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The Workhouse Encyclopedia
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Author : Peter Higginbotham
language : en
Publisher: The History Press
Release Date : 2012-03-01
The Workhouse Encyclopedia written by Peter Higginbotham and has been published by The History Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-03-01 with Social Science categories.
This fascinating, fully illustrated volume is the definitive guide to every aspect of the workhouse and of the poor relief system in which it played a pivotal part. Compiled by Peter Higginbotham, one of Britain's best-known experts on the subject, this A-Z cornucopia covers everything from the 1725 publication An Account of Several Work-houses to the South African Zulu admitted to Fulham Road Workhouse in 1880. With hundreds of fascinating anecdotes, plus priceless information for researchers including workhouse locations throughout the British Isles, useful websites and archive repository details, maps, plans, original workhouse publications and an extensive bibliography, it will delight family historians and general readers alike. Where was my local workhouse? What records did they keep? What is gruel and is it really what inmates lived on? How did you get out of a workhouse? What famous people were once workhouse inmates? Are there any workhouse buildings I can visit? If these are the kinds of questions you've ever wanted to know the answer to, then this is the book for you.
Voices From The Workhouse
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Author : Peter Higginbotham
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012
Voices From The Workhouse written by Peter Higginbotham and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with History categories.
Voices from the Workhouse tells the real inside story of the workhouse in the words of those who experienced the institution at first hand, either as inmates or through some other connection with the institution. Using a wide variety of sources including letters, poems, graffiti, autobiography, official reports, testimony at official inquiries, and oral history, Peter Higginbotham creates a vivid portrait of what really went on behind the doors of the workhouse--all the sights, sounds, and smells of the place, and the effect it had on those whose lives it touched. Was the workhouse the cruel and inhospitable place as which it's often presented, or was there more to it than that? This book lets those who knew the place provide the answer.
On The Road
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Author : Peter Higginbotham
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2017-09-12
On The Road written by Peter Higginbotham and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-09-12 with categories.
'On the Road' makes available in a single volume three major first-hand accounts of visits to the casual wards (overnight accommodation for tramps, vagrants and other wayfarers) at dozens of English workhouses between 1928 and 1935. Its shocking revelations about the treatment of the inmates of these institutions led to material improvements in conditions. The book includes an introduction to the casual ward by Peter Higginbotham, a well-known author and researcher on the the workhouse system.
A Grim Almanac Of The Workhouse
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Author : Peter Higginbotham
language : en
Publisher: History Press
Release Date : 2013
A Grim Almanac Of The Workhouse written by Peter Higginbotham and has been published by History Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with Great Britain categories.
For two centuries, the shadow of the workhouse hung over Britain. The recourse of only the most desperate, dark, and terrible tales of malnutrition, misery, mistreatment, and murder ran like wildfire through the poorer classes, who lived in terror of being forced inside the institution's towering walls--and, as this collection proves, all of them were true! This book contains 365 incredible tales of fires, drownings, explosions, and disasters, infamous scandals such as the Andover affair--where inmates were forced to eat the bones they were supposed to be crushing to ward off starvation--and sickening tales of abuse, assault, bodysnatching, poisonings, post mortems, and murder. Accompanied by 70 rare and wonderful illustrations, this book will thrill, fascinate, sadden, and unnerve in equal measure.
Indoor Paupers By One Of Them
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Author : One of Them
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Pub
Release Date : 2013-01-28
Indoor Paupers By One Of Them written by One of Them and has been published by Createspace Independent Pub this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-01-28 with History categories.
Now available for the first time in more than a century, this unique book provides an insider's view of life inside a London workhouse in the 1880s. Originally published anonymously, a new preface by Peter Higginbotham uncovers the identity of the author and that of the workhouse he describes. The book, the only full-length account of workhouse life through an inmate's eyes, includes fascinating details of the characters who inhabited the institution and the sometimes nefarious practices engaged in by its staff.
Children S Homes
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Author : Peter Higginbotham
language : en
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
Release Date : 2017-07-30
Children S Homes written by Peter Higginbotham and has been published by Casemate Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-07-30 with History categories.
What image does the word orphanage conjure up in your mind? A sunny scene of carefree children at play in the grounds of a large ivy-clad house? Or a forbidding grey edifice whose cowering inmates were ruled over with a rod of iron by a stern, starched matron? In Children's Homes, Peter Higginbotham explores the history of the institutions in Britain that were used as a substitute for childrens natural homes. From the Tudor times to the present day, this fascinating book answers questions such as: Who founded and ran all these institutions? Who paid for them? Where have they all gone? And what was life like for their inmates? Illustrated throughout, Children's Homes provides an essential, previously overlooked, account of the history of these British institutions.
Life In A Victorian Workhouse
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Author : Peter Higginbotham
language : en
Publisher: Pitkin Unichrome, Limited
Release Date : 2011
Life In A Victorian Workhouse written by Peter Higginbotham and has been published by Pitkin Unichrome, Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Poor categories.
Life in a Victorian workhouse
The Workhouse
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Author : Norman Longmate
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2003
The Workhouse written by Norman Longmate and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Almshouses categories.
The British workhouse is the stuff of literature and legend. But what exactly was it? Surprisingly, no full-scale history of the workhouse has ever been written. Here, historian Norman Longmate tells the full story, from its beginnings in Elizabethan times until its demise in the 1940s, though mainly concentrating on the Victorian workhouse in the years of its tarnished glory. He describes the circumstances in the 1830s that led to the opening of 600 new workhouses--an event that met with astonishingly little opposition among reformers. He also records the riots, the protests, and the pleadings with which the poor challenged their virtual enslavement, and the misery of their daily lives when they were finally incarcerated within the workhouse walls.
The Workhouse Cookbook
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Author : Peter Higginbotham
language : en
Publisher: History Publishing Group
Release Date : 2008
The Workhouse Cookbook written by Peter Higginbotham and has been published by History Publishing Group this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Almshouses categories.
This wonderfully evocative read explores every aspect of life - and diet - in the workhouse. Including a complete reprint of the 1901 Manual of Workhouse Cookery, and with more than 100 photographs, recipes, plans and dietary tables, it is a shocking, surprising and utterly unique guide to one of the most notorious establishments of the past.The dark history of the institution - scandals, riots and, on occasion, the near starvation of the inmates - is explored in depth. With sections on subjects as varied as the special diets for children, the elderly and the sick, the treatment of troublemakers, life in the Scottish and Irish equivalents, and Christmas Day in the workhouse - including how to make Christmas pudding for 300 - this book will delight cooks, epicureans and lovers of history everywhere.
The Workhouse
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Author : Simon Fowler
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Release Date : 2014-09-11
The Workhouse written by Simon Fowler and has been published by Pen and Sword this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-09-11 with History categories.
The stories of those who lived in the shadow of the workhouse'??During the nineteenth century the workhouse cast a shadow over the lives of the poor. The destitute and the desperate sought refuge within its forbidding walls. And it was an ever-present threat if poor families failed to look after themselves properly. As a result a grim mythology has grown up about the horrors of the 'house' and the mistreatment meted out to the innocent pauper. ??In this fully-updated and revised edition of his bestselling book, Simon Fowler takes a fresh look at the workhouse and the people who sought help from it. He looks at how the system of the Poor Law _ of which the workhouse was a key part _ was organised and the men and women who ran the workhouses or were employed to care for the inmates.??But above all this is the moving story of the tens of thousands of children, men, women and the elderly who were forced to endure grim conditions to survive in an unfeeling world.??'A poignant account ... draws powerfully on letters from The National Archives ... [Simon Fowler] brings out the horror, but it is fair-minded to those struggling to be humane within an inhumane system,' The Independent??'A good introduction,' The Guardian.??The history of workhouses and poverty ('misery history') has recently been prominently covered on TV shows like WDYTYA? and ITV's Secrets from the Workhouse, and referenced in historical dramas like The Village and Ripper Street.