The Workhouse
St Marylebone casuals' entrance, 1900. (c) Peter Higginbotham.
The Workhouse often evokes the grim Victorian world of Oliver Twist, but its story is a fascinating mix of social history, politics, economics and architecture.
    This site, www.workhouses.org.uk, is dedicated to the workhouse — its buildings, inmates, staff and administrators, even its poets...

 
The Workhouse Cookbook. Workhouses of the Midlands. The ideal Christmas Present!
The Workhouse Cookbook
— recipes include Christmas pudding for 300!
Plus Workhouses of the North and Workhouses of the Midlands
— the definitive workhouse guides.
Do you have any post-1904 workhouse birth/death certificates?
London workhouse and parish records now online!
New page on Religion in workhouses
Visit a Workhouse Museum!
Researching your family history? Start here!
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