A Comprehensive History of the Workhouse by Peter Higginbotham
The market town of Oundle sits on the banks of the River Nene in Northamptonshire, about 12 miles southwest of Peterborough.
Surrounded on three sides by the River Nene, Oundle is a beautiful stone built market town that has served the surrounding valleys since Saxon times. The town centre has many fine stone houses over 300 years old, divided by narrow alleys and courtyards, above which the graceful spire of the parish church rises.
Oundle, in north-east Northamptonshire, is a beautiful small market town featuring a number of medieval and Georgian stone buildings, many of which belong to the local independent school.
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The beautiful small market town of Oundle in east Northamptonshire possess numerous attractive stone buildings, many of which are owned by Oundle School. This particular building dates from 1641 and is used as student accommodation.
This beautifully-proportioned Georgian building houses my very favourite traditional bookshop. I seem to recollect that it was once called the Oundle School Bookshop. The school certainly owns the building, and the offices above housed the school's estates department.
Founded 1611 A building of 2 storeys in coursed rubble of E shaped plan with stone slate roofs, flat verges on the gables with a finial on each apex. The long wing is parallel to the road, the 3 shorter wings gable end to it. The long wing and the north end shorter wing appear to be in nearly original condition. The rest were added or rebuilt in 1830. (date over 1 of the new doorways), likewise the walls with elaborate gateways linking the road end gables. All windows are stone mullioned, generally of 3 lights to the ground floor and of 2 lights to the 1st floors. Stone chimneys with double, triple and quadruple flues. EH Listing
The former market building in the centre of Oundle in East Northamptonshire is now occupied by a building society, but the weekly street market still takes place on Thursday to one side of it. To the left (with the colonades) is the Oundle School bookshop, which is open to the public as well, while the steeple of St Peter's Church can be seen behind.
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Scanned from an old photo, which is why the colours and clarity are poor. And why it’s slightly wonky! rob-thorpe.co.uk
Whitehaven , Low Road.
The records of the Sheffield Workhouse were destroyed in the bombing of Sheffield during the Second World War. However, using archive material, newspaper reports and the remaining Guardians’ minutes from 1890, this book reveals the story of this feared local institution. Famously contentious, the Sheffield Board of Guardians often went against the wishes of the […]
A Comprehensive History of the Workhouse by Peter Higginbotham
A Comprehensive History of the Workhouse by Peter Higginbotham
It was situated just past the old cemetery on the Whitehaven to St Bees Road. The building was huge and had its own hospital, staff dwellings and horticultural grounds. ( see other photo also ).
A Comprehensive History of the Workhouse by Peter Higginbotham
A bit of decay at what is possibly one of Cornwall's most depressing sites. A former workhouse that is now and abatoir! Feb 2007
