Does anyone know anything about the 'rules' / likely circumstances for being admitted to the Brighton Workhouse in the early 20th century? In 1911, my g-grandfather was an inmate of the Brighton Workhouse 250 Elm Grove Brighton and he died at the Brighton Workhouse Infirmary in 1912. At the same time, his wife (my g-g-mother) and two of their adult children, both in full time employment, were still living in the family home (the house the family had lived in for over 30 years). My g-grandmother continued to live there for a further three years after my g-grandfather's death - until her own death in 1915. But there is a family rumour that my g-grandfather was a drinker and a gambler and that the couple 'separated' in the final decade of their marriage (i.e. my g-grandmother threw him out). I am trying to ascertain the truth of this. I am wondering on what conditions my g-g-father might have been admitted to the Brighton Workhouse in (or before?) 1911 despite the fact that he had a home and family members in work and therefore able to support him? Wouldn't the family have been expected (socially and legally) to support him? The authorities knew he was married because he stated this on the 1911 census. Or would the Workhouse have taken him in anyway, simply on request - because he was unable to hold down a job and had nowhere else to live? And how much social stigma might have been associated with the Workhouse at that time? Would he have wanted to go there? Or was he in such a bad way that he had no other option? I'd like to find out the general 'grounds for admission' to the Brighton Workhouse. Of course, I would also like to find my g-g-father's individual record if possible, but unfortunately it would need to be on line (to allow me to access it from where I live !!) and I don't expect to be that lucky. Thank you, Cordelia 14526