Poor Law
The Poor Law was the system for the provision of social security in operation in England and the United Kingdom from the 16th century until the establishment of the Welfare State in the 20th century.
External links
- The workhouse
- The Union Workhouse
- The Poor Law at a Web of English History
- A famous depiction of women in the Victorian workhouse - 'A scene in the Westminster Union, 1878'
- British Social Policy 1601-1948
- Poor Law research guide from The National Archives, UK
~ Table of Content ~
| ► | Introduction |
| ► | The Act of 1601 |
| ► | The eighteenth century |
| ► | The Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834 |
| ► | The end of the Poor Law |
| ► | External links |
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