Ancestry UK

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.
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UnionAddress
Keighley (Union Infirmary)121 Fell Lane, Keighley
Kensington28 Marloes Road, Kensington
Kettering77 London Road, Kettering
King's Lynn39 Extons Road, King's Lynn
Kings Norton1/1a/1b/2 Raddlebarn Road, Kings Norton
Kingston50 Kingston Hill, Kingston
Knaresborough2 Stockwell Road, Knaresborough
NOTE - a more extensive list of workhouse addresses is included in my Workhouse Encyclopedia

 


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