Pauper Collection (page 9)

Bird s-eye view of Wandsworth Prison
Bird s-eye view of Surrey Prison and House of Correction, Wandsworth Date: 1862

Westminster Judges
Judges in procession at opening of courts, Westminster. Date: 1862

Prisoner making shoes, Millbank Prison
Prisoner at work making shoes in cell at Millbank Prison, London. Date: 1862

Punishment cell, Millbank Prison
Prisoner in refractory (punishment) cell at Millbank Prison, London. Date: 1862

Overcrowded housing
A family of seven in their cramped single-room accommodation, location unknown. Date: circa 1936

Night view of Millbank Prison
Night view across Thames of Millbank Prison, London. Date: 1862

Entrance to Tothill Fields Prison
Entrance to Middlesex House of Correction, Tothill Fields, Westminster Date: 1862

Tothill Fields, Westminster
Bird s-eye view of Middlesex House of Correction, Tothill Fields, Westminster Date: 1862

A boy sweep
Engraving of George Baxters illustration of a black-faced chimney sweeps boy. Date unknown

Plan of Tothill Fields, Westminster
Ground plan of Middlesex House of Correction, Tothill Fields, Westminster Date: 1862

Convicts working in garden, Millbank Prison
A warder supervises male convicts working in garden at Millbank Prison, London. They are pulling a large roller. A small dog is in attendance. Date: 1862

Prison Chief Warder And Matron
Chief Warder at Pentonville and Matron at Brixton Prison. Date: 1862

Miners cottages
A row of single-storey miners cottages - location unknown. Date: circa 1936

Convict Uniforms
Pictorial guide to different classes of convict uniform. Date: circa 1905

Map of London Courts and Prisons
Map of London Law Courts, Police Courts, County Courts and Prisons. Date: 1862

Convicts burial ground, Millbank Prison
The convicts burial ground at Millbank prison, London. Date: 1862

Parish workhouse, Barking, Essex
A view of the parish workhouse on North Street, Barking, Essex. Date: Date unknown

Bridgend Cottage Homes, Glamorgan
The Bridgend Unions cottage homes at Merthyr Mawr Road, to the south of Bridgend. The homes, opened in 1879, housed pauper children away from the workhouse

Burton workhouse 1886. tif
Bird s-eye view of the proposed new workhouse building erected in 1886 on Belvedere Road, Burton-on-Trent. The scheme - a pavilion block layout - was designed by J.H. Morton. Date: 1886

Childrens Home and Orphanage, Birmingham Branch
Children and staff outside the Birmingham home for children and orphans run by the National Childrens Homes (NCH). Date: circa 1905

Brabazon Sale, Belper Workhouse, Derbyshire
1907 card advertising sale of work produced by inmates of the Belper workhouse under the Brabazon scheme. Date: 1907

Band programme - Aston Union Cottage Homes
Specimen programme of music performed by the boys military band at Aston Unions cottage homes at Erdington, Birmingham. The homes, opened in 1899, housed pauper children away from the main workhouse

Oundle Union workhouse, Northamptonshire

Female inmates at Oundle workhouse
Uniformed elderly female inmates at the Oundle Union workhouse. Date: 1896

New Years Eve in the Workhouse
An illustration by J Barnard Davis of New Years Eve in an unnamed workhouse. At Christmas time, workhouses were decorated and the inmates given treats

Master at Oundle workhouse
The Master at Oundle Union workhouse, Northamptonshire. Date: 1896

Matron at Oundle workhouse
The Matron at Oundle workhouse, Northamptonshire. Date: 1896

Tramps block at Oundle workhouse

Womens Garden at Oundle Union workhouse
The womens garden at Oundle workhouse, Northamptonshire. The Master and some inmates can just be seen. Date: 1896

Gardens at Oundle workhouse
The masters gardens at Oundle workhouse, Northamptonshire. Date: 1896

Jeremy Benthams Panopticon - section
A sectional view of Jeremy Benthams scheme for a panopticon workhouse to hold up to 2000 inmates. The design, published in Benthams 1812 work Pauper Management Improved

Jeremy Benthams Panopticon - elevation
The elevation view of Jeremy Benthams scheme for a panopticon workhouse to hold up to 2000 inmates. The design, published in Benthams 1812 work Pauper Management Improved

Jeremy Benthams Panopticon - ground plan

Jeremy Benthams Panopticon - bed designs
Bed designs in Jeremy Benthams proposed panopticon workhouse to hold up to 2000 inmates. The scheme, published in Benthams 1812 work Pauper Management Improved

Rochford Union Workhouse, Essex
A view of the Rochford Union workhouse at Rochford in Essex. Date: circa 1910

Reading room, Rowton House, Camden
A reading room at the Rowton House on Arlington Road, Camden. Rowton Houses provided cheap hostel-style accommodation for working men. Date: 1926

Rowton House, Kings Cross
The Rowton House at Kings Cross, London. Rowton Houses provided cheap hostel-style accommodation for working men. Date: Date unknown

Sheffield Workhouse - Coronation Sports Day
A sack race during Coronation Sports at the Sheffield Union workhouse at Fir Vale, Sheffield. Date: circa 1911

Shrewsbury Schools c. 1931WHS Derwent Series
The main building of Shrewsbury School, originally erected in 1784 as the Shrewsbury Incorporation workhouse. The workhouse ceased operation in 1871 and the School moved in in 1882 Date: circa 1931

Strood Union workhouse
The derelict buildings of the Strood (formerly North Aylesford) Union workhouse, erected in 1837 on Gun Lane in Strood. Date: Date unknown

Swinton Schools, Manchester
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

Tramp on Embankment
A tramp rests on the Thames Embankment in London. Date: circa 1926

Surrey County Gaol, Horsemonger Lane
A view of Surrey County Gaol, Horsemonger Lane, Southwark. Date: 1862

Walton Institution Visiting pass
A visiting pass for the West Derby Union workhouse at Walton, Liverpool. Visitors are warned that taking alcohol into the workhouse is forbidden and can result in prosecution. Date: 1919

Wandsworth & Clapham Dispensary and Relief Station
Architects drawing of the Wandsworth & Clapham Unions new relief offices on Latchmere Road, Battersea. The building, erected in 1886, was designed by T.W. Aldwinckle. Date: 1886

Wandsworth Union Old Peoples Cottages, Tooting
Cottages for the elderly poor erected in 1902 at Church Lane, Tooting, by the Wandsworth and Clapham Union. The scheme was designed by C.A. Sharp. Date: 1902

Nurses at Withington, Lancashire
A group of uniformed women, thought to be nurses at the Chorlton Union workhouse in Withington near Manchester. Each is wearing a leather belt with keys attached. Date: Date unknown

Workhouse and Church Wisborough Green, Sussex
A view of the Petworth Union workhouse (centre) and parish church at Wisborough Green, Sussex. Date: circa 1910

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