1834 Poor Law - The National Archives
In 1834 a new Poor Law was introduced. Some people welcomed it because they believed it would: reduce the cost of looking after the poor; take beggars off the streets; encourage poor people to work hard to support themselves; The new Poor Law ensured that the poor were housed in workhouses, clothed and fed.
After years of complaint, a new Poor Law was introduced in 1834. The new Poor Law was meant to reduce the cost of looking after the poor and impose a system which would be the same all over the country. Under the new Poor Law, parishes were grouped into unions and each union had to build a workhouse if they did not already have one.
A 'right' to relief? - The National Archives
After the passing of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, the Poor Law Commissioners in London were tasked with implementing changes how poor relief was administered across England and Wales.
Protesting against the New Poor Law - The National Archives
How would you characterize the actions of protest taken against the Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834 – are they more moral or political? Is this a useful distinction? Students should refer to their previous studies as well as the documents in this lesson to answer.
Poor Law Unions - The National Archives
The final report published in 1834 makes depressing reading The Poor Law Amendment Bill, framed mainly by Nassau Senior, was introduced in the House of Commons in 1834, soon after the publication of the Commissioners' Report.
Workhouse Voices - The National Archives
I n 1834 the Poor Law Amendment Act was passed, ushering in the New Poor Law which, in theory at least, made the welfare landscape a much less hospitable place.
The New Poor Law and an early example of information …
2023年7月4日 · Although the Poor Law Amendment Act 1834 set out the state’s approach to welfare for its poorer citizens, its focus on costs, rating and accounting demonstrates that its implementation and supervision was largely a matter of finance.
Poverty and the Poor Laws - The National Archives
Use this guide for advice on how to locate poor law records at The National Archives, as well as documents in which issues of and connected to poverty are discussed more broadly. The records refer mainly to administration of the poor law unions after their creation in 1834 up to about 1900.
1834 Poor Law - source 1a - The National Archives
This is an extract from an anti-Poor Law Poster drawn in 1837. How desperate are the people trying to get into the workhouse? What is the response of the workhouse master?
Unions; Poor Law: Report on the workings of an act for the …
Unions; Poor Law: Report on the workings of an act for the continuation of extensive unions after their dissolution in accordance with the 'Poor Law Amendment Act' of 1834. Includes papers concerning these unions' importance to their respective communities.