In Britain and Ireland, a workhouse (Welsh: tloty lit. "poor-house") was an institution where those unable to support themselves financially were offered...

The Waterford Union Workhouse was a workhouse built in 1839–41 on a six-acre site to the south of Waterford in Ireland. The Waterford Poor Law Union was...

Bethnal Green workhouse Bow workhouse Camberwell workhouse Chelsea workhouse Christchurch workhouse City of London workhouse Clapham workhouse Clerkenwell...

The Eastville Workhouse (officially named the Barton Regis workhouse) was a workhouse situated at 100 Fishponds Road, in Bristol, U.K. It was converted...

Whittlesey Workhouse was a workhouse in the Cambridgeshire town of Whittlesey. Its use as a workhouse ceased in 1930 and it was subsequently demolished...

Workhouse infirmaries were established in the nineteenth century in England. They developed from the Workhouse and were run under the Poor law regime....

The Lambeth Workhouse was a workhouse in Lambeth, London. The original workhouse opened in 1726 in Princes Road (later, Black Prince Road). From 1871 to...

The workhouse test was a condition of the Poor Law Amendment Act 1834. It stated that anyone who wanted to get poor relief must enter a workhouse. The...

Shadows of the Workhouse is a 2005 book by British author Jennifer Worth (1935-2011). It formed the basis for the second series of the television drama...

The Oracle was a workhouse that produced cloth in the English town of Reading, Berkshire. The Oracle shopping centre, which now occupies a small part...