The walls were coloured cheerfully; there were prints hanging on the walls, and a few ornaments about the fire-places. In the same year, the school was described as 'a sort of juvenile workhouse' where 95 boys, 86 girls, and 72 infants were clothed and taught. male inmates accommodated in the west wing and females in the east. We use our own and third-party cookies to improve your experience, for advertising purposes, and to understand how people use our website. Islington Highgate Hill Infirmary site, 1913. [After 1834] Various additions were made to the buildings including receiving and casual wards in 1908. In 1767, two rooms were added at the east side of the yard with another two rooms above them in 1772. Local Act status also made it immune from most of the provisions of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act. All site material is owned by Findmypast Limited and should not be used without prior permission. Researching: cuzner © Peter Higginbotham. Highgate Hill Infirmary entrance from the east, c.1904. London Workhouse Admission and Discharge Records (1764-1930), Poor Law and Board of Guardian Records, 1738-1930. © Peter Higginbotham. © Peter Higginbotham. An 1819 view of the Islington workhouse. Built of yellow brick at a cost of £63,300, All rights reserved. The buildings externally are all of bright yellow stocks, relieved by bands and arches of red and white brick; Portland stone being sparingly introduced where other material would soon perish owing to the elevated and exposed situation. The City of London gives no warranty as to the accuracy, completeness or fitness for the purpose of … The surviving buildings have now been converted to residential use. Male inmates picked oakum and mended local footpaths; females did slop-work and nursing. The Genes community will go out of their way to help you, so don’t be shy about asking for help. Illegitimate)Chris :)(other 'Threads' relating, perhaps? In 1898-1900, Islington developed a workhouse infirmary at a site on Highgate Hill, already occupied by the Highgate Smallpox and Vaccination Hospital. © Peter Higginbotham. In 1853, Islington erected an infants' school on Porter's Acre at the east side of Hornsey Road. In 1867, Islington was constituted as a Poor Law Parish under the 1834 Poor Law Act. The pupils were said to be inferior in intelligence to street children, and instruction suffered because the master had too many duties, and the infants had no regular teacher. Unless otherwise indicated, content is copyright Peter Higginbotham and may not be re-published without permission. In 1867, Islington was constituted as a Poor Law Parish under the 1834 Poor Law In every window were a few flower-pots or flower-boxes. With the advent of the National Health Service in 1948, the three sites became the St Mary's, Highgate, and Archway wings of the Whittington Hospital. There is no sign of Matthew or Jane from this date and my great great grandfather was brought up as Francis Edward Elwood MITCHELL, Robert Cluer born on 21st January 1904 in the Islington Workhouse St Johns Road Would he have left there by 1911 His Mother is Emma Louise Cluer a Nursemaid of 140 Huddlestone Road Islington. Boys and girls were taught separately but had a common dining-hall. [Staff] The ground story of the main house will be 13 ft. 3 in. Bowes Park Workhouse — Admissions and discharges (1897). Built of yellow brick at a cost of £63,300, it had a central section with administrative offices and Master quarters, with male inmates accommodated in the west wing and females in the east. Act. Extensions were added in 1879 and 1885, and the average number in the school during the 1880s was 363. © 2020 Peter Higginbotham. Note: many repositories impose a closure period of up to 100 years for records identifying individuals. [Home Page]. The wards, low, small, and ill-lighted as they were, have yet an aspect of cheerfulness and comfort. RootsChat.com is a totally free family history forum to help you. The 1777 workhouse, located at what is now the junction of Liverpool Road and Upper Barnsbury Street continued in use until the 1860s. In 1814 there were 407 inmates: 95 men, 186 women, 67 boys, 48 girls, and 11 lunatics, with room for about 50 more. Home items Select Views of Islington, Pentonville, Highbury, Canonbury etc. The workhouse site later operated as an infirmary until it was heavily damaged by a V1 flying bomb during the Second World War. 5 Colebrooke Row. This hospital had been erected in 1848-50 as a replacement for an earlier smallpox hospital near Battle Bridge in St Pancras which was demolished as part of the King's Cross station development by the Great Northern Railway. Show details, Subscribe now for regular news, updates and priority booking for events, All content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0, except where otherwise stated, London Metropolitan Archives: City of London, Read about our fair use policy and why we are doing this, About our Access to all parts is provided by means of cartways up the two sides of the site, and enclosed corridors afford communication to every portion of the building under cover. ft. and the other 55 ft. by 18 ft. 6 in. General records — Guardians' minutes (1867-1930); Committee minutes (1874-1930); etc. Highgate Hill theatre, date unknown. Read the relevant booklet in the series Poor Law Union Records: vols 1-4, Jeremy Gibson and others (Family History Partnership), to find out what records have survived. Being on "Hornsey Rise", the ground is very much higher in the rear than it is in front, a circumstance which has been turned to advantage by introducing a lower or basement story under the main building for stores, permitting further of the formation of a wide double terrace its entire length, which as a platform for the building, enhances its general appearance. The material below is taken from the web page . x, On the image for the 1911 census for Robert Cluley the name is definitely Cluley and there is a birth for a Robert Cluley:-First name(s) ROBERT DICKERSONLast name CLULEYBirth year 1903Birth quarter 3Registration month -Mother's last name -District HOLBORNCounty LondonCountry EnglandVolume 1BPage 705This birth would not match up with the birth in Islington Workhouse.Kath. February 2007, Here he is1911 England Census Name:Robert Cluer Age in 1911:5 Estimated Birth Year:abt 1906 Relation to Head:Son Gender:Male Birth Place:London, United Kingdom Civil Parish:Islington County/Island:London Country:England Street address:383 Hornsey Road, Upper Holloway N Registration district:Islington Registration District Number:10 Sub-registration district:Upper Holloway ED, institution, or vessel:14 Piece:813 Household Members:NameAge William Cluer 45 Caroline Cluer 33 Charlie Poulton 10 Robert Cluer 5 Albert Cluer 0, The above may be wrong.There is this1911 England Census Name:Robert Cluley Age in 1911:7 Estimated Birth Year:abt 1904 Relation to Head:Adoped Gender:Male Birth Place:London, United Kingdom Civil Parish:Islington County/Island:London Country:England Street address:4 Almington Street, Tollington Park, London N Occupation:SCHOOL Registration district:Islington Registration District Number:10 Sub-registration district:Tollington ED, institution, or vessel:8 Piece:828 Household Members:NameAge Fredrick Ward 57 Florence Amabilino 39 Robert Cluley 7, Thanks I already have the 1911 one with Parents William and Caroline as that is the family I am tracing I am trying to find correct Birth for Robert as the ones I have looked at appear to not be the right ones.