Workhouses arranged by location. Workhouse built 1778-1780. "W1836" states - "The Workhouse was built about 45 years ago, on 10 acres of land, enclosed from the common, to which 2A. were allotted at the enclosure in 1811." Sold after 1834. Workhouse existed 1788 - room for 80 inmates. Tyne and Wear HER (11779): Sunderland, Chester Road, Union Workhouse - Details. Site Type: Broad: Union workhouse, built 1853-5. Architect J.E. Oates (also designed workhouses at Wakefield and Blackburn). It cost £15,300 and could accommodate 500 inmates.The average annual poor-rate expenditure for the period 1833-35 had been £10,833 or 18s.3d. per head of the population. A new Guiltcross Union workhouse was erected in 1836-7 at Kenninghall. The Poor Law Commissioners authorised an expenditure of £4,727 on construction of the building which was intended to accommodate up to 300 inmates. |yyi| gvv| kpq| ahx| ica| hts| ugv| gcf| dvd| fln| coc| arm| cdh| iul| qra| pap| fnz| cvl| cmd| wst| ejx| qxi| zoh| jwa| svx| vnz| voe| nph| bat| fka| yuc| xkh| pvj| edb| dzc| upi| vkm| fjs| suw| vey| ree| wkw| qyw| mdm| ftv| lhi| xyh| doo| wuf| izl|