Burslem and Wolstanton Poor Union - a document from the Enoch Wood Scrapbook
In the 1790s, the expense of providing relief to the poor fell upon local parishes in Stoke-on-Trent.
This document outlines a meeting held to discuss sharing the costs between Burslem and nearby Wolstanton.
The ...
Chell Workhouse, Turnhurst Road, Stoke-on-Trent
This plan shows some of the doors, windows and fireplaces of Chell workhouse. Workhouses date back to the 17th century and were set up as places that provided work, often in return for food and lodging, ...
City General Hospital from Newcastle Road, Stoke-on-Trent
The front of the City General Hospital seen from Newcastle Road (A34). The view today is very different, with the buildings in the photograph demolished and replaced by the modern units of North Staffordshire ...
Female imbecile ward, Stoke workhouse, Newcastle Road, Stoke-on-Trent
This plan is of the female imbecile ward (so called at the time) built in 1894 at Stoke workhouse on Newcastle Road. Workhouses were originally meant to be places where the poor could work in return for ...
Fern Cottage, Trentham parish workhouse
This plan is of Fern Cottage, Trentham parish workhouse. Parish workhouses began in the 17th and 18th centuries as places where the poor worked in return for food and board. The workhouses were frequently ...
Guys Almshouses, Lower Gungate, Tamworth
Presumably residents pictured outside Guy's Almshouses. Thomas Guy built his Almshouses in 1678 for seven poor women, with seven more rooms being added for men in 1692.
Thomas Guy became the MP for ...
High Street, Gnosall
The house on the left with dormer windows was Grovesnor House, which belonged to the Grovesnor family. The building was later used as the workhouse, but was later demolished and replaced by a school. ...
House of Industry and Court of Requests - A document from the Enoch Wood Scrapbook
A meeting is to be held at Hanley Market Hall on Wednesday 5 February 1794, at 11am.
A new House of Industry?
Gentlemen in the local parishes of Stoke-upon-Trent, Burslem and Wolstanton have agreed ...
Inland Navigation - Pamphlet
This pamphlet, entitled Inland Navigation, outlines the contribution of the Trent and Mersey Canal to the relief of the poor in Stoke-on-Trent.
Should the canal be exempt from payment?
Often when ...
Joliffe Almshouses, Leek
Mr Joliffe was the wealthiest man in the area, coming from a family of Lords of the Manor. He had a house built for him in Market Place in 1626, which was known as Leek Hall or Siche Hall. It later became ...
Laying foundation stone of Almshouses or Wesleyan School, Brereton
Foundation stone laying ceremony in Brereton, either for the Almshouses established by the Revd. Edward Sampson in 1904, or for the opening of the new Wesleyan School, opened in 1905. Rugeley Town Band ...
Leek Town - 'Ash's Almshouses': sepia drawing
'North East View of Ash's Almshouses at Leek, Staffordshire: Anno Dom. 1696.' Each cottage has two windows below and two above (in gable), and the doors are in pairs. 'J. Buckler.'
Lichfield - Hospital for Women: sepia drawing
'This Hospital for fifteen women was founded by Tho[ma]s Milley, D.D. Canon Residentiary of the Cathedral Church of Lichfield, A.D. 1504.' Showing a cottage-like house with a dormer window, a Tudor porch, ...
Lichfield - St. John's Hospital and Chapel: sepia drawing
'Saint John's Hospital, Lichfield,' [on St. John's Street.] Showing the Hospital and Chapel from the road, with the entrance doorway and eight elongated chimneys. Also showing the east end of the chapel ...
Lichfield - Union Workhouse: sepia drawing
'South West View of the Union Workhouse, at Lichfield,' [on Trent Valley Road.] Showing a modern Gothic building. Artist: J. Buckler.
List of the Poor relieved by the Parish of Burslem - from the Enoch Wood Scrapbook
In 1812, hard times were hitting the Potteries.
War with Napoleon's French Empire had damaged Britain's trade, while bad harvests had caused food prices to rocket at market.
Unable to export their ...
Male imbecile ward, Stoke workhouse, Newcastle Road, Stoke-on-Trent
This plan is of the male imbecile ward (so called at the time) built in 1894 at Stoke workhouse on Newcastle Road. Workhouses were originally meant to be places where the poor could work in return for ...
Map of Newcastle-under-Lyme and Silverdale
This map shows Newcastle-under-Lyme in 1925. It also marks the Poor Law Institutions or workhouses on London Road and Keele Road.
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