Madeley Wood workhouse 'Brockholes' on Belmont Road
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Madeley Wood workhouse 'Brockholes' on Belmont Road
Image: © Richard Law Taken: 17 Apr 2017
Originally built in 1796 by the Madeley Parish board, to house 40 poor inmates. It operated as such until the 1870s, whereupon a much larger institution was built half a mile to the northwest at what is now the Beeches nursing home. Upon closure, this place was converted to residential use, although the black plaque suggests it may have served as a brewer's malthouse at one stage. That plaque also records that one of the unfortunate miners killed in the 1864 disaster at the nearby Madeley Wood ironstone mine lived nearby http://www.ninemen.org/the-project/the-background-to-the-nine-men-of-madeley-project/
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Image Location
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52.629006
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-2.479081