Workhouse and Gaol

Here are a couple of interesting notes taken from the Rossbret Institutions website about historic workhouse and gaol conditions.

http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/yorks/wr/halifax_workhouse.htm

http://www.institutions.org.uk/prisons/England/YKS/wakefield_debtors_gaol.htm

 

Illingworth Gaol