Newington Workhouse
Newington Workhouse was an institution for
Public Assistance Institution
in 1930, and was converted into social housing in 1948. The building was demolished in 1969.
History
The
Walworth to replace an older workhouse belonging to the parish of St Mary Newington[1] first opened in 1734.[2] The 1850 building was originally intended to be an industrial school.[2]
The site was taken over in 1868 by the St Saviour Poor Law Union and became an infirmary.
The
social housing by London County Council Welfare Department. In 1961 it held "266 women and children from 72 fragmented families".[5] The building was demolished in 1969[6] and replaced by the Aylesbury Estate.[7]
The records of the institution are now held in the London Metropolitan Archives.
Cultural significance
The comic actor Charlie Chaplin spent a short time in Newington Workhouse in 1896.[8]
The 1966 television play Cathy Come Home depicted the living conditions in Newington Lodge.
References
- ^ "Newington St Mary, Surrey, London", The Workhouse website
- ^ a b "The Workhouse: Newington St Mary". Retrieved 12 November 2020.
- ^ "Public Assistance Institution", Glossary, workhouses.org.uk
- ^ "Public Assistance Institution", Thesaurus, English Heritage
- ^ ""Front-Door Famine"". TIME magazine. 1 December 1961. Archived from the original on 25 October 2012.
- ^ "Welcome to Walworth history", South London Guide
- ISBN 978-3-030-51477-8.
- ISBN 0-7864-0325-X