“Dickens walked past the workhouse probably every day as a young man,” said Cogar. “The contemporary parallel you could draw is people who are long-term homeless, ...

The Dickens family's first home was very close to the Cleveland Street workhouse. The original property still stands and bears a blue plaque explaining its connection to Britain's most beloved author.

Discoveries suggest St Pancras workhouse that may have inspired work of Charles Dickens was intended to be place of comfort Over its 200-year history, its premises were cramped and overcrowded ...

Workhouses were immortalised by Dickens' novels, including this famous scene in Oliver Twist The workhouse was originally built at the site in 1809, and included gardens, infirmaries and a nursery.

The workhouse that Dickens took on in Oliver Twist was one of the most prominent liberal programs of his day. Today it’s hard to think of the book’s cruel overseers as being progressive.

Peter Higginbotham, a workhouse historian, notes on his website: "Robert Blincoe, on whose story Dickens' Oliver Twist may be based, was a child inmate of the workhouse, which was overcrowded and ...

A 200-year-old London workhouse thought to have inspired Charles Dickens may not have started out as inhospitable as its reputation suggests. Archaeologists from the Museum of London Archaeology ...