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Childrens nursery, Chorlton Union Cottage Homes, StyalView inside a childrens nursery at the cottage homes in Styal, Cheshire, with a large group of girls and boys posing for their photograph
The Hollies Childrens Home, Sidcup, KentAerial view of The Hollies, the Greenwich & Deptford Unions cottage homes at Lamorbey, near Sidcup, Kent, opened in 1902 to house pauper children away from the workhouse
Guinness Lodging Houses, Lever Street, London. The building was erected in 1890 by the Guinness Trust to provide cheap housing for working men. Date: Date unknown
Chase Farm Hospital, Enfield, MiddlesexAerial 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
View of Wandsworth PrisonExterior view of Surrey Prison and House of Correction, Wandsworth Date: 1862
Market Hill and former workhouse, MaldonA view of Market Hill, Maldon, Essex. The large building at the left is the Maldon Unions former workhouse. Date: circa 1900
Park Hospital, Davyhulme, ManchesterAerial view of the Park Hospital at Davyhulme, Manchester, originally opened in 1929 as the workhouse hospital for the Barton Upon Irwell Poor Law Union
Childrens Playroom, St Pelagias Home, HighgateThe childrens playroom at St Pelagias Home for penitent girls at 34 Highgate West Hill, London N6. The home provided accommodation for unmarried mothers and their children. Date: circa 1932
Walton Hospital, LiverpoolWalton Hospital, Rice Lane, Walton on the Hill, Liverpool. The central clock tower concealed a large water storage tank. The building was designed by William Culshaw
Union Workhouse, Wokingham, BerkshireThe Wokingham Union workhouse, Berkshire. The workhouse, opened in 1850 on Barkham Road, Wokingham, later became Wokingham Hospital
Union Workhouse, Wantage, OxfordshireThe Wantage Union workhouse, Oxfordshire. The workhouse, designed by Sampson Kempthorne, was erected in 1836 on Hungerford Road, Wantage, and later became the Downs Hospital
Poplar Workhouse, East LondonA side view of one of the blocks of the Poplar Union workhouse, located on Poplar High Street, East London
Christmas Day in the WorkhouseIllustration and opening verses of In the Workhouse: Christmas Day - better known as Christmas Day in the Workhouse, written by George R Sims in 1877
Middlesex Hospital, Mortimer Street, LondonEntrance to the Middlesex Hospital, Mortimer Street, London. A group of onlookers, mostly children, stand at the gates. A hansom cab stands alongside. Date: 1908
Ground plan of Wandsworth PrisonGround plan of Surrey Prison and House of Correction, Wandsworth Date: 1862
East End Doss House, LondonExterior 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
City of London Union Infirmary, Mile End RoadSituated where Mile End Road continues as Bow Road, the City of London Union Infirmary (now St Clements Hospital) opened in 1849 as the City of London Union workhouse
Warren Farm School, Brighton, SussexThe Centre Avenue of Warren Farm School, opened by the Brighton Union in 1862 at Rottingdean, Sussex. The school housed pauper children away from the workhouse
Union Workhouse, Dursley, GloucestershireA distant view of the Dursley Union workhouse (left) from the road at Stinchcombe, Gloucestershire. The workhouse, designed by a Mr Fulljames, was erected in 1838-9
The Brigantine " Steadfast" - a companion vessel to the Metropolitan Asylums Board Training Ship " Exmouth"
Training Ship Exmouth, dumb bell drillUniformed boys on the deck of the Training Ship Exmouth perform dumb bell drill. The Exmouth, moored off Grays in Essex, was used by the Metropolitan Asylums Board as a naval training establishment
City of London Asylum, Stone, Dartford, KentThe City of London Asylum for pauper lunatics was established in 1862 on Cotton Lane at Stone near Dartford, Kent. The buildings, designed by James Bunstone Bunning
Percy House Military Hospital, Isleworth, MiddlesexA view of Percy House School which served as a Military Hospital during the First World War. The school, for pauper children, was established by the Brentford Union in 1883 on Twickenham Road
Training Ship Exmouth, full crewFull group photo of the crew of the Training Ship Exmouth. The Exmouth, moored off Grays in Essex, was used by the Metropolitan Asylums Board as a naval training establishment for pauper children
Bristol Childrens Cottage Homes, DownendA view of the childrens cottage homes at Downend, Bristol. A young inmate stands in front of one of the houses. The homes were established in the early 1900s by the Bristol Board of Guardians to
Fazakerley Cottage Homes TreatA treat - probably in the form of a country picnic - for boys from the Fazakerley Cottage Homes in Liverpool, accompanied by staff and other helpers
St Annes Home, Herne Bay, KentIn 1876, the former Pier Hotel in Herne Bay (centre of picture) became a convalescent home for pauper children from the South Metropolitan School District
North Surrey District School, Anerley, Upper Norwood, SurreyThe North Surrey District School at Anerley, Upper Norwood, with the Crystal Palace visible behind. The school was opened in 1850 to house pauper children away from the workhouse
Whip and Whipping Post at Wandsworth PrisonWhip and Whipping Post at Surrey Prison and House of Correction, Wandsworth Date: 1862
Ground plan of Millbank Prison, London. Date: 1862
Ground plan of Newgate Prison, London. Date: 1862
Ground plan of Holloway PrisonGround plan of London City Prison and House of Correction, Holloway. Date: 1862
Leicester Union Cottage Homes, Countesthorpe, LeicsThree small inmates stand in front of a water tower at the Leicester Union cottage homes at Countesthorpe, Leicestershire
Manchester Union Schools, SwintonThe 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
Blandford Union Workhouse, Blandford Forum, DorsetDistant view of Blandford Union workhouse, from Salisbury Road, Blandford Forum, Dorset. A house at the left has a sign reading YNCA (or YMCA?)
Queen Marys visit to Poplar Schools at BrentwoodIn 1906, the Poplar Union (East London) established a Schools site located between Shenfield and Hutton, near Brentwood, Essex
Belmont Hospital, Sutton, SurreyBelmont Hospital, Brighton Road, Sutton. It began life in 1853 as the South Metropolitan District School, housing pauper children away from the workhouse
Shoreditch Cottage Homes, Hornchurch, EssexBoys in surplices leaving the chapel at the Shoreditch Union cottage homes, Hornchurch, Essex. Opened in 1889 to house pauper children away from the workhouse
Duke of York at Countesthorpe Cottage Homes, LeicesterThe Duke of York pays a visit to the Countesthorpe Cottage Homes, Leicester - 24th November 1921. The homes provided accommodation for pauper children away from the workhouse. Date: 1921
Cell wing at Pentonville Prison. Date: 1862
Hackney Homes Band and Soldiers at Budworth Hall, Ongar, EssSoldiers at Budworth Hall military hospital on Chipping Ongar High Street are joined by the boys band from the nearby Hackney Union cottage homes
Boys Band at Hollybrook Cottage Homes, SouthamptonThe boys band at Hollybrook cottage homes at Shirley Warren, Southampton. The homes were opened in 1911 by the Southampton Union to accommodate pauper children away from the workhouse
Middlesex Pauper Lunatic Asylum, 1849The Italianate exterior of the New Middlesex Pauper Lunatic Asylum at Colney Hatch, near Friern Barnet, Middlesex (North London). The foundation stone was laid in 1849 by Prince Albert
Islington Poor Law Infirmary, Highgate Hill, LondonThe parish of Islingtons new 800-bed poor law infirmary on Highgate Hill was opened in 1900 on the site of the Highgate Smallpox and Vaccination Hospital
Keynsham Union Workhouse, SomersetThe main block of the Keynsham Union Workhouse, Somerset. The site later became Keynsham Hospital. Date: 2000
Unemployed miners, Cilfynydd, PontypriddUnemployed miners at Cilfynydd near Pontypridd in South Wales. They watch the buckets tipping slag in case any lumps of coal can be found. Date: circa 1936
Bromley Workhouse, Kent
Aylesbury Prison LaundryInterior of laundry at Aylesbury prison. Uniformed women handle the washing on trolleys and in baskets which bear the convict arrow insignia. Date: circa 1900