Category:English Poor Laws

• English Poor Laws

A

• Andover workhouse scandal

B

• Board of guardians
• Board of Guardians (Default) Act 1926
• Brabazon scheme
• Bristol Corporation of the Poor

D

• Decline and abolition of the poor law system
• Divided Parishes and Poor Law Amendment Act 1876
• Divided Parishes and Poor Law Amendment Act 1882

H

• Hospital and Welfare Services Union
• Hospitals for the Poor Act 1572
• Hospitals for the Poor Act 1597

L

• Labour Rate
• Local Government Act 1929

M

• Metropolitan Asylums Board
• Metropolitan Houseless Poor Act 1864
• Metropolitan Houseless Poor Act 1865
• Metropolitan Poor Act 1867

O

• Opposition to the English poor laws
• Outdoor relief

P

• Parish Apprentices Act 1842
• Pauper Inmates Discharge and Regulation Act 1871
• Pauperism
• Poor Act 1551
• Poor Act 1555
• Poor Act 1562
• Poor Act 1575
• Poor Act 1697
• Poor Law Act 1927
• Poor Law Amendment Act 1834
• Poor Law Amendment Act 1867
• Poor Law Officers' Journal
• Poor rate
• Poor Relief Act 1597
• Poor Relief Act 1601
• Poor Relief Act 1662
• Poor Relief Act 1691
• Poor Relief Act 1722
• Poor Relief Act 1795
• Poor Removal Act 1795
• Public Works Loans Act 1817

R

• Relief of the Poor Act 1696
• Relief of the Poor Act 1795
• Roundsman System
• Royal Commission into the Operation of the Poor Laws 1832

S

• Speenhamland system
• Statute of Cambridge 1388
• Swing Riots

T

• Timeline of the English poor law system
• Tudor poor laws

U

• Union Chargeability Act 1865

V

• Vagabonds Act 1530
• Vagabonds Act 1536
• Vagabonds Act 1547
• Vagabonds Act 1549
• Vagabonds Act 1572
• Vagabonds and Beggars Act 1494