Bridge Home, Historic Building Assessment, 2003

        BRIDGE HOSPITAL, WITHAM, ESSEX Historic Building Assessment   (copy of a report provided to Janet Gyford by Robert Kinchin Smith)   Prepared by: RPS Planning Transport & Environment, Oxford August 2003 RPS Planning Transport & Environment Mallams Court 8D Milton Park Abingdon Oxon OX14 4RP   Tel       01235 821888 Fax      01235 820351 … Continue reading “Bridge Home, Historic Building Assessment, 2003”

The Union Workhouse, later The Bridge Home

  SUMMARY OF THE HISTORY by Janet Gyford, updated August 2003 See also   http://www.workhouses.org.uk/Witham/ This is by Peter Higginbottom who is a specialist in the history of workhouses and has taken a particular interest in Witham. See also the post on  “Bridge Home architects’ report 2003, (without assessment)” et al.  THE WITHAM UNION WORKHOUSE, c.1838-80 … Continue reading “The Union Workhouse, later The Bridge Home”