Accelerating food prices have brought a rise in the average family's shopping bill of £750 a year, according to the organisers of British Food Fortnight, which began yesterday.

In 1900 a ‘food burglar’ broke into the locked cellar belonging to the workhouse master Walter Needham. The culprit made off with 3lbs of Mr Needham’s cheese as well as food for the inmates ...

More than 4,500 unmarked graves found at Victorian workhouse in UK. ‘Dark chapter’ By Irene Wright. October 22, 2024 11:07 AM.

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 ...

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 ...