Union Workhouse, Birkenhead, Cheshire
Birkenhead Union workhouse viewed from Church Road, Higher Tranmere, Birkenhead, Cheshire. A group of children stand in the foreground, with the workhouse infirmary behind them. Tram lines are visible in the roadway. The workhouse, designed by Thomas Layland of Liverpool, opened in 1864. It later became Birkenhead Municipal Hospital, then St Catherine's Community Hospital
Picture No
10416016
Media ID
47517890
Size
4878px x 3096px
(2.4MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Peter Higginbotham Collection
Source
Unattributed photograph on a postcard
Date
circa 1906
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