Staff, Wolverhampton Union Workhouse, Wolverhampton, circa 1900. The master Mr E. Sattin (centre in bowler hat) and staff
Staff, Wolverhampton Union Workhouse, Wolverhampton, circa 1900. The master Mr E. Sattin (centre in bowler hat) and staff outside the workhouse in Bilston Road. Wolverhampton's first workhouse was built in 1700 on Mill Lane off Horseley Fields. The building then became a temporary holding facility until the new Union Workhouse on Bilston Road was opened in the 1830s (it was later used by Chubb & Sons Lock and Safe Co. Ltd). The building housed around 750 inmates. Various other extensions were added over the years, including an infirmary, new infectious wards in 1867, and new accommodation wards in 1881. As the number of inmates grew in size, new premises had to be found, and a site for the new building was chosen at New Cross, Wednesfield. The building was designed by Arthur Marshall of Nottingham, with the main entrance and administration block on the main Wolverhampton Road in Wednesfield. It could accommodate up to 1,246 inmates, 20 nurses, and 60 other officers. It was built at a cost of £156,879, and opened on 24th September, 1903. The Bilston Road buildings were subsequently demolished. In 1929, a Local Government Act was passed to encouraged local authorities to take over the poor law institutions as hospitals. Consequently, the workhouse became the present New Cross Hospital. Many of the old workhouse blocks have been replaced by modern buildings.
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Location: Bilston Road, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, Midlands, England, UK
Photo credit: © Wolverhampton Archives, UK / Alamy / Afripics
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