Workhouse Collection (#24)

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

Bridgend Cottage Homes, Glamorgan
The Bridgend Unions cottage homes at Merthyr Mawr Road, to the south of Bridgend. The homes, opened in 1879, housed pauper children away from the workhouse

Burton workhouse 1886. tif
Bird s-eye view of the proposed new workhouse building erected in 1886 on Belvedere Road, Burton-on-Trent. The scheme - a pavilion block layout - was designed by J.H. Morton. Date: 1886

Bridge Workhouse, Kent
A view of the rear of the Bridge Union workhouse, Kent, opened in 1836. The inmates lived in cottage-size rooms around the outside of a central courtyard

Court room at Bristol St Peters Workhouse
The court room at the St Peters workhouse, Bristol. The wood-panelled room has an ornate fire-place and ceiling. The building, once owned by merchant Robert Aldworth

Eventide by Hubert von Herkomer
Hubert von Herkomers 1878 painting Eventide showing the aged womens ward at Westminster Union workhouse. It was as re-working of his 1877 illustration Old Age - A Study at the Westminster Union for

Childrens Home and Orphanage, Birmingham Branch
Children and staff outside the Birmingham home for children and orphans run by the National Childrens Homes (NCH). Date: circa 1905

Brabazon Sale, Belper Workhouse, Derbyshire
1907 card advertising sale of work produced by inmates of the Belper workhouse under the Brabazon scheme. Date: 1907

Band programme - Aston Union Cottage Homes
Specimen programme of music performed by the boys military band at Aston Unions cottage homes at Erdington, Birmingham. The homes, opened in 1899, housed pauper children away from the main workhouse

Oundle Union workhouse, Northamptonshire

Female inmates at Oundle workhouse
Uniformed elderly female inmates at the Oundle Union workhouse. Date: 1896

New Years Eve in the Workhouse
An illustration by J Barnard Davis of New Years Eve in an unnamed workhouse. At Christmas time, workhouses were decorated and the inmates given treats

Master at Oundle workhouse
The Master at Oundle Union workhouse, Northamptonshire. Date: 1896

Matron at Oundle workhouse
The Matron at Oundle workhouse, Northamptonshire. Date: 1896

Tramps block at Oundle workhouse

Womens Garden at Oundle Union workhouse
The womens garden at Oundle workhouse, Northamptonshire. The Master and some inmates can just be seen. Date: 1896

Gardens at Oundle workhouse
The masters gardens at Oundle workhouse, Northamptonshire. Date: 1896

Jeremy Benthams Panopticon - section
A sectional view of Jeremy Benthams scheme for a panopticon workhouse to hold up to 2000 inmates. The design, published in Benthams 1812 work Pauper Management Improved

Jeremy Benthams Panopticon - elevation
The elevation view of Jeremy Benthams scheme for a panopticon workhouse to hold up to 2000 inmates. The design, published in Benthams 1812 work Pauper Management Improved

Jeremy Benthams Panopticon - ground plan

Jeremy Benthams Panopticon - bed designs
Bed designs in Jeremy Benthams proposed panopticon workhouse to hold up to 2000 inmates. The scheme, published in Benthams 1812 work Pauper Management Improved

Rochford Union Workhouse, Essex
A view of the Rochford Union workhouse at Rochford in Essex. Date: circa 1910

Reading room, Rowton House, Camden
A reading room at the Rowton House on Arlington Road, Camden. Rowton Houses provided cheap hostel-style accommodation for working men. Date: 1926

Rowton House, Kings Cross
The Rowton House at Kings Cross, London. Rowton Houses provided cheap hostel-style accommodation for working men. Date: Date unknown

Rural Workhouse Model Plan
Ground floor plan of a model rural workhouse for five hundred persons issued by the Poor Law Commissioners in 1835. Designed by Sir Francis Head

Sheffield Workhouse - Coronation Sports Day
A sack race during Coronation Sports at the Sheffield Union workhouse at Fir Vale, Sheffield. Date: circa 1911

Shrewsbury Schools c. 1931WHS Derwent Series
The main building of Shrewsbury School, originally erected in 1784 as the Shrewsbury Incorporation workhouse. The workhouse ceased operation in 1871 and the School moved in in 1882 Date: circa 1931

Standing at the Workhouse Gate - song cover
The front cover to the sheet music for Standing at the Workhouse Gate - a sentimental about a destitute mother and her children on the brink of entering the workhouse

Strood Union workhouse
The derelict buildings of the Strood (formerly North Aylesford) Union workhouse, erected in 1837 on Gun Lane in Strood. Date: Date unknown

Dietary from Thame Workhouse, Oxfordshire
The dietary or menu plan adopted in 19836 by the Thame Union workhouse in Oxfordshire. It largely comprises bread, meat and gruel, with a cooked meat dinner two days per week. Date: 1836

Swinton Schools, Manchester
The Manchester Union Industrial School at Swinton. The school, where 800 pauper children were housed and educated away from the workhouse, was established in 1843, one of the earliest of its type

Tramp on Embankment
A tramp rests on the Thames Embankment in London. Date: circa 1926

Tramp on Embankment in dressing gown
A tramp asleep on a bench on the Thames Embankment in London. He is wearing an old dressing-gown as an overcoat and his shoes are held together with string. Date: circa 1926

Auxiliary Hospital, Uppingham
The Uppingham Union workhouse in its First World War role as an auxiliary hospital run by the Red Cross for the treatment of military personnel, some of whom are visible behind the hedge

Surrey County Gaol, Horsemonger Lane
A view of Surrey County Gaol, Horsemonger Lane, Southwark. Date: 1862

Walton Institution Visiting pass reverse
The reverse side of a visiting pass for the West Derby Union workhouse at Walton, Liverpool. Visitors are warned that taking alcohol into the workhouse is forbidden and can result in prosecution

Walton Institution Visiting pass
A visiting pass for the West Derby Union workhouse at Walton, Liverpool. Visitors are warned that taking alcohol into the workhouse is forbidden and can result in prosecution. Date: 1919

Wandsworth & Clapham Dispensary and Relief Station
Architects drawing of the Wandsworth & Clapham Unions new relief offices on Latchmere Road, Battersea. The building, erected in 1886, was designed by T.W. Aldwinckle. Date: 1886

Wandsworth Union Old Peoples Cottages, Tooting
Cottages for the elderly poor erected in 1902 at Church Lane, Tooting, by the Wandsworth and Clapham Union. The scheme was designed by C.A. Sharp. Date: 1902

Wandsworth Workhouse Chapel
Architects drawing of the interior of the chapel at the Wandsworth & Clapham Unions new workhouse on Garratt Lane, Wandsworth. The building, erected in 1886, was designed by T.W. Aldwinckle

Nurses at Withington, Lancashire
A group of uniformed women, thought to be nurses at the Chorlton Union workhouse in Withington near Manchester. Each is wearing a leather belt with keys attached. Date: Date unknown

Workhouse and Church Wisborough Green, Sussex
A view of the Petworth Union workhouse (centre) and parish church at Wisborough Green, Sussex. Date: circa 1910

Female inmates at Brixton Prison
Female inmates exercising at Brixton Prison. Date: 1862

Chapel at Brixton Prison
Interior of the chapel at Brixton Prison. Date: 1862

Ironing room at Brixton Prison. Date: 1862

Convict nursery at Brixton Prison. Date: 1862

Cell at Brixton Prison
A separate cell at Brixton Prison. Date: 1862

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