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 |
|---|---|
| Salford | 92 Eccles New Road, Salford |
| Salford (Union Infirmary) | 2 Stott Lane / 91 Eccles Old Road, Salford |
| Samford | Tattingstone House, Tattingstone |
| Sculcoates | 160 Beverley Road, Hull |
| Shardlow | The Grove, Shardlow |
| Sheffield (Fir Vale) | 2/12 Smilter Lane [later Herries Road], Sheffield |
| Sheppey | Cliff House, Minster |
| Shepton Mallet | West End House, West Shepton |
| Shoreditch | 204 Hoxton Street, Shoreditch |
| Skipton | 16 Gargrave Road, Skipton |
| Solihull | 1 Lode Lane, Solihull |
| Southampton | 154 St Mary Street, Southampton |
| Southampton (Union Infrmary) | 1a Chilworth Road, Shirley Warren, Southampton |
| South Molton | 1 North Road, South Molton |
| South Shields | 1 Moor Lane, West Harton, Harton R.D.; later given as 169 Harton Lane, South Shields |
| Southwell | Greet House, Southwell |
| St George's (City of Westminster from 1913) | 387 Fulham Road, SW |
| St George's (City of Westminster from 1913) | 20 Wallis's Yard, Buckingham Palace Road |
| St George in the East (Stepney from 1925) | 3 Raine Street, E1 |
| St Luke's | 1a Shepherdess Walk, Hoxton (or Shoreditch) |
| St Marylebone | 1 Northumberland Street, London W; 2 Luxborough Street, St Marylebone |
| St Olave (Union Infirmary) | 48a Lower Road, Rotherhithe |
| St Olave (Institution for Elderly) | 82 Ladywell Road, Lewisham |
| St Pancras | 4 Kings Road, St Pancras |
| St Pancras (Union Infirmary) | 199 Dartmouth Park Hill |
| St Saviour's (Union Infirmary) | 72a East Dulwich Grove |
| Stepney (Bromley) | 50a St Leonard's Street |
| Stepney (Ratcliffe) | 45a Barnes Street |
| Stepney (casual ward) | 121 Maroon Street |
| Steyning | 2 Upper Shoreham Road, Kingston-by-Sea, Shoreham |
| Stockton-on-Tees | 50 Portrack Lane, Stockton-on-Tees |
| Stratford-on-Avon | 50 Arden Street, Stratford-on-Avon |
| Strood | 2 Gun Lane, Strood |
| Stroud | 1 Bisley Road, Stroud |
NOTE - a more extensive list of workhouse addresses is included in my Workhouse Encyclopedia
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