Along the River Avon in southwest England, the city of Bristol ... which could be dated to the height of the workhouse between 1837 and the late 1800s. “The story behind these burials reflects ...

In Victorian England, workhouses were meant to keep the paupers off the streets. The inmates had to work hard without any payment and were forced to live in squalid and disease-infested conditions.

The poor of Britain received little help from the Government in the 1800s. The Poor Law of 1834 provided two types of help: Indoor relief – the workhouse, which was greatly feared. Outdoor ...

He had no parents and he lived in a place called a workhouse. Only poor people lived ... Charles Dickens lived in the 1800s, the Victorian age. Life could be hard for children then.