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 ...

PAUPERS GET WHAT KING CAN'T AFFORD; London Workhouse Built on the Plan of a Fifth Avenue Hotel. ART AND LUXURY COMBINED Mosaic Floors, Stained-Glass Windows, and a Baronial Dining Hall -- Cost ...

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 ...

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

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".

In Britain, the workhouse was an institution that was intended to provide work and shelter for those unable to support themselves financially. The workhouse system in England and Wales evolved in ...

The hard labor and often cruel conditions experienced by the indigent inmates of London’s workhouses are well-documented in nineteenth-century historical records and popular literature. However ...

A 200-year-old London workhouse thought to have inspired Charles Dickens may not have started out as inhospitable as its reputation suggests.

A 200-year-old London workhouse thought to have inspired Charles Dickens may not have started out as inhospitable as its reputation suggests.