1870s Leeds Orphanages/Baby Farms?
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wiggy wrote: i was initially from holbeck and we lived at the back of what everyone called either the workhouse or the foundling home....anyone got any pics of what i am sure was a horrid place?? Wiggy my late mother-in-law came from old lane Beeston and I can remember her talking about it and I think she said it was called South Lodge,
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South Lodge was also known as "2 Lane End Place" - this was the address of the Holbeck Poor Law Union workhouse. My grandfather was born here in December 1914 - West Yorkshire Archive Services hold some records (but the birth records end in early 1914).There is a picture of the remains of the workhouse on the Leodis website:http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?reso ... AY=FULLThe PhotosToday website has a picture of the buildings in all their grim glory http://photostoday.co.uk/frontpage.aspx ... LEEDSearch for "South Lodge"V
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