Advice, please (Bideford)

[tonia]

I have a copy of the birth certificate of my husband's great nan, which gives her place of birth as "Whitehouse, Meddon St, Bideford".

I've searched the web to see if this address still exists, and I found that on Meddon St was the Workhouse.
The certificate clearly does not say Workhouse- I am sure that it is Whitehouse, but a website I found shows pics of the former workhouse, and it is a huge white building.

What do you all think? Is it likely that the place would have been referred to as "Whitehouse"?

Other little things do tie in, like her mother was unmarried, and in 1903 when the birth occured, there had been built a new infirmary as part of the building incorporating a labour ward.
Is it likely that as part of the workhouse it would have also been an unmarried mother's home?

What would you advise as a next step?

[debbi2k]

Have sent you a message re the workhouse in Bideford

Debbi

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