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• Poor Law Commission — The Poor Law Commission was a body established to administrate poor relief after the passing of the Poor Law Amendment Act 1834. The commission was made up of three commissioners who became known as The Bashaws of Somerset House ,… …   Wikipedia

• Poor Law Amendment Act 1834 — The Poor Law Amendment Act 1834, sometimes abbreviated to PLAA,[1] was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed by the Whig government of Lord Melbourne that reformed the country s poverty relief system (with the exception of… …   Wikipedia

• Poor Law — This article deals chiefly with the English Poor Laws covering England and Wales. For the laws regarding the other areas of the British Isles see Irish Poor Laws and Scottish Poor Law The Poor Law was the system for the provision of social… …   Wikipedia

• Poor Law Board — The Poor Law Board was established in the United Kingdom in 1847 as a successor body to the Poor Law Commission overseeing the administration of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act. The new body was headed by a President, and with the Lord President… …   Wikipedia

• Opposition to the Poor Law — Both the Elizabethan Poor Law and the Poor Law Amendment Act attracted a great deal of opposition from a wide range of people in society, from paupers and workers; to the landed gentry and academics. Likewise, the reasons that people opposed the… …   Wikipedia

• Minority report (Poor Law) — The Minority report was one of two reports published by the Royal Commission into the Operation of the Poor Laws 1905 09, the other being Majority report. Headed by the Fabian socialist Beatrice Webb, it called for a system that was radically… …   Wikipedia

• Majority report (Poor Law) — The Majority report was a report published by the Royal Commission on the Poor Laws published in 1909. The Royal Commission on the Poor Laws was a group set up to work out the best way to relieve the poor. The Commission was made up of members of …   Wikipedia

• Decline and abolition of the poor law system — The Decline and abolition of the Poor law system in England and Wales can be traced to around 1870 when the share of population on poor relief began to fall into sharp decline which continued until the outbreak of the First World War in 1914.[1]… …   Wikipedia

• Classifications of poor used in the Poor Law system — classified people into categories for those considered deserving of poor relief and those who were not considered deserving of poor relief. The impotent poor could not look after themselves or go to work. They included the ill, the infirm, the… …   Wikipedia

• Divided Parishes and Poor Law Amendment Act 1882 — was an Act of Parliament in Britain which gave the Local Government Board increased powers relating to dissolving and creating Poor Law Unions.[1] It followed the Divided Parishes and Poor Law Amendment Act 1876 (39 40 Vict.) . See also List of… …   Wikipedia

• Elizabethan Poor Law (1601) — The Poor Law Act 1601 was also known as the Elizabethan Poor Law, 43rd Elizabeth [So called because the law was passed in the 43rd year of Elizabeth s reign] Old Poor Law after the passing of the Poor Law Amendment Act 1834. At the time of… …   Wikipedia