: Many new buildings followed a radial hub-and-spoke design (forming a ‘Y’ or ‘+’ shape) to allow better supervision of inmates.
Life for inmates was strictly controlled, with populations often separated by gender and age:
: Relief was generally restricted to those willing to enter the institution and follow its strict regime.
: Some areas did not provide a workhouse until the 1870s. Rhayader in Radnorshire was the final area in all of England and Wales to establish one. Architecture and Administration
: Many new buildings followed a radial hub-and-spoke design (forming a ‘Y’ or ‘+’ shape) to allow better supervision of inmates.
Life for inmates was strictly controlled, with populations often separated by gender and age:
: Relief was generally restricted to those willing to enter the institution and follow its strict regime.
: Some areas did not provide a workhouse until the 1870s. Rhayader in Radnorshire was the final area in all of England and Wales to establish one. Architecture and Administration