Workhouse Addresses
In 1904, the Registrar General decided that where a child was born in the workhouse, there need no longer be any indication of this on the birth certificate. Instead, the place of birth could be recorded as an ordinary street address, either a real one or a pseudonymous one invented for the purpose. The aim of this was to avoid any future stigma that might otherwise arise from the revelation of one's lowly place of birth. From around 1920, the same practice was later also adopted for the death certificates of those who died in the workhouse.
| Click below on the first letter of the Union name that you're interested in. |
| A B C D E F G H I K L M N O P R S T U W Y |
| Union | Address |
|---|---|
| Calne | 77 Curzon Street, Calne |
| Cambridge | 81a Mill Road, Cambridge |
| Cannock | 202 Wolverhampton Road, Cannock |
| Cardiff | 30a Cowbridge Road, Cardiff |
| Carlisle | 2 Broad Street, Carlisle |
| Carmarthen | 1 Penlan Road, Carmarthen |
| Chailey | Pouchlands House, Honeypot Lane, East Chiltington |
| Chapel-en-le-Frith | The Elms, Manchester Road, Chapel en le Frith |
| Chard | Sunnylands, Crewkerne Road, Chard |
| Chelmsford | 48 Wood Street, Chelmsford |
| Chelsea | 250 King's Road. (Later 2 Arthur Street?) |
| Chester | 57 Hoole Lane, Chester |
| Chesterfield | 12A Newbold Road, Chesterfield |
| Chippenham | 1 Rowden Hill, Chippenham |
| Chipping Norton | 26 London Road, Chipping Norton |
| Chipping Sodbury | 244 Station Road, Chipping Sodbury |
| Chorley | 152 Eaves Lane, Chorley |
| Chorlton | 20 Nell Lane, Withington |
| Christchurch | Fairmile House, Jumpers Road, Christchurch |
| Cirencester | 24 Querns Hill, Cirencester |
| City of London (Homerton) | 42 Clifden Road, Clapton, Hackney |
| City of London (Union Informary) | 2a Bow Road, London |
| City of Westminster (St George's prior to 1913) | 387 Fulham Road, SW |
| Cleobury Mortimer | Charlton House, Catherton Road, Cleobury Mortimer |
| Clitheroe | Coplow View, Clitheroe |
| Clun | 13 Union Street, Bishop's Castle |
| Clutton | Cambrook House, Temple Cloud |
| Colchester | 14 Pope's Lane, Colchester |
| Conway | 12 Waen Terrace, Conway |
| Cookham | 112 St Mark's Road, Maidenhead |
| Coventry | 6 or 11 London Road, Coventry |
| Croydon | Clarke's Croft (or 66a) Queens Road, Croydon |
| Croydon (Union Infirmary) | 76 Eridge Road, Croydon; from 1939, 39 Woodcroft Road |
| Cunninghame Combination | 1 Bartonholm Road, Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland |
NOTE - a more extensive list of workhouse addresses is included in my Workhouse Encyclopedia
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