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My grandfather died in 1925 at Boundary House, Derby. Can anybody help explaining if this was 'workhouse' related or an 'institution'? His living address was less than a mile away, but this was the info. on his death cert.
many thanks
Clive

The Workhouse in Derby, Derbyshire

http://www.workhouses.org.uk/Derby/



A workhouse existed in Derby from around 1729 (Hitchcock, 1985). .... The
workhouse later became known as the Boundary House Institution, then after
1948 as ...

Regards Vera

There is info on google about Derby workhouses, but it might have meant that he was in the infirmary part, as the NHS didn't start until 1948 and those who could not afford private health went into the infirmary part of the workhouse when ill although they lived nearby.

Hi I googled and found this

Derby Union Workhouse was built in 1876-8 to designs by William Giles, Robert and Thomas Brookhouse. There was a gatehouse, a workhouse, a chapel, an infirmary, and a school. The workhouse was later known as Boundary House Institution and in 1948 as Manor Hospital. It closed in 1988 and all of the buildings were demolished. The area has now been redeveloped.

if you google it does give you info
hope this helps
PP :-)

Linked thread

http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards/board/genealogy_chat/thread/1307576

For all such queries, you should try a google search first.

Many thanks for the help. Google a major friend

Clive

Boundary House shows as halfway between the city hospital amd Chain Lane so it can’t have been the Manor Hospital or workhouse.
It shows on the 1888 and 1939 maps as being opposite Arundle Ave.
Has anyone any info please?

Can you post a link to one or both of those maps, please?

The 1939 Register gives the address as Uttoxeter Road, which matches the info given in the 2012 thread which you've resurrected.

For example:

Stephen Cook
in the 1939 England and Wales Register
Name: Stephen Cook
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Widowed
Birth Date: 4 Sep 1851
Residence Year: 1939
Address: Boundary House Uttoxeter Rd. <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Residence Place: Derby, Derbyshire, England
Occupation: Splicer (Retd)
Line Number: 2
Schedule Number: 4
Sub Schedule Number: 11
OVSPI: Patient
Enumeration District: RAPV
Borough: Derby
Registration district: 435/2

I imagine Mary refers to the map which is shown on FMP for all 1939 register entries

OK, thanks, ErikaH.

In that case I withdraw from this query, as I don't have access to that map.

Just a few of a number of reports on the place.



SYSTEM IN DANGER. The provision of hot cross buns for Good Friday was authorised by the House Committee. Owing to the smallpox outbreak and the removal of certain patients from the Workhouse to the Borough Isolation Hospital, visiting at Boundary House had been stopped, and needful precautions taken. Appreciative reference was made at the meeting of the committee to the ....
07 April 1925 - Derby Daily Telegraph - Derby, Derbyshire, England


BOUNDARY HOUSE. CALL FOR REOPENING FOR DERBY VISITORS. Reference to the call lor the reopening of Boundary House, the Derby Guardians institution, to visitors following the restrictions imposed the small-pox outbreak, was made the meeting of the Board
14 July 1925 - Derby Daily Telegraph - Derby, Derbyshire, England


BOUNDARY HOUSE CASES Number of patients in the sick wards at, Boundary House on November 4 was 240, together with 35 accommodated in the house sections. the corresponding period last year the number \vas 233.
12 November 1929 - Derby Daily Telegraph - Derby, Derbyshire, England


TEA AND CONCERT FOR THE PATIENTS The patients of Boundary House, Derby, were entertained to a special tea and concert yesterday. Extras for the tea were provided by donations from the Mayor, Councillor Mrs. Petty, and various parties who
04 March 1937 - Derby Daily Telegraph - Derby, Derbyshire, England


"BOUNDARY HOUSE NOT PRISON" "Boundary House is not remand home, and not a prison. It was never intended for that and I think it is time magistrates and J.P.s realised it." This comment was made by Coun. A. J. Luckett at Derby Social Welfare Committee
21 July 1943 - Derby Daily Telegraph - Derby, Derbyshire, England


Boundary House Tobacco Although old-age pensioners are able to buy tobacco at reduced rates, Derby Social Welfare Committee was informed at its meeting yesterday that the concession does not apply to tobacco which the committee buys and issues free to
22 October 1947 - Derby Daily Telegraph - Derby, Derbyshire, England


Boundary House Transfer Derby Town Council, having previously considered the matter in committee, will be formally asked on Wednesday to agree to the transfer of Boundary House to the Regional Hospital Board on a date to be fixed, subject to satisfactory
31 May 1948 - Derby Daily Telegraph - Derby, Derbyshire, England

The Uttoxeter Road Workhouse
A new Derby Union workhouse was built in 1876-8 at a site on the north side of the Uttoxeter Road. It was designed by local architects William Giles and Robert and Thomas Brookhouse who specialised in public and church buildings.
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A gatehouse stood at the southern entrance to the site, with vagrants' wards to the west.
Behind the gatehouse stood the three-storey main block with a central clock tower. There was a central dining hall and kitchen block to its rear. Further north lay the chapel with the infirmary to its east. A separate school building lay at the north of the site.
The workhouse later became known as the Boundary House Institution, then after 1948 as Manor Hospital. The hospital closed in 1988 and all the buildings have now been demolished. The site has now been redeveloped for commercial use.

What do you wish to know, Mary?