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Lunasit
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Sunderland WorkHouse
« on: Wednesday 19 August 09 13:05 UTC (UK) »
has anyyone any info about Sunderland Work House ?
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Re: Sunderland WorkHouse
« Reply #1 on: Wednesday 19 August 09 13:11 UTC (UK) »
hi what years do you want to know about
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Re: Sunderland WorkHouse
« Reply #2 on: Wednesday 19 August 09 13:12 UTC (UK) »
Which Workhouse. and what do you want to know? There is plenty of information at
 http://users.ox.ac.uk/~peter/workhouse/


Stan
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Mapstone, Mapston. Sunderland, Somerset
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Re: Sunderland WorkHouse
« Reply #3 on: Sunday 01 November 09 17:05 UTC (UK) »
There was the Union Workhouse on Hylton Road, Sunderland in 1911 - in the parish of Bishopwearmouth St Michael and All Angels  - 0ne of my husbands relatives worked there as a foste rmother.
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Re: Sunderland WorkHouse
« Reply #4 on: Sunday 01 November 09 17:41 UTC (UK) »
the union workhouse was in the east side of the royal hosipital as has been said at the hylton rd end some of the workhouse buildings are still in use they used by family services part of the NHS.
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kenny from ireland befre moveing to north shields  flaxen/flexon from cumnor then sunderland robinson from rothbury then north shields urqhart somewhere in scotland then sunderland
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Re: Sunderland WorkHouse
« Reply #5 on: Sunday 01 November 09 18:37 UTC (UK) »
You could try here http://www.rootschat.com/links/07e0/

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Re: Sunderland WorkHouse
« Reply #6 on: Sunday 01 November 09 18:44 UTC (UK) »
There were three workhouses, or four if you count the Monkwearmouth one.
 Sunderland's first parish workhouse was built by public subscription in 1740. It was located in Church Walk (later Trinity Place) near to the Parish Church. The Sunderland Poor Law Union formally came into existence on 13th December 1836. Initially, the new Sunderland Union made use of the existing 1827 Bishopwearmouth Harley Street workhouse (Where the High Street Baths were later built). The new workhouse on Hylton Road was built 1853-5. You can read about Sunderland Workhouses at http://www.workhouses.org.uk/

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Re: Sunderland WorkHouse
« Reply #7 on: Sunday 01 November 09 18:49 UTC (UK) »
In the early 1850s, pressure on workhouse accommodation increased, partly due to an influx of Irish and Scots. In 1853-5, the new workhouse was built at at the site near  Hylton Road. It received it first occupants on October 13th, 1855, when 306 inmates were transferred from the old workhouse.
In 1867, an additional 12-acre site was purchased adjacent to the workhouse and new hospital buildings were erected. By 1930, the workhouse site had become known as the Highfield Institute and Municipal Hospital. Under the National Health Service, the hospital became Sunderland General Hospital. Many of the 1855 workhouse blocks were demolished in the 1970s to make way for new buildings but a few parts survive.


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