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Eastville Workhouse multicoloured plaque

Commemorative plaque
Eastville Workhouse multicoloured plaque
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This multicoloured commemorative plaque records: Entrance to Eastville Workhouse Recorded plaque organisation: Eastville Workhouse Memorial Group.
Eastville Workhouse served as a facility for impoverished individuals during the 19th and early 20th centuries, reflecting the social welfare systems of Victorian England. It provided shelter, food, and work for those unable to support themselves, though often under harsh conditions that have come to symbolize the limitations of Poor Law reforms.

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