Peter Higginbotham

Peter Higginbotham is the UK's leading authority on workhouses and created and runs the authoritative website on the subject: workhouses.org.uk. He is the author of over ten books on workhouses including his popular Workhouse Encyclopaedia and his most recent book Workhouses of Wales and the Welsh Borders. He is also an expert on the history of children's homes and runs the website: childrenshomes.org.uk. He is the author of Children's Homes: A history of institutional care for Britain's children.