I have received Walters death certificate and he died on 14 September 1898 at Sheffield Workhouse. I can't quite make out the cause of death but it would appear to say Pulmoral Exhaustion. The informant on the certificate is harder to read. It seems to be John R Diffin or Riffin, the assistant master of Sheffield Workhouse. Would this be at Fir Vale does anyone know? Thank you everyone, I think I've got the bug!
Sheffield Union was a Workhouse covering the areas of:
Comprised Attercliffe *** Darnall, Brightside Bierlow, Bradfield Urban, Ecclesall, Ecclesfield Urban, Handsworth and Sheffield. The workhouse was built in 1881 at Fir Vale, and it later became the site of the Northern General Hospital.
Correction: 15 others in same grave.
Note that one was buried in the same grave by the same vicar on the same day
KILBORN, Mary (~, age 34).
Died at Sheffield Union; Buried on September 17, 1898 in Consecrated ground;
Grave Number 85, Section E1 of Burngreave Cemetery, Sheffield.
Parent or Next of Kin if Available: . Remarks: 7269 Attending Minister: T Couch.
Plot Owner: of . Page No
Dave
It's quite shocking in our modern day lives that mass graves were considered normal practice. Thank you for that piece of information, I'm most grateful. I suppose death rates were very high as was abject poverty. I wonder what took poor Walter to the workhouse, we will never know. Did certain people not make a habit, but were vulnerable to return visits to such establishments?
Sheffield Union was a Workhouse covering the areas of:
Comprised Attercliffe *** Darnall, Brightside Bierlow, Bradfield Urban, Ecclesall, Ecclesfield Urban, Handsworth and Sheffield. The workhouse was built in 1881 at Fir Vale, and it later became the site of the Northern General Hospital.
Denise
Thank you Denise, I appreciate that piece of information
I have received Walters death certificate and he died on 14 September 1898 at Sheffield Workhouse. I can't quite make out the cause of death but it would appear to say Pulmoral Exhaustion. The informant on the certificate is harder to read. It seems to be John R Diffin or Riffin, the assistant master of Sheffield Workhouse. Would this be at Fir Vale does anyone know? Thank you everyone, I think I've got the bug!
Hi Richard
Yes, that would be Fir Vale.
If you go to our menu on the left and select 'Institutions' And then select 'Workhouses' from the options across the top, you'll find lots of info about all the Workhouses in Sheffield including Sheffield Union.