Despite the horrors of having to live in a Victorian workhouse ... In April of 1904 inmates at the workhouse went on strike over the state of food they were given. The high cost of food served ...

Workhouses were set up to give the poor food and accommodation in return for ... The workhouse recreates some of the sights and sounds of a Victorian institution One of the principle issues ...

A less happy tale is that of William Wintersgill, a workhouse inmate who stole the Master’s daughter’s purse and was sent to the House of Correction. His story also features a sensory element ...

The site of a Victorian workhouse and Gothic chapel has now been transformed into a £3.25 million dream home. Thursford Castle in the heart of Norfolk's countryside has been converted from an ...

The site once held a prisoner-of-war camp and a cholera hospital before being converted into a Victorian workhouse, archaeologists said. Screengrab from Cotswold Archaeology's Facebook post Along ...