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81Majority report (Poor Law) — The Majority report was a report published by the Royal Commission on the Poor Laws published in 1909. The Royal Commission on the Poor Laws was a group set up to work out the best way to relieve the poor. The Commission was made up of members of …
82Salt Museum, Northwich — The Salt Museum, Northwich, in Cheshire is the only museum in the United Kingdom dedicated to salt.The museum is currently located in the old workhouse, situated on the A533. It is a Grade II listed building.… …
83Committee for the Relief of the Black Poor — The Committee for the Relief of the Black Poor was a charitable organization founded in London in 1786 to provide sustenance for distressed people of African and Asian origin. It became a crucial organization in the subsequent proposal to form a… …
84Coxheath — Coordinates: 51°14′01″N 0°29′49″E / 51.233473°N 0.496938°E / 51.233473; 0.496938 …
85Oliver Twist (1982 TV film) — Oliver Twist Directed by Clive Donner Produced by Ted Childs Norton Romsey …
86Classifications of poor used in the Poor Law system — classified people into categories for those considered deserving of poor relief and those who were not considered deserving of poor relief. The impotent poor could not look after themselves or go to work. They included the ill, the infirm, the… …
87Clifton Film Fest — new article content ... Clifton Film Fest Photo Credit: Sarah Patch, 2009 Festival Clifton, VA Location Workhouse Arts Center, Lorton, VA …
88Decline and abolition of the poor law system — The Decline and abolition of the Poor law system in England and Wales can be traced to around 1870 when the share of population on poor relief began to fall into sharp decline which continued until the outbreak of the First World War in 1914.[1]… …
89Divided Parishes and Poor Law Amendment Act 1882 — was an Act of Parliament in Britain which gave the Local Government Board increased powers relating to dissolving and creating Poor Law Unions.[1] It followed the Divided Parishes and Poor Law Amendment Act 1876 (39 40 Vict.) . See also List of… …
90Metropolitan Poor Act 1867 — The Metropolitan Poor Act 1867 was the first in a series of major reforms which lead to the gradual separation of the Poor Law s medical functions from its Poor Relief functions. It also led to the creation of a separate administrative authority… …
