Archives and Public Record Offices

Archive Index

There is a comprehensive list of UK archives maintained by JISC at the Archives Hub.

Listed below is a selection of archives that hold workhouse information.

Those that can be found on the map, at the bottom of this page are indicated with a📍symbol.

This section is new and the list of archives is not comprehensive

Thackeray Museum of Medicine, 141 Beckett Street, Leeds, West Yorkshire LS9 7LN. Includes biographies of inmates of Leeds Union Workhouse. Part of the “More Than Oliver Twist” project. 📍

Guardians of Leeds Union Workhouse

Many workhouse buildings became hospitals. Hospital archives can contain information about their early history as workhouses.

St Bartholomew's Health Archives, West Smithfield, London, EC1A 7BE. 📍(This includes the records of the London Hospital, Whitechapel) Information about visiting Barts. Online Search.
UK Hospital Records. HOSPREC is a dataset produced by the Wellcome Library and The National Archives. It can be downloaded as an Excel spreadsheet.
NHS Grampian Archives (University of Aberdeen) hold historic records of more than 100 hospitals covering the period from 1739 to the late 20th century. Located in The Sir Duncan Rice Library, Bedford Road Aberdeen AB24 3AA. 📍
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde Archives (University of Glasgow). Located in The Mitchell Library, 210 North Street, Glasgow G3 7DN.📍

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