Hidden Lives Revealed

A Virtual Archive - Children in Care 1881-1981

Some very interesting stuff click  here.

W.A. Metropolian Cemeteries Board

You can do a search for your loved ones here.

U.K. records this W/E

Some free ancestry.com.
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Lodging Houses in London

...... poor man's hotel, where a comfortable bed, with use of sitting-room, cooking apparatus and fire, and laundry accommodation (soap included) can be had for 4d. a night.......

That's in 1888. I dread to think what the price would be today - what with the Jubilee & Olympics!

The above information was seen at GENDOCS. If you are researching in England & Wales you may find what you are looking for.