Union workhouse, Market Harborough, Leicestershire
Wall Art and Photo Gifts from Mary Evans Picture Library
Union workhouse, Market Harborough, Leicestershire
The Market Harborough Union workhouse. The inscription on the pediment reads HARBOROUGH UNION WORKHOUSE 1836. At the doorway stands a man and a woman, presumably the master and matron, holding the arms of a small child. A uniformed member of staff stands alongside. The building was designed by Sampson Kempthorne and stood on Leicester Road, Market Harborough, Leicestershire. It later became St Lukes Hospital
Media ID 4464345
© Mary Evans / Peter Higginbotham Collection
1830s 1836 Commissioners Dickensian Door Way Harborough Health Hospitals Inscription Kempthorne L Aw Legal Legislation Leicester Leicestershire Luke Lukes Master Matron Member Paupers Poor Poverty Sampson Staff Status Uniformed Workhouse Workhouses
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