- In
Britain and Ireland, a
workhouse (Welsh: tloty, lit. "poor-house") was a
total institution where those unable to
support themselves financially were...
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Workhouse infirmaries were
established in the
nineteenth century in England. They
developed from the
Workhouse and were run
under the Poor law regime....
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highly centralised system which encouraged the large-scale
development of
workhouses by poor law unions.[better source needed] The Poor Law
system fell into...
- The
Workhouse, also
known as
Greet House, in the town of Southwell, Nottinghamshire, England, is a
museum operated by the
National Trust,
opened to the...
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Shadows of the
Workhouse is a 2005 book by
British author Jennifer Worth (1935-2011). It
formed the
basis for the
second series of the
television drama...
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Bethnal Green workhouse Bow
workhouse Camberwell workhouse Chelsea workhouse Christchurch workhouse City of
London workhouse Clapham workhouse Clerkenwell...
- The
Lambeth Workhouse was a
workhouse in Lambeth, London. The
original workhouse opened in 1726 in
Princes Road (later,
Black Prince Road). From 1871 to...
- The
Charleston Workhouse Slave Rebellion was a
rebellion of
enslaved South Carolinians that took
place in Charleston,
South Carolina, in July 1849. On...
- City
workhouse castle (Vine
Street workhouse castle,
Brant Castle) is a city
historical register site
located at 2001 Vine
Street in
Kansas City, Missouri...
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Allegheny County Workhouse was a
prison that was
located adjacent to the town of Blawnox, Pennsylvania. Its full name was "Allegheny
County Workhouse and Inebriate...
