Thesaurus Term/Concept: WORKHOUSE

Identifier 68723
Class MONUMENT TYPE
Status Preferred
Index? Yes
Scope Note A 19th century establishment for the provision of work for the unemployed poor of a parish; later an institution administered by Guardians of the Poor, in which paupers are lodged and the able-bodied set to work.

Broader Terms/Concepts (2)

Related Terms/Concepts (9)

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Instances/Examples (124)

Context Record
Monument Type MKE33179 1-8 THE SQUARE (Listed Building)
Monument Type MKE42951 19th century workhouse, Hollingbourne, Maidstone (Monument)
Monument Type MKE111133 4 Market Place, Charing, Ashford (Building)
Monument Type MKE21258 4-8 BATEMANS CORNER (Listed Building)
Monument Type MKE111103 Acton Place, Vicarage Road, Yalding, Maidstone (Building)
Monument Type MKE114392 Almshouses, Sissinghurst Road, Biddenden, Ashford (Building)
Monument Type MKE34228 Apple Tree Cottage, The Street, Borden (Listed Building)
Monument Type MKE2509 Archbishops Palace, Halling (Monument)
Monument Type MKE27229 Bamswell Cottage, Barnsole Road, Staple near Wingham (Listed Building)
Monument Type MKE36750 BANK STREET SCHOOLS (Listed Building)
Monument Type MKE25383 BEDFORD HOUSE, The Green, Chartham (Listed Building)
Monument Type MKE111098 Bly Court, Chapel Lane, Staplehurst (Building)
Monument Type MKE111141 Boughton Malherbe Poorhouse, Headcorn Road, Grafty Green, Boughton Malherbe (Monument)
Monument Type MKE111045 Bower House, Bower Lane, Eynesford (Building)
Monument Type MKE34122 BUMPIT (Listed Building)
Monument Type MKE110997 Charity Farmhouse, Headcorn Road, Frittenden, Tunbridge Wells (Building)
Monument Type MKE32166 Church Cottages, School Lane, Newington, Shepway (Listed Building)
Monument Type MKE38750 CHURCH COURT, The Moor, Hawkhurst (Listed Building)
Monument Type MKE38567 CLAYHILL COTTAGES, Clayhill, Goudhurst (Listed Building)
Monument Type MKE2849 Cloth Hall, Headcorn (Listed Building)
Monument Type MKE111039 Council Children's Home, Manor Gate, Common Lane, Wilmington (Building)
Monument Type MKE111046 Court House, Rectory Road, Deal (Building)
Monument Type MKE110998 Cranbrook Workhouse (Building)
Monument Type MKE111020 Dartford Union Workhouse, West Hill. Dartford (Monument)
Monument Type MKE27199 EASTRY HOSPITAL, THE OLD BUILDINGS (Building)
Monument Type MKE27785 ELIZABETH HOUSE (THE POST OFFICE) (Listed Building)
Monument Type MKE110923 Entrance block, Medway Union Workhouse, Magpie Hall Road, Chatham (Building)
Monument Type MKE38991 FAIRVIEW COTTAGES, Back Road, Sandhurst (Listed Building)
Monument Type MKE110999 Feoffee Cottages, Walkhurst Road, Benenden, Tunbridge Wells (Building)
Monument Type MKE97324 Former 18th century workhouse, Old Wives Lees (Building)
Monument Type MKE25579 FORMER DARTFORD UNION WORKHOUSE BUILDINGS TO REAR AND NORTH EAST OF RANGE FRONTING WEST HILL (Listed Building)
Monument Type MKE20038 Former Herne Hospital/Blean Union Workhouse (Building)
Monument Type MKE111047 Former Parish Poorhouse, Church Street, Nonington (Building)
Monument Type MKE111192 Former River Workhouse, Valley Road, River, Dover (Building)
Monument Type MKE111189 Former Sevenoaks Workhouse, Church Road, Sundridge (Building)
Monument Type MKE111126 Former Tenterden Workhouse, Borough Place, High Street, Tenterden (Building)
Monument Type MKE25578 FORMER WEST HILL POLICE STATION (Listed Building)
Monument Type MKE17395 Former Willesborough Hospital/East Ashford Union Workhouse (Building)
Monument Type MKE111129 Former Wittersham Parish Poorhouse, Stocks Road, Witthersham (Building)
Monument Type MKE111079 Former Workhouse, Mackett’s Cottages,10-16 Mill Road, Dymchurch (Building)
Monument Type MKE22514 FORSTAL COTTAGE (Listed Building)
Monument Type MKE40205 Front Range of former workhouse building, Pembury Hospital (Building)
Monument Type MKE37102 GOUDHURST HOUSE AND NEWSAGENT'S SHOP (Listed Building)
Monument Type MKE110945 Gravesend and Milton Union Workhouse,Trafalgar Road, Gravesend (Monument)
Monument Type MKE37209 HARTLEY HOUSE/Cranbrook Union Workhouse (Listed Building)
Monument Type MKE111167 Kent House, Ivychurch, Romney Marsh (Building)
Monument Type MKE17393 Lakeside Court Nursing Home (Building)
Monument Type MKE17406 Linton Hospital (formerly Maidstone Union Workhouses) (Building)
Monument Type MKE110946 Milton Union Workhouse, Union Road, Milton, (Monument)
Monument Type MKE123185 Nineteenth century workhouse (Monument)
Monument Type MKE27816 Nos. 20 to 24 Stone Street (West Side) Gravesend (Listed Building)
Monument Type MKE17401 Nunnery Fields Hospital (formerly Canterbury Union Workhouse and Infirmary) (Building)
Monument Type MKE27960 OLD CHURCH COTTAGE, Marden (Listed Building)
Monument Type MKE23611 OLD OAST, The Hill, Littlebourne (Listed Building)
Monument Type MKE33257 OLD WORKHOUSE (Listed Building)
Monument Type MKE111174 Parish Poor cottages and gardens, Otterden, Maidstone (Building)
Monument Type MKE111106 Poor Row, Woodchurch Road, Appledore, Ashford (Building)
Monument Type MKE32606 POOR'S HOUSE, High Street, Elham. (Listed Building)
Monument Type MKE15821 Post medieval workhouse, Tenterden (Monument)
Monument Type MKE30951 PUBLIC LIBRARY Edenbridge (Listed Building)
Monument Type MKE25580 RANGE OF FORMER DARTFORD UNION WORKHOUSE FACING ON TO WEST HILL (Listed Building)
Monument Type MKE22766 RIDGEWAY COTTAGES (Listed Building)
Monument Type MKE26472 RIVER HOUSE INCLUDING GARAGE (FORMER COACH HOUSE AND TACK ROOM) COAL HOUSE AND STABLING (Listed Building)
Monument Type MKE111190 Rock House, 96 Chipstead Lane, Riverhead, Sevenoaks (Building)
Monument Type MKE2731 Sissinghurst Castle (Monument)
Monument Type MKE20414 Site of All Saints Hospital, Magpie Hall Road, Chatham (Building)
Monument Type MKE111163 Site of Chantrills House, North Street, Cowden, Sevenoaks (Monument)
Monument Type MKE98269 Site of Cooling Poorhouse, later Strand Cottages, and now replaced by 1-4 Dickens Walk, Cooling (Monument)
Monument Type MKE111096 Site of Coxheath Village Poorhouse, Workhouse Lane, Coxheath, Maidstone (Monument)
Monument Type MKE111002 Site of Doddington Workhouse, Dully Hill, Doddington, Faversham (Monument)
Monument Type MKE89546 Site of Dover Union Workhouse (Monument)
Monument Type MKE110943 Site of Eastry Union Workhouse, Mill Lane, Eastry (Monument)
Monument Type MKE110934 Site of Faversham Union Workhouse, Lower Road, Faversham (Monument)
Monument Type MKE111194 Site of former Gilbert Union called the Archbishop's Palace Union, Canterbury (Monument)
Monument Type MKE111173 Site of former Parish Cottages and gardens, Langley Heath, Maidstone (Monument)
Monument Type MKE111999 Site of former Parish Workhouse, Albion Road, Marden, Maidstone (Monument)
Monument Type MKE111188 Site of former Sevenoaks Workhouse, St John's Hill, Sevenoaks (Monument)
Monument Type MKE111034 Site of former Sheppey Union Workhouse, Minster, wards Hill Road, Sheppey, Swale (Building)
Monument Type MKE111036 Site of former Tunbridge Wells Workhouse, Rusthall High Street, Rusthall, Tunbridge Wells (Monument)
Monument Type MKE111212 Site of former Westerham Poorhouse, Quebec Square, Westerham (Monument)
Monument Type MKE110919 Site of former Workhouse, Knightrider Street, Maidstone (Monument)
Monument Type MKE110936 Site of Hoo Union Workhouse, Main Road, Hoo St Werbergh, Medway (Monument)
Monument Type MKE91766 Site of Isle of Thanet Union Workhouse with isolated smallpox infirmary (Monument)
Monument Type MKE110925 Site of Maidstone Union Workhouse, Heath Road, Coxheath, Maidstone (Monument)
Monument Type MKE111179 Site of Malling Union Workhouse (Monument)
Monument Type MKE98308 Site of old poorhouse, later reused as the post office (no longer in use), Allhallows (Monument)
Monument Type MKE111178 Site of Old Poorhouse, Old Road, Wateringbury, Tonbridge and Malling (Monument)
Monument Type MKE111175 Site of Old Workhouse, Broad Street, Sutton Valence, Maidstone (Monument)
Monument Type MKE111187 Site of Old Workhouse, Seal, Sevenoaks (Monument)
Monument Type MKE111168 Site of Parish Cottages, Church Road, Hucking (Monument)
Monument Type MKE111048 Site of Parish Poorhouse, Easole Sreet, Nonington (Monument)
Monument Type MKE111160 Site of Parish Poorhouse, Gillingham (Monument)
Monument Type MKE111156 Site of Parish Poorhouse, Luddenham, Faversham, Swale (Monument)
Monument Type MKE111191 Site of poor house, Ash next Ridley (Monument)
Monument Type MKE110948 Site of Romney Marsh Union Workhouse, Church Road, New Romney (Monument)
Monument Type MKE111488 Site of Strood parish workhouse, St Nicholas churchyard, High Street, Strood (Monument)
Monument Type MKE111193 Site of the post-medieval poor house, Ash-cum-Ridley, Sevenoaks (Monument)
Monument Type MKE98258 Site of village poorhouse (now the site of The Red House), St Mary Hoo parish (Monument)
Monument Type MKE20133 Site of Workhouse, Corporation Street, Rochester (Monument)
Monument Type MKE17415 St. Mary's Hospital (Formerly Elham Union Workhouse) (site of) (Monument)
Monument Type MKE110947 Strood /North Aylesford Union Workhouse, Gun Lane, Strood (Monument)
Monument Type MKE32091 SUNDRIDGE HOSPITAL (Listed Building)
Monument Type MKE33809 SWANTON OLD HOUSE (Listed Building)
Monument Type MKE40207 The Casual Ward, former Tonbridge Union Workhouse (Building)
Monument Type MKE38174 THE CHARITY (Listed Building)
Monument Type MKE29249 THE CHURCH COTTAGE (Listed Building)
Monument Type MKE25123 THE CLOSE, Bridge/Bridge Union Workhouse, Union Road, Bridge (Listed Building)
Monument Type MKE26695 The Coach House, Street Farm, Woodnesborough (Listed Building)
Monument Type MKE22098 The Cottage, The Street, Stone-in-Oxney (Listed Building)
Monument Type MKE21856 THE FIVE BELLS (Listed Building)
Monument Type MKE110916 The Medway Cottage Homes, Patterns Lane, Chatham (Monument)
Monument Type MKE35816 THE OLD COTTAGE (Listed Building)
Monument Type MKE33300 THE OLD HOUSE, Painter's Forstal (Listed Building)
Monument Type MKE37573 THE OLD WORKHOUSE (Listed Building)
Monument Type MKE23675 THE OLD WORKHOUSE, Wickhambreaux (Listed Building)
Monument Type MKE27874 THE PEPPERBOX INN, Harrietsham (Listed Building)
Monument Type MKE26561 THE RED COW PUBLIC HOUSE (Listed Building)
Monument Type MKE22721 THE STOCKS (Listed Building)
Monument Type MKE21759 THE WHITE HOUSE (Listed Building)
Monument Type MKE32558 TUDOR COTTAGE, 4 Sea Wall Road, Dymchurch (Listed Building)
Monument Type MKE24105 WALTHAM COURT, the Old Workhouse, Kake Street, Waltham (Listed Building)
Monument Type MKE32572 WELL COTTAGE, St Mary's Road, St Mary in the Marsh (Listed Building)
Monument Type MKE21103 Workhouse and well dating from 1836, Pembury Hospital (Building)
Monument Type MKE111142 Workhouse Cottage, Sittingbourne Road, Detling, Maidstone (Building)