Union Workhouse, Wantage, Oxfordshire
The Wantage Union workhouse, Oxfordshire. The land in the foreground is edged with tall flowers and is being cultivated - perhaps potatoes for use by the workhouse. The building, designed by Sampson Kempthorne, was erected in 1836 on Hungerford Road, Wantage, and later became the Downs Hospital
Picture No
10415994
Media ID
47517811
Size
4183px x 2647px
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Credit
Mary Evans / Peter Higginbotham Collection
Source
Photograph on a postcard published by Chapman and Son, Dawlish
Date
late 19th/early 20th century
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1836 Cultivated Downs Hungerford Kempthorne Oxfordshire Oxon Pauper Paupers Potatoes Sampson Wantage
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