tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8260542616882131850.post8937122917166394334..comments2024-03-18T08:09:58.209+00:00Comments on Lynne About Loughborough: Loughborough Union Workhousestjeromehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02358079860710812787noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8260542616882131850.post-13221737670342176492023-10-28T23:02:07.821+01:002023-10-28T23:02:07.821+01:00Hi Anonymous! Workhouses were such sad places. Tha...Hi Anonymous! Workhouses were such sad places. Thank you for sharing your family story. Lynnestjeromehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02358079860710812787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8260542616882131850.post-2360050552242503862023-10-28T15:42:28.468+01:002023-10-28T15:42:28.468+01:00My Great-grandmother, Louisa Sleath (daughter of J...My Great-grandmother, Louisa Sleath (daughter of Joseph Sleath) was born in the Loughborough Workhouse in 1866. Louisa's Grandfather, Joseph Sleath Sr, died in that same workhouse in 1847.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8260542616882131850.post-75597049134309009092023-06-26T13:48:00.663+01:002023-06-26T13:48:00.663+01:00Hi Anonymous! Yes, it does sounds as though the Vi...Hi Anonymous! Yes, it does sounds as though the Victorian building looming in the background might have been the former workhouse, which was demolished and some of the site now has houses on it. Thanks for reading the blog! Lynnestjeromehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02358079860710812787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8260542616882131850.post-16702883735697600032023-06-02T22:03:47.135+01:002023-06-02T22:03:47.135+01:00Back in 1988 or 1989 whilst working for Leicesters...Back in 1988 or 1989 whilst working for Leicestershire Council I recall visiting a Childcare Youth Training Scheme based on the site that was still called Regents Hospital at the time. I seem to remember the YTS scheme was based in mobile units in the grounds but there was a great looming Victorian building in the background that looked in a poor state of repair. I had no idea at the time that this was the old workhouse. I think it was demolished soon after because the YTS scheme had to move. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8260542616882131850.post-56489941622452311122022-08-25T16:29:24.364+01:002022-08-25T16:29:24.364+01:00Hi David! Thank you for getting in touch. I believ...Hi David! Thank you for getting in touch. I believe the records for the Loughborough Union Workhouse, 1837-1939, are held at the Record office for Leicester, Leicestershire, and Rutland, which is in Wigston. You can search their catalogue here: http://record-office-catalogue.leics.gov.uk/CalmView/Overview.aspx I searched for Loughborough Workhouse. Thnak you again for reading the blog and for taking the time and trouble to comment. Lynne stjeromehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02358079860710812787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8260542616882131850.post-72780943689155274392022-08-25T14:57:22.341+01:002022-08-25T14:57:22.341+01:00My grandmother Annie Elizabeth Smith (single), gav...My grandmother Annie Elizabeth Smith (single), gave birth to a baby boy on 2nd Sept. 1879 in Loughborough Union Workhouse. Is it possible to obtain a list of inmates etc., at that time, and when she entered and left the workhouse, they do not show on the 1881 census there. Any information would be most appreciated please.Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8260542616882131850.post-26946879275342054522021-12-13T20:07:01.202+00:002021-12-13T20:07:01.202+00:00Hi voiceofcommonsense! Thank you so much for readi...Hi voiceofcommonsense! Thank you so much for reading the blog and taking the time and trouble to comment! What a lot of information you have shared here - I'm sure there are likely to be people out there who will have a Eureka moment when they discover that they are related to some of the people and families you mention! Thanks for sharing! Lynnestjeromehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02358079860710812787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8260542616882131850.post-26415021234459175292021-10-11T21:54:09.142+01:002021-10-11T21:54:09.142+01:00Hi there
My 3 times great grandparents Alfred John...Hi there<br />My 3 times great grandparents Alfred John Wright and Emma Wright were the master and matron of loughborough workhouse between 1874 and 1880 I believe. He died in post aged about 39 and Emma was still there as a widow on the 1881 census.<br />Alfred was a Police Constable in Hertfordshire before that and his father was a very early police inspector in Royston Cambridgeshire in 1851. Alfred and Emma only had one daughter (FLorence) who married Robert Hargraves from Loughborough whose parents were the publicans of the GOlden Fleece in Fishpool head. Probably not of interest to you but I thought i would add some additional information for you. YOu never know when it might help someone.thevoiceofcommonsensehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16287160180528662739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8260542616882131850.post-71224751911944435962021-01-05T21:46:46.230+00:002021-01-05T21:46:46.230+00:00Hi Peter! Thanks for reading the blog and taking t...Hi Peter! Thanks for reading the blog and taking the time and trouble to comment. Yes, there are many links to photos on the blog that no longer work. There used to be a lovely site that had some wonderful pohotos of Loughborough, which I linked to, as I don't own the copyright to any old photos myself (hence all photos used in the blog are my own), but, like many resources on the internet, they simply disappeared one day. Sadly, with 350 blog posts posted over 7 years, I haven't time to go back and update every link as in many cases this would require a re-write too. Photos of Loughborough's workhouse do appear in a varuety of places, for example: https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=2490184411018935&id=1028061187231272 and https://www.facebook.com/groups/rememberloughborough/permalink/995544140490854 Thank you again, for getting in touch, Lynnestjeromehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02358079860710812787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8260542616882131850.post-29737903175529792832021-01-05T17:40:19.444+00:002021-01-05T17:40:19.444+00:00Sadly your links to images no longer seem to workSadly your links to images no longer seem to workPeterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08010479963158108837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8260542616882131850.post-25090552971827238012016-05-29T22:00:46.174+01:002016-05-29T22:00:46.174+01:00Hi Unknown! Thanks for telling us that the workhou...Hi Unknown! Thanks for telling us that the workhouse was still known as Hastings House in 1970-71. I think it was common around the country to remember the workhouse with a certain amount of fear, so when they changed to hospitals (like Babbington hospital in Belper, and St Mary's in Melton) and old people's homes (like ours) people held these views of the places. Lynnestjeromehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02358079860710812787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8260542616882131850.post-4354577129186903142016-05-29T21:48:50.931+01:002016-05-29T21:48:50.931+01:00It was still called Hastings House when I worked t...It was still called Hastings House when I worked there in 1970/71. A lot of elderly people were afraid even in those days as they remembered it as a workhouse.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14919699691123257023noreply@blogger.com