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 |
|---|---|
| Bakewell | 3 Baslow Road, Bakewell |
| Banbury | 192 Warwick Road, Banbury |
| Barnet | 17 Wellhouse Lane, Barnet |
| Barnsley | 80 Gawber Road Barnsley |
| Barnstaple | 19 Alexandra Road, Barnstaple |
| Barrow-in-Furness | 1 Rampside Road, Barrow in Furness |
| Barrow-upon-Soar | 240 Leicester Road, Mountsorrel |
| Basford | 100 Highbury Vale (later 121 Highbury Road), Bulwell, Nottingham |
| Basingstoke | Cowdrey's Down House (later Cowdrey House), Basingstoke |
| Bath | Frome Road House, Odd Down, Bath |
| Bedford | 3 Kimbolton Road, Bedford |
| Biggleswade | Great North Road House, London Road, Biggleswade |
| Birkenhead | 56 Church Road, Tranmere |
| Blackburn | 129 Haslingden Road, Blackburn |
| Bradford-on-Avon | The Square, Avoncliff |
| Barton Regis | 100 Fishponds Road, Eastville, Bristol |
| Barton-upon-Irwell | 21 Green Lane, Patricroft, Eccles |
| Bethnal Green | Waterloo House, Waterloo Road, Bethnal Green |
| Beverley | 41 The Woodlands, Westwood, Beverley |
| Bicester | Market End House, Bicester |
| Biggleswade | Great North Road House, Biggleswade |
| Birmingham | 1 Western Road, U.D. |
| Birmingham (Union Infirmary) | 77 or 99 Dudley Road, U.D. |
| Birkenhead | 56 Church Road, Tranmere |
| Bishops Stortford | 2 Haymeads Lane, Bishop's Stortford |
| Blackburn | 129 Haslingden Road, Blackburn |
| Blything | The Red House, Bulcamp-cum-Blythburgh Rural District |
| Bolton | Fishpool House, Bolton |
| Boston | 35 Skirbeck Rd, Boston |
| Bourne | Well Head House, St Peter's Road, Bourne |
| Brackley | The Home, Banbury Road, Brackley |
| Bradford | 217 Horton Lane, Little Horton |
| Bramley | 3 Green Hill Road, Bramley |
| Brentford | Warkworth House, Twickenham Road, Isleworth, Middlesex |
| Brentford (Union Infirmary) | 30 Twickenham Road, Isleworth, Middlesex |
| Bridgnorth | 1 Innage Lane, Brignorth |
| Brighton | 250 Elm Grove, Brighton |
| Bristol | 100 Manor Road, Fishponds, Bristol |
| Bromsgrove | 12a (later 165a) Birmingham Road, Bromsgrove |
| Buckingham | 19 Stratford Road, Buckingham |
| Bucklow | Cranford Lodge, Bexton Road, Knutsford |
| Burnley (Primrose Bank Infirmary) | 118 Briercliffe Road, Burnley |
| Burton-upon-Trent | 145 Belvedere Road, Burton-upon-Trent |
| Bury | 380 Rochdale Old Road, Bury (also 1 Broad Oak Lane, Bury?) |
NOTE - a more extensive list of workhouse addresses is included in my Workhouse Encyclopedia
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