LONDON (Reuters) - The National Archives and the National Trust launched a new Web site on Wednesday offering a glimpse into the often cruel life of a workhouse in the Victorian age. Workhouses were ...

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 ...

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 ...

A surprising world record lies hidden below ground in a Sussex town ...