Workhouse Collection (page 13)

William Doran, veteran of the Battle of Navarino, at St Geor
William Doran ( Old Navarino ), aged 96, was once a powder monkey on the Genoa at the Battle of Navarino. In his old age, he was discovered to have entered the St Georges Fulham Road workhouse

St Marylebone Workhouse Infirmary - A Royal Visit
The Prince and Princess of Wales talk to patients at the official opening of the St Marylebone workhouse infirmary. The buildings, designed by Henry Saxon Snell and his son

Westgate Road Workhouse / Institution, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
An aerial view, from the north-west, of the former Newcastle-upon-Tyne Union workhouse, also known officially the Westgate Road Institution

Abingdon Union Workhouse, Berkshire
A bird s-eye view of the Abingdon Union workhouse at Abingdon, Berkshire (now in Oxfordshire). The building, opened in 1835

Old Workhouse and Pond, West Horsley, Surrey
A view of the former West Horsley parish workhouse. Date: 1904

Halesowen Workhouse Token
A one penny workhouse token issued in 1813 at Halesowen, then placed in Shropshire. During a national shortage of copper coins in 1812-15

Goldie Leigh Childrens Cottage Homes, Bostall Woods, Plumst
Entrance to the Woolwich Unions Goldie Leigh cottage homes at Bostall Heath, Plumstead, erected in 1899 to house pauper children away from the workhouse

East Leeds Military Hospital / Leeds Workhouse, West Yorkshi
The Leeds Union workhouse in its temporary First World War role as East Leeds Military Hospital. Uniformed soldiers stand at the entrance gatehouse which is adorned with a red cross

Union Workhouse, Cleobury Mortimer, Shropshire
A view of the workhouse at Cleobury Mortimer, Shropshire. From 1932-36, the building was used as a youth hostel and was known as Styper House

Lichfield Street Workhouse, Birmingham
A view of Birmingham parish workhouse, erected in 1734 between Lichfield Street and Steelhouse Lane, where Coleridge Passage now stands

The Workhouse Infirmary, Thrapston, Northamptonshire
The infirmary at Thrapston Union workhouse in Northamptonshire designed by William J Donthorn. The establishment later adopted the name Cedar House. Date: Date unknown

Bromsgrove Union Workhouse, Worcestershire
The main block of the former Bromsgrove Union Workhouse. The site later became All Saints Hospital. Date: 2000

Greenwich Childrens Home, Sidcup
Entrance to The Hollies - the Greenwich & Deptford Unions cottage homes site at Lamorbey, near Sidcup, Kent. A group of children stand inside the gate

Aston Union Workhouse, Birmingham, Warwickshire
An aerial view of Aston Union Workhouse at Erdington, Birmingham. The unions childrens cottage homes are on a separate site, just visible at the right of the picture

Cleobury Mortimer Union Workhouse, Shropshire
A view of the Cleobury Mortimer Union Workhouse, Shropshire. In 1932, the building was taken over for use as a youth hostel

Workhouse Infirmary, Newport, Shropshire
The infirmary block added to Newport Union workhouse in around 1908. Date: 1911

Stourbridge 1st Southern General Hospital
Nurses and patients in a ward at the Stourbridge Union workhouse at Kingswinford, during its First World War occupation as a military hospital when it became part of the 1st Southern General

Stourbridge Union Workhouse, Worcestershire
The administration block of the former Stourbridge Union Workhouse at Kingswinford, Worcestershire. The site later became Wordsley Hospital. Date: 2000

Wilton Union Workhouse, Wiltshire
A view of the former Wilton Union Workhouse, designed by Edward Hunt. For many years, the building was occupied by the storage and removal company, Moody s. Date: 2000

The Coedy-Gric Institution (Pontypool workhouse), Griffithst
The Pontypool Union workhouse at Griffithstown, later also known as the Coedy-Gric Institution. The buildings in the foreground are childrens cottage homes with boys

Administrative Block (Old Hall) at Monyhull Colony
The administrative block (sited in the Old Hall) of the Monyhull Colony, Birmingham. The colony, for Sane Epileptics and Feeble Minded Persons, was opened in 1908 by the Birmingham

Nasmyth hammer at steel works, Sheffield, Yorkshire
Male workers are dwarfed by the massive Nasmyth hammer at the Atlas Steel Works, Sheffield, South Yorkshire. Date: circa 1902

Carrington House Hostel, Deptford
Interior views of Carrington House, erected in Deptford in 1903 by the London County Council as a hostel for working men. Clockwise from top left

Clutton Union Workhouse, Somerset
The main building of the former Clutton Union Workhouse, Temple Cloud, Somerset Date: 2000

Bridport Union Workhouse, Dorset
The entrance and main block of the Bridport Union Workhouse, Dorset. The building, which dates from 1837, was designed by Henry J Whitling. Date: 2000

Romford Union Workhouse, Essex
The central cross-shaped block of the Romford Union Workhouse, Essex. The buildings later became part of Oldchurch Hospital. Date: 2000

Daventry Union Workhouse, Northamptonshire
The main block of the Daventry Union Workhouse, Northamptonshire. The buildings, opened in 1837, were designed by John Plowman. The site later became Danetre Hospital. Date: 2000

Seisdon Union Workhouse, Staffordshire
The derelict remains of the Seisdon Union Workhouse at Trysull in Staffordshire Date: 2000

Lambeth Workhouse Schools Infirmary, Norwood
The parish of Lambeth operated a workhouse school on Elder Road, West Norwood. This interior view of a ward in the Schools infirmary shows beds and cots and a few children and their nurses. Date: 1905

Harraby Hill House Band, Carlisle
The boys band at Harraby Hill House, Carlisle - a home run by the Carlisle poor law union to house children away from the workhouse. The building was formerly St Cuthberts parish workhouse. Date: 1904

Hackney Union Workhouse, Homerton, London
Infirmary ward blocks at Hackney Union workhouse on Homerton High Street. Pedestrians and a horse and cart pass along the adjacent street. Date: 1905

Female convict in cell, Millbank Prison
A female convict in a cell at Millbank Prison, London. She is wearing a canvas dress and is being punished for tearing her normal clothes. Date: 1862

1930s poor street in Stepney
A small child stands outside a row of dilapidated houses on a poor street in Stepney in the East End of London. Date: circa 1936

Nine Mile Point Colliery, Newport, Monmouthshire
At Nine Mile Point Colliery, Newport, relatives and friends wait at the pit-head for news of the miners who are taking part in a stay-in strike below ground. Date: circa 1936

Undermined houses, Blaenavon, Monmouthshire
A row of houses at Blaenavon, Monmouthshire, supported by wooden props because of subsidence resulting from mining beneath them. Date: circa 1936

South Wales miner washing
A South Wales miner, face and forearms black with coal-dust, washes at home in a large tin bath. His wife helps wash his back. Date: circa 1936

Coatbridge miners houses, Lanarkshire
A deserted street of single-storey miners cottages at Coatbridge, a mining and iron-producing area to the east of Glasgow. Date: circa 1936

Fairfield General Hospital, Bury
An aerial view of Fairfield General Hospital at Jericho near Bury, Lancashire. The building was originally opened in 1857 as the Bury Union workhouse. Date: Date unknown

Poor law childrens hospital ward
A childrens hospital ward, though to be in a workhouse or poor law infirmary. In the scene are nurses, patients, cot beds, babys crib, and a playpen. Date: circa 1912

Union Infirmary Griffithstown, Pontypool
The infirmary at Pontypool Union workhouse on Coedygric Road, Griffithstown, Monmouthshire. The site later became Panteg County Hospital. Date: circa 1908

Shirley Schools, near Croydon, Surrey
The entrance (left) tot the Shirley Schools on Wickham Road, Shirley. The Schools were established in 1904 by the St Olave Union to house pauper children away from the workhouse

Interior of cell block at Portland Prison, Dorset
Interior of a new wing at Portland, Dorset showing cell doors, iron stairways and corridors. Wire netting was placed between balconies to prevent inmates falling to the ground

Main entrance, Union workhouse, Tendring, Essex
The main entrance and front driveway of the Tendring Union workhouse at Tendring Heath, Essex. A man, perhaps the workhouse porter, can just be seen

Entrance to West London District School, Ashford, Staines
Staff near the entrance to the West London District School on Woodthorpe Road, Ashford, near Staines, Surrey, opened in 1872 as the West London District School for workhouse children from Fulham

Bermondsey Union Infirmary, Lower Road, Rotherhithe, London
The entrance to the Bermondsey Union Infirmary, Lower Road, Rotherhithe, south east London. The infirmary, originally opened in 1876 as the St Olaves Union Infirmary, later became St Olaves Hospital

Aerial view of The Limes, Biggleswade, Bedfordshire
Aerial view of the former Biggleswade Union workhouse opened in 1836 on London Road, Biggleswade, Bedfordshire. In 1935 the site became known as The Limes

Hollingbourne Union Workhouse, Kent
The union workhouse - later known as White Heath - at Hollingbourne, Kent, erected in 1836

Bleasdale Reformatory, Garstang, Lancashire
A view of the North Lancashire Reformatory for Boys at Bleasdale, near Garstang, Lancashire which opened in 1857. Reformatories could house convicted juvenile offenders aged under 16 for a period of

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