Workhouse Collection (page 8)

City of London Union Workhouse Infirmary, Bow Road
Situated where Mile End Road continues as Bow Road, the City of London Union Infirmary later St Clement's Hospital) opened in 1849 as the City of London Union workhouse. Date: 1905

City of London Workhouse, Bow Road, East London
Situated where Mile End Road continues as Bow Road in East London, the City of London Union Workhouse opened in 1849. The palatial building, designed by Richard Tress

City of London Union Infirmary, Mile End Road
Situated where Mile End Road continues as Bow Road, the City of London Union Infirmary (now St Clement's Hospital) opened in 1849 as the City of London Union workhouse

City of London Infirmary, Bow Road, East London
Situated where Mile End Road continues as Bow Road, the City of London Union Infirmary (now St Clement's Hospital) opened in 1849 as the City of London Union workhouse

The former Whitechapel Union workhouse on Southern Grove (formerly South Grove), Mile End, was designed by Richard Robert Long and erected in 1870-71. Date: 2002

Queens Park Institution - Blackburn, Lancashire
Queens Park Institution - Psychiatric Hospital - Blackburn, Lancashire. Queens Park Hospital was formerly the Blackburn Union Workhouse. Date: 1931

Children at Willesden Workhouse / Central Middlesex Hospital
Young children and their nurses at the Acton Lane site of the Willesden Workhouse / Central Middlesex Hospital. Date: Date unknown

The Downs Sanatorium, Belmont, Sutton
A uniformed porter stands at the entrance to the Downs Sanatorium, at Belmont, near Sutton, Surrey. The former childrens institution was converted for use as a tuberculosis sanatorium in 1912

Oliver Twist and Camera Crew
A production still shows a camera crew filming Robert Newton and John Howard Davies in the climactic rooftop scene of David Leans 1948 version of Oliver Twist. Date: 1948

Cincinnati Workhouse, Ohio, probably 1920s

An Exmouth boy, Training Ship Exmouth, early 1900s

Wireless training, Training Ship Exmouth, early 1900s

Going ashore, Training Ship Exmouth, early 1900s

Divisions at meals, Training Ship Exmouth, early 1900s

Boys drilling on deck, Training Ship Exmouth, early 1900s

Leeds Workhouse, Victorian period. Date: late 19th century

Sheffield Truant School
A view of the Truant school established in 1879 in a former workhouse at Hollow Meadows, Bradfield, near Sheffield

Eventide: A Scene at the Westminster Union - von Herkomer
Eventide: A Scene at the Westminster Union is an 1878 work by the social realist painter Sir Hubert von Herkomer (1849-1914). It depicts women at St James's Workhouse, in Soho, London

St Charles School, Brentwood - a Certified School housing children boarded out by the workhouse authorities

St Peter's Hospital, Bristol
A view of St Peter's Hospital, Bristol - formerly the city's Mint workhouse, established in 1698. The building is partially half-timbered and has leaded light windows

Fire at Whitechapel and Poplar School, Forest Gate
The Whitechapel and Poplar District School, Forest Gate, East London, following a serious fire. Date: 1890

Chailey Union Workhouse, Sussex
A view of the Chailey Union workhouse at East Chiltington, Sussex

Burnley Workhouse Inmates
A group photograph of elderly female inmates at Burnley Union workhouse, Lancashire

Bolton Workhouse Site Map
A map of the Bolton Union workhouse site, Lancashire. Date: 1915

Bedford Board of Guardians
Bedford Poor Law Union Board of Guardians Date: 1907

Whitby Board of Guardian, Mulgrave Castle
Whitby Board of Guardians on an outing to Mulgrave Castle, Yorkshire Date: 1930

Medway Union Workhouse Death Notice
Death notice for inmate Emily Winkfield issued by the Medway Union workhouse. Date: 1924

WORKHOUSE FUNERAL
A WORKHOUSE FUNERAL A poor woman is distraught as the body of her husband is carried away Date: circa 1860

A view of Cleveland Street in the Fitzrovia area of London. The large building right of centre is the Middlesex Hospital out-patients department

Guildford Union workhouse during its First World War use as a military hospital. The building, erected in 1836, was designed by George Gilbert Scott and William Bonython Moffatt

St Marylebone Workhouse Inmates
Aged male inmates of Londons St Marylebone workhouse sit in their airing yard, chatting, reading newspapers and smoking pipes. Date: circa 1905

The Westminster Unions industrial school for pauper children, opened in 1851 on St James Road, Wandsworth. From 1904, it was used as a workhouse by the Wandsworth Union

The Feoffees House or Feoffees Hall, erected as a parish workhouse in the 1730s at Ecclesfield, near Sheffield, West Yorkshire. Date: Unknown

Cartoon, Mr Parnell, like Oliver Twist, asks for more. Lord Salisbury plays the part of the Beadle, dishing out thin soup. A comment on Conservative resistance to Irish Home Rule. 1886

Tariff Reform League Campaign Card
A campaign card by the Tariff Reform League shows a hop farmer complaining that cheap imports of hops will lead to his ending up in the workhouse. Date: 1908

Government Funding of Merchant Navy Training
A boy at the desk of the Board of Trade President is told that, except for those in a reformatory or industrial school, or having parents are in a workhouse

Basingstoke Union Workhouse
A view of part of the Basingstoke Union workhouse, Hampshire Date unknown

Troops at Kells Workhouse
Troops camped at Kells Union workhouse, County Meath, Ireland. They had been sent to the area to quell unrest caused by the Duke of Leinsters attempts to evict Irish tenants from his properties

Thurgarton Incorporation Workhouse Plan
Plan of the Thurgarton Incorporation Workhouse erected in 1824 near Southwell, Nottinghamshire. It was designed by the Rev. John T Becher and William Nicholson. Date: 1828

St Olaves Union Institution, Ladywell
Bird s-eye view of the design for the St Olaves Union Institution for the Aged and Infirm Poor, Ladywell, South London. The architects were Newman and Newman of London. Date: 1897

St Marylebone Workhouse Infirmary, Rackham Street
The St Marylebone Workhouse Infirmary, Rackham Street, London. It was designed by Henry Saxon Snell. Date: 1881

Stockbridge Union Workhouse, Hampshire
A view of the landscaped entrance to the Stockbridge Union Workhouse. Two men, perhaps the workhouse master and his son, stand in the garden. Date: early 1900s

Smallburgh Workhouse Nurses
Nurses at the Smallburgh Union Workhouse, Norfolk. Date: circa 1910

Smallburgh Workhouse
A view of the Smallburgh Union Workhouse, Norfolk. Date: early 1900s

Smallburgh Workhouse Master
The Master of the Smallburgh Union Workhouse, Norfolk, believed to be Frank Owen. Date: circa 1910

Smallburgh Workhouse Children
Children and staff at the Smallburgh Union Workhouse, Norfolk Date: circa 1910

Norwich Workhouse
A view of the entrance to the Norwich Union workhouse, Norfolk. Date: circa 1920

Newcastle in Emlyn workhouse
An aerial view of the Newcastle in Emlyn Union workhouse, Carmarthenshire. Date: Date unknown

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