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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
Parish Hospital, Stoke workhouse, Newcastle Road, Stoke-on-Trent
This plan is of the parish hospital at Stoke workhouse. It was built in 1842, in response to the increasing number of ill people who came to the workhouse, and held about 80 patients.
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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 ...
The view from Hanover Street, Hanley
The camera was looking towards the west from Hanover Street in Hanley. In the murk on the left are the two winding towers of Wolstanton Colliery with the spire of St Margaret's Church, Wolstanton on the ...
Trentham parish workhouse
This plan is of 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 set up in ...
Vagrant ward, Stoke workhouse, Newcastle Road, Stoke-on-Trent
This plan is of the vagrant ward at Stoke workhouse which was built in 1842. Homeless people wishing to enter the workhouse had to obtain a ticket from the police station and were then allowed in at six ...