History A-Level
Workhouses
What Workhouses means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Workhouses
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Institutions that set the able-bodied to labour.
Topics that use Workhouses
- Paper 3, Option 34.2: Poverty, public health and the state in Britain, c1780–1939 - 1 Paupers and pauperism, 1780–1832 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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