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Hunslet Workhouse on Hillidge Road was originally built around 1760. It was enlarged in 1867 when a separate infirmary was erected and again in 1872 with the addition of school buildings. This photograph shows the infirmary and school buildings. The workhouse originally served just the township of Hunslet but in 1869 the Hunslet Union was formed with the addition of the parishes of Middleton, Osmondthorpe, Oulton-with-Woodlesford, Rothwell, Temple Newsam and Thorp Stapleton to Hunslet East, North and West. By the beginning of the 20th century the workhouse premises had become outdated and too small for their purpose, so a new workhouse was built at Rothwell Haigh, opening on 1st October 1903. This workhouse was then demolished and became the site of the Chesney streets and the Hillidge Engineering Works, later Richmond Machine Tool Company. | License: | http://www.leodis.net/article.aspx?id=12 | Rights holder: | Leeds Central Library | Subjects: | Hunslet Workhouse Hillidge Road | Source: | Leodis - A photographic archive of Leeds | Identifier: | http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?id=20... | Go to resource |
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