Self Improvement Finding The English Poor

1. Records of the Poor in Englandby Alan E. Mann, Diane Loosle, and Mark E. Gardner 2. BackgroundPrior to the establishment of the Church of England, much of the responsibility…

Self Improvement Workhouses Are Not Nice

1. The 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act 2. 15,000 or so parishes of England and Wales were divided into new administrative units called Poor Law Unions each run by a locally elected…