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Wolverhampton Cottage Homes Date: 1891
Reading Union Workhouse, BerkshireThe entrance to the Reading Union Workhouse. The site later became Battle hospital. Date: 2000
Weymouth Union Workhouse, DorsetThe long frontage of the former Weymouth Union Workhouse. The site later became Portway Hospital. Date: 2000
Chelmsford Union Workhouse, EssexPart 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, GloucestershireThe 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, SomersetThe 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, LancashireMain 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 WorkhouseThe administrative block of the Nottingham Union Workhouse at Bagthorpe, opened in 1903. The site later became Nottingham City Hospital. Date: 2000
Bridgnorth Union Workhouse, ShropshireThe main building of the Bridgnorth Union Workhouse, Shropshire, now known as Andrew Evans House. Date: 2000
Bolton Union Workhouse, LancashireThe 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 BranchThe 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 HomeLancashire 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 CookeryMorning 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 HomeLancashire 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, OntarioA 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, KentThe old parish workhouse on Church Street, Newington, Kent. Date: Date unknown
Norwich Gaol, NorfolkA bird s-eye view sketch of the prison at St Giles, Norwich, erected in 1827. Date: Date unknown
Cartoon - The New Workhouse PorterAt 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, NorwoodThe 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 RoomThe 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, LondonThe new offices opened by the Paddington Poor Law Union in 1902 on Harrow Road. Date: 1902
Poor Law Guardians Offices, Birkenhead, CheshireThe administrative offices of the Birkenhead Poor Law Union, Conway Street, Birkenhead. Date: Date unknown
Poplar Workhouse Dining HallRows 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 InfirmaryNurses 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 TownA 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 PrisonA 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 HallDining 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, SheffieldScattered homes run by the Sheffield Poor Law Union to house groups of pauper children away from the workhouse. Date: 1905
New Years Eve in the WorkhouseAn illustration by J Barnard Davis of New Years Eve in an unnamed workhouse. At Christmas time, workhouses were decorated and the inmates given treats
Poor school mealPoor children are served free meal at the refectory of Albano school, Landskrona, 1906. Date: 1906
Work cottageThe Work Cottage, where poor children could work and get to learn making baskets, brushes etc. The also get a meal to eat every day. Landskrona 1905. Date: 1905
Kings County Alms House. Elderly woman seated next to a bed at the Kings County Alms House
Shenley Fields Cottage Homes, Kings Norton, WorcesterView of the village street at Shenley Fields Cottage Homes, established in the 1880s by the Kings Norton Union to house pauper children away from the workhouse
Main entrance, Pinewood Sanatorium, WokinghamView of the main entrance of Pinewood Sanatorium at Bagshot Sands, near Wokingham, Berkshire, originally opened in 1898 as the London Open Air Sanatorium by the National Association for
Bethnal Green Military Hospital, East LondonBethnal Green Military Hospital, Cambridge Heath Road, East London. The hospital, designed by Messrs Giles, Gough and Trollope, was opened in 1900 as the Bethnal Green Union infirmary
Boys Band at Erdington Homes, BirminghamBoys military band at Erdington Cottage Homes, Birmingham. As well as the boys and their instruments, the picture includes the Union Chairman (left)
Sewing class, NIPRCC East Harling, NorfolkBoys take part in a sewing class at the East Harling, Norfolk, branch of the National Institutions for Persons Requiring Care and Control
Mat and cone making, NIPRCC East Harling, NorfolkMat and cone making at the East Harling, Norfolk, branch of the National Institutions for Persons Requiring Care and Control
Spinning flax, Inebriates Reformatory, Guiltcross, NorfolkInmates spinning flax at the Eastern Counties or East Harling Inebriates Reformatory, Norfolk. Housed in the former Guiltcross Union workhouse
Boys playing football, NIPRCC East Harling, NorfolkBoys playing football at the East Harling, Norfolk, branch of the National Institutions for Persons Requiring Care and Control
Gardening, Inebriates Reformatory, Guiltcross, NorfolkInmates gardening at the Eastern Counties or East Harling Inebriates Reformatory, Norfolk. Housed in the former Guiltcross Union workhouse
Boys tending pigs, NIPRCC East Harling, NorfolkBoys tending pigs at the East Harling, Norfolk, branch of the National Institutions for Persons Requiring Care and Control
South front, NIPRCC East Harling, NorfolkPart of the south front of the East Harling, Norfolk, branch of the National Institutions for Persons Requiring Care and Control
Shoe mending class, NIPRCC East Harling, NorfolkBoys in a shoe mending class at the East Harling, Norfolk, branch of the National Institutions for Persons Requiring Care and Control
Laundry, Inebriates Reformatory, Guiltcross, NorfolkInmates work in the laundry washhouse at the Eastern Counties or East Harling Inebriates Reformatory, Norfolk. Housed in the former Guiltcross Union workhouse
Front entrance, NIPRCC East Harling, NorfolkA woman in nurses uniform at the front entrance of the East Harling, Norfolk, branch of the National Institutions for Persons Requiring Care and Control
