What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: Near this spot at the junction of Lower Church Lane and Alexandra Road stood until 1912 The Tipton Workhouse where local government in the town originated with the first meeting of the Tipton Local Board of Health.10 September 1855 Recorded plaque organisation: Tipton Civic Society.
The Tipton Workhouse, located near the junction of Lower Church Lane and Alexandra Road until 1912, served as a critical institution for the poor and was also the site of the first meeting of the Tipton Local Board of Health on September 10, 1855, marking the origin of local government in the town.
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