The picturesque town of Southwell in Nottinghamshire is a hidden gem brimming with history, charm, and royal intrigue. With ...

At a site that was once a Victorian workhouse in England, more than 4,500 unmarked graves were found. Most of the remains belong to the impoverished citizens of Bristol, who lived in filthy ...

Projects celebrating the contribution of working class communities to the history of North Yorkshire have been given ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Between 1886 and 1934, over 1,000 women were sent to a Dutch state workhouse, originally intended for vagrants and beggars. Many of these women were elderly or ...

Isle of Wight historian Alan Stroud shines a light on the life and behaviour of workhouse master Nicol Armstrong.

I'll tell you. Yeah, for a penny. The workhouse is the last place you want to go. They deliberately make it bad. Bad food, bad clothes, bad beds. Any time today. Well, work of course! We start at ...