Workhouse Collection (page 17)

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

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

Derby Union Workhouse
The entrance to the Derby Union Workhouse, later known as Boundary House Institution, then after 1948 as Manor Hospital. Date: circa 1910

Servants Night-time Visiting Ban at Congleton, Cheshire
Following claims, in 1842, that the practice of allowing young men to pay night-time visits to female servants in agricultural areas of the Wrexham Union resulted in many single mothers at

Strand Union Workhouse, Cleveland Street, London
A view of the former Strand Union workhouse, later part of the Middlesex Hospital, on Cleveland Street in Londons Fitzrovia District

Workhouse Infirmary at Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire
A view of the infirmary attached to the workhouse at Chipping Norton. Date: 1925

Chester Workhouse Childrens Outing
A group of children from Chester Unions cottage homes on an outing to the seaside, accompanied by adult helpers. The homes housed pauper children away from the workhouse. Date: 1925

Bradford workhouse concert programme
The programme for a choral concert given in 1904 to inmates at the Bradford Union workhouse in West Yorkshire. The concert was given by the choir of the Bradford Institution for the Blind. Date: 1904

George R. Sims Dagonet Ballads - The Workhouse
An illustration inspired by In the Workhouse: Christmas Day - better known as Christmas Day in the Workhouse - one of the Dagonet Ballads written by George R Sims in 1877

Entrance to A London Workhouse at Nightfall
An impression of the entrance to an unidentified London Workhouse at nightfall. The illustration may have been inspired by journalist James Greenwoods 1866 undercover expose of conditions in

Ecclesall Bierlow Claim for Inmate Maintenance
A claim issued by the Ecclesall Bierlow Union for the cost of maintaining the Thomas Hill in the union workhouse for almost four years

Bradford workhouse concert programme cover
The cover of the programme for a choral concert given in 1904 to inmates at the Bradford Union workhouse in West Yorkshire

Beauty of Bath
Comic postcard depicting a tramp (or casual ) taking his regulation bath at a workhouse. The The Beauty of Bath was a popular play of the period. Date: 1907

A Night In a London workhouse
An illustration inspired by journalist James Greenwoods undercover expos頩 n 1866 of conditions in the tramps ward of the Lambeth workhouse. Date: 1866

Women as war-time firemen in their bunks
Members of the Womens Volunteer Reserve in bunks at the Holborn Union Workhouse for aged women, due to being in attendance day and night for duty. Date: 1916

Priory Hospital, Wells, Somerset
Patients and staff outside the Priory Hospital at Wells. The building, formerly the Wells Union workhouse, was designed by Samuel T Welch. Date: Date unknown

North Surrey District Schools, Anerley, Upper Norwood
The North Surrey District (or Industrial) Schools at Anerley, Upper Norwood, opened in 1850 to house pauper children away from the workhouse

Meriden Union Workhouse, Warwickshire
The master, matron and a child stand at the entrance to the Meriden Union Workhouse on Maxstoke Lane, Meriden. Date: Date unknown

Workhouse / Kitchener Hospital, Brighton, Sussex
Part of the Brighton workhouse in its First World War guise as the Kitchener military hospital. The H block as normally occupied by inmates classed as lunatics. Date: Circa 1916

Bawnboy Union Workhouse, County Cavan, Ireland
Two uniformed staff, perhaps nurses, stand in front of the Union Workhouse at Bawnboy, County Cavan Date: 1910

Ardale Schools, Stifford, Essex
Entrance to the Ardale Schools at Stifford, formerly the Stepney Unions cottage homes for workhouse children. Date: Date unknown

Calderdale Royal Hospital, ward blocks
Calderdale Royal Hospital, Halifax: ward blocks. The site opened in 1901 as the Halifax Union workhouse infirmary, later becoming Halifax General Hospital, now the Calderdale Royal Hospital

Huntingdon Union Workhouse
The master, matron, and a small child stand at the entrance to the Huntingdon Union workhouse, opened in 1837 at Walnut Common, Huntingdon. The building was designed by Sampson Kempthorne

Hertford Workhouse
A view of Hertford Union workhouse, opened in around 1869 on Ware Road, Hertford. The imposing three-storey building has a clock tower at its centre. Date: Circa 1912

Hammersmith Infirmary, London
The Hammersmith Infirmary, opened in 1905 on Du Cane Road, was the most visible section of a site which also included a new Hammersmith workhouse. Date: 1909

German Prisoners of War marching to Redruth workhouse
German Prisoners captured at Falmouth being marched to the workhouse along West End, Redruth Date: Circa 1914

Election propaganda postcard for the Liberal Party, featuring a quote from The Chancellor of the Exchequer (and future Prime Minister) David Lloyd George on 30th July 1909

The Lawn at Hollybrook House, Southampton
The garden lawn at the Southampton Unions Hollybrook House childrens home. A man tends a baby in a pram, and a tent stands in the distance. The home housed pauper children away from the workhouse

Preparing a giant plum pudding at Marylebone Workhouse, Lond
Members of The United Cooks Society preparing a monster plum pudding for during the festive season at Marylebone Workhouse for the Lancashire operatives

Womens Volunteer Reserve - Fire-fighting Drill at a London
Uniformed members of the Womens Volunteer Reserve perform a fire-fighting drill watched by seated workhouse inmates. The location is unnamed but may be a workhouse at Edmonton. Date: 1916

Rasphouse Entrance, Heilige Weg, Amsterdam
Entrance gate to the Rasphouse on Heilige Weg, Amsterdam. The building was used as a workhouse or house of correction for male vagrants who rasped brazil wood into a powder used to create a textile

Workhouse inmates on Nieuwe Prinsengracht, Amsterdam
Inmates from Amsterdams nearby Roetersstraat workhouse sit beside the canal on Nieuwe Prinsengracht. Date: 1932

Workhouse, Roetersstraat, Amsterdam
View of the workhouse on Roetersstraat, Amsterdam. The building was opened in 1782. From 1875, it was officially to as a poorhouse or hospice. Date: circa 1800

Mat-making at the Amsterdam Workhouse
Inmates and looms in the mat-making workshop at the workhouse, Roetersstraat, Amsterdam Date: 1932

Activity at the Amsterdam workhouse
Inmates at work in the workhouse, Roetersstraat, Amsterdam Date: 1932

Shoemakers at the Amsterdam Workhouse
Inmates at work shoe-making in the workhouse, Roetersstraat, Amsterdam Date: 1932

Able-bodied mens dormitory, Workhouse, Roetersstraat, Amste
Able-bodied mens dormitory at the workhouse, Roetersstraat, Amsterdam Date: 1922

Inmates employed at canning in the Amsterdam Workhouse
Inmates preparing vegetables for canning at the workhouse, Roetersstraat, Amsterdam Date: 1932

New Workhouse, Prins Hendrikkade, Amsterdam
The New Workhouse set up in 1650 on Prins Hendrikkade, Amsterdam. Date: Date unknown

The Spinhouse, Spinhuissteeg, Amsterdam
The Spinhouse (left) on Oudezijdsachterburgwal, now SpinhuisSteeg, Amsterdam. The building, used as a workhouse or house of correction for female vagrants

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

Cottage Homes at Wavertee, Liverpool
Childrens houses at the cottage homes site opened by the Liverpool poor law authority at Olive Mount, Wavertree, in 1898. The homes housed pauper children away from the workhouse. Date: 1925

York Union Workhouse
A view of the York Union Workhouse showing the entrance block (left) and chapel (right). Date: Date unknown

Button from the Strand Union Workhouse, London
A corroded metal button from an inmates uniform at the Hackney Union workhouse. Date: Date unknown

Button from St Margaret & St John, Westminster, Workhouse
A corroded button from an inmates uniform at the St Margaret & St John, Westminster Union workhouse. Date: Date unknown

Button from Nottingham Union Workhouse
A metal button from an inmates uniform at the Nottingham Union workhouse. Date: Date unknown

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