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John of Gaunt Inn, Mar 2007. First Workhouse c1764-78 — P3271091
John of Gaunt Inn, Mar 2007. First Workhouse c1764-78

John of Gaunt Inn, Mar 2007. First Workhouse c1764-78

Charnham Close, Jun 2007. Second Workhouse 1783-1836 — p6092180
Charnham Close, Jun 2007. Second Workhouse 1783-1836

Charnham Close, Jun 2007. Second Workhouse 1783-1836

Working Drawings of Fire Survey of Hungerford Hospital - 1st &amp; 2nd floor only Nov 1977 — img_4421
Working Drawings of Fire Survey of Hungerford Hospital - 1st & 2nd floor only Nov 1977

Working Drawings of Fire Survey of Hungerford Hospital - 1st & 2nd floor only Nov 1977

Working Drawings of Fire Survey of Hungerford Hospital - 1st &amp; 2nd floor only Nov 1977 — img_4422
Working Drawings of Fire Survey of Hungerford Hospital - 1st & 2nd floor only Nov 1977

Working Drawings of Fire Survey of Hungerford Hospital - 1st & 2nd floor only Nov 1977

Working Drawings of Fire Survey of Hungerford Hospital - 1st &amp; 2nd floor only Nov 1977 — img_4423
Working Drawings of Fire Survey of Hungerford Hospital - 1st & 2nd floor only Nov 1977

Working Drawings of Fire Survey of Hungerford Hospital - 1st & 2nd floor only Nov 1977

Working Drawings of Fire Survey of Hungerford Hospital - 1st &amp; 2nd floor only Nov 1977 — img_4424
Working Drawings of Fire Survey of Hungerford Hospital - 1st & 2nd floor only Nov 1977

Working Drawings of Fire Survey of Hungerford Hospital - 1st & 2nd floor only Nov 1977

Staff of Hungerford &amp; Ramsbury Union Workhouse, undated c1933. [A Parsons] — workhouse-01
Staff of Hungerford & Ramsbury Union Workhouse, undated c1933. [A Parsons]

Staff of Hungerford & Ramsbury Union Workhouse, undated c1933. [A Parsons]

Hungerford &amp; Ramsbury Union Workhouse Regulations, 1914 — workhouse regulations 1914
Hungerford & Ramsbury Union Workhouse Regulations, 1914

Hungerford & Ramsbury Union Workhouse Regulations, 1914

Constable and Tutti-men walking up Park Street on their way to the Union workhouse, date uncertain — hocktide-009
Constable and Tutti-men walking up Park Street on their way to the Union workhouse, date uncertain

Constable and Tutti-men walking up Park Street on their way to the Union workhouse, date uncertain

Tutti-man at the Union workhouse, 16 Apr 1912 — hocktide-010 1912
Tutti-man at the Union workhouse, 16 Apr 1912

Tutti-man at the Union workhouse, 16 Apr 1912

Tutti-men at the Union workhouse, 16 Apr 1912 — hocktide-011 1912
Tutti-men at the Union workhouse, 16 Apr 1912

Tutti-men at the Union workhouse, 16 Apr 1912

Constable, Tutti-men and Orangeman leaving the Union workhouse, date uncertain — hocktide-014
Constable, Tutti-men and Orangeman leaving the Union workhouse, date uncertain

Constable, Tutti-men and Orangeman leaving the Union workhouse, date uncertain

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Tutti-men distributing tobacco to paupers at the Union workhouse, Apr 1910 — hocktide-035
Tutti-men distributing tobacco to paupers at the Union workhouse, Apr 1910

Tutti-men distributing tobacco to paupers at the Union workhouse, Apr 1910

Tutti-men distributing tobacco to paupers at the Union workhouse, Apr 1910 — hocktide-035a
Tutti-men distributing tobacco to paupers at the Union workhouse, Apr 1910

Tutti-men distributing tobacco to paupers at the Union workhouse, Apr 1910

Tutti-men at the Union workhouse, Hocktide 1913 — hocktide-042 1913
Tutti-men at the Union workhouse, Hocktide 1913

Tutti-men at the Union workhouse, Hocktide 1913

Tutti-men at the Union workhouse, 16 Apr 1912 — hocktide-043 1912
Tutti-men at the Union workhouse, 16 Apr 1912

Tutti-men at the Union workhouse, 16 Apr 1912

Tutti-men at the Union workhouse, Hocktide 1927 — hocktide-056 1927
Tutti-men at the Union workhouse, Hocktide 1927

Tutti-men at the Union workhouse, Hocktide 1927

The Union Workhouse, Park Street, c1908. Third Workhouse 1848-1947 — park_st_03
The Union Workhouse, Park Street, c1908. Third Workhouse 1848-1947

The Union Workhouse, Park Street, c1908. Third Workhouse 1848-1947

Hungerford Hospital Prior to closure in 1989 — 209-hospital-3
Hungerford Hospital Prior to closure in 1989

Hungerford Hospital Prior to closure in 1989

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