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Thesaurus Term/Concept: WORKHOUSE

Identifier 68723
Class MONUMENT TYPE
Status Preferred
Index? Yes
Scope Note A 19th century establishment for the provision of work for the unemployed poor of a parish; later an institution administered by Guardians of the Poor, in which paupers are lodged and the able-bodied set to work.

Broader Terms/Concepts (2)

Related Terms/Concepts (9)

Narrower Terms/Concepts (0)

Instances/Examples (68)

Context Record
Monument Type MEX1008238 14 and 16 Colchester Road (Listed Building)
Monument Type MEX1032776 18th century workhouse, Kelvedon Hatch (Building)
Monument Type MEX41083 190 to 210 Church Lane, Braintree (Listed Building)
Monument Type MEX1034281 19th century Billericay Union Workhouse (Building)
Monument Type MEX1002548 19th century workhouse, Saffron Walden Union Workhouse (later Community Hospital), Saffron Walden (Listed Building)
Monument Type MEX1004291 28 to 40 Church Street (Listed Building)
Monument Type MEX1037799 Baldwins Buildings or the Parish Houses, Loughton (Building)
Monument Type MEX1032504 Blackmore Historic Village (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1007402 Block to SE of Weavershed House (Listed Building)
Monument Type MEX1014069 Bluehouse Cottages (Listed Building)
Monument Type MEX1004304 Bridge Hospital (Listed Building)
Monument Type MEX1035685 Canewdon Historic settlement (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1031097 Castle Hedingham Poor Houses (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1031858 Chelmsford Union Workhouse (now St Johns Hospital) (Building)
Monument Type MEX1013620 Cherry Cottage and Chestnut Cottage (Listed Building)
Monument Type MEX1037436 Church house, Lambourne (Monument)
Monument Type MEX36041 Colchester - Crouched Friars Monastery (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1035084 Colchester Union Workhouse (St Mary's Hospital) (Building)
Monument Type MEX1032809 Early 19th century union workhouse and hospital, 'Epping Union Workhouse' (and 'St Margaret's Hospital'), The Plain (Building)
Monument Type MEX1051634 Early 20th century workhouse, Poplar Labour Colony, Sumpner's Farm, Dunton (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1005730 End House and Opotipot (Listed Building)
Monument Type MEX1008564 Fays Cottage (Listed Building)
Monument Type MEX1032753 Fryerning historic settlement (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1032759 Fryerning parish workhouse (Building)
Monument Type MEX27138 Great Braxted Road (Monument)
Monument Type MEX28826 Great Dunmow Medieval Town (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1035085 Halsted Union Workhouse (site of) (Building)
Monument Type MEX1031958 Hatfield Broad Oak workhouse (Building)
Monument Type MEX1013890 Hillside 1-8, Hillside Cottage & attached railings & wall to Cromwell Lane (Listed Building)
Monument Type MEX1037430 Historic settlement of Lambourne (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1032571 Hutton Village (Monument)
Monument Type MEX18509 Ingatestone (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1007822 Keepers Cottage (Listed Building)
Monument Type MEX1032770 Kelvedon Hatch Historic Settlement (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1005472 Kelvedon Labour Club (Listed Building)
Monument Type MEX1031970 Kelvedon medieval and post-medieval town (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1031984 Late 19th century workhouse, Maldon Union Workhouse, Spital Road (Building)
Monument Type MEX1008072 Lexden and Winstree Union Workhouse (St Albrights Hospital) (Listed Building)
Monument Type MEX1001106 Lodge to St Andrews Hospital (Listed Building)
Monument Type MEX1684 Medieval town of Newport (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1033453 Nineteenth century village poor house, Southminster (Building)
Monument Type MEX1012024 North End House (Listed Building)
Monument Type MEX1012523 Nuntys and Little Garnetts (Listed Building)
Monument Type MEX19454 Old Barracks, at Chelmsford (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1035086 Ongar Union Workhouse (Building)
Monument Type MEX1035693 Paglesham historic settlement (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1035699 Paglesham workhouse (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1032432 Parish workhouse, Ingatestone (Building)
Monument Type MEX1032576 Poor House/National School, Hutton (Building)
Monument Type MEX1031810 Poorhouse, Chipping Ongar (Building)
Monument Type MEX1032846 Poorhouse, Great Warley (Building)
Monument Type MEX1032847 Poorhouse, Headley Common, Great Warley (Building)
Monument Type MEX1031816 Post-medieval workhouse, 'Parish Workhouse', Coggeshall (Building)
Monument Type MEX1035786 Roydon historic settlement (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1031882 Site of 19th century workhouse, The Halstead Union Workhouse, Hedingham Road (Monument)
Monument Type MEX5025 Site of medieval guildhall at Newbiggen Street (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1033028 Site of Orsett Union Workhouse (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1035087 Site of Rochford Union Workhouse (Monument)
Monument Type MEX1002149 St Andrews Hospital (those parts formerly the Billericay Union Workhouse) (Listed Building)
Monument Type MEX1003473 St Michaels Hospital (Listed Building)
Monument Type MEX1036460 Stone House, Stonehouse Corner, West thurrock. Essex. (Building)
Monument Type MEX1035020 Tendring Union Workhouse (Heath Hospital) (Listed Building)
Monument Type MEX1013146 The Close (Listed Building)
Monument Type MEX1004061 The Croft (Listed Building)
Monument Type MEX1013988 The Queens Head Public House (Listed Building)
Monument Type MEX1011235 The Wash and Wash Cottages (Listed Building)
Monument Type MEX1004512 The White Lion (Listed Building)
Monument Type MEX1007401 Weavershed House (Listed Building)