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The workhouse: the story of an institution

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Notes:

An incredibly comprehensive website maintained by Peter Higginbotham.  Includes lots of photographs and archival material, alongside the rules of workhouses from different localities, links with arts and literature, and even a quiz on the topic.  It also has a section on asylums. 

Keywords:

workhouse poor poverty

SHIC codes:

,1.4,1.414,1.421

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