Over the centuries a variety of institutions have catered for the needs for care and rehabilitation of the sick and needy. The websites listed below have details about such establishments and, in many cases, lists of inmates.
| Classification: | Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
| Title: | Blacksmiths Index |
| Link: | https://blacksmiths.mygenwebs.com/ |
| Description: | A Genealogical Index of Blacksmiths and Related Occupations |
| Extra Info: | As well as blacksmiths, includes many other related occupations, also blacksmiths residing in asylums and workhouses. |
| Classification: | Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., Information |
| Title: | Index of Lunatic Asylums and Mental Hospitals |
| Link: | http://studymore.org.uk/4_13_TA.HTM |
| Description: | Index of Lunatic Asylums and Mental Hospitals |
| Extra Info: | Based around a 1844 study but expanded with details of the institutions. |
| Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Hearth / Window Tax, Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Poll / Electoral / Voters Registers, Associations and Civil Officials Lists, Religious Lists / Records, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records, Journals / Diaries |
| Title: | Selected Genealogical Records |
| Link: | http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~mwi/filessection/ |
| Description: | Selected Genealogical Records |
| Extra Info: | A selection of transcriptions including extacts from Army lists, bankrupts, a list of people in Cornwall in past times, a list of coastguards in 1851, Hammermen and more. |
| Classification: | Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., School / Educational Records / Alumni, Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | The Children's Homes Website |
| Link: | http://www.childrenshomes.org.uk/ |
| Description: | The Children's Homes Website |
| Extra Info: | The Children's Homes website aims to provide information on all the many and varied institutions that became home for thousands of children and young people in Britain. Also USA, Canada, Jamaica and Australia. |
| Classification: | Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., Religious Lists / Records, Poor Rate, Other Records |
| Title: | The Union, Parish and Public Health Officers Handbook and Almanac |
| Link: | https://archive.org/details/unionsandparish00unkng... |
| Description: | The Union, Parish and Public Health Officers Handbook and Almanac 1860 |
| Extra Info: | Online book. Includes lists of parish officers, treasurers and officials for each county. Includes school board inspectors, a list of premises which accepted 'lunatics', workhouse masters and teachers and more. |
| Classification: | Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., Religious Lists / Records, Poor Rate, Other Records |
| Title: | The Union, Parish and Public Health Officers Handbook and Almanac |
| Link: | https://archive.org/details/unionsandparish01unkng... |
| Description: | The Union, Parish and Public Health Officers Handbook and Almanac 1868 |
| Extra Info: | Online book. Includes lists of parish officers, treasurers and officials for each county. Includes school board inspectors, a list of premises which accepted 'lunatics', workhouse masters and teachers and more. |
| Classification: | Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., Religious Lists / Records, Poor Rate, Other Records |
| Title: | The Union, Parish and Public Health Officers Handbook and Almanac |
| Link: | https://archive.org/details/unionsandparish02unkng... |
| Description: | The Union, Parish and Public Health Officers Handbook and Almanac 1853 |
| Extra Info: | Online book. Includes lists of parish officers, treasurers and officials for each county. Includes school board inspectors, a list of premises which accepted 'lunatics', workhouse masters and teachers and more. |
| Classification: | Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc. |
| Title: | Voluntary Hospitals Database |
| Link: | http://www.hospitalsdatabase.lshtm.ac.uk/ |
| Description: | Voluntary Hospitals Database |
| Extra Info: | Includes details about the hospitals, the number of beds, the expenditure, dates and more. |
| Classification: | Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., Other Records |
| Title: | Workhouse Network |
| Link: | https://www.workhousenetwork.org/ |
| Description: | Pauper biographies and more. |
| Classification: | Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., Other Records |
| Title: | Workhouse Website |
| Link: | https://www.workhouses.org.uk/ |
| Description: | A Site Dedicated to the Workhouse, its Buildings, Staff, Inmates and much more |
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