Workhouse Collection (page 22)

Andover Union Workhouse, Hampshire
A view of the Andover Union workhouse, Junction Road, Andover. Erected 1836 and designed by Sampson Kempthorne. Date: 2000

Taunton Union Workhouse, Somerset
The entrance block of the Taunton Union Workhouse, Somerset. The building was designed by Sampson Kempthorne. The site later became Trinity Hospital. Date: 2000

Braintree Union Workhouse, Essex
Main entrance of the Braintree Union Workhouse, Essex. The building, opened in 1839, was designed by William T Nash. The site later became St Michaels Hospital. Date: 2000

Wolverhampton Cottage Homes Date: 1891

Reading Union Workhouse, Berkshire
The entrance to the Reading Union Workhouse. The site later became Battle hospital. Date: 2000

Weymouth Union Workhouse, Dorset
The long frontage of the former Weymouth Union Workhouse. The site later became Portway Hospital. Date: 2000

Chelmsford Union Workhouse, Essex
Part of the Chelmsford Union Workhouse, Essex. The original buildings date from 1837 but were largely rebuilt after a fire in 1886. The site later became St Johns Hospital. Date: 2000

Bristol Union Workhouse, Gloucestershire
The main building at the Bristol Union Workhouse, Stapleton. The site later became Manor Park Hospital and then Blackberry Hill Hospital Date: 2000

Bath Union Workhouse, Somerset
The entrance of the Bath Union Workhouse, Somerset. The building, designed by Sampson Kempthorne was opened in 1838 at Coombe Down, Bath. Date: 2000

Manchester Union Workhouse, Lancashire
Main block of the Manchester Union Workhouse at Crumpsall. The building, designed by Mills and Murgatroyd, admitted its first inmates in 1857. The site later became Springfield Hospital. Date: 2000

Nottingham Union Workhouse
The administrative block of the Nottingham Union Workhouse at Bagthorpe, opened in 1903. The site later became Nottingham City Hospital. Date: 2000

Bridgnorth Union Workhouse, Shropshire
The main building of the Bridgnorth Union Workhouse, Shropshire, now known as Andrew Evans House. Date: 2000

Bolton Union Workhouse, Lancashire
The central tower rises above the main building of the Bolton Union Workhouse at Fishpool near Bolton, Lancashire. The building, opened in 1861, designed by George Woodhouse and Leigh Hall

National Childrens Home Frodsham Branch
The National Childrens Home Frodsham Branch (also known as Newton Hall), Cheshire. Two boys are hoeing a field, while another leads a horse and plough. Date: Date unknown

Dairy at National Childrens Home
Lancashire branch of the National Childrens Home at Edgworth near Bolton. Several young women are at work in the dairy. A poster on the wall advertises delicious pure cream

National Training School of Cookery
Morning session in the scullery at the National Training School of Cookery, South Kensington, London. Students in aprons are engaged in cleaning and polishing. Date: 1874

Model Bakery at National Childrens Home
Lancashire branch of the National Childrens Home at Edgworth near Bolton. Two young men and an older man are at work in the bakery, weighing and kneading dough

New Orpington Lodge Receiving Home, Ontario
A view of the New Orpington Lodge Receiving Home in Ontario, Canada, run by the Canadian Catholic Emigration Society. The home was a reception centre for poor children from Britain before they began

Old Workhouse, Newington, Kent
The old parish workhouse on Church Street, Newington, Kent. Date: Date unknown

Norwich Gaol, Norfolk
A bird s-eye view sketch of the prison at St Giles, Norwich, erected in 1827. Date: Date unknown

Cartoon - The New Workhouse Porter
At a workhouse entrance, a policeman interrogates two applicants for admission - a woman and small child. Nearby, Master Prig, clearly a regular of the workhouse tramp ward

Lambeth Workhouse Schools, Norwood
The parish of Lambeth operated a workhouse school on Elder Road, West Norwood. In 1885, the premises were extended with the erection of the New School buildings shown here. Date: 1905

Paddington Union Offices Interior of Board Room
The wood-panelled Guardians board-room in the new office building opened by the Paddington Poor Law Union in 1902 on Harrow Road. Date: 1902

Paddington Union Offices, Harrow Road, London
The new offices opened by the Paddington Poor Law Union in 1902 on Harrow Road. Date: 1902

Poor Law Guardians Offices, Birkenhead, Cheshire
The administrative offices of the Birkenhead Poor Law Union, Conway Street, Birkenhead. Date: Date unknown

Poplar Workhouse Dining Hall
Rows of women in the inmates dining hall at the Poplar Poor Law Union workhouse in the East End of London. Date: 1903

Poplar Workhouse Womens Ward in Infirmary
Nurses and patients in the womens infirmary at the Poplar Poor Law Union workhouse in the East End of London. Date: 1903

Peabody Square, Islington - one of the first developments of low-cost housing for the poor erected by the Peabody Donation Fund. Date: 1865

Rowton House, Arlington Road, Camden Town
A rear view of the Rowton House on Arlington Road, Camden Town. Rowton Houses, of which six were erected around London, were large, purpose-built, low-cost hostels or doss-houses for working men

Prisoners at the Gate of Dartmoor Prison
A group of prisoners and their guards pass through the main gate of Dartmoor Prison, Princetown. Date: 1906

Rowton House, Whitechapel - Decorative Panels

Rowton House, Whitechapel - Dining Hall
Dining hall of the Rowton House on Fieldgate Street, Whitechapel. Rowton Houses, of which six were erected around London, were large, purpose-built, low-cost hostels or doss-houses for working men

Scattered homes, Sheffield
Scattered homes run by the Sheffield Poor Law Union to house groups of pauper children away from the workhouse. Date: 1905

Fulham and Hammersmith workhouse, London
An architects bird s-eye view of the Fulham and Hammersmith union workhouse, designed by Alfred Gilbert, and opened in 1849 on Fulham Palace Road, London. Date: 1849

Staff and patients at Holborn Union Infirmary, Highgate, Lon
Doctors and nurses in Ward 12 at the Holborn Union Infirmary, Archway Road, Highgate. The building, opened in 1879, was designed by Henry Saxon Snell. Date: Date unknown

Model Industrial School - plan
Plan view of a model industrial school for pauper children. The establishment, designed by architect Sampson Kempthorne, was intended to house and train pauper children away from the workhouse

Model Industrial School - elevation
Elevation views of a model industrial school for pauper children. The establishment, designed by architect Sampson Kempthorne, was intended to house and train pauper children away from the workhouse

Ireland Workhouse Extension 1847
Plan view by architect George Wilkinson of proposed extensions to increase the capacity of Irish workhouse buildings. The sections in blue are the original buildings, with the new sections in red

Irish Workhouse Dormitory Design 1840
Design by architect George Wilkinson for dormitories in Irish workhouse. On the upper two floors, inmates slept on raised platforms with a walkway in between

Louisa Twining 1869 Dawsons
A portrait of Louisa Twining from 1868. She became a campaigner for improvement in conditions for workhouse inmates and founded the Workhouse Visiting Society. Date: 1869

Louisa Twining at two-and-a-half
An engraved portrait of Louisa Twining aged two-and-a-half from a miniature by her sister. Twining later became a campaigner for improvement in conditions for workhouse inmates

Edward VII Memorial Hospital, Machynlleth
The Edward VII Memorial Hospital at Machynlleth, Montgomeryshire. The hospital, located in the former Machynlleth Union workhouse, opened in 1920 for the treatment of tuberculosis (TB) patients

Illness Notice, Malmesbury Workhouse, Wiltshire
A notice sent by Mr C.M. Gane, master of the Malmesbury Union workhouse, to a friend or relative of inmate Hezekiah Coster informing them that Coster was very ill. Date: 1896

National Childrens Home & Orphanage Birmingham Branch - Gir
The Birmingham branch of the home and orphanage run by the National Childrens Home (NCH). Here, boys and girls from the home stand in front of the girls homes. Date: Date unknown

National Childrens Home London Branch - Printers Room
The London branch of the home and orphanage run by the National Childrens Home (NCH). Here, boys are shown in the homes printers room surrounded by printing machinery. Date: Date unknown

Bootle Day Industrial School
The Day Industrial School on Marsh Lane, Bootle, Lancashire. The school opened in 1895 to provide non-residential training facilities for youths sent there by the courts. Date: circa 1905

Governors house at Tothill Fields Prison
Governors house at Middlesex House of Correction, Tothill Fields, Westminster Date: 1862

Birmingham Union workhouse
A view of the Birmingham workhouse on Western Road, Winson Green, Birmingham. The building just left of centre is the matrons house, with the workhouse chapel to its left. Date: 1907

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