May 17, 2013
Peter
Higginbotham is one of Britain's best known authors and researchers
on the workhouse - a much detested institution which for almost
three centuries provided shelter, in return for labour, for the
nation's destitute.
In the
course of his researches, Peter has visited every corner of the
British Isles, from Cornwall to Shetland, and from Kent to Galway,
in order to track down former workhouse buildings. His work on the
workhouse, and the larger poor relief system of which it formed a
pivotal part, has resulted in the highly regarded
website www.workhouses.org.uk together
with a number of books on the subject
including The Workhouse
Encyclopedia, Voices
from the Workhouse, The
Workhouse Cookbook and A
Grim Almanac of the Workhouse.
Peter is
also a frequent contributor to radio programmes such as BBC Radio
4's Making
History and Tracing
Your Roots, and TV shows such
as Heir
Hunters and Who
Do Yo Think You Are?
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