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The recent discovery that as a young man Charles Dickens lived only a few doors from a major London workhouse made headlines worldwide, and the campaign to save the workhouse from demolition caught the public imagination. Internationally, the media immediately grasped the idea that Oliver Twist's workhouse had been found, and made public the news that both the workhouse and Dickens's old home were still standing, near London's Telecom Tower. This book, by the historian who did the sleuthing behind these exciting new findings, presents the story for the first time, and shows that the two period

Almshouses --- Poorv --- Benevolent institutions --- Charitable institutions --- Homes (Institutions) --- Poor farms --- Poorhouses --- Workhouses (Poorhouses) --- Asylums --- Charities --- Hospitals --- Institutional care --- Public institutions --- Public welfare --- Old age homes --- History. --- Dickens, Charles, --- Bart, Lionel. --- Histoire sociale --- --Grande-Bretagne --- --XIXe s., --- Pauvreté --- --Londres --- --Délinquance juvénile --- --Maison de correction --- --Workhouses --- Poverty --- History --- Homes and haunts --- Settings --- London (England) --- Social conditions --- Londen (England) --- Londinium (England) --- Londres (England) --- Londýn (England) --- Lunnainn (England) --- XIXe s., 1801-1900 --- Délinquance juvénile --- Maison de correction --- Workhouses - England - London - History - 19th century --- Poverty - History --- Dickens, Charles, - 1812-1870 - Homes and haunts - England - London --- Dickens, Charles, - 1812-1870 - Settings --- Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 --- Grande-Bretagne --- Londres --- London (England) - Social conditions - 19th century --- Workhouses --- Dickens, Charles, - 1812-1870