In Victorian England ... they rendered the conditions inside the workhouse deliberately harsh and sufficiently degrading so that the poor did not wish to live there. As the narrator in Oliver ...

Originally the Eccleshall Workhouse, the building’s intriguing ... You can explore the building's rich history, from its time as a Victorian doctor’s surgery, to its period as a premier ...

In 1837, the beginning of the Victorian era, the building was converted into the Stapleton Workhouse, archaeologists said. “The workhouse served as a refuge for the city’s poor, offering ...

videoDodger's guide to poverty and the workhouse In this short film for primary schools Dodger and the gang provide a brief guide to the Victorian workhouse and the common diseases from the time ...