Pauper Collection (page 4)

Coatbridge miners houses, Lanarkshire
A deserted street of single-storey miners cottages at Coatbridge, a mining and iron-producing area to the east of Glasgow. Date: circa 1936

Fairfield General Hospital, Bury
An aerial view of Fairfield General Hospital at Jericho near Bury, Lancashire. The building was originally opened in 1857 as the Bury Union workhouse. Date: Date unknown

Poor law childrens hospital ward
A childrens hospital ward, though to be in a workhouse or poor law infirmary. In the scene are nurses, patients, cot beds, babys crib, and a playpen. Date: circa 1912

Union Infirmary Griffithstown, Pontypool
The infirmary at Pontypool Union workhouse on Coedygric Road, Griffithstown, Monmouthshire. The site later became Panteg County Hospital. Date: circa 1908

Shirley Schools, near Croydon, Surrey
The entrance (left) tot the Shirley Schools on Wickham Road, Shirley. The Schools were established in 1904 by the St Olave Union to house pauper children away from the workhouse

Entrance to West London District School, Ashford, Staines
Staff near the entrance to the West London District School on Woodthorpe Road, Ashford, near Staines, Surrey, opened in 1872 as the West London District School for workhouse children from Fulham

Mr Drouets pauper school, Tooting, Surrey
A view of the school for pauper children, privately run by Bartholomew Peter Drouet at Tooting in Surrey (now south west London). In 1849, a cholera epidemic broke out at the school

Rochdale Union Cottage Homes, Wardle, Lancashire
A view of the Rochdale Union cottage homes at Wardle, Lancashire. The homes, opened in around 1898, housed pauper children away from the workhouse

Inmates of Union Workhouse, Shipston on Stour, Worcs
Aged female inmates of the Union workhouse believed to be at Shipston on Stour, Worcestershire. The women are wearing the typical workhouse uniform of long dress, shawl, apron, and bonnet

Union Workhouse, Orsett, Essex
The Union workhouse at Orsett, Essex. The building, designed by Sampson Kempthorne, was erected in 1827. It later became Orsett Hospital

Holborn Union Workhouse, Mitcham, Surrey
The dining hall at the Holborn Union workhouse in Mitcham, Surrey. The uniformed inmates sit at benches in segregated sections - the men can be seen at the rear of the hall

Union Workhouse, Cranbrook, Kent
The Cranbrook Union workhouse, erected in 1838 at Hartley. The architect was John Whichcord

Salford Union Cottage Homes at Culcheth, Cheshire
Swimming baths (right) and workshop buildings (left) at the Salford Union cottage homes at Culcheth in Cheshire. Some girls in their school uniforms walk across the scene

Whitechapel Workhouse Infirmary, womens ward
An old womens ward in the Whitechapel Workhouse Infirmary on Charles Street (later Bakers Row, now Vallance Road), East London

Salvation Army Shelter, Blackfriars Road, London
A crowd of vagrants awaiting admission to the Salvation Army shelter for men (known as The Embankment) at 115B Blackfriars Road, London

Lambeth Workhouse Schools, Norwood, South London
The parish of Lambeth operated a workhouse school on Elder Road, West Norwood, South London. In 1885, the premises were extended with the erection of the New School buildings

Smithston Asylum and Poorhouse, Greenock, Renfrewshire
The Smithston Asylum and Poorhouse, Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland, was opened in 1879 to house the areas lunatics and paupers

Woolwich Union Goldie Leigh Homes, Plumstead
A group of children and their house mother at the Woolwich Union Goldie Leigh cottage homes. The homes, at Bostall Heath, Plumstead (then in Kent, now in south east London)

Chase Farm Schools, Enfield, Middlesex
The main building of the Chase Farm Schools in Enfield, Middlesex, opened in 1886 by the Edmonton Union to house pauper children away from the workhouse

Hackney Union School, Brentwood, Essex
The Hackney Union School at Brentwood. In 1885 Hackney took over what had been the Brentwood District School, originally set up by the Shoreditch Board of Guardians in 1854 to house pauper children

Hackney Union Cottage Homes, Ongar, Essex
The Hackney Union cottage homes at Ongar, Essex. The homes, opened in 1905, housed pauper children away from the workhouse. The children lived in three-storey cottages each holding 52 boys or girls

Maria Rye
A portrait of Maria Rye (1829-1903) who became well known for organising the emigration of pauper and orphan children to Canada. Date: Date unknown

Clapham Home School for Pauper Girls
Girls holding dolls pose with their superintendent at the Clapham Home School for Pauper Girls, Acre Lane, Clapham. Date: circa 1905

USA & Pauper Labour / 1892
The American working man asks Uncle Sam to spare him from European pauper labour Date: 1892

Saint Elisabeth, Princess of Hungary (1207-1231), wife of Louis IV, Landgrave of Thuringia. She spent vast sums of money improving the conditions of the poor, and died at the age of 24

Sheffield Union Childrens Boarding-out Contract
Part of a contract for the boarding-out (fostering) of a pauper child - seven-year-old Albert Kitchen - issued by the Sheffield Poor Law Union

Pauper Lunatic Detention Application
A 1926 Pauper Lunatic Detention Application requesting that Ada Wheelhouse be detained as a lunatic in the Todmorden workhouse. Date: 1926

Pauper Lunatic Detention Order
A 1926 Pauper Lunatic Detention Order authorising the detention of Ada Wheelhouse as a lunatic in the Todmorden workhouse. Date: 1926

Pauper Lunatic Certificate
A 1926 Pauper Lunatic Certificate certifying that workhouse inmate Ada Wheelhouse was feeble-minded and fit to remain in the workhouse, categorised as a lunatic

Chester Workhouse Childrens Outing
A group of children from Chester Unions cottage homes on an outing to the seaside, accompanied by adult helpers. The homes housed pauper children away from the workhouse. Date: 1925

North Surrey District Schools, Anerley, Upper Norwood
The North Surrey District (or Industrial) Schools at Anerley, Upper Norwood, opened in 1850 to house pauper children away from the workhouse

Middlesex Pauper Lunatic Asylum Cemetery, 1851
The consecration of the cemetery of the new Middlesex Pauper Lunatic Asylum at Colney Hatch, near Friern Barnet, Middlesex (North London), 1851

Middlesex Pauper Lunatic Asylum fire, 1903
The ruins of the temporary annexe at the Middlesex Pauper Lunatic Asylum at Colney Hatch, near Friern Barnet, Middlesex (North London), following the disasterous fire there in 1903

The foundation stone of the Middlesex Pauper Lunatic Asylum
The ornate silver trowel used on 8th May 1849 by Prince Albert to spread the mortar on the foundation stone of the New Middlesex Pauper Lunatic Asylum at Colney Hatch, near Friern Barnet

The Lawn at Hollybrook House, Southampton
The garden lawn at the Southampton Unions Hollybrook House childrens home. A man tends a baby in a pram, and a tent stands in the distance. The home housed pauper children away from the workhouse

Cottage Homes at Wavertee, Liverpool
Childrens houses at the cottage homes site opened by the Liverpool poor law authority at Olive Mount, Wavertree, in 1898. The homes housed pauper children away from the workhouse. Date: 1925

Boys Band at Greenwich Union Cottage Homes, Lamorbey, Sidcu
The boys band, posed with their instruments, at the Greenwich & Deptford Unions cottage homes site at Lamorbey, near Sidcup, Kent. The homes name can be seen on the bass drum

Fire Aboard Training Ship Goliath
A graphic depiction of a devastating fire on board the training ship Goliath which housed pauper boys from Londons Forest Gate District School. Twenty-three died in the blaze. Date: 1875

Frederiksoord Pauper Colony - entrance
A resident with a cart at the entrance to the Frederiksoord pauper colony in the Netherlands. Date: 1904

Frederiksoord Pauper Colony - Cottage and Free Farm
A cottage and Free Farm at the Frederiksoord pauper colony in the Netherlands. Date: 1904

Entrance to Kensington & Chelsea District School, Banstead
Entrance to the Kensington & Chelsea District School for pauper children at Banstead, Surrey (later known as Beechholme). As well as cottage homes, each housing 40 children

Birds Eye View of the Pauper Lunatic Asylum, New York Blackwells Island, New York. Date: ca. 1839

Liverpool Cottage Homes - Infants
A group of infants at the Liverpool Vestrys Cottage Homes, Olive Mount, Wavertree. The homes were erected in 1898 to house pauper children away from the workhouse. Date: 1908

Liverpool Cottage Homes - Girls drill
Girls perform a playground drill with sticks at the Liverpool Vestrys Cottage Homes, Olive Mount, Wavertree. The homes were erected in 1898 to house pauper children away from the workhouse. Date: 1906

Erdington Cottage Homes Girls Netball Team
Girls 1926-27 netball team at Erdington Homes, Birmingham. The homes were opened in 1899 by the Aston Union to house pauper children away from the main workhouse which occupied an adjacent site

Funeral of Captain William Henry Urquhart
From the moment it became known that a Crimean War hero, Captain William Henry Urquhart, aged 84, had died in poverty, and that without assistance he would receive a paupers funeral

Merthyr Tydfil Union Cottage Homes, Llwydcoed, Glamorgan
Merthyr Tydfil Union cottage homes at Llwydcoed, near Aberdare, Glamorgan. The homes, which house pauper children away from the workhouse, were erected in around 1912. Date: Date unknown

Liverpool Cottage Homes, Wavertree
A general view of the Liverpool Vestrys Cottage Homes at Olive Mount, Wavertree. The homes were erected in 1898 to house pauper children away from the workhouse

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