Images Dated 5th July 2011 (page 7)

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

Sleeping cubicle, Rowton House, Camden

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

St Marylebone Poor Law Schools, Southall
The St Marylebone Schools on South Road, Southall. A small girl stands outside the gate. Erected in 1858, the Schools provided accommodation for up to 390 pauper children away from the workhouse

The old prison, Winkle Street, Southampton
The ivy-covered remains of the old prison, Southampton. A row of horses and carts stand alongside. A statue of Prince Albert stands in the grounds. The prison ceased operation in around 1855

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

Stockwell Orphanage, Brixton
Stockwell orphanage, founded by Charles Spurgeon, opened in 1869 off Stockwell Park Road, on a site which is now part of the Stockwell Park Estate. The building was bombed in World War Two

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

TS Exmouth - Captain W. S. Bourchier and family
The Training Ship Exmouth - Captain W.S. Bourchier seated on a chaise longue with his family. The Exmouth, moored of Grays in Essex

TS Exmouth - At mess
Boys dining in groups or messes on the Training Ship Exmouth. The tables are suspended so as to stay level in rough waters

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

TS Exmouth - Musical drill
Music drill on the Training Ship Exmouth - band members (centre) are flanked by other boys doing physical drill. The Exmouth, moored of Grays in Essex

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

Waifs and Strays Society appeal advertisement
An appeal for funds by the Waifs and Strays Society featuring a picture of four-year-old Violet, one of a family of eight motherless children

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

Waifs and Strays Society appeal advertisement
An appeal for funds by the Waifs and Strays Society. A barefoot ragged child looks hopefully at a wall-mounted drinking fountain

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 & Clapham Dispensary and Relief Station
Architects bird s-eye view of the Wandsworth & Clapham Unions new dispensary and relief station on Latchmere Road, Battersea. The building, erected in 1886, was designed by T.W. Aldwinckle. Date: 1886

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

Visit of Lord Mayor to the West London Unions Womens Casua
The Lord Mayor of London in December 1857 on an unannounced visit to the womens casual ward of the West London Poor Law Union, used to provide overnight accommodation for tramps and vagrants

West London Union Mens Casual Ward 1857
The mens casual ward of the West London Poor Law Union, used to provide overnight accommodation for tramps and vagrants. The men slept on the bare floor in a twelve-stall stable

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

Bird s-eye of the Female Convict Prison at Brixton. Date: 1862

The Charleys in Grief
Engraving of an 1829 cartoon entitled The Charleys in Grief, or the Funeral of the City Watch Boxes. Londons traditional watchmen (or Charleys)

Gates of Middlesex House of Detention, Clerkenwell
Gates of the Middlesex House of Detention at Clerkenwell. Date: 1862

Interior of Middlesex House of Detention, Clerkenwell
Interior of the Middlesex House of Detention at Clerkenwell. Date: 1862

Prison Van and prisoners, Clerkenwell
Prison Van taking prisoners to the Middlesex House of Detention at Clerkenwell. Date: 1862

Clothes fumigation at Coldbath Fields Prison
Prisoners clothes being fumigated in a heated cabinet at Coldbath Fields Prison, Clerkenwell. Date: 1862

Gateway of Coldbath Fields Priosn
Gateway of Coldbath Fields House of Correction, Clerkenwell. Date: 1862

Coldbath Fields Prison, Clerkenwell
Bird s-eye view of the Coldbath Fields Prison at Clerkenwell. Date: 1862

Mat-making room at Coldbath Fields Prison, Clerkenwell. Date: 1862

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