It’s not uncommon in Minnesota to see a news story about someone being sentenced to “the workhouse.” But what is a workhouse? It turns out Minnesota is one of the only states still using this term, ...

A new short film has been made about the history of Lisnaskea workhouse and famine graveyard. The film, which is available on YouTube, tells the story of this important period of local history.

Just east of the old Union Hotel in Jefferson Landing and at the base of the hill beneath the Governor's Mansion are the remnants of a bygone era. A limestone south wall is all that remains of the old ...

Today it is home to Nottingham's premier shopping centre and before that, it was where the city's train station was. But before that, a workhouse stood on this site in the city centre for nearly 180 ...

The Master’s House at Y Dolydd, Llanfyllin Workhouse, has been awarded £31,000 from the National Lottery Heritage Fundtowards repairing the roof of the building, which stands at the heart of the ...

“They used to call them blackberry men, because they ate the blackberries off the bushes,” South East Galway Irish Rural Development Manager Ursula Marmion explains, “Knights of the road, itinerant ...

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Originally the Eccleshall Workhouse, the building’s intriguing past as a place of refuge for the poor had largely been forgotten - until now. Thanks to the newly opened Staffordshire History Centre, ...