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Description: | St. Andrews Chapel was dedicated on the 20th November 1867 by the Bishop of Oxford as a Chapel for the Eton Union Workhouse. The workhouse was one of the first to be built under the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act which grouped parishes into unions. Previously the Workhouse was located in Chalvey and was removed to the new building in 1836 where it was planned to accommodate 440 people. An Infirmary to take 80 people was added in 1906. The enlarged Workhouse became Upton Hospital in 1948. The chapel appears to be built in an early Gothic style with a simple nave and chancel in layout. A small tower is located at the junction of nave and chancel. The caption on the photograph refers to the public being allowed in if the chapel was not full. | Format: | image/jpeg | License: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.exe?a=query&p=gateway&f=generic_sitetext%2ehtm&_IXFIRST_=1&_IXMAXHITS_=1&cms_con_core_subtype%3acms_con_text_what=copyright&%3acms_sys_group=%22sopse%22 | Rights holder: | Slough Library | Subjects: | St. Andrews Chapel ; Eton Union Workhouse ; Upton Hospital Churches ; Workhouses ; | Temporal: | start=1867-01-01; end=1950-01-01; | Source: | Sense of place SE | Creator: | Copy by Reg Harrison | Identifier: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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