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iv also got lunatic asylums orphan asylums and hospitals just look below hope this will help with you serch

Workhouses ~

Bermondsey Workhouse, Tanner Street [1888]
Bethnal Green Workhouse, Bishops Road [1888]
Brentford Union Workhouse, Union Lane [1888]
Bromley Workhouse, Love lane, off St Leonards Street [1888]
Camberwell Workhouse, Camberwell, CAMBERWELL [1861]
Camberwell Workhouse, Havil Street [1888]
Camberwell Workhouse, Nazareth House, Gordon Road [1888]
Chelsea Workhouse, Chelsea, CHELSEA [1861]
Chelsea Workhouse, Arthur Street [1888]
Christchurch Workhouse, Blackfriars Road, Christchurch, Southwark, ST SAVIOUR SOUTHWARK [1881]
City of London Union Workhouse, part of, Bromley St Leonard, Bow, POPLAR [1861]
City of London Workhouse, part of, MILE END OLD TOWN [1861]
City Union Workhouse [1888]
Clerkenwell Workhouse, Farringdon Road [1888]
East London Union Workhouse, Hackney, HACKNEY [1861]
Fulham Union Workhouse, Fulham, KENSINGTON [1861]
Fulham Workhouse, Hammersmith Road [1888]
Greenwich Workhouse, Woolwich Road [1888]
Hackney Union Workhouse, Hackney, HACKNEY [1861]
Hackney Workhouse, Sidney Road [1888]
Holborn Union Workhouse, St Andrew, HOLBORN [1861]
Holborn Workhouse, 158 Gray's Inn Road [1888]
West London Union Workhouse, Cornwallis Road [1888]
Islington Workhouse, St John's Road [1888]
Islington Workhouse, Holy Trinity, ISLINGTON [1862]
Islington Workhouse, ISLINGTON [1861]
Kensington Workhouse, Marloes Road [1888]
Kensington Workhouse, Wright's Lane, St Margaret, WESTMINSTER [1861]
Lambeth Old Workhouse, Princes Road, Lambeth Church, LAMBETH [1881]
Lambeth Workhouse Industrial Schools, Norwood, LAMBETH [1861]
Lambeth Workhouse School, Elder Road, Norwood, LAMBETH [1881]
Lambeth Workhouse, LAMBETH [1861]
Lambeth Workhouse, Renfrew Road [1888]
Lambeth Workhouse, Renfrew Road, Lambeth Church, LAMBETH [1881]
Lewisham Workhouse, Lewisham Road [1888]
Limehouse Workhouse, Rope Makers Field [1888]
City of London Workhouse, Homerton, Cliften Road [1888]
London Workhouse, Shadwell Road [1888]
Mile End Old Town Workhouse, MILE END OLD TOWN [1861]
Mile End Old Town Workhouse, Bancroft Road [1888]
Newington Workhouse, St Peter Walworth, NEWINGTON [1861]
Paddington Workhouse, Harrow Road [1888]
Pancras Workhouse, Camden Town, PANCRAS [1861]
Poplar Workhouse, High Street [1888]
Richmond Union Workhouse, Grove Road [1888]
Rotherhithe Workhouse, Deptford Lower Road, Rotherhithe, ST OLAVE SOUTHWARK [1881]
Shoreditch Workhouse, Kingsland Road [1888]
St George's Workhouse, Fulham Road [1888]
St George's Workhouse, Mint Street [1888]
St Georges Workhouse, Mint Street, Borough Road, ST SAVIOUR SOUTHWARK [1881]
St George's Hanover Square Workhouse, Mount Street, [1888]
St George's Workhouse, ST GEORGE IN THE EAST [1861]
St George's-in-the-East Workhouse [1888]
St Giles Workhouse, St Giles South, ST GILES [1861]
St Giles's & St George's Workhouses, Endell Street [1888]
St John's Hampstead Workhouse, New End [1888]
St Luke's Workhouse, Shepherdess Walk [1888]
St Mary Abbotts Workhouse, Kensington Town [1888]
St Marylebone Workhouse, Northumberland Street [1888]
St Mary's Islington Workhouse, Upper Barnsbury Street [1888]
St Olave's Union Infirmary, Deptford Lower Road, S.E. London [1888]
St Olave's Union Workhouse, Parish Street, St John, Horseleydown, ST OLAVE SOUTHWARK [1881]
St Olave's Union Workhouse, St John Horeslydown, ST OLAVE SOUTHWARK [1861]
St Olave's Workhouse, Lower Road [1888]
St Olave's Workhouse, Parish Street [1888]
St Olave's Workhouse, Russell Street [1888]
St Pancras Workhouse, King's Road [1888]
St Saviour's Union Workhouse, Christchurch, ST SAVIOUR SOUTHWARK [1861]
St Saviour's Workhouse, Marlbro' Street [1888]
Stepney Union Workhouse (commonly called the Children's Establishment), Limehouse, STEPNEY [1861]
Stepney Workhouse, St Leonard Street [1888]
The Shoreditch Workhouse, Haggerstone West, SHOREDITCH [1861]
The Union Workhouse, York Street West, Ratcliff, STEPNEY [1861]
The Workhouse belonging to St Luke's Parish, Hoxton New Town, SHOREDITCH [1861]
The Workhouse, Rectory, MARYLEBONE [1861]
Union Workhouse, Greenwich, GREENWICH [1861]
Union Workhouse, Lewisham Village, LEWISHAM [1861]
Union Workhouse, Mile End New Town, WHITECHAPEL [1861]
Union Workhouse, POPLAR [1861]
Wandsworth & Clapham Union Workhouse, Battersea, WANDSWORTH [1861]
Wandsworth & Clapham Workhouse, Usk Road [1888]
West Ham Union Workhouse, Union Road [1888]
Westminster Workhouse, Marloes Road [1888]
Westminster Workhouse, Poland Street [1888]
Westminster Workhouse, York Street, St Margaret, WESTMINSTER [1861]
Whitechapel Union Workhouse, Charles Street, WHITECHAPEL [1871]
Whitechapel Workhouse, South Grove [1888]
Woolwich Union Workhouse [1888]

Workhouse belonging to St George Hanover Square, Chelsea, CHELSEA [1861]
Workhouse Infirmary, Pleasant Place, Lambeth Church, LAMBETH [1881]
Workhouse, Borough Road, ST GEORGE SOUTHWARK [1861]
Workhouse, Charing Cross, ST MARTIN IN THE FIELDS [1861]
Workhouse, Golden Square, ST JAMES WESTMINSTER [1861]
Workhouse, Green, BETHNAL GREEN [1861]
Workhouse, Hampstead, HAMPSTEAD [1861]
Workhouse, Mount Street, Mayfair, ST GEORGE HANOVER SQUARE [1861]
Workhouse, Rotherhithe, ROTHERHITHE [1861]
Workhouse, Russell Street, St Mary Magdalen, ST OLAVE SOUTHWARK [1881]
Workhouse, St James, CLERKENWELL [1861]
Workhouse, St Mary Magdalen, BERMONDSEY [1861]
Workhouse, Wapping, Shadwell, STEPNEY [1861]
Workhouse, West London North, WEST LONDON [1861]


SHELLY

Lunatic Asylums ~
Bethlehem Lunatic Hospital, Lambeth, S.E. London [1888]
Bethnal House (Lunatic Asylum), Green, BETHNAL GREEN [1861]
Blacklands House (Lunatic Asylum), Chelsea, CHELSEA [1861]
Brooke House (Lunatic Asylum), Hackney, HACKNEY [1861]
Camberwell House (Lunatic Asylum), Camberwell, CAMBERWELL [1861]
Earl's Court House (Lunatic Asylum), Brompton, KENSINGTON
Effra Hall (Lunatic Asylum), Brixton, LAMBETH [1861]
Elm House (Lunatic Asylum), Chelsea, CHELSEA [1861]
Grove Hall (Lunatic Asylum), Bow, POPLAR [1861]
Hoxton House (Lunatic Asylum), St Leonard, SHOREDITCH [1861]
Kensington House Asylum (Lunatic), KENSINGTON
London House (Lunatic Asylum), South Hackney, HACKNEY [1861]
Mall House (Lunatic Asylum), Hammersmith, KENSINGTON
Mare Street House (Lunatic Asylum), South Hackney, HACKNEY [1861]
Munster House (Lunatic Asylum), Fulham, KENSINGTON [1861]
Northumberland House (Lunatic Asylum), Stoke Newington, HACKNEY [1861]
Otto House (Lunatic Asylum), Fulham, KENSINGTON [1861]
Peckham House (Lunatic Asylum), Camberwell, CAMBERWELL [1861]
Pembroke House (Lunatic Asylum), South Hackney, HACKNEY [1861]
St Luke's Hospital for Lunatics, City Road, ST LUKE [1861]
St Luke's Lunatic Asylum, Old Street, E.C. London [1888]
Surrey County Lunatic Asylum, S.W. London [1888]
Surrey County Lunatic Asylum, Wandsworth, WANDSWORTH [1861]
Sussex & Brandenburgh House (Lunatic Asylum), Fulham, KENSINGTON [1861]
The Retreat (Lunatic Asylum), Clapham, WANDSWORTH [1861]

SHELLY

Orphan Asylums ~
Adult Orphan Institution, St Andrew's Place, Regent's Park, PANCRAS [1861]
British Orphan Asylum, Clapham, WANDSWORTH [1861]
Brixton Orphanage, Brixton Road, Brixton, LAMBETH [1881]
Female Orphan Asylum, Westminster Road, LAMBETH [1861]
Female Orphan Home, Charlotte Row, St Peter Walworth, NEWINGTON [1861]
Jews Hospital & Orphan Asylum, Knights Hill Road, Norwood, LAMBETH [1881]
Jews' Orphan Asylum, Goodmans Fields, WHITECHAPEL [1861]
London Orphan Asylum, Hackney, HACKNEY [1861]
Merchant Seamen's Orphan Asylum, Bromley St Leonard, Bow, POPLAR [1861]
Orphan Working School, Haverstock Hill, Kentish Town, PANCRAS [1861]
Orphanage Infirmary, West Square, London Road, ST SAVIOUR SOUTHWARK [1881]
Orphanage, Eagle House, Hammersmith, KENSINGTON [1861]
Orphans Home, South Street, London Road, ST SAVIOUR SOUTHWARK [1881]
St Philip's Orphanage, (Roman Catholic Institution for Poor Orphan Children), Brompton, KENSINGTON
The Orphanage Asylum, Christchurch, MARYLEBONE [1861]
The Sailors' Orphan Girls' School & Home, Hampstead, HAMPSTEAD [1861]

SHELLY

Prisons, Gaols and Reformatories ~
Bridge House Reformatory and Boys' Home, Wandsworth, WANDSWORTH [1861]
City of London Prison, Holloway, N. London [1888]
City Prison, Holloway, Islington, ISLINGTON [1861]
Coldbath Fields Prison, W.C. London [1888]
County Gaol, Horsemonger Lane, Trinity, NEWINGTON [1861]
Debtors Prison, Whitecross Street, Cripplegate, EAST LONDON [1861]
Female Convict Prison, Brixton Hill, Brixton, LAMBETH [1861]
Female Penitentiary or Refuge, Greenwich, GREENWICH [1861]
Female Penitentiary, White Lion Street, Pentonville, CLERKENWELL [1861]
Gaol of Newgate, St Sepulchre, WEST LONDON [1861]
H.M.Convict Prison, Brixton Rise, Brixton, LAMBETH [1881]
House of Correction for the County of Surrey, Wandsworth, WANDSWORTH [1861]
House of Correction, Cold Bath Fields, Amwell, CLERKENWELL [1861]
House of Correction, Tothill Fields, St Margaret, WESTMINSTER [1861]
London Reformatory Institution, Fulham, KENSINGTON [1861]
Middlesex House of Detention, St James, CLERKENWELL [1861]
Middlesex House of Detention, St James's Walk, Clerkenwell, E.C. London [1888]
Military Prison, S.E. London [1888]
Millbank Penitentiary, Westminster, S.W. London [1888]
Newgate Prison, Old Bailey, E.C. London [1888]
Pentonville Model Prison, N. London [1888]
Pentonville or Model Prison, Islington, ISLINGTON [1861]
Plaistow Reformatory [1888]
Queen's Prison, Borough Road, ST GEORGE SOUTHWARK [1861]
Reformatory (Blyth House), Hammersmith, KENSINGTON
School of Discipline (Reformatory), Chelsea, CHELSEA [1861]
Surrey House of Correction, Wandsworth Common, S.W. London [1888]
The Female Reformatory, Hampstead, HAMPSTEAD [1861]
The London Female Penitentiary, Pentonville, CLERKENWELL [1861]
Wormwood Scrubs Prison (Military) [1888]

SHELLY

Convents & Monasteries ~
Benedictine Convent, Hammersmith, KENSINGTON [1861]
Convent of Mercy, Parker's Row, St James, BERMONDSEY [1861]
Convent of Notre Dame (commonly called St George's Convent), London Road, ST GEORGE SOUTHWARK [1861]
Convent of the Good Shepherd, St Paul Hammersmith, KENSINGTON [1861]
Nazareth House, (Roman Catholic Convent), Peckham, CAMBERWELL [1861]
Sacre Coeur Convent, Putney, WANDSWORTH [1861]
St Ann's Monastery, Mile End New Town, WHITECHAPEL [1861]
St George's Convent, London Road, ST GEORGE SOUTHWARK [1861]
The Convent, Blandford Square, Christchurch, MARYLEBONE [1861]

SHELLY

would like to know if this info is helpfull please

shelly

Hi Shelly, me again! You've helped me recently (though I haven't had a chance yet to follow it up - family stuff! lol).

I've taken the liberty of C&P-ing the above, and will look at it at a later date, when I have some me-time!
Thank you for taking the trouble to do it; it's much appreciated, and I'm sure I speak for other members, too. :-))))
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This could be very helpful, nice one Shelly, thanks.

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your all wecome to copy and past it was to good to keep to my self

shelly .

well done shelly its a great help thanks for posting this
Rosex

This is great info. Thank you.
Sue x

Is it possible to keep this as a "sticky" at the top of the page. If this thread drops off the board the info. will be lost to newcombers.
Sue

Xcellent thanks

sue i dont know how to do sticky ill try

just so glad all think info mite be of grate help

shelly

Well done Shelly...Very useful infomation. xx

Abbreviations Used On Census Returns
England & Wales 1841-1891

Ag. Lab. ~ Agricultural Labourer (1841-81 Census)

Ap. ~ Apprentice (1841-61 Census)

Army ~ Members of HM land forces of whatever rank (1841 Census)

Cl. ~ Clerk (1841-61 Census)

F.S. ~ Female Servant (1841 Census)

H.P. ~ Members of HM armed forces on half-pay (1841 Census)

Ind. ~ Independent - people living on their own means (1841 Census)

J. ~ Journeyman (1841 Census)

M. ~ Manufacturer (1841 Census)

m. ~ Maker - as in ‘Shoe m.’ (1841 Census)

M.S. ~ Male Servant (1841 Census)

Navy ~ Members of HM naval forces, including marines, of whatever rank (1841 Census)

P. ~ Pensioner in HM armed forces (1841 Census)

Rail. Lab. ~ Railway Labourer (1841 Census)

Serv. ~ Servant (1841 Census)

Sh. ~ Shopman (1841 Census)

shelly

there is to much info for me to put on here try this link see if works there is just lowed of stuff to look at

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/hitch/gendocs/institute.html#convents

shelly

Shelly looks like this could be useful to keep and refer to when needed so thank you very much for adding it.

Ann
Glos