English Poor Laws were a system of poor relief in England and Wales that developed out of the codification of late-medieval and Tudor-era laws in 1587–1598...

adoptions of poor laws came in and around the same time. In Scotland, for example, the Poor Law (Scotland) Act 1845 revised the Poor Laws that were implemented...

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 Poor...

The Irish poor laws were a series of acts of Parliament intended to address social instability due to widespread and persistent poverty in Ireland. While...

Tudor poor laws were the laws regarding poor relief in the Kingdom of England around the time of the Tudor period (1485–1603). The Tudor Poor Laws ended...

changes were made to the poor law for Scotland in 1845). It resulted from the 1832 Royal Commission into the Operation of the Poor Laws, which included Edwin...

The Scottish poor laws were the statutes concerning poor relief passed in Scotland between 1579 and 1929. Scotland had a different poor law system to England...

German Poor Laws are the laws concerning poor relief which existed in Germany and its predecessor states. Prussia conducted a review of its poor law system...

for the administration of poor relief. Prior to the Poor Law Amendment Act 1834 the administration of the English Poor Laws was the responsibility of...

Poor 1597 that established overseers of the poor. The "Old Poor Law" was not one law but a collection of laws passed between the 16th and 18th centuries...

responsible for the support of the poor. The resulting laws against vagrancy were the origins of state-funded relief for the poor. From the 16th century onwards...

The Poor Law Commission was a body established to administer poor relief after the passing of the Poor Law Amendment Act 1834. The commission was made...

Mr. Canning was once asked by Mr. Tierney why he did not touch the Poor Law? To which question Mr. Canning replied:— "Why do not Governments decide offhand...

up poor law in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Poor law may refer to: English Poor Laws (in England and Wales) German Poor Laws Irish Poor Laws Scottish...

"workhouse" has been the more common term. Before the introduction of the Poor Laws, each parish would maintain its own workhouse; often these would be simple...

the Poor Laws can be said to have passed through three distinct phases. Early historiography was concerned with the deficiencies of the Old Poor Law system...

an abolitionist and prominent in the "anti-Poor Law" resistance to the implementation of the "New Poor Law" of 1834. Most notably, as his sobriquet of...

Felix Wemheuer, 2014, P.30 Pauperism and Poor Laws by Robert Pashley, 1852,P.135-136 Pauperism and Poor Laws by Robert Pashley, 1852,P.137 Marco H. D...

Commission on the Poor Laws and Relief of Distress 1905–1909 was a body set up by the British Parliament in order to investigate how the Poor Law system should...

chairman of the Board of Guardians for Tipperary Poor Law Union told the Select Committee on Poor Laws (Ireland) at Westminster that the "sealed orders...

overwhelmed in the major subsistence crisis of the 1690s. Scottish poor laws Poor Law (Scotland) Act 1845 Seven ill years "Archived copy". Archived from...

Chorlton Poor Law Union was founded in January 1837 in response to the Poor Law Amendment Act 1834, also known as the New Poor Law. It was overseen by...

Poor Law policy after the New Poor Law concerns the time period c. 1847–1900 after the implementation of the Poor Law Amendment Act until the beginnings...

imported British vagrancy laws when they settled in North America. Throughout the colonial and early national periods, vagrancy laws were used to police the...

extensive research on the English poor laws, culminating in his 1990 book, An Economic History of the English Poor Law, 1750-1850 (published by Cambridge...

Act 1948 (11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 29) repealed all poor law legislation. "EH.Net Encyclopedia: English Poor Laws". Archived from the original on 5 January 2010...

being a "pauper", i.e. receiving relief administered under the English Poor Laws. From this, pauperism can also be more generally the state of being supported...

Commission into the Operation of the Poor Laws begins its investigation into the Poor Law system 1834 - Poor Law Amendment Act passed 1842 - Outdoor Labour...

Poor Care Law of 1918 (Swedish: 1918 års fattigvårdslag) was a Swedish Poor Law which organized the public Poor relief in the Sweden. It replaced the...

The Poor Relief Act 1662 (14 Cha. 2. c. 12) was an Act of the Cavalier Parliament of England. It was an Act for the Better Relief of the Poor of this...