At a site that was once a Victorian workhouse in England, more than 4,500 unmarked graves were found. Most of […] ...

The harsh regime of workhouses is something we associate with Victorian times. But the shocking truth about the buildings is that they continued to house families well into the 20th Century.

Along the River Avon in southwest England, the city of Bristol has centuries ... the building was converted into the Stapleton Workhouse, archaeologists said. “The workhouse served as a refuge ...

The workhouse is a good place to start ... The founding of the National Health Service (NHS) by the Labour government in England in 1948, bringing free healthcare and the creation of a welfare ...

Screengrab from Cotswold Archaeology's Facebook post Along the River Avon in southwest England, the city of ... graves have been found where the workhouse, prison and hospital once stood.

I'll tell you. Yeah, for a penny. The workhouse is the last place you want to go. They deliberately make it bad. Bad food, bad clothes, bad beds. Any time today. Well, work of course! We start at ...