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Cartoon - The New Workhouse PorterAt 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, NorwoodThe 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 RoomThe 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, LondonThe new offices opened by the Paddington Poor Law Union in 1902 on Harrow Road. Date: 1902
Poor Law Guardians Offices, Birkenhead, CheshireThe administrative offices of the Birkenhead Poor Law Union, Conway Street, Birkenhead. Date: Date unknown
Poplar Workhouse Dining HallRows 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 InfirmaryNurses 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
Rowton House, Arlington Road, Camden TownA rear view of the Rowton House on Arlington Road, Camden Town. Rowton Houses, of which six were erected around London, were large, purpose-built, low-cost hostels or doss-houses for working men
Prisoners at the Gate of Dartmoor PrisonA group of prisoners and their guards pass through the main gate of Dartmoor Prison, Princetown. Date: 1906
Rowton House, Whitechapel - Decorative Panels
Rowton House, Whitechapel - Dining HallDining hall of the Rowton House on Fieldgate Street, Whitechapel. Rowton Houses, of which six were erected around London, were large, purpose-built, low-cost hostels or doss-houses for working men
Scattered homes, SheffieldScattered homes run by the Sheffield Poor Law Union to house groups of pauper children away from the workhouse. Date: 1905
Fulham and Hammersmith workhouse, LondonAn architects bird s-eye view of the Fulham and Hammersmith union workhouse, designed by Alfred Gilbert, and opened in 1849 on Fulham Palace Road, London. Date: 1849
Staff and patients at Holborn Union Infirmary, Highgate, LonDoctors and nurses in Ward 12 at the Holborn Union Infirmary, Archway Road, Highgate. The building, opened in 1879, was designed by Henry Saxon Snell. Date: Date unknown
Model Industrial School - planPlan view of a model industrial school for pauper children. The establishment, designed by architect Sampson Kempthorne, was intended to house and train pauper children away from the workhouse
Model Industrial School - elevationElevation views of a model industrial school for pauper children. The establishment, designed by architect Sampson Kempthorne, was intended to house and train pauper children away from the workhouse
Louisa Twining 1869 DawsonsA portrait of Louisa Twining from 1868. She became a campaigner for improvement in conditions for workhouse inmates and founded the Workhouse Visiting Society. Date: 1869
Lord Shaftesbury moved by pauper funeral while at Harrow c. 1An illustration depicting philanthropist Lord Shaftesbury as a youth and being moved by the sight of a pauper funeral while he was resident at Harrow School, Middlesex, in about 1816
Edward VII Memorial Hospital, MachynllethThe Edward VII Memorial Hospital at Machynlleth, Montgomeryshire. The hospital, located in the former Machynlleth Union workhouse, opened in 1920 for the treatment of tuberculosis (TB) patients
Illness Notice, Malmesbury Workhouse, WiltshireA notice sent by Mr C.M. Gane, master of the Malmesbury Union workhouse, to a friend or relative of inmate Hezekiah Coster informing them that Coster was very ill. Date: 1896
National Childrens Home & Orphanage Birmingham Branch - GirThe Birmingham branch of the home and orphanage run by the National Childrens Home (NCH). Here, boys and girls from the home stand in front of the girls homes. Date: Date unknown
National Childrens Home London Branch - Printers RoomThe London branch of the home and orphanage run by the National Childrens Home (NCH). Here, boys are shown in the homes printers room surrounded by printing machinery. Date: Date unknown
Bootle Day Industrial SchoolThe Day Industrial School on Marsh Lane, Bootle, Lancashire. The school opened in 1895 to provide non-residential training facilities for youths sent there by the courts. Date: circa 1905
Governors house at Tothill Fields PrisonGovernors house at Middlesex House of Correction, Tothill Fields, Westminster Date: 1862
Birmingham Union workhouseA view of the Birmingham workhouse on Western Road, Winson Green, Birmingham. The building just left of centre is the matrons house, with the workhouse chapel to its left. Date: 1907
1930s slum back yards, Limehouse
Male Quarters, Broadmoor Asylum, BerkshireExterior of blocks housing male patients at Broadmoor Asylum, Berkshire. The institution opened in 1863 as the Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum. Date: Date unknown
Prisoners consulting room, Newgate PrisonPrisoners consulting room at Newgate Prison, London. Date: 1862
Birmingham workhouse penny, 1812
Prison reformer John HowardA portrait of prison reformer John Howard. Date: 1862
Location map of London prisons. Date: 1862
Woolwich hulks - Warrior and SulphurThe Woolwich hulks (prison ships) - the Warrior with washing-ship Sulphur. Date: 1862
1930s poor housing at Shadwell, StepneyWomen and children in a passageway between blocks of poor housing in the Shadwell district of Stepney in Londons East End. Date: circa 1936
Scullery in slum at Limehouse
Gateway at Pentonville PrisonPortcullis gateway at Pentonville Prison, designed by Sir Charles Barry.. Date: 1862
Wales - school window
Chapel exit indicator, Pentonville PrisonDevice to signal prisoners order of exit from chapel at Pentonville Prison, London. Date: 1862
Chain room, Millbank PrisonThe chain room at Millbank Prison, London. The walls are lined with chains, shackles and handcuffs. Date: 1862
Poplar - doorstep cleaning
Chamberlains gate at Newgate Prison, London. Date: 1862
Pump room at Wandsworth PrisonPump room at Surrey Prison and House of Correction, Wandsworth Date: 1862
House and slag heap near SwanseaA house near Swansea is becoming overwhelmed by a nearby slag heap. A man clambers up the heap to inspect its progress. Date: circa 1936
Caravan dwellers in DurhamAn assortment of caravans, some with wooden wheels and others having lost their wheels, near a quarry in County Durham. Date: circa 1936
Entrance gate with waiting visitors, Newgate PrisonEntrance gate with visitors awaiting admission at Newgate Prison, London. Date: 1862
Bird s-eye view of Wandsworth PrisonBird s-eye view of Surrey Prison and House of Correction, Wandsworth Date: 1862
Westminster JudgesJudges in procession at opening of courts, Westminster. Date: 1862
Prisoner making shoes, Millbank PrisonPrisoner at work making shoes in cell at Millbank Prison, London. Date: 1862