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How cruel was the Victorian workhouse?

An examination of the laws that created workhouses, how they obtained such a negative reputation and if this reputation is justified

Waiting for admission to St Marylebone Workhouse, London, 1903
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AQA 1F  Industrialisation and the people: Britain, c.1783–1885

Edexcel Paper 1, Option 1D  Britain, c.1785–c.1870: democracy, protest and reform

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