Workhouse Collection (#23)

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

1930s slum back yards, Limehouse

Male Quarters, Broadmoor Asylum, Berkshire
Exterior of blocks housing male patients at Broadmoor Asylum, Berkshire. The institution opened in 1863 as the Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum. Date: Date unknown

Prisoners consulting room, Newgate Prison
Prisoners consulting room at Newgate Prison, London. Date: 1862

Birmingham workhouse penny, 1812

Prison reformer John Howard
A portrait of prison reformer John Howard. Date: 1862

Location map of London prisons. Date: 1862

Woolwich hulks - Warrior and Sulphur
The Woolwich hulks (prison ships) - the Warrior with washing-ship Sulphur. Date: 1862

1930s poor housing at Shadwell, Stepney
Women and children in a passageway between blocks of poor housing in the Shadwell district of Stepney in Londons East End. Date: circa 1936

Scullery in slum at Limehouse

Gateway at Pentonville Prison
Portcullis gateway at Pentonville Prison, designed by Sir Charles Barry.. Date: 1862

Wales - school window

Chapel exit indicator, Pentonville Prison
Device to signal prisoners order of exit from chapel at Pentonville Prison, London. Date: 1862

Girls playground
The girls playground at a what may be childrens home, workhouse, or similar institution. The girls are wearing a typical dress of such an establishment and some are dancing around a maypole

Chain room, Millbank Prison
The chain room at Millbank Prison, London. The walls are lined with chains, shackles and handcuffs. Date: 1862

Poplar - doorstep cleaning

Workhouse bowl and mug
An inmates soup or gruel bowl and spoon from the Hackney workhouse and a mug from the Bootle workhouse, all marked with their unions monogram. Each held up to two pints of liquid. Date: Date unknown

Chamberlains gate at Newgate Prison, London. Date: 1862

Pump room at Wandsworth Prison
Pump room at Surrey Prison and House of Correction, Wandsworth Date: 1862

House and slag heap near Swansea
A house near Swansea is becoming overwhelmed by a nearby slag heap. A man clambers up the heap to inspect its progress. Date: circa 1936

Caravan dwellers in Durham
An assortment of caravans, some with wooden wheels and others having lost their wheels, near a quarry in County Durham. Date: circa 1936

Entrance gate with waiting visitors, Newgate Prison
Entrance gate with visitors awaiting admission at Newgate Prison, London. Date: 1862

Bird s-eye view of Wandsworth Prison
Bird s-eye view of Surrey Prison and House of Correction, Wandsworth Date: 1862

Westminster Judges
Judges in procession at opening of courts, Westminster. Date: 1862

Prisoner making shoes, Millbank Prison
Prisoner at work making shoes in cell at Millbank Prison, London. Date: 1862

Punishment cell, Millbank Prison
Prisoner in refractory (punishment) cell at Millbank Prison, London. Date: 1862

Overcrowded housing
A family of seven in their cramped single-room accommodation, location unknown. Date: circa 1936

Night view of Millbank Prison
Night view across Thames of Millbank Prison, London. Date: 1862

Entrance to Tothill Fields Prison
Entrance to Middlesex House of Correction, Tothill Fields, Westminster Date: 1862

Tothill Fields, Westminster
Bird s-eye view of Middlesex House of Correction, Tothill Fields, Westminster Date: 1862

A boy sweep
Engraving of George Baxters illustration of a black-faced chimney sweeps boy. Date unknown

Plan of Tothill Fields, Westminster
Ground plan of Middlesex House of Correction, Tothill Fields, Westminster Date: 1862

Convicts working in garden, Millbank Prison
A warder supervises male convicts working in garden at Millbank Prison, London. They are pulling a large roller. A small dog is in attendance. Date: 1862

Prison Chief Warder And Matron
Chief Warder at Pentonville and Matron at Brixton Prison. Date: 1862

Miners cottages
A row of single-storey miners cottages - location unknown. Date: circa 1936

Convict Uniforms
Pictorial guide to different classes of convict uniform. Date: circa 1905

Map of London Courts and Prisons
Map of London Law Courts, Police Courts, County Courts and Prisons. Date: 1862

Convicts burial ground, Millbank Prison
The convicts burial ground at Millbank prison, London. Date: 1862

Inmates of the Bosmere & Claydon Workhouse, Norfolk
Uniformed inmates of the Bosmere and Claydon Workhouse, Barham, Norfolk. The smartly dressed woman, centre rear, is probably a local organiser for the Brabazon scheme where workhouse inmates made

Downpatrick Workhouse Admission Ticket
An admission ticket for the workhouse at Downpatrick in County Down, Northern Ireland. The voucher was issued to a destitute persons by the union relieving officer who assessed the means of poor

Parish workhouse, Barking, Essex
A view of the parish workhouse on North Street, Barking, Essex. Date: Date unknown

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