Workhouse Collection (page 10)

St. Pancras new infirmary, Highgate 1870
St. Pancras Workhouse North Infirmary at Highgate, North London, was erected in 1868 - 1871. Designed by Messrs John Giles & Biven, Date: 1870

New Workhouse, Upper Holloway, London 1870
Exterior of the intended building for erection of a workhouse, at Upper Holloway, for the parish of St. Mary, Islington, containing about seven acres and tree quarters of land. Date: 1870

Homes for Little Boys at Farningham 1905
Homeless and destitute children at Homes for Little Boys, Farningham, Swanley. Young boys given a training in a trade or schooling to provide them with the best opportunities for their adulthood

Bethnal-Green Employment Relief Association 1868 Bethnal-Green Employment
Labour-yard of the Bethnal-Green Employment and Relief Association, in East London. The stagnation of trade which followed on the commercial crisis of 1866

LONDON WORKHOUSE 1819
The LONDON WORKHOUSE, Bishopsgate Street - the principal entrance : and an internal view Date: 1819

WORKHOUSE XMAS
Christmas in workhouse, shows a frail elderly woman being helped as she receives a small Christmas gift from a charitable woman. On the wall is a sign saying God Bless our Master and Matron

Bishopsgate Workhouse 1819
The entrance to the workhouse, Bishopsgate, City of London. Date: 1819

WELL CARED FOR
Old ladies well cared for - more fortunate than some ! Date: 1886

Workhouse London 1809
The workhouse of St Jamess Parish, London Date: 1809

Liberation of prisoners from Coldbath Fields 1862
Liberation of prisoners from Coldbath Fields house of Correction. Date: 1862

Kind Edward VII visits the Newmarket Workhouse and talks to a young inmate, who is resting in a cane day-bed and playing his mandolin. Date: 1904

Parish Workhouse Plan, Southwell, Nottinghamshire
Plan of the parish workhouse erected in 1808 at Southwell Nottinghamshire. It was designed by the Rev. John T Becher in association with a local architect, believed to be Richard Ingleman. Date: 1828

Christmas at the Whitechapel Workhouse
Serving Christmas Dinner at the Whitechapel Workhouse, London. Date: 1874

Fulham Workhouse, Fulham Palace Road, London
Fulham Workhouse on Fulham Palace Road, London. Postcard dates from the WW1 wartime period 1915-18 when the workhouse was being used as the Fulham Military Hospital

The Liverpool Industrial schools at Kirkdale, 1850
The Liverpool Industrial schools at Booth Lane, Kirkdale. Built in an Elizabethan style, it was designed as an alternative to the workhouse to accomodate juvenile paupers. Date: 1850

Ely Homes, Cardiff
Ely Homes run by the Cardiff Board of Guardians to house workhouse children

St Marylebone Poor Law Schools, Southall, London
The St Marylebone Schools on South Road, Southall opened in 1858 to house up to 390 pauper children away from the workhouse

Union Workhouse, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
A view of the union workhouse at Newcastle-upon-Tyne erected in 1840 on Westgate Road. In front of the building is a man with a hand-cart. Date: Date unknown

Womens Dining Hall at St Pancras Workhouse, London
Rows of inmate eating dinner in the womens dining hall at the St Pancras Workhouse. Date: 1897

Barham House of Industry
The House of Industry or workhouse at Barham, Suffolk, built in 1766 for the Bosmere and Claydon Incorporation. The building was demolished in 1956. Date: Date unknown

St Johns Childrens Home, Ipswich
Boys pose in the garden of the St Johns Childrens Home on Bloomfield Street in Ipswich. The home was opened in 1879 by the Ipswich Poor Law Union to house pauper children away from the workhouse

Banbridge Hospital, County Down, Ireland
Aerial view of Banbridge Hospital, County Down, formerly the Banbridge Union workhouse. Date: Date unknown

Union Workhouse Infirmary, Evesham, Worcestershire
The No. 4 Female Ward of the Evesham Unions workhouse infirmary. Several patients are in their beds with a nurse sitting alongside one of them. Date: Date unknown

Oliver Twist asks for more - Charles Dickens
Oliver Twist asks for more - from Oliver Tiwst by Charles Dickens. Date: circa 1910s

Hollybrook House, Southampton
The Southampton Unions Hollybrook House childrens home - the superintendent stands at the front door. The home housed pauper children away from the workhouse. Date: Date unknown

Liverpool Workhouse Infirmary, Brownlow Hill
A view of the Liverpool Workhouse Infirmary at Brownlow Hill, now the site of the citys Metropolitan Cathedral. Date: 1925

Kirkcaldy Combination Poorhouse at Kinghorn, Fife, Scotland
An aerial view of the Kirkcaldy Combination Poorhouse in Fife, Scotland. The poorhouse (Scotlands equivalent of a workhouse) was erected in 1849 in a dramatic coastal location at Kinghorn

Droxford Union Workhouse, Hampshire
A view of the Union Workhouse at Droxford, Hampshire. Some inmates can be seen at the front of the building. Cabbages are growing in the ground at the bottom of the picture

Dudley Road Hospital, Birmingham
The front of the Dudley Road Hospital, Birmingham. The hospital was originally the infirmary of the Birmingham workhouse. Date: circa 1935

Wycombe Union Workhouse, Saunderton, Buckinghamshire
The Wycombe Union workhouse at Saunderton during its use as a World War One military hospital. Several men in uniform stand at the left of the entrance

Barony Hospital, Nantwich
Aerial view of the Barony Hospital, Nantwich, formerly the Nantwich Union workhouse. The original workhouse block is at the upper centre

Kensington Workhouse, Marloes Road, London
In 1847-8, the parish of St Mary Abbots, Kensington, erected a workhouse at the east of Wrights Lane (now Marloes Road) Kensington

Bruce House Lodging House, Kemble Street, London
The dining-hall at Bruce House - a model lodging house opened by the London County Council in 1906 at Kemble Street London WC2. Date: 1906

Kingswood Reformatory, Bristol
A view of Kingswood Reformatory near Bristol, opened in 1854 and one of the first such institutions. After 1933 it became an Approved School known as the Kingswood Training School for Boys

Hunslet Union Workhouse, Rothwell, West Yorkshire
The Hunslet and Rothwell Union workhouse at Rothwell Haigh near Leeds, opened in 1903. The masters house stands at the left while a water tower with clock is visible to the rear

Langho Epileptic Colony - one of the inmates houses
One of the inmates houses at the Langho Colony in Ribblesdale, Lancashire. The colony was established in 1906 by the Manchester

1930s Slum dwellings at St Pancras, London
Slum housing in St Pancras shortly before its demolition. Date: circa 1936

1930s Poor housing at Bethnal Green
Interior of a cramped one-room dwelling at Bethnal Green. The cramped room contains a double-bed, old pram, and unwashed teacups on a chest of drawers. Date: circa 1936

Christian Brothers School, Doneraile, County Cork, Ireland
Exterior view of the Christian Brothers School at Doneraile, County Cork, Ireland. The Congregation of Christian Brothers is a Roman Catholic community founded in the early 19th century

St Saviours Union workhouse, Southwark, London
A view of the mens yard and rear of the building at St Saviours Union workhouse on Marlborough Street in Southwark, south London. The garden is well stocked with plants and flowers

Shop to let, East End of London
A boarded up and semi-derelict grocery shop carries an optimistic To Let sign. The shop premises, at 57 Charlotte Street, Whitechapel, East London, were formerly occupied by Morris Rosenblatt

Street scene in Hoxton, East End of London
A street scene in Hoxton, East London. A large group of local residents are lined up for the occasion. The location may be Boot Street, adjacent to Hoxton Market

A slavey or servant maid, East End of London
A slavey or domestic servant maid washing a doorstep in the East End of London

Wandsworth & Clapham Workhouse, Garratt Lane, London
Part of the new Wandsworth & Clapham Union Workhouse, at Swaffield Road, off Garratt Lane in south west London. It opened in 1886 and was designed by TW Aldwinckle

Islington Workhouse, North London
Aerial view of the Islington parish workhouse, opened in 1870 on St Johns Road in Islington, North London. Designed by RH Burden, it could house more than 1000 inmates

Dr Barnardos Village Homes, Barkingside, Ilford, Essex
Children perform a dance display at Dr Barnardos Village Homes for Girls at Barkingside, Ilford, Essex. The occasion is presumably an open day, for the benefit of visitors and benefactors

Laundry Staff at Whittingham Asylum, near Preston, Lancs
Laundry staff at Whittingham Asylum, Cumeragh Lane, Goosnargh, near Preston, Lancashire. The asylum, designed by Henry Littler of Manchester, opened in 1873 as the Lancashire County Lunatic Asylum

Bethnal Green Workhouse, Waterloo Road, London
Bethnal Greens Waterloo Road workhouse was erected in 1840-1842. It was later known as Waterloo House

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