Berkshire Theatre Group opens summer season with revival of "The Elephant Man," a famed play about a beautiful soul in a ...

A historic tapestry illustrating the history of Northallerton's Friarage Hospital has been restored and cleaned, funded by Friends of the Friarage.

A historic tapestry illustrating the history of Northallerton's Friarage Hospital has been restored and cleaned, funded by ...

The Sculcoates Union Workhouse was built between 1843 and 1845 by Henry F Lockwood and William Mawson and could house 500 inmates. In later years it became known as the Beverley Road Institution ...

The Wirral Poor Law Union was formed in 1836 from 54 constituent parishes, and a workhouse was built in Bebington, where Clatterbridge Hospital now stands. READ MORE: BBC Antique Roadshow woman's ...

“And the Union workhouses,” demanded Scrooge. "Are they still in operation?" “Both very busy, sir…” “Those who are badly off must go there.” “Many can’t go there; and many would rather die.” “If they ...

Set back slightly from the main road behind public gardens, Ditchburn Place was built in 1838 as the Cambridge Union Workhouse. Nowadays, it sits behind an Indian archway salvaged by a member of ...

The house was built by George Byfield and came to be known as the Union Workhouse – it being a union of several city parishes. The original intention was to run it as a home and occupational ...

This weekend marks the 25th anniversary of a well-known hospital closing its doors. We’re taking a look back at All Saints’ in Chatham, where many people across Medway and Swale would have ...

South Bristol and North Somerset ’s poor often ended up in the Bedminster Union Workhouse, tucked away out of the city in Flax Bourton - and this was the scene of a case which sparked a national ...

Owner John Reese says: "It was my parents' house and is part of what used to be the workhouse in Hay that was built in 1837, which is why it's called Union Mews because it was the union workhouse ...

The building, which pre-dates the hospital, was built as the offices for the Central Union Workhouse housing 350 people. The two-storey construction has mullion-transom windows, a tower on the ...