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Workhouse Records in 19th Century

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Sue

Sue Report 8 Feb 2011 17:59

Thanks everyone

K

K Report 6 Feb 2011 18:35

Try this site http://www.workhouses.org.uk/

There is a list of the holdings of the London Metropolitan Archives, 40 Northampton Road, London EC1R OHB for the area of St Giles and St Geoge under Bloomsbury, Middlesex

Researching:
Anstee/Bucks; Russell/London; Durose; Pease/North Yorks; Kelly/IoM

Kay????

Kay???? Report 6 Feb 2011 18:01


London Met Archives may house the workhouse Admission and Discharge registers,these usaully contain an insight into reasons of admission.

Sue

Sue Report 6 Feb 2011 17:42

My grandmother and her siblings lived in St Giles Workhouse London for around 5 years when their mother died in 1884. I believe their father lived there as well. Does anyone know what information I could find from researching these records?

I do know my grandmother and one of her sisters were sent to Barnardos by their father so that he could find work and they were subsequently fostered by a family in Hampshire before eventually being sent back to London to go into service.

I know from Barnardos that he asked permission from the Guardians in the Workhouse to have his daughters fostered. Would this kind of information be recorded?
Any advice would be appreciated to save me a long wasted trip up to Metropolitan Archives London.

Thanks

Sue