Discover the Poor Law in England and Wales / Paul Blake.
Discover the Poor Law in England and Wales / Paul Blake.
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Author / Creator
Publisher
St. Agnes, SA : Unlock the Past, 2018.
Call Numbers
N929.1072/156
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Language
English
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Physical content
62 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits, facsimiles ; 21 cm.
Content type
text
still image
cartographic image
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Introduction -- Sixteenth century -- Charity -- Elizabethan Poor Laws -- 1597/8 Poor Law Act -- 1601 Poor Law Act -- Workhouse Test Act -- Assessments -- Poor Laws 1750-1834 -- Gilbert's Act -- Speenhamland System -- Settlement and removal -- Settlement -- Removal -- Illegitimacy -- Apprenticeship -...
Publication information
Publisher
St. Agnes, SA : Unlock the Past, 2018.
Series
Place of Publication
South Australia
Date Published
2018.
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Scope and Contents
Summary
"The Poor Law had an extreme impact on English and Welsh society from the sixteenth century, right through to the twentieth. It played a central role in the country's social and political development from the Reformation to the Industrial Revolution, and beyond. Initially, the regulations were designed to reform the poor as much as to relieve pover...
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Discover the Poor Law in England and Wales / Paul Blake.
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Notes
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Unlock the past
"An Unlock the Past guide book"--Cover.
Information on endpapers.
Includes bibliographic references (pages 58-60) and index.
Family History copy located in section : England - Genealogy handbooks
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Date Copyright
©2018.
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Call Numbers
N929.1072/156
Record Identifier
74VKVAvPvPpZ
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVAvPvPpZ
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ISBN
9781925781380 paperback
DDC
929.1072
MMS ID
991024173218802626
