Union Workhouse at Battle.

[Roy G]

Yes its still standing. 
Several years ago, I was in touch with a lady that now has one of the flats over the gatehouse who offered to buy a copy of my report on Battle Workhouse and I threw in all the notes and photocopies I had collected over the years.  I think that even though they resulted in a geographical rather than a historical project, she was fairly pleased with her purchase, for no one had written much about the early years of Battle workhouse before.

Roy G

[lynnthompson]

Wow don't tell me you didn't make a copy!!!!!! 

She must have been thrilled as she actually lived there.  I hope to go down to Battle again very shortly and shall make a point of looking out the workhouse.

Once again sorry for not replying to you sooner.

Regards

Lynn

[Uncle Reff]

There are a couple of photographs of the old workhouse/hospital here:-

http://www.geograph.org.uk/browse.php?p=103621

It is now known as Frederick Thatcher Place after the chap who designed it.

John

[lynnthompson]

thank you so much for sending the link.  It just makes the family tree come alive when you see the places that your relatives died in.  Some of mine actually worked in them but a sad place nonetheless.  Social housing of the 1800's.

Regards

Lynn

[bagpuddycat]

Hi Lynn

I'm related to this George Goodsell, too.  He was my 5x gt grandfather.

Sadly, his grandson William also died in the Union Workhouse in Battle, in 1912.

Thank you everyone for the information you've posted - I've only recently discovered details of the deaths of these two men and it's very interesting to see the details of the place where they both died.  I'm glad to know that it may not have been as grim as I'd imagined, too.

Anna

[Lori.o]

The workhouse site today, taken October 2010

[Lori.o]

another one of the workhouse today - October 2010