A Workhouse superintendent, Henry Stussel, had boasted that he had achieved self-sufficiency (and a tidy profit) in his 1876 report to the mayor and city council. Over several decades of the 19th ...

Readers of Dicken’s “Oliver Twist” are familiar with the life in England’s 19th century workhouses, where the young Oliver spent part of his impoverished youth. But few readers know that ...

before a new workhouse was built in 1809, and subsequently extended throughout the 19th century, until being turned into a hospital in 1929. The building was later damaged during the second world ...

The mass grave primarily dates back to the workhouse period between 1837 and the late 19th century, with some possibly dating to the prison's earlier use. This unprecedented discovery highlights ...

The workhouse was the most feared institution in 19th-century Dublin. Though the workhouse was to be avoided at all costs, harsh times drove many of the city’s poor through its doors.

"The workhouse served as a refuge for the ... primarily belonging to individuals who died between 1837 and the end of the 19th century, were unearthed during an archaeological dig at the site ...

The discoveries offer insights into the early 19th century workhouses established to help the poor. While inmates received lodging and basic food, they were also deterred from taking advantage of ...

To read about excavations of one of London's nineteenth-century workhouses, go to "Workhouse Woes." ...