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Post by leeming on Aug 6, 2009 19:47:44 GMT
Was this some kind of hospital? I seem to see a lot of people dying here and births. Can anyone fill me in?
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Post by Admin on Aug 6, 2009 20:28:11 GMT
From around 1904, the Registrar General advised local registration officers that where a child was born in the workhouse, there should be no indication of this on the child's birth certificate. Instead, the place of birth was recorded as a euphemistic street address. For example, births at Liverpool Workhouse were recorded as having taken place at 144A Brownlow Hill — no such street address actually existed. Similarly, Nottingham Workhouse used an address of 700 Hucknall Road for this purpose. The same practice was also later adopted for recording the place of death for anyone who died in the workhouse.
Explains '121 Fell Lane'
sent to me by Malcolm
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Post by barcroftlad on Aug 6, 2009 22:15:27 GMT
121 Fell Lane was actually St Johns Hospital and that is where most babies of my era were born. On my birth certificate it just says 121 Fell Lane with no mention of St Johns. Cheers.
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Post by leeming on Aug 7, 2009 14:05:28 GMT
Hi, thanks guys that's all brilliant. Yeh I've found that it was originally the workhouse infirmary on fell lane then after world war one it became st johns hospital.
Many thanks
Al leeming
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