Pauper Gallery

Chase Farm Hospital, Enfield, Middlesex

Aerial view of Chase Farm Hospital in Enfield, Middlesex. The building was originally the Chase Farm Schools, opened in 1886 by the Edmonton Union to house pauper children away from the workhouse. As well as dormitories and classrooms, the site contained workshops, a swimming pool, laundry, bakery, and infirmary

© Mary Evans / Peter Higginbotham Collection

Manchester Union Schools, Swinton

The Manchester Union Industrial School at Swinton. The school, where 800 pauper children were housed and educated away from the workhouse, was established in 1843, one of the earliest of its type. It was the subject of the article "A Day in a Pauper Palace" by Charles Dickens

© Mary Evans / Peter Higginbotham Collection

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Laundry at Shirley Schools, near Croydon, Surrey

Inmates ironing clothes and linen in the laundry at the Shirley Schools, near Croydon, Surrey, established in 1904 by the St Olave Union to house pauper children away from the workhouse. The Schools were laid out as a cottage homes development in the style of a village street, with groups of children living in cottages with a house parent. Shirley Oaks Hospital now occupies part of the site

© Mary Evans / Peter Higginbotham Collection