School block, Stoke workhouse, Newcastle Road, Stoke-on-Trent
This plan is of the new school block at Stoke workhouse which was built between 1866 and 1868. The school accomodated about 250 students and was open until around 1899 when it was decided that the children ...
School block, Stoke workhouse, Newcastle Road, Stoke-on-Trent
This plan is of the school block of Stoke workhouse. The block was constructed in 1842 at the smae time as the hospital.
Workhouses began in the 17th and 18th centuries as places where the poor worked ...
Sir Martin Noell's Almshouses and Inhabitants, Stafford,
Sir Martin Noell was a London merchant who was born in Stafford in the seventeenth century. He had these almshouses houses built on Mill Street for the poor of the town. The inhabitants were also given ...
Staff at Newcastle-under-Lyme Workhouse
A group of male and female staff at Newcastle-under-Lyme Workhouse pictured shortly before it closed.
Newcastle-under-Lyme Poor Law Union was formed in April 1838 and a workhouse for up to 350 inmates ...
Staff at Newcastle-under-Lyme Workhouse
Photograph of group of female staff at Newcastle-under-Lyme Workhouse pictured shortly before it closed.
Newcastle-under-Lyme Poor Law Union was formed in April 1838 and a workhouse for up to 350 inmates ...
Stafford - Almshouses: pen drawing
'Alms Houses, Stafford.' North east view from the court-yard, showing the entrance front of the two storey building, and one of the wings. There is a cart in the court-yard, and a group of people are ...
Stafford - Almshouses: sepia drawing
'Front View of the Alms Houses at Stafford,'taken from the road behind the court-yard wall, [built c. 1640]. North view showing the courtyard in front of the two-storey building with doors in pairs and ...
Stafford - Almshouses: sepia drawing
'Alms Houses, Stafford.' North east view from the court-yard, showing the entrance front of the two storey building, and one of the wings. There is a cart in the court-yard, and a group of people are ...
Stafford - Almshouses: sepia drawing
'The Garden Front of the Alms Houses at Stafford,' [built c. 1640]. South view showing the two-storey building with doors in pairs and dormer gable windows. There is a large three-light window in the ...
Stafford - Almshouses: sepia drawing
'View of the Alms Houses at Stafford,' [built c. 1640]. North east view showing the entrance front of the two-storey building, and a corner of the court-yard. The doors are in pairs, and there are dormer ...
Stafford - Union Workhouse: sepia drawing
'The Union Workhouse at Stafford.' Showing a main central block of classical design with extensive wings. There is a lawned area in front of the building.'J. Buckler.'
Stafford Union Workhouse
The Stafford Union Workhouse was built on Marston Road in 1838. From 1948 the building was used as an old people's home and as the Fernleigh Hospital. It was demolished in 1971.
Postcard published ...
Tamworth - Guy's Almshouses: sepia drawing
'Guy's Almshouses at Tamworth, Staffordshire.' Showing a large block of buildings at the corner of the street, running up both streets to the extent of seven windows each way. The building is Georgian ...
Tamworth - The Workhouse: sepia drawing
'The Workhouse at Tamworth, Staffordshire.' Showing a large two storeyed brick building with a high roof, chimneys, a cupola and a clock. The workhouse on Wigginton Road was rebuilt 1858-9. The workhouse ...
The Lodge, Military Hospital, Newcastle-under-Lyme
The Lodge at the Military Hospital on Newcastle Road, Newcastle-under-Lyme. The building has since been demolished and is now (2017) occupied by part of the Royal Stoke University Hospital car park.
During ...
The Paregoric Shop and MacGregor Baths, Church Street, Tamworth
The Old Paregoric shop is the first building on the left, with MacGregor's Baths and Institute to the right of it. The Paregoric Shop was given its name after a patent medicine containing opium.
The ...
The story of Clara Greensell, of Codsall
The story of Clara Greensell taken from court, parish and workhouse records. The document above shows Clara was apprenticed to Thomas Wellings, innkeeper of the Crown in Codsall. In July 1835 a court ...
The Village, Alstonefield
The three houses on the right-hand side date were originally one building. Its earliest use is thought to have been as an inn, but it is best known as the old parish workhouse, part of the Ashbourne Union. ...