From the 1840s to 1850s, the growing need for poor-relief in the small east-London district is clear. Larger workhouses on Waterloo Road and Well Street were built to help with overcrowding.

A 19th Century workhouse, which has been described as a "bit of a blot", is being sold. The former Hexham Workhouse on ...

Discoveries suggest St Pancras workhouse that may have inspired work of Charles Dickens was intended to be place of comfort Over its 200-year history, its premises were cramped and overcrowded ...

A 200-year-old London workhouse thought to have inspired Charles Dickens may not have started out as inhospitable as its reputation suggests. Archaeologists from the Museum of London Archaeology ...

LONDON, ENGLAND—According to a report in The Guardian, Gwilym Williams of the Museum of London Archaeology (MOLA) and his colleagues have excavated the site of London’s infamous St. Pancras ...

The workhouse that inspired Oliver Twist: New documentary reveals skeletons and remains of kitchen being unearthed at central London site that gave Charles Dickens the idea for his most famous novel ...

Experts from the Museum of London Archaeology (MOLA) visited the 200-year-old workhouse and were left astonished to uncover "a significant portion of these original buildings".

The workhouse building itself will return to being residential accommodation, and the UCLHC – University College London Hospitals Charity – which is developing the site, is also constructing a ...