These locations were officially abolished with 1948's National (*) Assistance Act.
These locations are not churches, but they were the primary buildings designed by Sampson Kempthorne under his "cruciform" plan. Gilbert's Act attempted to define who would be their residents. In a scandal, John Walter and the Times revealed that residents at one of these places in Andover were eating marrow from horse, dog, and cattle bones. These locations were officially abolished with 1948's National (*) Assistance Act. In a novel, Mr. Bumble removes a character from a baby farm to make him pick oakum here. Many people entered these locations after they were denied relief under the New Poor Law of 1834. For 10 points, name these English institutions where people who could not support themselves were sent to in order to find employment.
These locations are not churches, but they were the primary buildings designed by Sampson Kempthorne under his "cruciform" plan.
workhouses [or almshouses, or spikes, accept poorhouse until "Poor Law"]