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Langport Union Workhouse, Somerset
The derelict remains of the Langport Union Workhouse, Somerset Date: 2000

Workhouse Veterans
A group of elderly workhouse veterans sit at a table covered with newspapers and magazines. One of the men is wearing a row of medal, another has a patch over one eye. Date: 1909

Willesden Workhouse Dining Hall
The inmates dining hall at the new Willesden Workhouse in Middlesex opened in 1908. Date: 1908

Swansea Poor Law and Industrial Schools Camp Band
The camp band formed at a gathering of boys from the Swansea Poor Law Union Schools and Swansea Industrial Schools. Date: 1906

Rowton Whitechapel - Open Air Lounge
Benches along the railings form an open-air lounge at the Rowton House on Fieldgate Street, Whitechapel. Rowton Houses, of which six were erected around London, were large, purpose-built

Easthampstead Union Workhouse
Part of the Easthampstead Union Workhouse, Berkshire. The buildings, were converted from former almshouses. The site later became Church Hill House Hospital. Date: 2000

Wells Union Workhouse, Somerset
The Poor Law Union Workhouse at Wells in Somerset. A horse and cart pass by. Several men, some in military uniform, stand in front of the premises. Date: Date unknown

Billericay Union Workhouse, Essex
Entrance to the main block of the Billericay Union Workhouse, Essex. The building, opened in 1840, was designed by George Gilbert Scott and William Bonython Moffatt

Workhouse Wood-chopping Shed
The wood-chopping shed at an unidentified workhouse. Wood-chopping was a work task often given to workhouse inmates. Some of the men area seated with small cleavers

Colchester Union Workhouse, Essex

Band of Prison Guard, Dorchester
The officers wind band at Dorchester prison. The members in their uniforms pose with their instruments. Date: Date unknown

Northleach Union Workhouse, Gloucestershire
The entrance block of the former Northleach Union Workhouse, Gloucestershire. The building was designed by George Wilkinson. Date: 2000

Workhouse Girls Dormitory
The girls dormitory at an unidentified workhouse. Date: 1909

Wareham and Purbeck Union Workhouse
The former Wareham and Purbeck Union Workhouse at Wareham, Dorset. The site later became Christmas Close Hospital. Date: 2000

Watford Union Workhouse, Hertfordshire
The entrance block of the former Watford Union Workhouse, Vicarage Road, Watford. The site later became Watford General Hospital. Date: 2000

Administration block at St Pancras Workhouse
The administration block at St Pancras Workhouse, London Date: 1905

Dormitory at St Marylebone Workhouse, London
A new dormitory at the St Marylebone Workhouse, Marylebone Road, London. Date: 1900

Sturminster Newton Union Workhouse
The entrance block of the Sturminster Union Workhouse at Sturminster Newton in Dorset. The workhouse chapel stands to the right. Date: 2000

St Marylebone Workhouse, London
A new block still under construction at the St Marylebone Workhouse, Marylebone Road, London. Date: 1900

Workhouse Married Couples Quarters
Three pairs of uniformed inmates at an unidentified workhouse pose in front the quarters provided for married couples. Date: 1909

Andover Union Workhouse, Hampshire
A view of the Andover Union workhouse, Junction Road, Andover. Erected 1836 and designed by Sampson Kempthorne. Date: 2000

Taunton Union Workhouse, Somerset
The entrance block of the Taunton Union Workhouse, Somerset. The building was designed by Sampson Kempthorne. The site later became Trinity Hospital. Date: 2000

Braintree Union Workhouse, Essex
Main entrance of the Braintree Union Workhouse, Essex. The building, opened in 1839, was designed by William T Nash. The site later became St Michaels Hospital. Date: 2000

Wolverhampton Cottage Homes Date: 1891

Reading Union Workhouse, Berkshire
The entrance to the Reading Union Workhouse. The site later became Battle hospital. Date: 2000

Weymouth Union Workhouse, Dorset
The long frontage of the former Weymouth Union Workhouse. The site later became Portway Hospital. Date: 2000

Chelmsford Union Workhouse, Essex
Part of the Chelmsford Union Workhouse, Essex. The original buildings date from 1837 but were largely rebuilt after a fire in 1886. The site later became St Johns Hospital. Date: 2000

Bristol Union Workhouse, Gloucestershire
The main building at the Bristol Union Workhouse, Stapleton. The site later became Manor Park Hospital and then Blackberry Hill Hospital Date: 2000

Bath Union Workhouse, Somerset
The entrance of the Bath Union Workhouse, Somerset. The building, designed by Sampson Kempthorne was opened in 1838 at Coombe Down, Bath. Date: 2000

Manchester Union Workhouse, Lancashire
Main block of the Manchester Union Workhouse at Crumpsall. The building, designed by Mills and Murgatroyd, admitted its first inmates in 1857. The site later became Springfield Hospital. Date: 2000

Nottingham Union Workhouse
The administrative block of the Nottingham Union Workhouse at Bagthorpe, opened in 1903. The site later became Nottingham City Hospital. Date: 2000

Bridgnorth Union Workhouse, Shropshire
The main building of the Bridgnorth Union Workhouse, Shropshire, now known as Andrew Evans House. Date: 2000

Bolton Union Workhouse, Lancashire
The central tower rises above the main building of the Bolton Union Workhouse at Fishpool near Bolton, Lancashire. The building, opened in 1861, designed by George Woodhouse and Leigh Hall

National Childrens Home Frodsham Branch
The National Childrens Home Frodsham Branch (also known as Newton Hall), Cheshire. Two boys are hoeing a field, while another leads a horse and plough. Date: Date unknown

Dairy at National Childrens Home
Lancashire branch of the National Childrens Home at Edgworth near Bolton. Several young women are at work in the dairy. A poster on the wall advertises delicious pure cream

National Training School of Cookery
Morning session in the scullery at the National Training School of Cookery, South Kensington, London. Students in aprons are engaged in cleaning and polishing. Date: 1874

Model Bakery at National Childrens Home
Lancashire branch of the National Childrens Home at Edgworth near Bolton. Two young men and an older man are at work in the bakery, weighing and kneading dough

New Orpington Lodge Receiving Home, Ontario
A view of the New Orpington Lodge Receiving Home in Ontario, Canada, run by the Canadian Catholic Emigration Society. The home was a reception centre for poor children from Britain before they began

Old Workhouse, Newington, Kent
The old parish workhouse on Church Street, Newington, Kent. Date: Date unknown

Norwich Gaol, Norfolk
A bird s-eye view sketch of the prison at St Giles, Norwich, erected in 1827. Date: Date unknown

Cartoon - The New Workhouse Porter
At a workhouse entrance, a policeman interrogates two applicants for admission - a woman and small child. Nearby, Master Prig, clearly a regular of the workhouse tramp ward

Lambeth Workhouse Schools, Norwood
The parish of Lambeth operated a workhouse school on Elder Road, West Norwood. In 1885, the premises were extended with the erection of the New School buildings shown here. Date: 1905

Paddington Union Offices Interior of Board Room
The wood-panelled Guardians board-room in the new office building opened by the Paddington Poor Law Union in 1902 on Harrow Road. Date: 1902

Paddington Union Offices, Harrow Road, London
The new offices opened by the Paddington Poor Law Union in 1902 on Harrow Road. Date: 1902

Poor Law Guardians Offices, Birkenhead, Cheshire
The administrative offices of the Birkenhead Poor Law Union, Conway Street, Birkenhead. Date: Date unknown

Poplar Workhouse Dining Hall
Rows of women in the inmates dining hall at the Poplar Poor Law Union workhouse in the East End of London. Date: 1903

Poplar Workhouse Womens Ward in Infirmary
Nurses and patients in the womens infirmary at the Poplar Poor Law Union workhouse in the East End of London. Date: 1903

Peabody Square, Islington - one of the first developments of low-cost housing for the poor erected by the Peabody Donation Fund. Date: 1865

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