Homes run by Poor Law Unions - Shropshire to Sussex
Please note: links from this list are to pages on our companion website
www.workhouses.org.uk.
Shropshire
- Madeley Union School, Harris's Green, Broseley
- Newport Union Home (Boys), Doley, Gnosall
- South East Shropshire District School, Quatt
- Atcham & Shrewsbury Union Scattered Home, Besford House, Trinity Street, Shrewsbury
- Atcham & Shrewsbury Union Scattered Home, Pen-y-Bont, Betton Street, Shrewsbury
- Atcham (& Shrewsbury from 1871) Union Receiving Home, 143 Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury
- Atcham & Shrewsbury Union Scattered Home, Grasmere, London Road, Shrewsbury
- Atcham & Shrewsbury Union Scattered Home, Holywell Street, Shrewsbury
- Wellington Union / Shropshire Council Home, The Mount, Haygate Road, Wellington
- Wellington Union Home, Brooklyn House, 135 Watling Street, Wellington
Somerset
- Bath Union Scattered Home, 1 Larkhall Place, Bath
- Bath Union Scattered Homes, 1-2 Bridge Road, Twerton, Bath
- Bath Union Scattered Home, 15 Lambridge Place, Bath
- Bath Union Scattered Home, 32 Thomas Street, Bath
- Bath Union Scattered Homes, 3-4 Butty Piece Cottages, Park Street Mews, Portland Road, Bath
- Bath Union Scattered Home, Five Way House, Fosse Lane, Batheaston, Bath
- Bath Union Receiving Home, Three Ways House, Frome Road, Odd Down, Bath
- Bridgwater Union / Somerset Council Cottage Home, Cannington House, 1 Fore Street, Cannington
- Axbridge Union Cottage Homes, Cliff View House, Tweentown, Cheddar
- Frome Union / Somerset Council Home, Whitewell House, Whitewell Road, Keyford, Frome
- Wells Union / Somerset Council Scattered Home, 42 Northload Street, Glastonbury
- Wells Union Scattered Home, Magdalene Street, Glastonbury
- Bedminster (Long Ashton) Union Cottage Home, West Hill, Portishead
- Wells Union / Somerset Council Scattered Home, 14 Lawson Terrace, Wilfrid Road, Street
- Wells Union Scattered Home, Wraxhall Road, Street
- Taunton Union / Somerset Council Home, Petersfield House, Cheddon Road, Taunton
- Wellington Union / Somerset Council Home, Chadwell House, 5 Mantle Street, Wellington
- Wincanton Union / Somerset Council Home (Boys), Rodber House, Shadwell Lane, Wincanton
- Wincanton Union Home (Girls), Linden Cottages, North Street, Wincanton
- Wincanton Union Home, Rock Hill House, 23 North Street, Wincanton
- Yeovil Union / Somerset Council Cottage Homes, Rosebery Avenue, Yeovil
Staffordshire
- Burton-upon-Trent Union Cottage Homes (Girls), The Ferns, Station Road, Barton under Needwood
- Wolstanton & Burslem Union Scattered Home (Girls), 152 High Lane, Burslem
- Wolstanton & Burslem Union Scattered Home (Boys), 55 Macclesfield Street, Burslem
- Burton upon Trent Council Home for Boys, 147 Belvedere Road, Burton on Trent
- Penkridge (Cannock) Union Cottage Homes, New Penkridge Road, Cannock
- Cheadle Union / Staffordshire Council Home, The Birches / Newlands, Cheadle
- Walsall Council Great Barr Park Colony, Great Barr
- Lichfield Union Home, Wissage Lane (now Scotch Orchard), Lichfield
- Stoke & Wolstanton Union Scattered Home, Basford Hall, Basford, Stoke on Trent
- Stoke-upon-Trent Union Cottage Homes, Newcastle Lane, Penkhull, Stoke on Trent
- Stoke & Wolstanton Union Scattered Home, Oxford Road, Basford, Stoke on Trent
- Stoke & Wolstanton Union Scattered Home, 2 Stanley Street, Tunstall
- Wolstanton & Burslem Union Scattered Home, 2 Stanley Street, Tunstall
- Wolstanton & Burslem Union Scattered Home (Girls), Victoria Road, Tunstall
- Wolverhampton Union/Council Cottage Homes, Amos Lane, Wednesfield
- Walsall & West Bromwich District School, Pennyhill Lane, Wigmore
Suffolk
- Wangford Union Home, Ravensmere Road, Beccles
- Wangford Union Home, Uppoer Olland Street, Bungay
- Bury St Edmunds Union / West Suffolk Council Home, Alexandra House, Hospital Road, Bury St Edmunds
- Hartismere & Hoxne Union Home, Wilton House (later Willow House), 50 Castle Street, Eye
- Woodbridge Union / Suffolk Council Home, Grundisburgh
- Blything Union / Suffolk Council Cottage Homes, Hope House, Halesworth
- Ipswich Union School, St John's Children's Home, Bloomfield Street / Freehold Road, Ipswich
- Mutford & Lothingland Union / East Suffolk Council Home, Primrose Villa, 52 Acton Road, Kirkley
- Bosmere & Claydon Union / Suffolk Council Home, Hurstlea, 131 High Street, Needham Market
- Stow Union / Suffolk Council Home, Hill House (later Eastward Ho), Violet Hill Road, Stowmarket
- Stow Union Home, 18 Bury Street, Stowmarket
- Sudbury Union / West Suffolk Council Cottage Homes, Crofton House, Croft Road, Sudbury
- Mutford & Lothingland Union Home, Bridge Road, West Lowestoft
- Hartismere & Hoxne Union School, Union Lane, Wortham
- Blything Union Cottage Homes, Hope House, High Street, Yoxford
Surrey
- West London District School, District (now Woodthorpe) Road, Ashford
- London Council Kensington & Chelsea SD Cottage Homes, Beechholme, 1 Fir Tree Road, Banstead
- LCC Children's Home, Beechholme, 1 Fir Tree Road, Banstead
- Wandsworth Council Children's Home, Beechholme, 1 Fir Tree Road, Banstead
- Richmond Union Cottage Homes, 11-13 Cleveland Road, Barnes
- Chertsey Union Cottage Homes, Ottershaw, Chertsey
- Croydon Union/Council Cottage Homes (Girls), 574 London Road, Croydon
- Croydon Union/Council Cottage Homes (Boys), Mayday Road, Croydon
- Croydon Union/Council Cottage Homes (Boys), Pawson's Road, Croydon
- Croydon Union Cottage Homes (Girls), Norrington Hall, Bingham Road, Croydon Road, Croydon
- Epsom Union Home, 38 Wilmerhatch Lane (now Woodcote Green Road), Epsom
- Guildford Union Scattered Home, Branksome, 48 and 68A Woodbridge Road, Guildford
- Guildford Union Scattered Home, Elsinore, 14 Springfield Road, Guildford
- Guildford Union Scattered Home, Irvindale, 1 Cooper Road, Guildford
- Guildford Union Scattered Home, Newark, 37 Recreation Road, Guildford
- Guildford Union Scattered Home, Providence, Artillery Road, Guildford
- Guildford Union Scattered Home, Restormel, 36 Recreation Road, Guildford
- Kingston-upon-Thames Union Receiving Home, Moira House, 13 Old Bridge Street, Hampton Wick
- Kingston-upon-Thames Union Scattered Home, 3 Gap Road, Wimbledon, Kingston upon Thames
- Kingston-upon-Thames Union Scattered Home, 36 & 65 Griffiths Road, Wimbledon, Kingston upon Thames
- Kingston-upon-Thames Union Scattered Home, Pevensey Villa, 174 Merton Road, Wimbledon, Kingston upon Thames
- Holborn Union School, Eagle House, High Street, Mitcham
- Southwark Union School, Eagle House, High Street, Mitcham
- Richmond Union Scattered Homes, 1 & 16-18, St Leonard's Road, Mortlake
- Kingston-upon-Thames Union Central Home, 163 Kingston Road, New Malden
- Lambeth Union Schools, Elder Road, Norwood
- Reigate Union / Surrey Council Scattered Homes, 25-27 Hardwick Road, Meadvale, Redhill
- Richmond Union/Council Receiving Home, Parkshot, Richmond
- Richmond Union Receiving Home, 17-19 Peldon Avenue, Richmond
- St Olave's (Bermondsey) Union Cottage Homes, Wickham Road, Shirley
- South Metropolitan District School / LCC Training Colony, Brighton Road, Sutton
- South Metropolitan District School, Banstead Road, Sutton
- North Surrey District School, Anerley Road, Upper Norwood
- Central London District School, Church Road, Upper Norwood
- Westminster, St James Union School, St James Road, Wandsworth
- Croydon Union Cottage Homes (Girls), 218-220 London Road, West Croydon
Sussex
- Brighton Union/Council Schools, Warren Farm, Woodingdean, Brighton
- Eastbourne Union/Council Home, 2-4 Birling Street, Eastbourne
- Hastings Union/Council Scattered Homes, 121 Mount Pleasant Road, Hastings
- Hastings Union/Council Scattered Home, 14 Edmund Road, Hastings
- Hastings Union Scattered Home, 100 Ashburnham Road, Hastings
- Hastings Union Scattered Home, 11 Wellington Square, Hastings
- Hastings Union Scattered Home, 59 Vicarage Road, Hastings
- Hastings Union Scattered Homes, 65 Mount Pleasant Road, Hastings
- Horsham Union Home, 5-7 Bedford Road, Horsham
- Chichester Union / West Sussex Council Cottage Homes, Trumley Road, Lavant
- Lewes Union School, 31 High Street, Lewes
- Lewes Union Cottage Homes, St Anne's, Lewes
- East Sussex Council Home, St Wilfrid's, Ham Road, Shoreham by Sea
- West Sussex Council Home, Stein Road, Southbourne
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