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41Huddersfield workhouse scandal (1848) — The Huddersfield workhouse scandal was a scandal which concerned the conditions in the workhouse at Huddersfield, England in 1848. On investigation the conditions were considered to be worse than those in Andover which had hit the headlines in… …
42London Workhouse Yard — In Bishopsgate Street, leading to the London Workhouse (Dodsley, 1761) …
43The Workhouse — See London Workhouse …
44(St.) Bride's Workhouse — On the east side of Shoe Lane, in Farringdon Ward Without (Lockie, 1810). Not named in the maps …
45London Workhouse — On the west side of Bishopsgate Street (Strype, 1720 Elmes, 1831). Crown Yard in O. and M. 1677. Founded by Act of Parliament in 1649 for the relief and employment of the poor. Constituted a body corporate 1662, the governors being the… …
46Workhouses — Workhouse Un Workhouse (foyer de travail), était un lieu qui accueillait au Royaume Uni les personnes incapables de subvenir seules à leur besoin. Ils pouvaient y vivre en échange de leur travail. L objectif était d arrêter de payer de l aide… …
47Workhouses — Workhouse Work house , n.; pl. {Workhouses}. [AS. weorch[=u]s.] [1913 Webster] 1. A house where any manufacture is carried on; a workshop. [1913 Webster] 2. A house in which idle and vicious persons are confined to labor. [1913 Webster] 3. A… …
48English Poor Laws — Poor Law redirects here. For the Poor Law systems of Scotland and Ireland, see Scottish Poor Laws and Irish Poor Laws. Although many deterrent workhouses developed in the period after the New Poor Law, some had already been built under the… …
49Poor Law — This article deals chiefly with the English Poor Laws covering England and Wales. For the laws regarding the other areas of the British Isles see Irish Poor Laws and Scottish Poor Law The Poor Law was the system for the provision of social… …
50Poor Law Amendment Act 1834 — The Poor Law Amendment Act 1834, sometimes abbreviated to PLAA,[1] was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed by the Whig government of Lord Melbourne that reformed the country s poverty relief system (with the exception of… …
