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Lost Buildings, Vanished Institutions: Making Sense Of Nineteenth-Century Soup Kitchens (2023)
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This is an abstract from the session entitled "Archaeology/Architecture", at the 2023 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Soup kitchens, the charitable provision of food, principally soup (often accompanied by bread), became widespread in late-eighteenth century Britain. During the following century, soup kitchens fed between 10 and 30% of the population during wintertime. They were a vital resource in the survival strategy of the poor. Almost all of the thousands of...