14 August 1834 The Poor Law Amendment Act received Royal assent and came into operation in Britain. The Act dropped the system whereby parishes cared for their poor by a rate of poor relief and replaced it with the workhouse.
Poor Law Amendment Act 1834 , article rom Wikipedia     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poor_Law_Amendment_Act_1834

WORKHOUSE BOY  - The Halliard (Nic Jones, Tony Rose and Jon Raven)       https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjSSDxw2BQM
Lyrics of Workhouse Boy from Traditional Music Library https://wwww.traditionalmusic.co.uk/folk-song-lyrics/Workhouse_Boy.htm
THE WORKHOUSE BOY  - The Seven Dials Band  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2o52uyR5ORU
WORKHOUSE BLUES  Various recordings on YouTube       https://www.youtube.com/results?sp=mAEB&search_query=Workhouse+Blues
THE WORKHOUSE GATE   Lyrics and Information from John Baxter's Folk Song and Music Hall site      https://folksongandmusichall.com/index.php/workhouse-gate-the/
Information from Cecil Sharpe House https://archives.vwml.org/search/all:single%5bfolksong-broadside-books%5d/0_50/all/score_desc/extended-roudNo_tr:22016
WORKHOUSE WALLS   - Carmel Minogue      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8PlV24Esv8
THE WORKHOUSE   - Greg Russell & Ciaran Algar       https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shTsaSrRwFM
WORKHOUSE   - The Burns Sisters       https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-dm32WgS3c
CHRISTMAS TIME AT THE WORKHOUSE   - Paul Simcock-Young       https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FX_AKjPdEAA