Over the centuries a variety of institutions have catered for the needs for care and rehabilitation of the sick and needy. The websites listed below have details about such establishments and, in many cases, lists of inmates.
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Hearth / Window Tax, Land Tax / Lay Subsidy, Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., Poll / Electoral / Voters Registers, Religious Lists / Records, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Poor Rate, Other Records, Photographs / Pictures |
Title: | Angmering Village Life Website |
Link: | http://www.angmeringvillage.co.uk/ |
Description: | Angmering Village Life Website |
Extra Info: | Click on History Centre for many documents and articles about the village. Includes a history of the shops, electoral registers, hearth tax and more. |
Classification: | Newspapers, Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., School / Educational Records / Alumni, Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records |
Title: | Ann's Pages for Isle of Wight Ancestors |
Link: | http://www.annbarrett.co.uk/ |
Description: | Ann's Pages for Isle of Wight Ancestors |
Extra Info: | Includes shipwrecks off the Isle, warder and prisoner names from Parkhurst, coastguards and more. |
Classification: | Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., Valuation Books, Minute Books / Meeting Books, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Other Records |
Title: | Archives - Limerick City Council |
Link: | https://www.limerick.ie/archives |
Description: | Limerick City Council - Digital Archives |
Extra Info: | Includes minute books, rate books, vaccinations, motor vehicle registrations 1904-1982, hospital annual reports and more. |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Hearth / Window Tax, Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., Tithe Records, Valuation Books, Register & Rent Rolls, School / Educational Records / Alumni, Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Poll / Electoral / Voters Registers, Religious Lists / Records, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Other Records |
Title: | Atavus Search Engine |
Link: | https://search.atavus.org/api/v1/search |
Description: | Atavus Search Engine Incorporating Fermanagh Gold Genealogy Pages |
Extra Info: | Easy to use search. |
Classification: | Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., School / Educational Records / Alumni, Bastardy / Illegitimacy Records, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Poor Rate, Other Records |
Title: | Bath Ancestor Search |
Link: | http://bathancestors.org.uk/fhSearch.php |
Description: | Bath Ancestor Search |
Extra Info: | Search for your Bath ancestors. Includes Board of Guardian books, quarter sessions and more. |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., Tithe Records, School / Educational Records / Alumni, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Poor Rate, Other Records, Photographs / Pictures |
Title: | Bedfordshire County Council - Family History |
Link: | https://bedsarchives.bedford.gov.uk/CommunityHisto... |
Description: | Bedfordshire County Council - Family History |
Extra Info: | Each place has different information online including workhouse minute books, photographs, maps and more. |
Classification: | Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Photographs / Pictures |
Title: | Berkshire Record Office |
Link: | https://www.berkshirerecordoffice.org.uk/ |
Description: | Berkshire Record Office |
Extra Info: | Click on Explore Berkshire's Past for links to their online image gallery, which has portraits and a small number of images from the institutions of the area. |
Classification: | Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., Information |
Title: | Bethlem Royal Hospital Archives |
Link: | https://museumofthemind.org.uk |
Description: | Bethlem Royal Hospital Archives |
Extra Info: | Includes patient records - some with photographs, staff records and more. |
Classification: | Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
Title: | Blacksmiths Index |
Link: | https://blacksmiths.mygenwebs.com/ |
Description: | A Genealogical Index of Blacksmiths and Related Occupations |
Extra Info: | As well as blacksmiths, includes many other related occupations, also blacksmiths residing in asylums and workhouses. |
Classification: | Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., Associations and Civil Officials Lists, Companies / Employee and Union Lists, Other Records, Photographs / Pictures |
Title: | Bolton, Lancashire Genealogy Website |
Link: | http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~boltongenealogy/gen... |
Description: | Bolton, Lancashire Genealogy Website |
Extra Info: | Includes information on Halliwell Bleachworks, Rumworth Mill and more. |
Classification: | Hearth / Window Tax, Land Tax / Lay Subsidy, Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., School / Educational Records / Alumni, Poll / Electoral / Voters Registers, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records |
Title: | Burton Latimer Village Website |
Link: | https://www.burtonlatimer.info/ |
Description: | Burton Latimer Village Website |
Extra Info: | Trade Directories are listed by occupations. |
Classification: | Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., Information, Photographs / Pictures |
Title: | County Asylum |
Link: | http://web.archive.org/web/20110708195950/http://w... |
Description: | Rediscovering the Asylums and Mental Hospitals of England and Wales |
Extra Info: | This site is no longer active, however an archived copy of the site is still available to view (may take a few moments to load). There may be some pages that do not work. Lists architects' names and more. |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Newspapers, Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., Tithe Records, Valuation Books, Register & Rent Rolls, School / Educational Records / Alumni, Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Associations and Civil Officials Lists, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Minute Books / Meeting Books, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Other Records, Photographs / Pictures |
Title: | County Clare Library Online Resources |
Link: | https://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/genealog... |
Description: | County Clare Library Online Resources |
Extra Info: | Includes a whole range of transcriptions for County Clare, including a list of school teachers, school registers, high sheriffs and more. Also look under the donated material. |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Land Tax / Lay Subsidy, Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., Other Taxes - such as Horse Tax, School / Educational Records / Alumni, Poll / Electoral / Voters Registers, Associations and Civil Officials Lists, Religious Lists / Records, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records, Photographs / Pictures |
Title: | Essex Family History |
Link: | http://www.essex-family-history.co.uk/ |
Description: | Essex Family History |
Extra Info: | Includes lists of vicars and churchwardens, lists of magistrates, customs officers, coastguards, mayors and more. |
Classification: | Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., School / Educational Records / Alumni, Bastardy / Illegitimacy Records, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
Title: | Genealogy and Family History in Scotland - Scottish genealogy records |
Link: | https://www.oldscottish.com/ |
Description: | Old Scottish Genealogy & Family History |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Newspapers, Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., Poll / Electoral / Voters Registers, Travellers / Romany / Canal Folk |
Title: | Genealogy Information and Records |
Link: | http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~gypsy/genealogy/ |
Description: | Genealogy Information and Records , Mainly Folkestone and Hythe Areas |
Extra Info: | Includes transcriptions of trade directories and newspaper cuttings. |
Classification: | Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., Tithe Records, School / Educational Records / Alumni |
Title: | Gnosall History |
Link: | http://www.gnosallhistory.co.uk/ |
Description: | Various records pertaining to Gnosall |
Classification: | Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc. |
Title: | Historic Hospital Admission Records Project |
Link: | https://hharp.org/ |
Description: | Historic Hospital Admission Records Project |
Extra Info: | Great Ormond Street hospital, London, Alexandra hospital for children with hip disease, London, Evelina hospital, London and Royal hospital for sick children, Glasgow. |
Classification: | Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc. |
Title: | History of the Bristol Royal Infirmary |
Link: | https://archive.org/details/historyofbristol00smit... |
Description: | A History of the Bristol Royal Infirmary |
Extra Info: | Online book. Published 1917. Includes names of treasurers, chaplains, matrons, physicians, secretaries, surgeons, dental surgeons and more. Index at the end of the book. |
Classification: | Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., Information |
Title: | Index of Lunatic Asylums and Mental Hospitals |
Link: | http://studymore.org.uk/4_13_TA.HTM |
Description: | Index of Lunatic Asylums and Mental Hospitals |
Extra Info: | Based around a 1844 study but expanded with details of the institutions. |
Classification: | Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc. |
Title: | Kemsing Heritage Centre |
Link: | http://www.kemsingheritagecentre.org.uk/wordpress/ |
Description: | Kemsing Heritage Centre and Information |
Extra Info: | Includes details of the Voluntary Aid Detachment Hospital 6A at St Edith Hall Kemsing 1914-1918. |
Classification: | Newspapers, Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., Other Records |
Title: | LEECH / LEACH Family Genealogy |
Link: | http://www.leechfamily.myzen.co.uk/ |
Description: | LEECH / LEACH and Related Family Genealogy |
Extra Info: | Also includes Harris, Jordan / Jurdan, Sparrow, Wilson-Webb / Webb, Death, Doyle, and Savage. |
Classification: | Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., Other Records, Journals / Diaries |
Title: | Llandeilo History , People and Places |
Link: | https://llandeilo.org/ |
Description: | Llandeilo History , People and Places |
Extra Info: | Includes the diary of Thomas Jenkins of Llandeilo. |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Hearth / Window Tax, Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., Register & Rent Rolls, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Poor Rate, Other Records |
Title: | London Lives 1690 to 1800 - Crime, Poverty and Social Policy in the Metropolis |
Link: | https://www.londonlives.org/ |
Description: | A fully searchable edition of 240,000 manuscripts from eight archives and fifteen datasets, giving access to 3.35 million names. |
Extra Info: | Use the search feature to find names, places and occupations. |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., Register & Rent Rolls, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Photographs / Pictures |
Title: | Malton History |
Link: | http://www.maltonhistory.info/ |
Description: | Social and Local History for Malton |
Classification: | Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Other Records |
Title: | Newry Journal |
Link: | https://www.newryjournal.co.uk/ |
Description: | Newry Journal - Information and Records |
Extra Info: | Includes articles on evictions, the fire brigade, a railway tragedy, the ropeworks and more. |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., School / Educational Records / Alumni, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records, Journals / Diaries |
Title: | Normanby in Ryedale Village Records |
Link: | https://www.normanby.info/ |
Description: | Normanby in Ryedale Village Records |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Post Office / Telephone Directories, Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., Register & Rent Rolls, Poor Rate, Other Records, Photographs / Pictures |
Title: | Old Kirkcudbright |
Link: | http://www.old-kirkcudbright.net/ |
Description: | Old Kirkcudbright |
Extra Info: | Information about the poor house, landowners and more. |
Classification: | Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc. |
Title: | Oldham Workhouse 1867 to 1917 |
Link: | Oldham Workhouse 1867 to 1917 by Find My Past |
Description: | Oldham Workhouse 1867 to 1917 by Find My Past |
Extra Info: | These records over 139 years, from 1800 to 1936, and include both admissions and discharges. Oldham Poor Law Union comprised the parishes of Alkrington, Chadderton, Crompton, Middleton, Oldham itself, Royton, Thornham and Tonge. |
Classification: | Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., Religious Lists / Records |
Title: | Parish of Bermondsey - A History |
Link: | https://archive.org/details/historyandantiq00philg... |
Description: | Parish of Bermondsey - A History |
Extra Info: | Online book. Includes details of the monastery, churches, hospitals, schools and more. |
Classification: | Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., Religious Lists / Records, Other Records |
Title: | Parish of Hampstead - Records and History |
Link: | http://archive.org/details/recordsmanorpar00baingo... |
Description: | Parish of Hampstead - Records and History |
Extra Info: | Online book. Includes many names. Includes some information about the hospitals and asylums, companies and churches, and much more. |
Classification: | Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., School / Educational Records / Alumni, Other Records |
Title: | Parish of Nantwich or Wich-Malbank - A History of the Town and Parish |
Link: | A History of the Town and Parish of Nantwich or Wich-Malbank |
Description: | A History of the Town and Parish of Nantwich or Wich-Malbank by James Hall, 1883 |
Extra Info: | Includes information on the trade of the town, schools, hospitals, charity donations and more. |
Classification: | Hearth / Window Tax, Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., School / Educational Records / Alumni, Associations and Civil Officials Lists, Other Records |
Title: | Parish of Preston in Amounderness, Lancashire - A History |
Link: | http://archive.org/details/historyparishpr00fishgo... |
Description: | Parish of Preston in Amounderness, Lancashire - A History |
Extra Info: | Online book. Includes a list of the mayors of Preston, vicars, details of the lepers hospital, the grammar school, protestation rolls and more. |
Classification: | Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., Religious Lists / Records |
Title: | Parish of St. Giles in the Fields, Middlesex - An Account of the Hospital and Parish |
Link: | http://archive.org/details/someaccountofhos00partr... |
Description: | Parish of St. Giles in the Fields, Middlesex - An Account of the Hospital and Parish |
Extra Info: | Online book. Includes names of wardens at the hospital, vestrymen, churchwardens, rectors and curates, notable and eminent parishoners and includes a page of autographs of noted parishoners (page 393), |
Classification: | Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., Tithe Records |
Title: | Parish of Staplehurst, Kent |
Link: | http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~staplehurst/genealo... |
Description: | The Parish of Staplehurst, Kent |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., Tithe Records, School / Educational Records / Alumni, Religious Lists / Records, Sports Clubs and Associations, Other Records, Photographs / Pictures, Journals / Diaries |
Title: | Parish of Winterbourne, Gloucestershire |
Link: | http://www.frenchaymuseumarchives.co.uk/ |
Description: | Winterbourne Family History, Online |
Extra Info: | Look under Archives for some confirmation lists, tithe maps, directories, school admissions and much more. |
Classification: | Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., Religious Lists / Records |
Title: | Parish Registers of Durham - St. Giles - Extracts |
Link: | http://archive.org/details/memorialsstgile00englgo... |
Description: | Extracts of the Parish Registers of St. Giles, Durham and Other Parish Records |
Extra Info: | Online book. Includes extracts from the churchwarden accounts and documents relating to Kepyer Hospital and St. Mary Magdalen Hospital. |
Classification: | Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., Religious Lists / Records |
Title: | Parish Registers of Elsdon, Northumberland |
Link: | http://archive.org/details/registersbaptis00goog |
Description: | Parish Registers of Elsdon, Northumberland |
Extra Info: | Online book. Includes a list and details of the Rectors of Elsdon and the masters of Elishaw hospital. |
Classification: | Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., Associations and Civil Officials Lists, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records, Photographs / Pictures |
Title: | Plymouth Data |
Link: | https://web.archive.org/web/20130617090905/http://... |
Description: | Plymouth Data |
Extra Info: | This is an archived copy of a site that is no longer active. Most information still available. Plymouth history, including details of the hospitals, prisons, temperance halls, a who's who of Plymouth and more. Look under A-Z for contents. |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records |
Title: | Port Cities of the UK |
Link: | https://web.archive.org/web/20200925121326/http://... |
Description: | Port Cities of the UK - Bristol, Hartlepool, Liverpool, London and Southampton |
Extra Info: | This is an archived copy of a site that is no longer being maintained. Some information may be out of date or not be available. Voyages, ports, history, people, origins includes information about floating smallpox hospitals to ship owners and much more. |
Classification: | Hearth / Window Tax, Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., Poll / Electoral / Voters Registers, Religious Lists / Records, Other Records |
Title: | Salthouse Village History Website |
Link: | http://www.salthousehistory.co.uk/ |
Description: | Salthouse Village History Website |
Classification: | Land Tax / Lay Subsidy, Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., School / Educational Records / Alumni, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Minute Books / Meeting Books, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Other Records |
Title: | Scottish Archive Network |
Link: | https://www.scan.org.uk/ |
Description: | Scottish Archive Network |
Extra Info: | Click on Digital Archive for online documents. |
Classification: | Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
Title: | Scottish Indexes - Helping you trace your Scottish family tree |
Link: | https://www.scottishindexes.com/ |
Description: | Prison Registers, Sheriff Court Paternity Decrees, Mental Health Records |
Extra Info: | Full details of the coverage can be found on their Record Sets page. |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Hearth / Window Tax, Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Poll / Electoral / Voters Registers, Associations and Civil Officials Lists, Religious Lists / Records, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records, Journals / Diaries |
Title: | Selected Genealogical Records |
Link: | http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~mwi/filessection/ |
Description: | Selected Genealogical Records |
Extra Info: | A selection of transcriptions including extacts from Army lists, bankrupts, a list of people in Cornwall in past times, a list of coastguards in 1851, Hammermen and more. |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Newspapers, Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., School / Educational Records / Alumni, Religious Lists / Records, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Poor Rate, Other Records, Photographs / Pictures |
Title: | Sheffield Indexers |
Link: | http://www.sheffieldindexers.com/ |
Description: | Sheffield Indexers, including School Records, Workhouse and Directories |
Extra Info: | Many records have online searching by name and location. |
Classification: | Land Tax / Lay Subsidy, Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., Poll / Electoral / Voters Registers, Religious Lists / Records, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
Title: | Somerset Indexes - SW Heritage Trust |
Link: | https://somerset-cat.swheritage.org.uk/indexes |
Description: | Somerset Indexes - SW Heritage Trust |
Extra Info: | Includes WW1 absent voters list ; index of workhouse admissions and discharges ; Ordinations ; assizes and quarter sessions indexes and Land Tax indexes. |
Classification: | Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Travellers / Romany / Canal Folk |
Title: | Staffordshire Name Indexes |
Link: | https://www.staffsnameindexes.org.uk/ |
Description: | Staffordshire Name Indexes |
Extra Info: | Calendars of prisoners at Staffordshire quarter sessions 1779-1880, police force registers index 1842-1920 and apprentices 1600-1900. Also includes some names from over the border in Worcestershire. |
Classification: | Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
Title: | Stratford-upon-Avon Cemetery |
Link: | https://web.archive.org/web/20160307155846/http://... |
Description: | Stratford-upon-Avon Police Charge Book and Workhouse Lists and more |
Extra Info: | An archived copy of the databases which do not appear to be on the new site. Also has a smallpox census, information on the workhouse and more. |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Land Tax / Lay Subsidy, Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., Register & Rent Rolls, Other Records |
Title: | Tameside Local and Family History |
Link: | http://tamesidefamilyhistory.co.uk/ |
Description: | Tameside Local and Family History |
Extra Info: | Click on contents for trade directories, land tax and more. |
Classification: | Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., School / Educational Records / Alumni, Photographs / Pictures |
Title: | The Children's Homes Website |
Link: | http://www.childrenshomes.org.uk/ |
Description: | The Children's Homes Website |
Extra Info: | The Children's Homes website aims to provide information on all the many and varied institutions that became home for thousands of children and young people in Britain. Also USA, Canada, Jamaica and Australia. |
Classification: | Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., Photographs / Pictures |
Title: | The Children's Society Archive 1881-1918 |
Link: | http://www.hiddenlives.org.uk/ |
Description: | The Children's Society Archive 1881-1918 |
Extra Info: | Some records and the history of each home, many photographs. |
Classification: | Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc. |
Title: | The Temple Lodge Home for Inebriate Women |
Link: | https://inebriateancestors.co.uk/ |
Description: | Research into the Temple Lodge Home for Inebriate Women in Torquay |
Classification: | Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., Religious Lists / Records, Poor Rate, Other Records |
Title: | The Union, Parish and Public Health Officers Handbook and Almanac |
Link: | https://archive.org/details/unionsandparish00unkng... |
Description: | The Union, Parish and Public Health Officers Handbook and Almanac 1860 |
Extra Info: | Online book. Includes lists of parish officers, treasurers and officials for each county. Includes school board inspectors, a list of premises which accepted 'lunatics', workhouse masters and teachers and more. |
Classification: | Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., Religious Lists / Records, Poor Rate, Other Records |
Title: | The Union, Parish and Public Health Officers Handbook and Almanac |
Link: | https://archive.org/details/unionsandparish01unkng... |
Description: | The Union, Parish and Public Health Officers Handbook and Almanac 1868 |
Extra Info: | Online book. Includes lists of parish officers, treasurers and officials for each county. Includes school board inspectors, a list of premises which accepted 'lunatics', workhouse masters and teachers and more. |
Classification: | Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., Religious Lists / Records, Poor Rate, Other Records |
Title: | The Union, Parish and Public Health Officers Handbook and Almanac |
Link: | https://archive.org/details/unionsandparish02unkng... |
Description: | The Union, Parish and Public Health Officers Handbook and Almanac 1853 |
Extra Info: | Online book. Includes lists of parish officers, treasurers and officials for each county. Includes school board inspectors, a list of premises which accepted 'lunatics', workhouse masters and teachers and more. |
Classification: | Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., Register & Rent Rolls, Poor Rate, Other Records, Photographs / Pictures |
Title: | Victoria County History - Explore England's Past |
Link: | https://www.history.ac.uk/research/victoria-county... |
Description: | Victoria County History - Explore England's Past |
Extra Info: | This site provides free access to local history materials. A variety of material, some counties covered more than others. |
Classification: | Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc. |
Title: | Voluntary Hospitals Database |
Link: | http://www.hospitalsdatabase.lshtm.ac.uk/ |
Description: | Voluntary Hospitals Database |
Extra Info: | Includes details about the hospitals, the number of beds, the expenditure, dates and more. |
Classification: | Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc. |
Title: | Whittingham Lives |
Link: | https://whittinghamlives.org.uk/ |
Description: | Shared Histories, Hidden Lives Whittingham Asylum, Preston (1873-2016) |
Classification: | Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., Other Records |
Title: | Wiltshire Asylum Registers 1789-1921 |
Link: | Wiltshire Asylum Registers 1789-1921 by Find My Past |
Description: | Wiltshire Asylum Registers 1789-1921 by Find My Past |
Extra Info: | These institutions also accepted patients that had previously resided in the wider South West and even London. There are 27,761 records in this collection, with details varying from record to record. |
Classification: | Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., Other Records |
Title: | Workhouse Network |
Link: | https://www.workhousenetwork.org/ |
Description: | Pauper biographies and more. |
Classification: | Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., Other Records |
Title: | Workhouse Website |
Link: | https://www.workhouses.org.uk/ |
Description: | A Site Dedicated to the Workhouse, its Buildings, Staff, Inmates and much more |
Classification: | Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., School / Educational Records / Alumni, Bastardy / Illegitimacy Records, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Poor Rate, Other Records |
Title: | Yesterday's Journey |
Link: | http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~spire/Yesterday/ |
Description: | Yesterday's Journey |
Extra Info: | Mainly Derbyshire. Documents such as settlement papers, coroners records, apprentice records, school lists and more. |
Classification: | Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., Other Taxes - such as Horse Tax, Religious Lists / Records, Other Records |
Title: | York's Archbishops Registers Revealed |
Link: | https://archbishopsregisters.york.ac.uk/ |
Description: | Free access to over 20,000 images of Registers produced by the Archbishops of York, 1225-1650 |