 "The Birmingham Post (England)")
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A Spartan life at Yardley workhouse.(Features)
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Byline: CHRIS UPTON
Close to the old police station on the Coventry Road (now a pub called The Old Bill and Bull) there once stood a workhouse. Yardley parish workhouse it was, serving the ancient parish of Yardley, which covered Acocks Green, Hall Green, Sparkhill, Greet and Yardley village itself.
The institution lasted for just 28 years. It was built in 1808 and closed in 1836, when Yardley was merged into Solihull Poor Law Union. The Poor Law unions were one of those economies of scale we see from time to time, currently evident in the creation of 'super-hospitals'. ...
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