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 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.

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.

Pony hair brushes, lambs' wool dusters and targeted dehumidifiers have been used to get a heritage attraction ready for reopening. The Workhouse and Infirmary in Southwell, Nottinghamshire, and ...

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Click through the following gallery and be reminded of the hardship endured by those ensconced in a Victorian workhouse. You may also like: Fallen stars: celebrities who perished in air crashes.

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 ...

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 ...

Walking through the genteel streets of Ripon, it’s easy to imagine the well-to-do of Victorian Yorkshire society going about their day-to-day lives, perhaps worshipping in the Cathedral or ...

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 ...