Lodging Collection

East End Doss House, London
Exterior of a lodging house or doss house in the East End of London, probably Whitechapel. A man and a boy stand outside. A sign above the door reads BEDS 4d. Per Night FOR SINGLE MEN ONLY

Parker Street Municipal Lodging House, London, Victorian period

The Two at Pervyse with Shot the dog memorial, Ypres
This memorial is in the garden of the Ariane Hotel in Ypres. The Two is the title given to two extrordinary British laidies, Elsie Knocker and Mairie Chisholm

Great Yarmouth Common Lodging House Bye Laws
Part of the bye laws for the regulation of Common Lodging Houses, issued by the Great Yarmouth Local Board of Health. Date: 1868

Ruyters cavalry encampment and trebuchet
Ruyters cavalry encampment and a trebuchet from an ancient carving in ivory. Copperplate engraving by N.C. Goodnight from Francis Groses Military Antiquities respecting a History of the English Army

Aberdeen Municipal Lodging House, opened on East North Street in 1897 and designed by the partnership of Marshall and Dick. Date: 1897

Cartoon - Comfortable Lodgings, an ironic depiction. 19th century

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

Greyfriars Friary Chapel Canterbury, Kent, England
circa 1910s

Mothers and children at a Cecil House, London
Mothers and children at one of the womens lodging houses known as Cecil Houses. The hostels, for homeless and vagrant women

Lodgings for travellers 1856
London travellers could afford to rent lodgings in the poor districts in the out-of-the-way suburbs of London, neglected purlieus in dirty and diseased neighbourhoods. Date: 1856

LODGED IN STATION HOUSE
New York : Brought in off the street, a homeless mother is offered a place in the lodging-room of the station house (police station). Date: 1878

OVERNIGHT LODGING, ROME
The dormitory of the night refuge in the via Laricana, Rome - straw and a blanket. Date: 1876

NEW YORK LODGINGS
Midnight in a two-cent doss, New York : five cents might get you a bed, but if youve only two to rub together, a chair, a barrel or a packing crate is all you get. Date: 1894

LODGING HOUSE NY
A homeless man gets ten cents worth of sleep in a New York lodging. Date: 1894

CHARITY / LODGING HOUSE
A visit to the Lodging-House Date: Late 19th Century

COMMUNITY / CASUAL WARD
Waiting outside the Casual Ward Date: 1875

WOMENS NIGHT LODGING
The womens ward of a night lodging house, London Date: 1902

Medland Hall, Ratcliff 1900
London : Medland Hall, Ratcliff - the mens dormitory Date: 1900

Single womens lodging house 1900
London : Lodging house for single women at Spitalfields, the kitchen Date: 1900

PARIS ASILE DE NUIT
Paris : asile de nuit in the rue Saint-Jacques - the womens ward Date: circa 1860

SCRIPTURE READING
Scripture reading in the mens ward of a night refuge, London Date: 1870

PARIS REFUGE DE NUIT
Paris - Municipal refuge de nuit on the quai de Valmy Date: 1892

CASUAL WARD, LONDON
Admission - by ticket - to a London casual ward. Date: 1870

Castle Acre Priory, Norfolk - West front & Priors Lodgings
Castle Acre Priory, Norfolk - West front of Church and Priors Lodgings. Date: circa 1930s

Castle Acre Priory, Norfolk - Porch and Priors Lodging. Date: circa 1930s

East End Doss House
A doss-house in the East End of London : the womens dormitory Date: 1895

LCC Lodging House Parker Street, London - sitting room
Sitting-room at the London County Council-run Lodging House at Parker Street, London Date: 1902

Billeted, by F Tennyson Jesse and H M Harwood
Billeted, a play by F Tennyson Jesse and H M Harwood. First produced at the Royalty Theatre, August 1917. A neighbour has told a woman whose husband is missing in the war that it is improper for her

Bits of Old Cambridge - The Lodging House Keeper (and her little black cat, possibly the power behind the throne...). Date: 1903

Alberts Model House
Prince Alberts model lodging house, erected in Hyde Park, London as part of the Great Exhibition of 1851 Date: 1851

Social / USA / Cheap Lodging
Lodgers in a crowded Bayard Street tenement in New York: the cost is " five cents a spot" Date: 1889

Terms and Conditions
A lodging-house keeper names her terms and conditions to a potential guest - no unaccompanied female visitors, no alcohol, no cooking in the rooms... Date: 1842

Lodging House, Waiting
London : waiting for admission to a casual ward for overnight lodging Date: 1869

New York Lodging House
A casual lodging-house in New York - Three Cents a spot ! Date: 1891

Night Refuge Bathroom
A London night refuge - the mens bathroom Date: 1870

Admission to Casual Ward
Waiting in a queue for admission to the Casual Ward Date: 1874

Swedish university students enjoy a working lunch in their lodgings. Date: 17th century

Duncan Place, Mobile, Alabama, USA
Duncan Place, at the foot of Government Street, Mobile, Alabama, USA. The statue is of Rear Admiral Raphael Semmes (1809-1877)

Glasgow Municipal Lodging House Plan
Layout plan of a Glasgow Municipal Lodging House. Date: 1896

Glasgow Municipal Lodging House
A Glasgow Municipal Lodging House, precise location not recorded. Date: 1896

Cecil House, Harrow Road, London - Waiting for Admission
Women, one carrying a baby, waiting for admission to Cecil House, Harrow Road, London - a public lodging house for women. Date: circa 1932

Cecil House, Harrow Road, London - Mother and children
A mother and children enjoy tea and biscuits at Cecil House, Harrow Road, London - a public lodging house for women. Date: circa 1932

Interior of police hut in County Mayo, Ireland
Interior of portable hut for Royal Irish Constabulary in County Mayo, Ireland, used for temporary lodging when the armed police are sent into a district where there has been unrest

Portable hut for police in County Mayo, Ireland. A Royal Irish Constabulary policeman stands outside a portable hut used for temporary lodging when the armed constabulary are sent into a district

Lumeah Lodging House - Board & Residence, 4, Short Street, Auckland, Manukau, New Zealand. Long since demolished.. Date: 1910s

Mothers and children wait for admission to a Cecil House, Lo
Mothers and children at one of the womens lodging houses known as Cecil Houses. The hostels, for homeless and vagrant women

Mothers and children at a Cecil House, London
Mothers and children at one of the womens lodging houses known as Cecil Houses. The hostels, for homeless and vagrant women

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