If you became orphaned, elderly, sick, disabled or were simply unable to find work in Victorian London, then you may have found yourself in the workhouse. Until the Poor Law Amendment Act 1834 ...

Experts from the Museum of London Archaeology (MOLA) visited the 200-year-old workhouse and were left astonished to uncover "a significant portion of these original buildings".

The British government announced Monday it has given protected status to a former workhouse thought to have inspired Charles Dickens’ “Oliver Twist,” a move that should save the b… ...

LONDON, ENGLAND—According to a report in The Guardian, Gwilym Williams of the Museum of London Archaeology (MOLA) and his colleagues have excavated the site of London’s infamous St. Pancras ...

The workhouses, where so many of the poor ended up, had been closed (officially) for more than 20 years, but the east London Worth describes, with its bug-infested tenements, its women worn out ...

Campaigners celebrate a "milestone" in their fight to save an 18th Century workhouse in central London earmarked for demolition.

Campaigners celebrate a "milestone" in their fight to save an 18th Century workhouse in central London earmarked for demolition.

Campaigners celebrate a "milestone" in their fight to save an 18th Century workhouse in central London earmarked for demolition.