Poor Law: Meaning (information, definition, explanation, facts)
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Encyclopedia: Poor Law
The Poor Law was the system for the provision of social security in operation in England and the rest of the United Kingdom from the 16th century until the establishment of the Welfare State in the 20th century. It was made up of several Acts of Parliament and subsequent Amendments. The extreme longevity of the Poor Law meant that some of the generalisations made about it (for example, the use of workhouses) refer to only a part of its history.
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The Poor Law Board was established in the United Kingdom in 1834 to administer the Poor Law just... 1871 and replaced by the Local Government Board. Poor Law Commissioners, 1834-1847 Thomas Frankland... the Poor Law Board, 1847-1871 Charles Buller 1847-1849 Matthew Talbot Baines 1849-1852 Sir John...
Metropolitan Borough of Poplar
Dogs. In the early 1920s the Borough Council, and the Poor Law Union were engaged in a dispute with the London County Council and central government over poor law rates - it wished to pay out of work...
the royal commission appointed to inquire into the operation of the poor laws, and in 1833 he was... report of 1834 which procured the reform of the old poor law. His special contribution was the... marred by the rejection of his views, which contemplated the management of poor law relief by salaried...
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views, and enjoyed a long career in public service and Parliament. In 1832, he was a Poor Law..., Privy Councillor, 1853, and President of the Poor Law board, 1859-1866. Also the Father of the House of... Wolverhampton from 1835 to 1898, during which time he worked towards free trade and opposed the Corn Laws and...
Metropolitan Borough of Bermondsey
Olave's Poor Law Union which brought together the civil parishes of Bermondsey, Rotherhithe and Saint...
and the Swiss glaciers to scientific periodicals. In 1846 he was made an assistant poor-law.... In 1849 he was appointed second poor-law commissioner, but resigned in 1852 and successfully...
ecclesiastical parish system, their purpose was to adminster the Poor Law. The entire country of... responsibilities. However the Poor Law obligations were now given to "Unions" of a number of parishes, in... the old Poor Law system was abolished, central government now assuming responsibility for welfare...
Arthur Wellesley Peel, 1st Viscount Peel
was Liberal MP for Warwick 1865-95. From 1868 to 1873 he was Parliamentary Secretary to the Poor Law... he was chairman of a Royal Commission into the licensing laws. The Peel Report recommended that the...
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