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Eastville Workhouse at twilight. A transparency probably taken in the late 60s. Photographer unknown.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Congresbury History Group, Congresbury Methodist Hall, 2 High St, Congresbury, Bristol BS49 5JA<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Roger Ball, co-author of 100 Fishponds Rd: Life and death in a Victorian workhouse<\/em><\/a> explains how a team of local researchers revealed that more than 4,000 men, women and children, inmates of Eastville Workhouse, were interred in unmarked graves in a burial ground that was forgotten for over a century.<\/p>\n

Rosemary Caldicott, author of The Life and Death of Hannah Wiltshire: A Case Study of Bedminster Union<\/em> Workhouse <\/em><\/a>tells the true story of how in 1850s the local community pulled together to uncover murder in the Flax Bourton workhouse.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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