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GCSE History · key term
An institution providing food and shelter to people unable to support themselves, under strict rules and with work required from those able to perform it.
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Paper 1
Revise: The Whitechapel Environment: Living Conditions and MigrationWorkhouses provided food and shelter for people unable to support themselves, including the poor, sick, disabled and orphaned children. Whitechapel’s workhouse on South Grove was built in 1871 and could accommodate up to 800 residents.
An institution providing accommodation and relief for people who could not support themselves.
For a source follow-up, choose a precise detail, ask a related question and explain how a suitable source could answer it. Workhouse accounts, for example, could help investigate spending on food.
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Paper 1
An institution where people in poverty received accommodation and support, usually under harsh conditions and with work required from those able to do it.
Revise: Liberal reformsThe workhouse had been a feared source of support for people unable to maintain themselves. Pensions helped older people remain outside it and offered greater independence and dignity. The government deliberately sought to separate pensions from the stigma associated with Poor Law relief.