Wards Collection

Shotley Bridge General Hospital, County Durham
Aerial view of Shotley Bridge Hospital, County Durham. It was originally opened by the Gateshead Union in 1912 as a TB sanatorium (far right of picture)

Union Workhouse, Brighton, Sussex
Brighton Union workhouse on Race Hill, at Elm Grove in Brighton, Sussex, which opened in 1867. From 1915 to 1920 it was the Kitchener Indian Hospital and later became Brighton General Hospital

Advertisement for hammocks for workhouse vagrant wards
A 1900 advertisement from the Grantham company of Carlton * Co. for the supply of hammocks to workhouses for use in their casual wards which provided overnight accommodation for tramps and vagrants

Alexandra Ward, St Thomas Hospital, London 1903
Alexandra Ward, St Thomas Hospital, London. Photograph showing a girl's wards with comfortable furnishings. Date: 1903

Royal Hospital Chelsea, Infirmary Wards 1902
Interior of one of the infirmary wards in Royal Hospital Chelsea

The accommodation of the Chelsea pensioners designed by Sir Christopher Wren. Each ward had 36 veterans sleeping in old oak cubicles with little curtains that could be drawn across

Wards in Beil Naura Hospital, Basra, Iraq, WW1
Wards in Beil Naura Hospital, Basra, Iraq, during the First World War. circa 1916

The Royal Infirmary, Bradford, West Yorkshire. Date: 1938

The Fairies Song - A Midsummers Nights Dream - Act II, scene 2 - Titania asleep, surrounded by her fairy train

West African Tuareg Horse Warriors
West African Tuareg Warriors, in traditional veiled headdresses, all mounted on fine horse and carrying spears and enormous shields

Union Workhouse, New Cross, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire
Aerial view of the Wolverhampton Union workhouse at New Cross, Wednesfield (then Staffordshire, today part of the West Midlands district), opened in 1903 and designed by Arthur Marshall

Stepping Hill Hospital, Stockport
Administration block of Stepping Hill Hospital, Stockport. The hospital was opened as Stepping Hill Infirmary by the Stockport Union in 1905 to improve on the medical facilities that existed at

Mali - Tuareg men from Timbucktu
Mali - Two Tuareg men from Timbucktu, holding spears. The Tuareg are a Berber nomadic pastoralist people, known as the People of the Veil

London, England - The Guildhall - Gothic Style Building.. Part of Box 23 Boswell Collection. A Day trip to London.Guildhall is a building in the City of London, off Gresham and Basinghall streets

William Kitchener, Beadl
WILLIAM KITCHENER, described as a conceited coxcomb, is beadle to Saffron Hill and other wards in Holborn, London, to whose householders he presents his likeness. Date: flourished circa 1730

The Prince and Princess of Wales at the Evelina hospital
Prince Edward and Princess Alexandra visiting the Evelina Hospital for Sick Children in Southwark Bridge Road, London. Date: 1890

The Shardeloes drawing room as maternity ward during WWII
The Shardeloes country house in Amersham, Buckinghamshire which was transformed into a maternity home for expectant mothers during World War II. Date: 1940

A British- Russian hospital at Petrograd 1916
A photograph showing one of the wards of the Anglo-Russian Hospital in the Dmitri Palace, Petrograd. Date: 1916

Carols for Sick Child
A group of little girl patients with their nurse, singing Christmas carols to to a sick baby in its cot. Date: early 1930s

Hospital Entertainment
Sick little girls playing with dolls in the childrens ward, supervised by a kindly nurse. Behind them are babies in cots and a roaring fire. Date: early 1930s

Syria - In the Bazaar
Syria - Scene in the Bazaar. Date: circa 1910s

Smithdown Road Workhouse, Liverpool - Mental Wards
Mental wards at the Smithdown Road Workhouse, Liverpool. The workhouse was built in 1859 by Liverpools Toxteth Park poor law authority. Date: 1925

St Lukes Workhouse, Old Street, London
A design by architect Henry Saxon Snell for additions to St Lukes Workhouse on Old Street. The new buildings, opened in 1879, contained administrative offices and infirm wards for 930 inmates

Plaistow Fever Hospital
Washbourn II Ward at Plaistow Fever Hospital, 1905 Date: 1905

One of the wards of the hospital at Scutari. Interior view of a hospital ward at Scutari during the Crimean War, after the arrival of Florence Nightingale. Date 1856 April 21st

French Nurses 1930S
A matron and a nurse attending to bedridden patients in one of the wards of the Marie Curie Hospital, Paris, France. Date: early 1930s

Hospital Ward / 1888
A nurse carries a cup of tea to a patient in the one of the wards in London Hospital, Whitechapel Date: 1888

Lewisham Hospital kitchens, south east London
Uniformed catering staff prepare meals in the kitchens of Lewisham Hospital in south east London. A cook at the right is making up plates of salad. Large metal boxes carry the names of hospital wards

London County Council Night Office, Charing Cross Bridge
Applicants waiting outside the London County Councils Night Office at Charing Cross Bridge, Central London. The Office had telephone links to the citys casual wards, as well as to the Salvation Army

Frank Gray, Liberal MP
In the late 1920s, former Oxford Liberal MP Frank Gray (1880-1935) disguised himself as a tramp to experience first-hand the life of such individuals

Frank Gray, MP, disguised as a tramp
In the late 1920s, former Oxford Liberal MP Frank Gray (1880-1935) disguised himself as a tramp to experience first-hand the life of such individuals

Manchester Union Casual Wards, Manchester
Casual wards for tramps and vagrants at Tame Street, Ancoates, Manchester. The original premises were set up in a former cotton mill in 1897 but were rebuilt in around 1900 after being burnt down

Cockermouth Union schools, Flimby, Cumberland
The Cockermouth Union workhouse schools at Flimby, Cumberland. Flimby Lodge was purchased by the Union in 1886 for conversion to a school and vagrant wards

Preparing for refugees arrival WWII
The Cheyne Hospital in London prepares to receive refugees. Camp beds are set up in the wards and the beds fixed with a number to identify the occupant

Prince of Wales opening the new wards of Charing Cross Hospi
Established in 1831, this picture shows the opening ceremony after improvements made to the hospital in 1877. The alterations cost approximately 13, 000 and took just over a year to complete"

Thomas Guy
Born in 1644, Guy completed his education and went on to represent Tamworth in Parliament. He moved to London and spent eight years as a booksellers apprentice

Thomas Guys tomb
The tomb of Thomas Guy in the chapel at Guys hospital. Born in 1644, he completed his education and went on to represent Tamworth in Parliament

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