She plans a book on the 17th century, which she tells me she hopes to have ready by Jamestown’s 400th anniversary in 2007. I hope I’m here to read it. Parke Rouse is a Williamsburg writer.

Southwell's workhouse was built in 1824 by the Rev John Beecher, with its architecture influenced by prison design. It was one of the first examples of a notoriously harsh regime, which was ...

In England, between 1601 and 1929, the workhouse provided food, accommodation, medical care and schooling for children after 1834, in exchange for the inmates working for several hours each day.

In 1904, a woman left her terraced house in Oldham, disguised in old clothes and pretending to be destitute.She travelled to ...

The workhouses were first introduced in England where, however harshly, they made some sense. England was fast industrialising, with high rates of “vagrancy”.

LONDON, ENGLAND—According to a report in The Guardian, Gwilym Williams of the Museum of London Archaeology (MOLA) and his colleagues have excavated the site of London’s infamous St. Pancras ...

It sparked a thousand childhood nightmares – now the original workhouse from Oliver Twist has been discovered. But a row has erupted over what to do with the building. Lorna Bradbury reports.

The workhouse system came to an end with the establishment of the welfare state after the World War II. Many workhouses were transformed into hospitals or night shelters. The workhouse in Southwell ...

England's Thousand Best Houses should strictly have been called The Thousand Domestic Buildings of Any Description Which can be Visited. In order to reach the necessary target, Mr Jenkins ropes in not ...

Workhouse England has a turnover of about £50,000 and exports to Japan, where Ryoko, 41, was born. It launches an online shop in September.

In England, between 1601 and 1929, the workhouse provided food, accommodation, medical care and schooling for children after 1834, in exchange for the inmates working for several hours each day.

Southwell's workhouse was built in 1824 by the Rev John Beecher, with its architecture influenced by prison design. It was one of the first examples of a notoriously harsh regime, which was ...