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Workhouse Biography

• Anonymous (1885) Indoor Paupers by 'One of Them' — the only full-length first-hand account of workhouse life.
• The Diary of William Barlow, workhouse master of Bishop's Stortford (1848-1850)
• Duncan Cumming (1901) Life In A London Workhouse
• George Green Gabb, Master of Droitwich Workhouse Master (1849-53) compiled by Martin Gabb.
• The colourful career of William Bragger, Master of Wrexham workhouse (1857-1863) researched by his great-great-great grandson Andrew Taylor.
• H Preston-Thomas (1909) The Work and Play of a Government Inspector
• Rogers, Joseph (1889) Reminiscences of a Workhouse Medical Officer
• Shaw, Charles (1903) When I was a Child includes memories of the Wolstatnton and Burslem workhouse at Chell which Shaw entered as a child in 1842.
• Sommerville, W.A. (1899) Rowton House — from a Resident
• "W.H.R." (1874) The autobiography of a pauper boy, showing his ascent from the condition of a street Arab to competence and respectability

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