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- Learn more:✕This summary was generated using AI based on multiple online sources. To view the original source information, use the "Learn more" links.workhouse, institution to provide employment for paupers and sustenance for the infirm, found in England from the 17th through the 19th century and also in such countries as the Netherlands and in colonial America.www.britannica.com/topic/workhouseA workhouse or poorhouse is a publicly maintained facility for the support and housing of poor persons, typically run by a local government entity such as a county or municipality. Institutions of this nature were founded in seventeenth-century England and were also widespread in the United States in the nineteenth century.www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/WorkhouseIn Britain, the workhouse was an institution that was intended to provide work and shelter for those unable to support themselves financially. The workhouse system in England and Wales evolved in the 17th century and was designed to deal with the pressing issue of pauperism.www.msn.com/en-ca/news/other/the-reality-of-life-i…
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Workhouse - Wikipedia
In Britain and Ireland, a workhouse (Welsh: tloty lit. "poor-house") was an institution where those unable to support themselves financially were offered accommodation and employment. In Scotland, they were usually known as poorhouses. The earliest known use of the term workhouse is … See more
Medieval to Early Modern period
The Statute of Cambridge 1388 was an attempt to address the labour shortage caused by the Black Death, a devastating pandemic that killed about one-third of England's … See moreA second major wave of workhouse construction began in the mid-1860s, the result of a damning report by the Poor Law inspectors on the conditions found in infirmaries in London … See more
The New Poor Law Commissioners were very critical of existing workhouses, and generally insisted that they be replaced. They complained in particular that "in by far the greater number of cases, it is a large almshouse, in which the young are trained in idleness, … See more
The Poor Law was not designed to address the issue of poverty, which was considered to be the inevitable lot for most people; rather it … See more
The "dramatic possibilities" of the workhouse provided the inspiration for several artists including Charles West Cope, whose Board Day Application for Bread (1841), … See more
• Crompton, Frank (1997). Workhouse Children: Infant and Child Paupers Under the Worcestershire Poor Law, 1780–1871. Sutton Publishing. See more
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WEBApr 25, 2021 · Historians are still debating when exactly the workhouse system came to an end. Some date its demise to 1930 when the Board of Guardians system was abolished and many workhouses were …
Workhouse - New World Encyclopedia
WEBThe workhouse system began to evolve in the seventeenth century as a way for parishes to decrease the amount of poor-rate taxes. The 1723 passing of the Workhouse Test Act made it possible for parishes to offer …
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WEBHowever, the workhouse gradually began to evolve in the seventeenth century as the alternative option of "indoor relief", both to save the parish money, and also as a deterrent to the able-bodied who could be …
How gruelling was the Victorian workhouse?
WEBNov 9, 2021 · The Victorian workhouse first came about as a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act. This act transferred the administration of poor relief from individual parishes to a coordinated national system …
The Changing Face of the Workhouse: 'Asylums in …
WEBThe Changing Face of the Workhouse: 'Asylums in everything but…'. This section describes the workhouses built after the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, designed to punish the 'work-shy' with their harsh …
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WEBThe new Workhouse set out to make the system more efficient by bringing the poor into the Workhouse and providing them with food and shelter in return for them working. Workhouses were managed by local …
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