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A comprehenisve illustrated guide to the workhouses in Wales and the border counties of Cheshire, Shropshire, Herefordshire and Gloucestershire

An illustrated guide to the workhouses in London and the South East (Middlesex, Kent, Sussex, Surrey, Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Berkshire)

This copiously illustrated book takes the lid off the real story of prison food.

A beautifully illustrated A-Z of the workhouses of the North of England.

A history of the workhouses of the Midlands

Complete history of food and of cooking in the workhouse in England, Ireland and Scotland

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First ever book to survey the whole history of children s homes.

For two centuries, the shadow of the workhouse hung over Britain.In the early hours of 31 August 1888, the mutilated body of Mary Ann Nichols - the first generally accepted victim of Jack the Ripper - was discovered in Buck's Row, Whitechapel, just a little way from the Whitechapel workhouse infirmary.

The word 'workhouse' has a grim resonance even today, conjuring up a vision of the darker side of Victorian Britain. Here we examine how workhouses came into being, what life was like for men, women and children on the wrong side of the poverty line, and how social attitudes evolved through Victorian Britain into the 20th century.

The real inside story of the workhouse in the words of those who experienced the institution at first hand. A wide variety of sources - letters, poems, graffiti, autobiography, official testimonies and oral history - is used to create a vivid portrait of what really went on behind the doors of the workhouse.

With hundreds of interesting anecdotes, plus priceless information for researchers - including workhouse locations throughout the British Isles, useful websites and archive repository details, maps, plans, original workhouse publications and an extensive bibliography - it will delight family historians and general readers alike.