Philanthropist James Rowntree visited the workhouse in 1860 and reported that there was a lack of blankets, that doctors’ visits were infrequent and that the boys who lived there were ‘dirty’.

Bea also discovers that her great-great-grandmother was the first school teacher on the Blasket Islands, a role to which she was appointed in the 1860s.

A 52-page book to celebrate the Blawnox centennial might surprise readers with its eye-opening tidbits about the rivertown. The limited edition “Blawnox: 1925-2025,” authored by O ...

The history of a similar showdown in Prussia in the 1860s can teach us how difficult it is to resolve such issues when faced with a lack of constitutional clarity—and suggests that under these ...

Dyer trained as a nurse and midwife and, for a fee, took in expectant mums of unwanted babies from around Totterdown and Brislington. Throughout the 1860s, 70s and 80s, Dyer would make between £5 ...

The Workhouse Arts Center presents, in collaboration with Rahmein Mostafavi, a special New Year’s Eve comedy celebration. Time to laugh off 2023 and bring in 2024 with an abundance of joy!

Nothing remains of the once-dreaded Birkenhead Workhouse, where many hundreds of poverty-stricken Merseyside people slaved, shared bread, shivered on freezing floors, lived and died.

NEW YORK, Nov. 14, 1860. The Warden of the Workhouse. Blackwell's island, will discharge from custody, Eliza O'Leary, residence Hamilton street, near Monroe-street.

The Victorian workhouse first came about as a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act. This act transferred the administration of poor relief from individual parishes to a coordinated national ...

BOARD OF POLICE MAGISTRATES.; THE BUSINESS OF THE POLICE COURTS GOOD EFFECTS OF SENDING DRUNKARDS TO THE WORKHOUSE, &c. Share full article July 3, 1860 The New York Times Archives ...

The workhouse site became the location for Nottingham City Hospital and the chapel remained open for workers and patients, closing when a new one was opened. After that, it was used as a storage ...

Here are IrishCentral’s top picks of places to visit in Co Laois: The Rock of Dunamase and Dunamase Castle Dunamase Castle itself may be in pretty bad shape, but the power this stronghold once ...