The manor
of Winchfield is recorded in the Domesday Survey and the name probably derives from Anglo-Saxon words meaning a field in a corner.
THE WORKHOUSE
A workhouse was erected in
1871 on the site of what is now Winchfield Court. Designed by Edmund Woodthorpe of London, the building cost £11,739 and accommodated 120 inmates.
At the front, two entrance blocks included
male and female tramp wards, with a courtyard behind. The main block included the board-room, offices, dining hall, kitchen and other facilities. Behind the main block were various workshops, the laundry,
and courtyards. An infirmary and fever wards stood at the rear.
The buildings later housed a hospital and were converted to residential use in 1985-86.
FURTHER INFORMATION
There is more on the Winchfield workhouse at Peter Higginbotham's site on
