Union Workhouse, Pontypool, Monmouthshire
Pontypool Union workhouse was built in 1837 on Coedygric Road, Griffithstown, Monmouthshire (now Gwent). It later became Panteg County Hospital. This atmospheric view was taken from the far side of the railway that ran alongside the workhouse. A boy on the bridge looks around suspiciously at the photographer
Picture No
10415963
Media ID
47517701
Size
4180px x 2497px
(1.9MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Peter Higginbotham Collection
Source
Photograph on a postcard published by Viner of Bath
Date
late 19th/early 20th century
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