Information for record number MWA5825:
Site of Atherstone Union Workhouse

Summary The site of a workhouse which was established during the Imperial period. It was located on Welcome Street, Atherstone. The workhouse is marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1887.
What Is It?  
Type: Workhouse
Period: Imperial - Industrial (1751 AD - 1913 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Atherstone
District: North Warwickshire, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 31 97
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
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1 Site of Atherstone Workhouse marked on OS map of 1887.
2Atherstone Union Workhouse was created in 1836 by altering and extending an existing 18th or early 19th Century building. It was extended in 1911 with the addition of a hospital and again in 1914 with the creation of a kitchen and a residence for the Master. As of the early 21st Century the buildings have been demolished.
3 Atherstone Poor Law Union was formed on 31st March 1836. The Atherstone Union Workhouse stood at a Site acquired in 1836 on Long Street in Atherstone. The Workhouse appears to have been an adaptation of an existing building as the Poor Law Commissioners authorised an expenditure of £2,500 for it be "altered and enlarged". A new hospital was opened at the south of the Workhouse in 1911. This was extended in 1914 when a new kitchen and Master's residence were also erected. Modern flats now occupy the former Workhouse Site.
 
Sources
Source No: 2
Source Type: Internet Data
Title: National Monument Record (Pastscape)
Author/originator: English Heritage
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Source No: 3
Source Type: Internet Data
Title: The Workhouse - The Story of the Workhouse
Author/originator: Peter Higgingbottom
Date: 2014
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Source No: 1
Source Type: Map
Title: Map 2500 1887
Author/originator: Ordnance Survey
Date: 1887
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: 2500
   
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period Modern The Modern Period, about 1915 AD to the present (the 20th and 21st centuries AD)

In recent years archaeologists have realised the importance of recording modern sites. They do this so that in the future people will be able to look at the remains to help them understand the events to which they are related.
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period Imperial 1751 AD to 1914 AD (end of the 18th century AD to the beginning of the 20th century AD)

This period comes after the Post Medieval period and before the modern period and starts with beginning of the Industrial Revolution in 1750. It includes the second part of the Hannoverian period (1714 – 1836) and the Victorian period (1837 – 1901). The Imperial period ends with the start of the First World War in 1914.
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period modern About 1915 AD to the present (the 20th and 21st centuries AD)

In recent years archaeologists have realised the importance of recording modern sites. They do this so that in the future people will be able to look at the remains to help them understand the events to which they are related.
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monument SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument BUILDING * A structure with a roof to provide shelter from the weather for occupants or contents. Use specific type where known. back
monument WORKHOUSE * 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. back
monument FLATS * A purpose-built tenement. Use specific monument type where possible. back
monument KITCHEN * A building or room where food is prepared and cooked. back
monument INDUSTRIAL * This is the top term for the class. See INDUSTRIAL Class List for narrow terms. back
monument HOSPITAL * An establishment providing medical or surgical treatment for the ill or wounded. Use narrower term where possible. back

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