West Ham Union Workhouse

West Ham Union Workhouse was a workhouse in Leyton, built in the village of Holloway Down between 1839 and 1841 and run by the West Ham Poor Law Union. That Union covered several parishes in what is now Newham, Redbridge and Waltham Forest. West Ham Borough Council took over its running in 1930 and renamed it the Central Home Public Assistance Institution (or Central Home for short), using it as a home for the infirm, aged and chronically sick. In 1948 it formally became a National Health Service hospital under the name of the Langthorne Hospital, which remained open until 1999.[1]

West Ham Union Workhouse buildings in 2017

The workhouse's main original block,[2] its chapel[3] and its lodge[4] are all Grade II listed buildings, whilst the workhouse and hospital lands have been redeveloped.

References
  1. "Lost Hospitals of London". Ezitis.myzen.co.uk. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
  2. "LANGTHORNE HOSPITAL (MAIN ORIGINAL BLOCK) (FORMERLY WEST HAM UNION WORKHOUSE), Waltham Forest - 1191099". Historic England. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
  3. "CHAPEL TO SOUTH OF MAIN HOSPITAL BLOCK (LANGTHORNE HOSPITAL), Waltham Forest - 1357634". Historic England. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
  4. "LODGE TO SOUTH EAST OF MAIN HOSPITAL BLOCK (LANGTHORNE HOSPITAL), Waltham Forest - 1293493". Historic England. Retrieved 31 May 2017.


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