Republicans in the U.S. Senate are sparring over their version of the multitrillion-dollar budget and immigration bill the ...

A notorious 19th century Scottish con artist who went by more than 40 aliases once duped crofters on Skye with a wild promise ...

The 19th century ushered in a series of revolutionary ... nurses and midwives into England’s and Ireland’s notorious workhouses has gone largely unacknowledged. During Victorian times, paupers ...

The Belfast Union Workhouse closed in 1948, after more than a century in operation. Families who went in were often separated and conditions inside were known to be harsh, with long working hours ...

While not officially a workhouse, this institution served as a refuge for "destitute females," relying on the generosity of public donations and the financial backing of concerned citizens.

One of the best preserved and most complete examples of a 19th century workhouse will be opening its historic doors to the public from Wednesday (February 19) following the winter closedown.

National Security Agency chief and deputy director dismissed 'Keep your head' if you're spooked by tariffs: Warren Buffett suggests reading a 19th century poem when stocks fall A top hurricane ...

As work dried up and pennies dwindled, the workhouse was often the last resort for Britain's working classes in the 19th century. Cold, cramped and poorly-lit, these miserable institutions were ...

"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 previous year, he had spent a night incognito in Lambeth workhouse in London to expose ... in an excellent article on the wrens and 19th-century prostitution in the Women’s History Review ...

The findings have provided a window into the lives of ordinary 19th-century Bristolians who found themselves at the workhouse due to poverty and hardship. Writing about the project, Rosanna Price ...

“These primarily date from the workhouse period, from 1837 to the late 19th century. Some burials may even date back to the site’s earlier function as a prisoner-of-war camp. “The graves ...