10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WORKHOUSE»
Discover the use of
workhouse in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
workhouse and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Victorian
Workhouse
This book looks at the principles which lay behind the New Poor Law of 1834; at the design and construction of workhouses; and at the lives of those who entered them, either as officers or as paupers.
2
Shadows Of The
Workhouse: The Drama Of Life In Postwar London
She is let off with a warning, but then Jennifer finds stolen jewels from Hatton Garden in the nun's room. These stories give a fascinating insight into the resilience and spirit that enabled ordinary people to overcome their difficulties.
3
Power and Pauperism: The
Workhouse System, 1834-1884
A new perspective on the place of the workhouse in the history and geography of nineteenth-century society and social policy.
4
Dickens and the
Workhouse: Oliver Twist and the London Poor
This book, by the historian who did the sleuthing behind these exciting new findings, presents the story for the first time, and shows that the two periods Dickens lived in that part of London - before and after his father's imprisonment in ...
5
Workhouse: The People, The Places, The Life Behind Doors
The book also provides sources for those searching for their pauper ancestors.
This book investigates the treatment of children in the workhouses in the period 1780-1871. It examines the way in which children were treated, educated & trained, by whom they were cared for and the outcome of their treatment.
7
The
Workhouse: A Social History
A year after the re-opening of the workhouse at Southwell by the National Trust, this book fills the gap and tells the full story from its first beginnings in Elizabethan times until the final reluctant demise of 'the union' in the 1940s.
Circumstances force eight-year-old Sarah and her widowed mother to enter the notorious St Giles and St George's Workhouse.
Complete history of food and of cooking in the workhouse in England, Ireland and Scotland
10
The
workhouse: a study of poor-law buildings in England
Morrison and the RCHME present a typology of poor-law workhouses with plans and photographs, in an attempt to record these decaying structures before they are completely lost. Tables catalogue the location of workhouses across England.
Kathryn Morrison, English Heritage, 1999
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WORKHOUSE»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
workhouse is used in the context of the following news items.
2 owners of Lake Elmo electrical company to do workhouse time for …
Clifton was sentenced to 270 days in the Hennepin County workhouse and five years' probation. Standafer received 210 days in the workhouse and three years' ... «Minneapolis Star Tribune, May 15»
The Workhouse beckons for Ann Widdecombe
But, tonight, the six celebrities face the rigours of the institution which cast a lasting legacy on British history... the Workhouse. There were no rewards for those ... «The Northern Echo, May 15»
7 corrections officers fired by City of St. Louis
ST. LOUIS (KTVI) – Seven corrections officers at the city workhouse jail have been fired. Officials say it's for retaliating against an inmate who assaulted a ... «fox2now.com, May 15»
Protesters, former inmates want the St. Louis workhouse to close
ST. LOUIS • About 20 people rallied at the steps of City Hall on Tuesday, many of them asking that the City Workhouse jail at 7600 North Hall Street be closed. «STLtoday.com, Mar 15»
Grave containing thousands of bodies found at Eastville site
Bristol Radical History Group (BRHG) spotted a disused burial ground at the 19th century Eastville workhouse site on a 1902 Ordnance Survey map. The group ... «BBC News, Jan 15»
Driver sentenced to workhouse in fatal pond crash
The woman who drove her car into a retention pond and killed two of five children in the vehicle was sentenced to 30 days in the workhouse. The sentence came ... «KARE, Dec 14»
The Kerry workhouse girls who became Australian pioneers
What is your first reaction in hearing that 4,000 girls and young women were sent from workhouses all over Ireland to Australia in the post-Famine years, under ... «Irish Times, Nov 14»
6 months in the workhouse for man who shot at couple outside gay bar
As well as workhouse and probation punishments, Odegard was also ordered to undergo a chemical dependency evaluation, the county attorney's office says, ... «Rick Kupchella's BringMeTheNews, Nov 14»
Wayzata couple sent to workhouse for fraud tied to failed Orono project
A Wayzata couple behind a derailed Orono commercial construction project were each sentenced to a year in the Hennepin County workhouse Thursday for ... «Minneapolis Star Tribune, Nov 14»
The Great Workhouse Bake-Off: Revealed, how Mary Berry's great …
Mr Houghton - a relation on Mrs Berry's mother's side - supplied the workhouse with between 700 and 800 loaves daily, although a local newspaper report from ... «Daily Mail, Aug 14»
