Workhouses Collection (page 7)

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

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

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

Mountfield Parish Workhouse
The former parish workhouse at Mountfield, Sussex. Date: circa 1908

Marston Green Cottage Homes, Birmingham
Entrance lodge at the childrens cottage homes at Marston Green, near Birmingham. Date: circa 1921

1751 Local Act St Margaret and St John, Westminster
The front page of 1751 Local Act obtained by the joint parishes of St Margaret and St John, Westminster for the better relief and employment of the poor Date: 1751

Hungerford Union Workhouse
A view of the Hungerford Union workhouse, Berkshire, designed by the architect S.O. Foden. Date: Date unknown

Hunslet Workhouse, Leeds
The design by architect J.H. Morton for the new Hunslet Union workhouse, near Leeds, West Yorkshire, erected in 1903. Date: 1903

Union Workhouse Infirmary, East Preston, Sussex
The infirmary at the East Preston Union workhouse. The workhouse was rebuilt in 1872-3 with the new infirmary and nurses home erected in 1906. Date: Date unknown

Downs Schools, Sutton, Surrey
The Downs Schools on Banstead Road, Sutton, acquired by the Metropolitan Asylums Board in 1902 for treating children with ringworm. The site later became the Downs Childrens Hospital

Bridge Union Workhouse, Kent
A view of the frontage of the Bridge Union Workhouse, Kent. Date: early 1900s

Rowton House on Fieldgate Street, Whitechapel
Exterior of the Rowton House from the south west on Fieldgate Street, Whitechapel. Rowton Houses, of which six were erected around London, were large, purpose-built

Tralee former workhouse - Main building. Tralee is the county town of County Kerry in the south-west of Ireland. Date: 2002

DEATH RELIEVES THE POOR
DEATH - THE TRUE RELIEVING OFFICER Dedicated without permission to the Poor Law Board Date: 1868

Hambledon workhouse
The Hambledon Union workhouse, originally erected in 1786. The site later became Hambledon Hospital and then Hambledon Homes

St Johns Childrens Home, Ipswich
Boys pose in the garden of the St Johns Childrens Home on Bloomfield Street in Ipswich. The home was opened in 1879 by the Ipswich Poor Law Union to house pauper children away from the workhouse

New Asylum for Fatherless Children, Reedham 1858
Exterior of the new Asylum for Fatherless Children, at Couisdon, near Croydon. Date: 1858

Canterbury Union Workhouse proposal 1846
An isometrical view of the proposed Workhouse to be built at Canterbury, Kent. The design was presented by Henry Parker, a former Assistant Poor Law Commissioner, at a meeting in November 1846

Scarborough New Workhouse
A birds eye view of Scarborough New Workhouse, situated in Dean Street, leading to the Cemetery. Date: 1860

Holloway prison
Birds-eye view of the new London city prison and House of Correction, Holloway, that opened on 6th of October 1852, with 371 males and 93 female prisoners. Date: 1853

St. Pancras new infirmary, Highgate 1870
St. Pancras Workhouse North Infirmary at Highgate, North London, was erected in 1868 - 1871. Designed by Messrs John Giles & Biven, Date: 1870

New Workhouse, Upper Holloway, London 1870
Exterior of the intended building for erection of a workhouse, at Upper Holloway, for the parish of St. Mary, Islington, containing about seven acres and tree quarters of land. Date: 1870

Homes for Little Boys at Farningham 1905
Homeless and destitute children at Homes for Little Boys, Farningham, Swanley. Young boys given a training in a trade or schooling to provide them with the best opportunities for their adulthood

Bethnal-Green Employment Relief Association 1868 Bethnal-Green Employment
Labour-yard of the Bethnal-Green Employment and Relief Association, in East London. The stagnation of trade which followed on the commercial crisis of 1866

LONDON WORKHOUSE 1819
The LONDON WORKHOUSE, Bishopsgate Street - the principal entrance : and an internal view Date: 1819

WORKHOUSE XMAS
Christmas in workhouse, shows a frail elderly woman being helped as she receives a small Christmas gift from a charitable woman. On the wall is a sign saying God Bless our Master and Matron

Bishopsgate Workhouse 1819
The entrance to the workhouse, Bishopsgate, City of London. Date: 1819

WELL CARED FOR
Old ladies well cared for - more fortunate than some ! Date: 1886

Workhouse London 1809
The workhouse of St Jamess Parish, London Date: 1809

Liberation of prisoners from Coldbath Fields 1862
Liberation of prisoners from Coldbath Fields house of Correction. Date: 1862

Kind Edward VII visits the Newmarket Workhouse and talks to a young inmate, who is resting in a cane day-bed and playing his mandolin. Date: 1904

Parish Workhouse Plan, Southwell, Nottinghamshire
Plan of the parish workhouse erected in 1808 at Southwell Nottinghamshire. It was designed by the Rev. John T Becher in association with a local architect, believed to be Richard Ingleman. Date: 1828

Dingle and Castletownbere Workhouses, Ireland
Architect George Wilkinsons design for the new union workhouses at Dingle, County Kerry, and Castletownbere, County Cork, in the west of Ireland. Date: 1848

Christmas at the Whitechapel Workhouse
Serving Christmas Dinner at the Whitechapel Workhouse, London. Date: 1874

Fulham Workhouse, Fulham Palace Road, London
Fulham Workhouse on Fulham Palace Road, London. Postcard dates from the WW1 wartime period 1915-18 when the workhouse was being used as the Fulham Military Hospital

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