Hi Stan I have a map (1855 ) showing a plan of Sunderland Union Workhouse and its beside Dun Cow Street and Collier Row Could both places have been called the Union Workhouse ? Cheers Pat ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stan Mapstone" <stanmapstone@aol.com> To: <ENG-DUR-SUNDERLAND-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, January 04, 2010 8:36 AM Subject: Re: [ENG-DUR-SUNDERLAND] Workhouse & Hospitals > > Sunderland Union Workhouse was on Hylton Road, and there was also a > hospital > on the site. It was called the Highfield Hospital, although the building > remained predominantly a Poor Law Institution a small number of beds were > set > aside for the sick and mentally ill. > Sunderland Union Hospital was administered by the Board of Guardians > until > 1929, when after the Board were abolished the Borough separated the > Municipal > Hospital from the Highfield Institution. The Local Health Committee > became > responsible for the Hospital. By 1930, the workhouse site had become > known as > the Highfield Institute and Municipal Hospital. Under the National Health > Service, the hospital became Sunderland General Hospital. now the > Sunderland Royal Hospital. > > > Stan Mapstone > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Pat & Derek <patphillips@optusnet.com.au> > To: Sunderland List <ENG-DUR-SUNDERLAND-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sun, 3 Jan 2010 21:10 > Subject: [ENG-DUR-SUNDERLAND] Workhouse & Hospitals > > > Hi everyone > I have a John Phillips died 1871 but the cert just says Workhouse > The family lived in Collier Row and I know Sunderland Union Workhouse was > very > close -was it also a hospital or infirmary ? > Cheers Pat & Derek > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-DUR-SUNDERLAND-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body > of > the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-DUR-SUNDERLAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message