London
Police officers, male and female, socialising in a sitting room at a Met Police Section House in London. By the fireplace on the left is WPC Doreen Lyess

YMCA Hostel (unknown location) during WW1

Mayflower Barn at Jordans, Buckinghamshire, England
The ancient barn at Jordans Hostel, believed to have been constructed using timbers from the Mayflower - Buckinghamshire, England. Date: circa 1920s

Rowton House, Newington Butts, London
Feet-Washing Room at the Rowton House, Newington Butts, South London, opened in 1897 as a cheap hostel for men. Date: 1897

Salvation Army Women's Hostel Dundee Circa 1912
Salvation, Army, Women's, Hostel, Dundee, circa, 1912, Ward, Road, , 13548673

Birmingham, Girls Hostel, Shaftesbury House, St Mary's Row Date: circa 1918

Graffitti with a message, Lambeth, South London
Graffitti with a social message, Lambeth, South London. Date: 1978

Chelsea Hospital
King Charles II founded the Royal Hospital in 1682 as a retreat for veterans. The provision of a hostel rather than the payment of pensions was inspired by Les Invalides in Paris. Date: 1875

Evacuees in the grounds of their Hostel. Date: circa 1942

A Hostel for the bombed-out in Scotland. Date: circa 1941

Irish gentlemen descend into an underground hostel, 1821
Irish gentlemen descend into an underground hostel near Dirty Lane, Dublin, with beds and cheap victuals. Adventures in a Snoozing Cellar

Irish gentleman riding a cow in a rowboat on the canal in Dublin. Brian Boru Esq. proclaim d the winner of the Boat-race for a Cow

View of Habsburg Castle, medieval fortress in Switzerland
View of Habsburg Castle, medieval fortress in Habsburg, Switzerland, 1800s. Veduta del Castello Habsbourg. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Migliavacca from Giulio Ferrarios Costumes Ancient

Group of promenaders on the Spianata, Barcelona, 1806
View of a group of promenaders on the Spianata, Barcelona, 1806. Strollers include Catalonian women in veils and mantillas, a monk, a soldier in bicorn, children

Drawing by R. Borlase Smart of the ancient barn at Jordans Hostel, believed to have been constructed using timbers from the Mayflower. Date: 1920

Built of the Mayflowers timbers? A barn at Jordan s
Dr Rendel Harris lecturing at Old Jordans Hostel in Buckinghamshire, in a barn which he believed was built from timbers of the Mayflower. Date: 1920

Church Army Kings Hostel, London
Men in army uniform sit on beds at Kings Hostel on Buckingham Palace Road, London, run by the Church Army. Date: Date unknown

Athelstan House Remand / Probation Home, Birmingham
Athelstan House on Moseley Road, Birmingham, was built in 1911 following a gift from Barrow Cadbury. Over the next 90 years, it variously served as a boys hostel, remand home and probation hostel

Copper mines and youth hostel, Coniston, Cumbria. Date: 20th century

Hostel in Xauen (Chefchaouen), Morocco, North Africa
Hostel in Xauen (Chefchaouen, Chaouen), Morocco, North Africa, a city in north west Morocco, North Africa. Date: circa 1920

Warkwickshire House, Bloomsbury, London - Malet Street frontage. Used as a hostel for female staff bombed during WW2. Date: circa 1920s

In Hammersmith Road, West London situated the fourth of the series of Rowton Houses, a poor mens hotel, for sixpences per night. Photograph showing the courtyard where the lodgers can relax

Le Grand-Andely
Les Andelys, is a commune in the Eure department in Normandy in northern France, divided into two parts, Grand-Andely and Petit-Andely

Buckingham Palace Hotel - Church Army Soldiers Hostel
Exterior view of the Buckingham Palace Hotel - being used as the Church Army Sailors and Soldiers Hostel - very close to Victoria Station, Pimlico, London. Date: 1918

Coventry, Warwickshire, England - The Pilgrims Rest Inn on the corner of Pamer Street and Ironmonger Row. A hostel was erected in Palmer Lane for the lodging of pilgrims by the Benedicitne Priory of

Old caravanserai at Nablus, Palestine, West Bank, where travellers could rest on long journeys. Date: 1920s

Girls having Fun 1920S
High jinks for this group of trendy young women at a hostel in Paris, France, where one girl is so happy that she is dancing on the table! Date: late 1920s

His Other Eyes
A blind soldier sits and listens as a female companion reads from a newspaper or magazine, keeping him updated with news. This drawing was donated by the artist, Fortunino Matania

Derwent Hall, Derbyshire, England, was built in 1672 by the Belguy family. It became a youth hostel in 1931, but it was submerged 1945 when the Derwent dam was completed. Date: 1930s

Leam Hall Youth Hostel
Three young men in shorts take in the magificent scenery at Leam Hall Youth Hostel, near Grindleford, Derbyshire, England, with its fine view of the Upper Derwent Valley. Date: 1930s

Carrington House, Deptford
Carrington House was erected in Deptford in 1903 by the London County Council as a hostel for working men. It was operated along similar lines to Londons commercially run Rowton Houses

Rowton House, Kings Cross, London
The Kings Cross Rowton House (built in 1894) at the corner of Kings Cross Road and Calthorpe Street, Central London. Rowton Houses, of which six were erected around London, were large, purpose built

Hostel building in Bahrain, Persian Gulf
Educational hostel building in Bahrain, Persian Gulf. Date: late 1940s

Anzac Hostel for soldiers, Cairo, Egypt
The Bourse Khediviale (Royal Exchange) in Cairo, Egypt - used as a Hostel for Australasian Troops (Anzac) fighting in WW1

Slieve-Na-Man Youth Hostel, Co. Down - a view of a wooden hut in the mountains. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Down; Slievenaman). Date: circa early 1900s

Providence Row Night Shelter, London
Providence Row Night Shelter, Crispin Street, London, founded in 1860 as a hostel for Deserving Men, Women and Children and run by the Sisters of Mercy. Date: circa 1902

St Faiths House of Mercy / Youth Hostel, Lostwithiel
St Faiths House of Mercy, a home for single mothers, at Lostwithiel, Cornwall. The building was later used as a youth hostel

Catholic Working Boys Hostel, Broomhill, Glasgow
A view of the Catholic Working Boys Hostel, Broomhill, Glasgow Date: Date unknown

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