Workhouse Collection (page 16)

Union Workhouse, Beaminster, Dorset
The Beaminster Union workhouse was erected in around 1837 at Stoke Water, near Beaminster, Dorset. Designed by HJ Whitling and Edward Mundey

School & Petworth Union Workhouse, Wisborough Green, Sussex
The Petworth Union workhouse (far centre) and a local school (near right) at Wisborough Green, Sussex. The workhouse was one of three operated by Petworth Union

Union Workhouse, Southam, Warwickshire
The Southam Union workhouse on Welsh Road in Southam, Warwickshire. A man, perhaps the workhouse porter, stands on the doorstep. A greenhouse is attached at the left of the building

Almshouses and Union Workhouse, Rothbury, Northumberland
Rothbury almshouses (left of centre) and former Union workhouse (right of centre). The workhouse, on Town Foot, Rothbury, Northumberland

Union Workhouse, Northallerton, North Yorkshire
The Northallerton Union workhouse at Friarage Fields, Northallerton, North Yorkshire. A small dog stands near the entrance

Berrington War Hospital, Atcham, Shropshire
Berrington War Hospital operated during the First World War at the premises of the Atcham Union workhouse, Cross Houses, near Shrewsbury, Shropshire

Chase Farm Schools, Enfield, Middlesex
The main building of the Chase Farm Schools in Enfield, Middlesex, opened in 1886 by the Edmonton Union to house pauper children away from the workhouse

Union Workhouse, Kingston, Surrey
Entrance drive at Kingston Union workhouse with inmates, staff and children. The workhouse, designed by William Mason, was erected in 1837-9 on Coombe Road in Kingston upon Thames, Surrey

Poplar and Stepney Sick Asylum, Bow, East London
The Poplar and Stepney Sick Asylum was opened in 1871 at Devons Road in Bow, next to the Stepney workhouse, East London. Despite its name

Union Workhouse, Hastings, Sussex
Birds eye view of the union workhouse in Frederick Road, Hastings, Sussex. The original 1837 buildings (centre/right of picture) were designed by Sampson Kempthorne

Hackney Union School, Brentwood, Essex
The Hackney Union School at Brentwood. In 1885 Hackney took over what had been the Brentwood District School, originally set up by the Shoreditch Board of Guardians in 1854 to house pauper children

Hackney Union Cottage Homes, Ongar, Essex
The Hackney Union cottage homes at Ongar, Essex. The homes, opened in 1905, housed pauper children away from the workhouse. The children lived in three-storey cottages each holding 52 boys or girls

Newark Union Workhouse, Claypole Bridge, Lincs
The large building partly hidden by the bridge was used as the Newark Union workhouse until the early 1900s. The building was erected in the 1780s as a workhouse for the Claypole Gilbert Union

Chelsea Workhouse Infirmary, London
The grounds of what is believed to be the workhouse infirmary at Cale Street, Chelsea, London. A uniformed matron and nurse stand at the centre while two men look

Holborn Union Workhouse - View over street and wall to 3-storey building. Men walking on pavement. Part of Box 318 Boswell Collection - Dickens. Date: circa 1900

Thomas Laugher (114)
THOMAS LAUGHER Born in Worcestershire, he ended his days St Martins workhouse, London, retaining his faculties till 3 days before he died. Date: 1699 - 1813

Thomas Laugher (114) Wl
THOMAS LAUGHER Born in Worcestershire, he ended his days St Martins workhouse, London, retaining his faculties till 3 days before he died. Date: 1699 - 1813

Louisa Twining (1820 - 1912), English philanthropic worker who devoted herself to issues and tasks related to the English Poor Law. Her family owned Twinings tea business on the Strand

Picture No. 11792554
Bethnal Green workhouse map

Cartoon / poster - Home Sweet Home
An old woman walking with a stick follows a sign to the workhouse Paupers Entrance. Date: early 1900s

Training Ship Goliath Fire Cartoon
A cartoon published after 23 people died in a fire in December 1875 aboard the Goliath Training Ship for workhouse boys. Date: 1876

Workhouse Bathing Regulations, Sunderland, County Durham
The official bathing regulations for inmates at Sunderland Union Workhouse. Date: 1914

Bone crushing equipment
Bone-crushing equipment of the type used in workhouses in the early nineteenth century. The crushed bones were used as fertilizer

Former Chelmsford Workhouse admin block, 2000
Former Chelmsford Workhouse admin block, seen from the northeast, part of the Chelmsford Union Workhouse, Essex. The original buildings date from 1837 but were largely rebuilt after a fire in 1886

Former Spinning House workhouse, Cambridge c. 1910
Former Spinning House workhouse in Cambridge, circa 1910 Date: C.1910

Workhouse Able-bodied Inmates
Able-bodied inmates at an unidentified workhouse hold sieves over wheelbarrows. Date: 1909

Workhouse Childrens Ward
A childrens ward at an unidentified workhouse. Date: 1909

Workhouse Laundry
Women working in the laundry at an unidentified workhouse. Date: 1909

Workhouse Elderly Women at Tea
Elderly women at an unidentified workhouse have tea. Date: 1909

Strand Workhouse, Edmonton
A group of unidentified men at the Strand Union Workhouse, Edmonton

South Stoneham Workhouse Laundry
Women at work in the laundry of the South Stoneham Workhouse, Hampshire

Islington Parish Workhouse
A view of the Islington parish workhouse on Liverpool Road. Date: 1819

Dublin City Workhouse
A view of the 17-foot-long frontage of the Dublin City Workhouse. Date: 1762

Stevens Bread-making Machine
Experiments made with Stevens Bread-making Machine at Marylebone workhouse, 1858. Stevens machine offered more wholesome and sanitary conditions than those of hand bread making

Life of Charles Dickens - Holborn Workhouse. Part of Box 330 Charles Dickens (Life and Works), slide no. 13 Date: circa 1890s

Eventide, Professor Hubert von Herkomer
Slide showing a painting by British artist of German descent Hubert von Herkomer (1849-1914) called Eventide: A Scene in the Westminster Union (workhouse), 1878. Part of Box 366 Date: circa 1900

Stockwell Orphanage
Stockwell orphanage, Clapham Road, London, founded by Charles Spurgeon, opened in 1869 off Stockwell Park Road, on a site which is now part of the Stockwell Park Estate

Union Workhouse, Whitchurch, Hampshire
A view of the Union Workhouse at Whitchurch in Hampshire. Date: Date unknown

Stepney Union Workhouse, London
A view of the Stepney Union Workhouse on St Leonards Street, Bromley-by-Bow. The building, opened in 1863, was designed by Henry Jarvis. Date: Date unknown

St Columb Major Union Workhouse, Cornwall
A view of the St Columb Major Union workhouse. The building, erected in 1840, was designed by George Gilbert Scott and William Bonython Moffatt Date: circa 1909

Firewood Receipt, Settle Union, Yorkshire
A receipt issued by the Settle Union for a payment for firewood. Chopping wood for firewood was a common task given to workhouse inmates. Date: 1912

Rangers and Girls from Stow-on-the-Wold Workhouse, Glouceste
A group of Girl Guides rangers and younger girls from Stow-on-the-Wold Workhouse. Date: 1924

Pauper Lunatic Detention Application
A 1926 Pauper Lunatic Detention Application requesting that Ada Wheelhouse be detained as a lunatic in the Todmorden workhouse. Date: 1926

Pauper Lunatic Detention Order
A 1926 Pauper Lunatic Detention Order authorising the detention of Ada Wheelhouse as a lunatic in the Todmorden workhouse. Date: 1926

Pauper Lunatic Certificate
A 1926 Pauper Lunatic Certificate certifying that workhouse inmate Ada Wheelhouse was feeble-minded and fit to remain in the workhouse, categorised as a lunatic

Union workhouse at Nantwich, Cheshire
A view of the Union workhouse at Nantwich. The grounds of the institution are being used for the cultivation of vegetables. Date: Date unknown

Receipt for Workhouse Childrens Outing Subscription Receipt
Receipt made out to W.W. Brocklehurst for a subscription to the Childrens Outing fund at Macclesfield Workhouse. Outings for children had to be financed by private donations. Date: 1913

Workhouse Fire Brigade, Leeds, West Yorkshire
Uniformed men of the Leeds Union Fire Brigade based at Leeds Workhouse posed with some of their equipment. Date: Date unknown

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