One of my paternal 3 x g.grandfathers died in a workhouse and was buried at the workhouse in Shipmeadow, Suffolk, I guess that means there was a burial area. On the other hand my one of my maternal 3 x g.grandmothers who also died in the workhouse in Halesworth, Suffolk was buried in the local church, although the grave is unmarked. I guess her son claimed her body but as he was poor he wouldn't have been able to afford a gravestone.