1 The Rugby workhouse was sold in 1818 because it was too small and a House of Industry for 130 paupers built at a cost of £1000. The building is ...
A workhouse that was built during the Imperial period. The workhouse buildings were later used as the Hospital of St Luke. It is situated on Temple Street, Rugby.
1 A building is shown here on a 1781 Estate map, and two pieces of land immediately adjoining and behind it are called ‘Workhouse Close’ and ‘Workhouse Land’.
2 The South ...
The site of the workhouse which housed the poor of the parish during the Imperial period. A building and two fields called 'Workhouse Close' and 'Workhouse Land' are marked on an Estate Map of 1781. The probable remains of the workhouse were revealed during excavation at The Blundells, Albion Street, Kenilworth.
1 Site of Nuneaton Union Workhouse marked on OS map of 1887.
2 Nuneaton Poor Law Union was formed on 6th April 1836. In 1836, the existing Coton Chilvers workhouse was ...
The site of Nuneaton Union Workhouse which provided work and lodgings for the poor people of the parish during the Imperial period. It was situated on the west side of College Street, Chilvers Coton, and is marked on the first edition Ordnance Survey map of 1887.
1 Site of Atherstone Workhouse marked on OS map of 1887.
2Atherstone Union Workhouse was created in 1836 by altering and extending an existing 18th or early 19th Century building. It ...
The site of a workhouse which was established during the Imperial period. It was located on Welcome Street, Atherstone. The workhouse is marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1887.
1 Alcester Poor Law Union was formed on 31st May 1836. The Alcester Union workhouse was built in 1837 at site to the east of Alcester on the south side ...
The Alcester Union workhouse was built in 1837 at site to the east of Alcester on the south side of Kinwarton Road. It followed the popular cruciform or "square" layout. A small infirmary block was added at the east of the site, and was extended southwards in 1879. The former workhouse later became Alcester Hospital, and the later infirmary block is still in use. The main buildings, now known as Oversley House, were converted to residential use in 1984.
Esther (‘Hester’) Jackson Jones was born in Grendon. She was baptised in Grendon on 14th April 1816. Only the mother is identified in the baptismal register.
Hester married Joseph Dester of Bramcote in ...
The accusations
George Taylor’s violations included books being kept by a pauper for the previous two years, and of these, many had been in arrears for several weeks, while the charge ...
1 Workhouse marked on 1885 map.
2 Southam Poor Law Union was formed on 30th April 1836. The Southam Board of Guardians held their first meeting on 2nd May 1836 and ...
The site of Southam Union Workhouse which was used to house the poor during the Imperial period. It is marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1885 and was situated 400m north west of the church.
The 1827 ‘Dietary’ for inmates of the workhouse in the Shipston Union survives in the care of Warwickshire County Record Office.1 This was a directive from the Poor Law Commissioners ...
Printed rules for Meriden workhouse from the early 19th century survive in the care of Warwickshire County Record Office.1 The rules describe the role of the governor and mistress who ...
The workhouse in the Nuneaton area was referred to as ‘Chilvers Coton Workhouse’ from its location. Some interesting documents survive in the care of Warwickshire County Record Office: including the appointment ...
Coleshill parish Workhouse was established in Blythe Road in 1750 (the row of cottages at the left-hand end of the first photo above); it was intended for up to 44 ...
These keys were “rescued” by my father when the Workhouse, by this time renamed Lakin House, was demolished in September 1974. Although I have no recollection of the workhouse its ...
1 Warwick Poor Law Union was formed on 29th June 1836. A new Warwick Union workhouse was erected in 1837-9 at a site on the east side of what ...
The site of Warwick Union workhouse, constructed in 1837. Virtually all the former workhouse buildings have now been demolished, although parts of the 1903 infirmary remain.