If someone didn’t have a home (or money to afford a place to live), they could go to aworkhouse, which was a place that provided food and beds in exchange for doing work. While this sounds pretty handy, it wasn’t very nice. Men, women and children all had to live separately, s...
A children's guide to Victoria's reign, with information about the Queen Victoria's family, the British Empire, Victorian architecture and Victorian cities Watch a BBC Bitesize clip about the history of the steam engine A guide to some great Victorians and their lives See a BBC Bitesize introd...