Brixworth Union Workhouse
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Brixworth Union Workhouse
Image: © Burgess Von Thunen Taken: 31 May 2010
Erected in 1835-6 to accommodate 265 inmates. Conditions were described as "prison-like and spartan", while food was "meagre and tasteless", according to Brixworth History Society. Has since been used as the local council offices and is now home to a firm of surveyors called QMP.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.327699
Longitude
-0.905297