WILLIAM IV

Workhouses were facilities for the poor. Many would be run by religious groups who often would condition their services on participation in their religious services. Destitute families would be in workhouses including children and sometimes the religious beliefs of the workhouse operators would be imposed on children of the workhouse. This was an early effort at not only protecting religious rights but separating church and state even in a nation that had an established church.

Workhouses were facilities for the poor. Many would be run by religious groups who often would condition their services on participation in their religious services. Destitute families would be in workhouses including children and sometimes the religious beliefs of the workhouse operators would be imposed on children of the workhouse. This was an early effort at not only protecting religious rights but separating church and state even in a nation that had an established church.