LONDON — The British government announced Monday it has given protected status to a former workhouse thought to have inspired Charles Dickens’ “Oliver Twist,” a move that should save the ...

But a “refuge” it was not, and workhouses were overrun with abuse, neglect, poor working conditions, malnutrition and forced child labor, according to Historic UK.

Over the last five years 20 members of the Southwell Workhouse Research Group have combed through over 14,000 records -- covering the period 1836 to 1876 -- of a Poor Law Union in Nottinghamshire.

One January night in 1866, the London journalist James Greenwood went slumming. Disguised as a pauper, he entered the Lambeth workhouse to document conditions in a ward for indigent men and boys ...

World More than 4,500 unmarked graves found at Victorian workhouse in UK. ‘Dark chapter’ By Irene Wright October 22, 2024 2:07 PM ...

More than 4,500 unmarked graves found at Victorian workhouse in UK. ‘Dark chapter’ By Irene Wright October 22, 2024 11:07 AM ...

As archaeologists excavated Blackberry Hill, they discovered more than 4,500 unmarked graves, the majority of which could be dated to the height of the workhouse between 1837 and the late 1800s.

World More than 4,500 unmarked graves found at Victorian workhouse in UK. ‘Dark chapter’ By Irene Wright October 22, 2024 12:07 PM ...