King Edward VII Hospital, Old Windsor, Windsor and Maidenhead

This building was built in 1835 as the Windsor Union Workhouse and was later a hospital for elderly people. This change of use was common as workhouses already had hospital facilities. For many years elderly people feared going into hospital because they thought they were going into the workhouse.

Location

Windsor and Maidenhead Old Windsor

Period

Victorian (1837 - 1901)

Tags

hospital health medicine workhouse poor law welfare victorian (1837 - 1901)