Missing on 1939 register

[TymH]

I have just 'walked' down the road from the barracks on google earth - when you get to the hospital there is an accountants on the other corner of that junction which is Number 34 Watling Street Road.

I think I may give to physically walk it!!

[rosie99]

Let me know if you do, it would be interesting to know.  OH's 2xgt grandfather was at the barracks before joining Lancashire police 

[TymH]

Let me know if you do, it would be interesting to know.  OH's 2xgt grandfather was at the barracks before joining Lancashire police 

In the meantime, I'm on Google Earth.... Mansard House, 28 Watling Street Road is there, and Fairmont care home next door is No. 30. Which means 32 is between Vicarage Lane and Sharoe Green Lane. That covers the stretch of road where the old work house was... which is now a business centre.

[rosie99]

Following your message I have just looked at Mansard House and Fairmont Care home, I was thinking it was the barracks next to the care home when I did my walk, sorry I now see it is not.  We are however talking about the same place, so it was a hospital where he died then.

[TymH]

I've just rung the care home to ask! :-) They said "Specilist Mobilty" is No 32, which is now in the old workhouse building. Their phone lines are closed now so need to call them tomorrow...

[rosie99]

https://www.blogpreston.co.uk/2012/03/ghostly-memories-of-the-former-preston-workhouse-hospital/

Presumably this was the hospital
https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/hospitalrecords/details.asp?id=1392&page=54

It was common to have an address as opposed to the name of a hospital/workhouse on birth/death certificates.  See Stans post, reply4
https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=833966.msg6988399#msg6988399

[TymH]

https://www.blogpreston.co.uk/2012/03/ghostly-memories-of-the-former-preston-workhouse-hospital/

Presumably this was the hospital
https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/hospitalrecords/details.asp?id=1392&page=54

It was common to have an address as opposed to the name of a hospital/workhouse on birth/death certificates.  See Stans post, reply4
https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=833966.msg6988399#msg6988399

http://www.workhouses.org.uk/addresses/p.shtml

It was the poor house...

West Sussex Council appear to keep all the records (according to the National Archive) so I've sent an email asking about the admission records.

[rosie99]

I think you may be looking at the wrong workhouse - East Preston Workhouse in Sussex would be West Sussex Record Office.
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/5ba25c84-d980-4ffe-8140-a8a3954961e4

Preston workhouse would be Lancashire RO.
http://www.workhouses.org.uk/Preston/