Tutorial - Poor Law Records with Julie Muirhead 9th February 12pm

If you want to learn more about English Poor Law records and how they can tell you so much more about an ancestors life. Book to join my tutorial tomorrow 😄

#Genealogy #FamilyHistory #PoorLaw

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14 August 1834: The 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act received Royal Assent, introducing workhouses for the healthy poor. #History #PoorLaw

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8 August 1834: The Poor Law Amendment Act was passed by Parliament. #History #PoorLaw

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The 1834 Poor Law was designed to reduce the cost of looking after the poor by ensuring that paupers were housed in #workhouses.

Socialist historian @keithbeard.bsky.social in the @mstaronline.bsky.social

#PoorLaw #Workhouse #TradeUnions #LessEligibility #Employment #EmploymentLaws #WorkingClass

The Language of Poor Relief: Part Two This blog is the second part of this blog series and was written by Jo Parsons during a placement at Explore York Archives as part of project to develop a timeline of the Poor Law in York. To read …

🚨New blog alert🚨

Part two of the blog series examining the language of Poor Relief by Jo Parsons, one of our fabulous student placements is live now! 

You can read the blog on the link below:

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#York #archives #poorlaw #exploreyourarchive #history

Stobhill Hospital is one of the few remaining large complexes built as a Poor Law Hospital to care for those who could not afford to pay for treatment before the creation of the National Health Service.

#glasgow #architecture #stobhillhospital #springburn #watertower #tower #poorlaw #nhs

The water tower and old buildings of Stobhill Hospital in the Springburn area of Glasgow. Designed by Thomson and Sandilands it opened in 1904.

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#glasgow #architecture #stobhillhospital #springburn #watertower #tower #poorlaw #architecturephotograpy #nhs

The origins & background of disability policy never really left- that is laws & ethos about the deserving poor, eugenics, secularized Christian charity #disability #ableism #poorlaw

Colour photograph of the front of Southwell Workhouse from garden.

Built in 1824, Southwell Workhouse (Nottinghamshire) inspired many of the deterrent, harsh, and punitive elements of the New Poor Law.

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#workhouselegacies
#poorlaw #workhouse #welfareheritage #history #nationaltrust #nationaltrustmidlands

A little niche, but I'm so excited to finally own a copy of this book. I've been searching for years! It will be a wonderful insight into life in my hometown and the experiences that shaped my own family. These are the roots that still shape me. 💚

#Poorlaw #History #Telford #Shropshire