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Workhouse Publications

General Works

• Anonymous (1732) An Account of Several Work-Houses for Employing and Maintaining the Poor, Setting Forth the Rules by Which They Are Governed.
• Anonymous (1885) Indoor Paupers, by One of Them
• Anstruther, I. (1973) The Scandal of the Andover Workhouse
• Aschrott, P. F. and Great, B. (1902) The English Poor Law System, Past and Present
• Ayers, G. (1971) England's First State Hospitals 1867-1930
• Bartley, S. G. C. T. (1876) A Handy Book for Guardians of the Poor: Being a Complete Manual of the Duties of the Office, the Treatment of Typical Cases, with Practical Examples, Etc. Etc
• Baxter, G. R. W. (1841) The Book of the Bastiles, or, the History of the Working of the New Poor Law
• Brundage, A. (1978) The Making of the New Poor Law: The Politics of Inquiry, Enactment and Implementation, 1832-39
• Brundage, A. (2001) The English Poor Laws, 1700-1930
• Chance, W. (1897) Children under the Poor Law
• Cole, A. (2000) An Introduction to Poor Law Documents before 1834
• Coll, G. and Adams, J. (2005) The Hollies - a Home for Children
• Cousins, D. L. (1847) Extracts from the Diary of a Workhouse Chaplain
• Crane, D. (1910) A Vicarious Vagabond
• Crowther, M. A. (1981) The Workhouse System, 1834-1929: The History of an English Social Institution
• Driver, F. (1993) Power and Pauperism: The Workhouse System, 1834-1884
• Eden, F. M. S. (1797) The State of the Poor: Or, an History of the Labouring Classes in England
• Edsall, N. C. (1971) The Anti-Poor Law Movement, 1834-44
• Edwards, G. Z. (1910) A Vicar as Vagrant
• Englander, D. (1998) Poverty and Poor Law Reform In19th Century Britain: From Chadwick to Booth, 1834-1914
• Fideler, P. A. (2003) Social Welfare in Early Modern England: The Old Poor Law Tradition
• Fowler, S. (2008) Workhouse
• Fraser, D. (1976) The New Poor Law in the Nineteenth Century
• Grace, D. (2000) The Great Famine in Nenagh Poor Law Union Co. Tipperary
• Greenwood, J. (1866) A Night in a Workhouse
• Hatcher, D. (1988) The Workhouse and the Weald
• Haw, G. (1907) From Workhouse to Westminster, the Life Story of Will Crooks, M.P
• Hepburn, J. (2000) A Book of Scattered Leaves: Poetry of Poverty in Broadside Ballads of Nineteenth-Century England (Volume 1)
• Hey, D. G. (1968) The Village of Ecclesfield
• Higginbotham, P. (2008) The Workhouse Cookbook
• Higginbotham, P. (2011) Life in a Victorian Workhouse
• Higginbotham, P. (2012) The Workhouse Encyclopedia
• Higginbotham, P. (ed.)(2012) Voices from the Workhouse — the words of those who experienced the workhouse at first hand
• Higginbotham, P. (ed.)(2013) A Grim Almanac of the Workhouse
• Higginbotham, P. (ed.)(2018) On the Road — first-hand accounts of visits to the casual wards of 50 English workhouses in 1928 and 1935.
• Higgs, M. (1906) Glimpses into the Abyss
• Higgs, M. (2007) Life in the Victorian and Edwardian Workhouse
• Hodgkinson, R. G. (1967) The Origins of the National Health Service: The Medical Services of the New Poor Law, 1834-1871
• Holmes, R. (1974) That Alarming Malady
• Johnston, V. J. (1985) Diet in Workhouses and Prisons, 1835-1895
• Knott, J. W. (1986) Popular Opposition to the 1834 Poor Law
• Lees, L. H. (1998) The Solidarities of Strangers: The English Poor Laws and the People, 1700-1948
• Leonard, E. M. (1900) The Early History of English Poor Relief
• London, J. (1903) The People of the Abyss
• Longmate, N. (2003) The Workhouse: A Social History
• Lumley, W. G. (1869) Master and Matron of the Workhouse
• Mackay, T. and Nicholls, G. (1904) A History of the English Poor Law: Being a Supplementary Volume to 'a History of the English Poor Law', by Sir George Nicholls
• Marland, H. (1987) Medicine and Society in Wakefield and Huddersfield: 1780-1870
• Marshall, D. (1926) The English Poor in the Eighteenth Century: A Study in Social and Administrative History
• Maude, W. C. (1903) The Poor Law Handbook
• May, T. (1997) The Victorian Workhouse
• Means, R. and Smith, R. (1998) From Poor Law to Community Care
• Morrison, K. (1999) The Workhouse: A Study of Poor Law Buildings in England
• Murdoch, L. (2006) Imagined Orphans: Poor Families, Child Welfare, and Contested Citizenship in London
• Murray, P. (1999) Poverty and Welfare 1830-1914
• Nicholls, G. (1854) A History of the English Poor Law: In Connexion with the Legislation and Other Circumstances Affecting the Condition of the People: Ad 924 to 1714.
• Nicholls, G. (1854) A History of the English Poor Law: In Connexion with the Legislation and Other Circumstances Affecting the Condition of the People: Ad 1714 to 1853.
• O'Brien, E. (1977) Pauper in the Palace
• Oxley, G. W. (1974) Poor Relief in England and Wales: 1601-1834
• Peckham, A. and Humby, G. (1999) From the Workhouse to the Pye House: A History of Bromley Common
• Percival, T. (1911) Poor Law Children
• Poynter, J. R. (1969) Society and Pauperism: English Ideas on Poor Relief, 1795-1834
• Rees, R. (2001) Poverty and Public Health, 1815-1948
• Richardson, H. (1998) English Hospitals 1660-1948: A Survey of Their Architecture and Design
• Richardson, R. (1987) Death, Dissection and the Destitute
• Richardson, R. (2012) Dickens and the Workhouse: Oliver Twist and the London Poor
• Rimmer, J. (1986) Yesterday's Naughty Children: Training Ship, Girls' Reformatory and Farm School: A History of the Liverpool Reformatory Association, Founded in 1855
• Rose, M. E. (1971) The English Poor Law, 1780-1930
• Shave, S. A. (2017) Pauper Policies: Poor Law Practice in England, 1780-1850
• Slack, P. (1995) The English Poor Law, 1531-1782
• Snell, H. S. (1881) Charitable and Parochial Establishments
• Stallard, J. S. (1866) The Female Casual and Her Lodging.
• Stanhope-Brown, J. (1989) A Styal of Its Own (1894-1964)
• Twining, L. (1880) Recollections of Workhouse Visiting and Management During Twenty-Five Years
• Valentine, R. and Riverside Mental Health Trust. (1996) Asylum, Hospital, Haven: A History of Horton Hospital
• Wakefield, H. R. and Webb, B. M. (1909) The Minority Report of the Poor Law Commission
• Waller, J. (2006) The Real Oliver Twist: Robert Blincoe - a Life That Illuminates an Age
• Webb, S. and Webb, B. (1910) English Poor Law Policy
• Webb, S. and Webb, B. P. (1929) English Poor Law History. Part Ii: The Last Hundred Years
• Webb, S. J., Webb, B. (1909) The Public Organisation of the Labour Market: Being Part Two of the Minority Report of the Poor Law Commission
• Williams, K. (1981) From Pauperism to Poverty
• Wood, P. (1991) Poverty and the Workhouse in Victorian Britain
• Worth, J. (2005) Shadows of the Workhouse
• Wyrall, E. (1909) The Spike.

Local Studies

Regional Publications

• Higginbotham, P. (2006) Workhouses of the North
• Higginbotham, P. (2007) Workhouses of the Midlands

Bedfordshire

• Cashman, B. (1988) Private Charity and the Public Purse: Development of Bedford General Hospital, 1794-1988
• Emmison, F. G. (1933) The Relief of the Poor at Eaton Socon, 1706-1834

Berkshire

• Railton, M. (1994) Early Medical Services — Berkshire and South Oxfordshire from 1740
• Railton, M. and Barr, M. (2005) Battle Workhouse and Hospital 1867-2005
• Tuddenham, A. (1995) Dear Mother: The Story of a Letter, Written in 1840, at the Eton Union Workhouse, Slough

Cambridgeshire

• Barclay-Munro, B. and Cook, H. E. (1991) Workhouse to Housework
• Bevis, T. (2009) From Workhouse to Hospital: Illustrated Reminiscences of Doddington Hospital
• Denton, A. (1986) Ely Union Workhouse
• Hampson, E. M. (1934) The Treatment of Poverty in Cambridgeshire, 1597-1834
• Heasman, D. and Melleney, J. R. (1996) 160 Years of Service to the Community: A History of Newmarket General Hospital
• Murphy, M. J. (1978) Poverty in Cambridgeshire
• Workers' Educational Association. (1978) In and out of the Workhouse: The Coming of the New Poor Law to Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire

Cheshire

• Jones, J., Brigg, P. M. H. and Ferrets, M. (1999) Macclesfield Workhouse
• Langley, M. and Langley, G. (1993) At the Crossroads: A History of Arclid Workhouse and Hospital
• Langstaff, R. (2010) Cruel Shelter: Macclesfield's Workhouses 1836-45
• Northwich District Heritage Society (1999) Cold Comfort at the Northwich Union Workhouse
• Rochester, M. (1988) The Northwich Poor Law Union and Workhouse

Cornwall

• Hutton, P. (2000) The Launceston Union Workhouse
• Philp, T. (2005) A Social History of Bodmin Union Workhouse

Derbyshire

• Middleton, L. R. (2002) Born into Poverty: Derby Workhouse
• Powell, J. (1999) The Hayfield Union Workhouse: A History

Devon

• German, A. (1986) The Land of Goschen: Life in the Totnes Union Workhouse 1869-1870
• Norman, V. (2003) Scattered Homes, Broken Hearts
• Wheeleker, S. and Eyles, S. (1991) Poor Relief in Devon: Two Studies

Dorset

• Dorset Countryside Treasures (1980) Dorset Workhouses
• Lindner, R. (1998) From a Workhouse with Infirmary to an Nhs Hospital: A Historical Study of the First 10 Years of Christchurch Hospital as an Nhs Hospital
• Newman, S. (2000) The Christchurch and Bournemouth Union Workhouse

Durham

• Reid, D. S. (1981) Durham under the Old Poor Law: Illustrative Documents

Essex

• Cuttle, G. (1934) The Legacy of the Rural Guardians: A Study of Conditions in Mid-Essex
• Drury, J. O. (2006) Essex Workhouses
• Edwards, C. (2010) Lexden and Winstree Union Workhouse
• Moore, I. S. (1999) Oldchurch: The Workhouse Story: How It All Began
• Noordin, R. M. (1929) Through a Workhouse Window, Being a Brief Summary of Three Years Spent by the Youngest Member of a Board of Guardians in the Course of His Duties

Gloucestershire

• Alcock, P. (1992) Whispers from the Workhouse: The Story of 'the Spike' [Chipping Sodbury]
• Cary, J. (1700) An Account of the Proceedings of the Corporation of Bristol in Execution of the Act of Parliament for the Better Employing and Maintaining the Poor of That City
• Large, D. (1995) Bristol and the New Poor Law
• Summers, M. and Bowman, S. (1995) Of Poor Law, Patients and Professionals: A History of Bristol's Southmead Hospital
• Townley, C. (2009) Stroud Workhouse - a Danger to Sick People

Hampshire

• Cannon, J. (1992) Lymington Infirmary: From the Poor Law to the NHS
• Cook, J. and Eastleigh and District Local History, S. (1997) Eastleigh, the Guardians and Poor Relief
• Pitcher, A. (1985) Illustrated History of Winchfield and the Hospital
• Raffo, E. H. (2000) 'Half a Loaf' - the Care of the Sick and Poor at South Stoneham 1664-1948
• Smith, J. O. (1993) One Monday in November: The Story of the Selborne and Headley Workhouse Riots of 1830
• Society, E. a. D. L. H. (2003) Leigh House - Chandlers Ford Workhouse

Herefordshire

• Elliott, N. (1985) Dore Workhouse in Victorian Times
• Morgan, C. and Briffett (1998) The Ross Union Workhouse, 1836 - 1914
• Powell, C. J. (2000) The Implementation of the New Poor Law in Herefordshire 1834-1855.

Hertfordshire

• Gutchen, R. M., Jones, A. and Peters, G. (1984) Down and out in Hertfordshire: A Symposium on the Old and New Poor Law.

Kent

• Allinson, H. (2005) Life in the Workhouse - the Story of Milton Union, Kent
• Arthur, A., Boreham, P. and Porteus, G. (1984) Crime and Poverty in the Dartford Area 1480-1900
• Gilham, J. C. (1991) The Isle of Thanet Union Workhouse
• Cole, J. (1994) Down Poorhouse Lane: The Diary of a Rochdale Workhouse

Lancashire

• Connor, B. (1989) A Paupers' Palace: A History of Fishpool Institution (Bolton District General Hospital) 1860-1948
• Edwards, G. (1975) The Road to Barlow Moor: The Story of Withington Hospital, Manchester
• Forrest, D. (2001) Warrington's Poor and the Workhouse 1725 - 1851
• Greenwood, M. (1996) Springfield Hospital - the Human History
• Hall, S. (2004) Workhouses and Hospitals of North Manchester
• Hurst, P. (2009) A History of Prescot Union Workhouse, Whiston, Lancashire
• Lofthouse, F. H. (2001) Keepers of the House: A Workhouse Saga [Clitheroe]
• Macwilliam, H. H. (1965) Memories of Walton Hospital, Liverpool
• Midwinter, E. C. (1969) Social Administration in Lancashire, 1830-1860: Poor Law, Public Health and Police
• Mullineux, C. E. (1966) Pauper and Poorhouse: Study of the Administration of the Poor Laws in a Lancashire Parish
• Underwood, B. (2008) Ormskirk: Workhouse, Two World Wars, Nhs Hospital
• Whitehead, J. (2006) Lost Children; Ulverston Workhouse in the 19th Century
• Wilson, M. D. (1976) The Paupers of Leigh: Their Persecution and Poor Relief, 1660-1860

Lincolnshire

• Painter, B. (2000) Upon the Parish Rate: The Story of Louth Workhouse and the Paupers of East Lindsey
• Russell, R., Frankish, A. and Frankish, P. (1993) The House of Industry, Caistor
• Udell, J. (2005) The Legacy of the Workhouse - Harsh Prison or Popular Myth [Louth and Caistor Workhouses 1834-1925]

London

• Adams, J. and Coll, G. (1999) The History of Shirley Oaks Children's Home
• Barnes, W. (1996) Down in the Battle of Life: Bermondsey Union Workhouse
• Brown, K. (1994) Workhouse to Hospital: The Experience of Paddington General from Infirmary to St Mary's Hospital, Harrow Road
• Cleminson, F. (1983) Beyond Recall: The Making of Mile End Hospital
• Connelly, A. (1979) The Pauper's Paradise: Poor Relief in Hammersmith 1899-1907
• Drage, A., Connell, J., Dacre, J., et al. (1985) The Hospital on the Hill: The Story of Whittington Hospital.
• Gibson, O. (2006) Indoor Relief: A Diary of the Life and Times of a London Workhouse
• Goodman, J. and John Innes, S. (1989) "The Unfortunate Infants": An Account of the Bermondsey Poor Law Institution for Children at the Old Church House, Merton, 1820-1845
• Green, D. R. (2010) Pauper Capital
• Higginbotham, P. (2019) Workhouses of London and the South East
• Hitchcock, T., Ed. (1987) Richard Hutton's Complaints Book: The Notebook of the Steward of the Quaker Workhouse at Clerkenwell 1711-1737
• Hughes, B. (1991) From Workhouse to Hospital: The Story of St. Mary Abbots Hospital, Kensington
• Lees, L. H. (1988) Poverty and Pauperism in Nineteenth-Century London
• Marshall, G. (1998) Beechholme: The School on Banstead's Breezy Downs
• Monnington, W. and Lampard, F. J. (1898) Our London Poor Law Schools
• Montair, P. (1995) Swelling Grounds: A History of Hackney Workhouse (1729-1929)
• Morley, B. G. and Southwark . Borough, C. (1969) A History of Newington Lodge, 1849-1969
• Neate, A. R. (2003) St Marylebone Workhouse and Institution, 1730-1965
• Rogers, J. and Rogers, J. E. T. (1889) Joseph Rogers, M. D: Reminiscences of a Workhouse Medical Officer
• Stewart, S. (c. 1980) The Central London District Schools 1856-1933: A Short History

London and Area - Metropolitan Asylums Board

• Ayers, G. (1971) England's First State Hospitals 1867-1930
• Diplock, M. (1990) The History of Leavesden Hospital
• Earl, E. (1996) Queen Mary's Hospital for Children (Volume 1)
• Powell, A. (1930) The Metropolitan Asylums Board and Its Work, 1867-1930.

Middlesex

• Avery, D. (1967) Charity Begins at Home: Edmonton Workhouse Committee 1732-37
• Black, M. (1993) West Middlesex University Hospital - a History
• Boudier, G. (2003) History of the North Middlesex University Hospital
• Gray, J. D. A. (1963) The Central Middlesex Hospital
• Richardson, S. I. (1971) A History of the Edmonton Poor Law Union 1837-1854
• Webb, C. R. (2006) A Guide to Middlesex Parish Documents (Including Poor Law Records)
• Wingfield, H. (2003) The Workhouse and Hospital at Hillingdon (Middlesex) 1744-1967

Norfolk

• Bilyard, J. (1987) Hales Hospital - a History - Workhouse to Hospital.
• Crowley, J. and Reid, A. (1983) The Poor Law in Norfolk, 1700-1850: A Collection of Source Material
• Digby, A. (1978) Pauper Palaces
• Pope, S. (2006) Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse
• Reid, A. (1994) The Union Workhouse: A Study Guide for Teachers and Local Historians
• Serreau, A. (2000) Times and Years - a History of the Blofield Union Workhouse at Lingwood in the County of Norfolk

Northumberland

• Bowen, J. M. (2005) 'a Poor Little House...': The Story of Belford Union Workhouse and Its People from 1836 to 1930
• Hurrell, G. and Harlan, G. P. (1996) History of Newcastle General Hospital

Nottinghamshire

• Becher, J. T. (1834) The Anti-Pauper System
• Caplan, M. (1984) In the Shadow of the Workhouse: The Implementation of the New Poor Law Throughout Nottinghamshire, 1836-46
• Clark, D. (1969) The Early Days of Retford Workhouse
• MacFine, J. (1984) Bagthorpe to the City - the Story of Nottingham Hospital
• Smith, S. (2002) The Workhouse, Southwell: Nottinghamshire

Oxfordshire

• Alasia, V. (2000) The Henley Union Workhouse 1834 - 61: National Authority V Local Autonomy?
• Brown, H. (2008) Gallon Loaves and Fustian Frocks: The Wantage Union and Workhouse 1835-1900
• Gray, F. (1931) The Tramp
• Mason, E. (1997) Headington Union and the New Poor Law, 1834 - 1933

Somerset

• Griffiths, K. (2005) Workhouse - Brief Glimpses of the Poor Law and Life inside the Clutton Union House
• Hurley, J. (1974) Rattle His Bones [Williton and Dulverton Workhouses]
• Jenkins, P. (1988) Priory Hospital Wells - an Illustrated History to Commemorate Its First 150 Years
• Munckton, T. (1994) Somerset Paupers: Unremembered Lives
• Randell, P. W. (2010) Life in a Rural Workhouse: Wincanton Workhouse Somerset, 1834-1900

Staffordshire

• Anonymous (1968) Poor Relief in Staffordshire 1662-1840
• Bailey, S. (1987) My Childhood in the Workhouse
• Baker, D. (1984) Workhouses in the Potteries
• Carpenter, P. B. (1998) A History of Walsall Hospitals (1838-1998)
• Leighfield, E. J. (1978) The History of St Michael's Hospital, Lichfield
• Shaw, C. (1903) When I Was a Child
• Walton, P. (1989) A Peep into the Past - Being a History of the Premises Forming the Leek Moorlands Hospital

Suffolk

• Hardy, S. M. (2001) The House on the Hill: The Samford House of Industry, 1764-1930
• Plumridge, P. (1998) Riches and Rags: The History of a Site in College Street, Bury St. Edmunds 1480-1997
• Whitehand, R. (2007) At the Overseer's Door: The Story of Suffolk's Parish Workhouses

Surrey

• Butler, M. (1969) The Barnes Poorhouse 1758-1836
• Davies, H. C. (2004) The Spike: The Guildford Union Workhouse and the Vagrants' Casual Ward
• McInnes, P. and Sparkes, B. (1990) The Croydon Workhouse
• Noyes, A. (1996) Shere Poverty: From Parish Workhouse to Union Workhouse
• Webb, C. R. (1999) A Guide to Surrey Parish Documents

Sussex

• Gardner, J. (2012) A History of The Brighton Workhouses
• Gaston, H. (2009) A Lingering Fear: East Sussex Hospitals and the Workhouse Legacy
• Gooch, J. (1980) A History of Brighton General Hospital
• Standing, R. W. (2000) East Preston Gilbert Union Workhouse 1791-1869
• Surtees, J. (1992) Barracks, Workhouse and Hospital: The Story of St Mary's, Eastbourne 1794-1990
• Valentine, D. (2000) St. Helen's Hospital, Hastings (1837-1994) 'Paupers to Pacemakers'.
• Watson, I. (1991) The Westbourne Union Life in and out of the New Workhouse
• White, J. (1990) Southlands Workhouse and Infirmary

Warwickshire

• Holden, J. N. (1988) A History of Warwick Hospital 1836-1903
• Wishart, B., Castle, E. F. U. w. p. b., Brannigan, Y., et al. (1995) Foleshill Union Workhouse Punishment Book, 1864-1900
• Wishart, B. and Coventry Family History, S. (2000) The Coventry Workhouse Birth Registers 1854-1930: And Births from Other Workhouse Sources
• Woodall, J. (1994) Gin, Ale and Poultices - Lasers and Scanners: Solihull Workhouse and Hospital 1742-1993

Wiltshire

• Fuller, B. A. (1986) Changed Times: A Short History of Devizes Union Workhouse and St. James's Hospital, 1836-1986
• Robbins, A. (1992) The Workhouses of Purton and the Cricklade and Wootton Bassett Union
• Sidwell, E. and Sidwell, M. (1995) Mere Union Workhouse

Worcestershire

• Crompton, F. (1997) Workhouse Children: Infant and Child Paupers under the Worcestershire Poor Law, 1780-1871
• Land, N. (1990) Victorian Workhouse: A Study of the Bromsgrove Union Workhouse 1836-1901
• Payne, E. (1994) The Perryfields and Cottage Homes Story

Yorkshire

• Bedford, P. and Howard, D. N. (1985) St. James's University Hospital, Leeds - a Pictorial History
• Daniels, L. (2001) The Workhouse, Bridlington Road, Driffield
• Diver, D. and Howsam, L. (2010) Life in the Grenoside Workhouse
• Drinkall, M. (2009) Rotherham Workhouse
• Dunn, M. P. (1988) For the Love of Children: A Story of the Poor Children of Sheffield and of Fulwood Cottage Homes
• Fallowfield, M. and Watson, I. (1986) The New Poor Law in Humberside
• Flett, J. (1984) The Story of the Workhouse and the Hospital at Nether Edge
• Hastings, P. (1982) Poverty and the Poor Law in the North Riding of Yorkshire, C1780-1837
• Howsam, L. (2004) A Child's Life in Gawber Road Workhouse [Barnsley]
• Howsam, L. (2006) Life in the Workhouse & Old Hospital at Fir Vale - the Story of the Northern General Hospital, Sheffield
• Mitchelson, N. (1953) The Old Poor Law in East Yorkshire
• Place, A. (2004) Pray Remember the Poor - the Poor Laws and Huddersfield
• Speck, P. (1978) The Institution and Hospital at Fir Vale: A Centenary History of the Northern General Hospital
• Watkinson, W. R. (1950) The Relieving Officer Looks Back: The Last Years of Poor Law in Holderness

Wales

• Anonymous (1989) The 150th Anniversary of Riverside, Pembroke - Commemorative Brochure
• Brown, R. L. (1999) Parish and Pauper: A History of the Administration of the Poor Law in the Parish of Castle Caereinion, Montgomeryshire
• Draper, C. (2005) Paupers, Bastards and Lunatics: The Story of Conwy Workhouse
• Foster, B. (1990) A History of Pontypool Union Workhouse 1838-1930
• Grant, R. (1988) On the Parish: An Illustrated Source Book on the Care of the Poor under the Old Poor Law: Based on Documents from the County of Glamorgan
• Hainsworth, J. (2004) The Llanfyllin Union Workhouse
• Jones, G. (1992) Carchar, Nid Cartref: Hanes Cynnar Wyrcws Pwllheli, 1840-1890
• Jones, T. (1995) The Holywell Workhouses
• Parry-Jones, E. (1981) From Workhouse to Hospital: The Story of Hm Stanley Hospital, St Asaph 1840-1980
• Peeling, B. and Knight, C. (2004) The Royal Gwent and St. Woolos Hospitals: A Century of Service in Newport
• Thomas, T. (1992) Poor Relief in Merthyr Tydfil Union in Victorian Times
• Williams, M. (c.2000) Crickhowell Union Workhouse: The Spike

Scotland

• Anonymous (2006) Linlithgow Combination Poorhouse
• Cormack, A. A. (1923) Poor Relief in Scotland; an Outline of the Growth and Administration of the Poor Laws in Scotland, from the Middle Ages to the Present Day
• Day, J. P. (1918) Public Administration in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland
• Ferguson, T. (1958) Scottish Social Welfare,1864-1914
• Hamilton, T. (1942) Poor Relief in South Ayrshire, 1700-1845
• Levitt, I. (1988) Poverty & Welfare in Scotland 1890-1948
• Levitt, I. (1988) Government and Social Conditions in Scotland 1845-1919
• Lothian Regional Council Department of Social Work (undated) Greenlea Old People's Home: A Brief History [Craiglockhart Poorhouse]
• Mackay, G. A. and Macwhannell, N. (1908) Management and Construction of Poorhouses and Almshouses: Containing Model Plans of a Poorhouse and of Almshouses Designed by Ninian Macwhannell, F.R.I.B.A., I.A., Glasgow, and Specimen Plans of Existing Poorhouse Buildings by Different Architects
• Moody, D. (1983) The Poorhouse and Poor Relief in East Lothian
• Murray, M. (2001) Paisley Burgh - Sneddon Poorhouse or Town Hospital 1752-64
• Nicholls, G. S. (1856) A History of the Scotch Poor Law: In Connexion with the Condition of the People
• Scottish Record Office (1995) Poor Relief in Scotland: Historical Background, Document Extracts and Copies.

Ireland

• Bell, M. (1997) A Hospital at Magherafelt: The History of the Mid-Ulster Hospital from Its Origins, as Magherafelt Union Workhouse, in 1842
• Burns, C. (1988) Pauper to Patient: A History of the Route Hospital Ballymoney 1840-1987
• Cassell, R. D. (1997) Medical Charities, Medical Politics: The Irish Dispensary System and the Poor Law, 1836-1872
• Clare, L. (1986) Loughlinstown Workhouse in the 1840s
• Collins, S. (2005) Balrothery Poor Law Union, County Dublin, 1839-1851
• Commission on the Relief of the Poor (1927) Report of the Commission on the Sick and Destitute Poor
• Coy, N. and McCarthy, G., Eds. (1998) A History of Naas Hospital (1838-1998): From Workhouse to Hospital
• Crossman, V. (2006) The Poor Law in Ireland 1838-1948
• Durnin, P. (1991) Derry and the Irish Poor Law: A History of the Derry Workhouse
• Farrell, M. (1978) The Poor Law and the Workhouse in Belfast, 1838-1948
• Fraher, W. (1996) Desperate Haven: The Poor Law, Famine, & Aftermath in Dungarvan Union
• Gould, M. H. (1983) The Workhouses of Ulster
• Gray, P. (1995) The Irish Famine
• Gray, P. (2009) The Making of the Irish Poor Law
• Guerin, M. (1996) Listowel Workhouse Union
• Lonergan, E. (1992) A Workhouse Story: A History of St. Patrick's Hospital Cashel, 1842-1992
• Lonergan, E. (2000) St. Joseph's Hospital, Clonmel: An Historical and Social Portrait
• McCabe, D. and O´ Gra´da, C. (2009) 'Better Off Thrown Behind a Ditch': Enniskillen Workhouse During the Great Famine
• McCusker, B. (1997) Lowtherstown Workhouse
• Murphy, M. (2007) Tullamore Workhouse: The First Decade, 1842-852
• Nicholls, G. S. (1856) A History of the Irish Poor Law, in Connection with the Condition of the People
• Ó Murchadha, C. (1998) Sable Wings over the Land: Ennis, County Clare and Its Wider Community During the Great Famine
• O'Brien, S. (1999) Famine and Community in Mullingar Poor Law Union, 1845-1849: Mud Cabins and Fat Bullocks
• O'Connor, J. (1995) The Workhouses of Ireland: The Fate of Ireland's Poor
• O'Dwyer, M. (2008) The Famine in the Kilkenny/Tipperary Region: A History of the Callan Workhouse and Poor Law Union, 1845-1852
• O'Gorman, M. (1994) A Pride of Paper Tigers: A History of the Great Hunger in the Scariff Workhouse Union from 1839 to 1853
• O'Mahony, C. (2005) Cork's Poor Law Palace: Workhouse Life 1838-1890.
• O'Mahony, M. (2005) The Famine in Cork City: Famine Life at Cork Union Workhouse
• O'Sullivan, J. F. (2003) Belfast City Hospital: A Photographic History
• Scannell, J. (2006) St. Columcille's Hospital, Loughlinstown, Co. Dublin: From Workhouse Infirmary to General Hospital' (in Dublin Historical Record, vol. 59(2), pp. 153-165)

United States

• Katz, M. B. (1996) In the Shadow of the Poorhouse: A Social History of Welfare in America
• Trattner, W. (1989) From the Poor Law to the Welfare State: A History of Social Welfare in America

Researching Pauper Ancestors

• Burlison, Robert (2009) Tracing Your Pauper Ancestors
• Cole, Anne (2000) Poor Law Documents Before 1834
• Fowler, Simon (2011) Poor Law Records for Family Historians
• Gibson, J. and Rogers, C. (2004) Poor Law Union Records: 3. West England, the Marches and Wales
• Gibson, J. and Rogers, C. (2008) Poor Law Union Records: 2. The Midlands and Northern England
• Gibson, J., Rogers, C. and Webb, C. (2005) Poor Law Union Records: 1. South-East England and East Anglia
• Gibson, J. and Youngs, F. A., Jr. (1997) Poor Law Union Records: 4: Gazetteer of England and Wales
• Hawkings, David (2011) Pauper Ancestors
• Higginbotham, P. (2012) The Workhouse Encyclopedia

Genealogy on the Internet

• Barratt, N. (2012) How to Trace Your Family History on the Internet: Find Your Ancestors the Easy Way
• Barratt, N., Newberry, S., Thomas, J., et al. (2009) Researching Your Family History Online for Dummies (2nd Ed.)
• Christian, P. (2012) The Genealogist's Internet
• Davis, G. (2009) Your Family Tree on-Line: How to Trace Your Ancestry from Your Own Computer
• Fifer, S. (2010) Family History for the Older and Wiser: Find Your Roots with Online Tools (U3a)
• Fillmore, J. (2011) Internet Sites for Local Historians
• Gatenby, J. (2010) How to Trace Your Ancestors Using a Computer for the Older Generation
• Marelli, D. (2007) @ Home with Your Ancestors.Com: How to Research Family History Using the Internet
• Pomery, C. (2011) DNA and Social Networking: A Guide to Genealogy in the Twenty-First Century

General Genealogy

• Archives, N. (2011) Tracing Your Scottish Ancestors
• Barratt, N. (2008) Who Do You Think You Are? Encyclopedia of Genealogy: The Definitive Reference Guide to Tracing Your Family History
• Christian, P. and Annal, D. (2012) Census: The Expert Guide
• Davis, G. (2011) Solving Genealogy Problems: How to Break Down 'Brick Walls' and Build Your Family Tree
• Durie, B. (2012) Scottish Genealogy
• Grenham, J. (2012) Tracing Your Irish Ancestors
• Herber, M. (2005) Ancestral Trails
• Maxwell, I. (2009) How to Trace Your Irish Ancestors: An Essential Guide to Researching and Documenting the Family Histories of Ireland's People
• Shrimpton, J. (2008) Family Photographs and How to Date Them

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