The Medium Security Institution, commonly called the Workhouse, has been in the news recently again, as activists continue to fight for its closure. But the history of the prison, now located on Hall ...

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When Wayne Ashcroft had the chance to buy and transform a former Victorian workhouse into five luxury homes, he didn’t ...

Sir Tony Robinson visits excavations of the workhouse that inspired Charles Dickens' 'Oliver Twist'. To find out more, do check out the websites of some of our expert contributors: A big thanks to ...

Along the River Avon in southwest England, the city of Bristol has centuries of history. The harbor town was first incorporated in 1155, and soon became a major port through the export of wool from ...

The site once held a prisoner-of-war camp and a cholera hospital before being converted into a Victorian workhouse, archaeologists said. Screengrab from Cotswold Archaeology's Facebook post Along the ...