Long Stairs, St. Nicholas Poor House

HER Number

16405

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Long Stairs, St. Nicholas Poor House

Place

Newcastle

Map Sheet

NZ26SE

Class

Health and Welfare

Site Type: Broad

Workhouse

Site Type: Specific

Workhouse

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Opened on 17th October 1803. In 1831 there were 36 inmates. According to Thomas Oliver 'the accomodations are scarcely adequate in affording a comfortable asylum to so many objects of charity'. Each pauper cost 3s 9 1/4d per week. In 1839 the existing poor houses were replaced with a new purpose built workhouse on Westgate Hill (HER 6342).

Easting

425000

Northing

563780

Grid Reference

NZ425000563780

Sources

The Workhouse, The Story of an institution, www.workhouses.org.uk/NewcastleUponTyne/