From Old to New Poor Law.

From: History Review | Date: December 1, 2000| Author: Goodlad, Graham | Copyright information

The old system

At the beginning of the nineteenth century, the poorest members of English society were the responsibility of the individual parishes in which they lived. This was the underlying principle of the Elizabethan Poor Laws which, with a few modifications, had endured for two centuries. Each parish appointed officials known as overseers, whose task was to collect a poor rate from local householders. This money was allocated on a basis of need to individuals and ...

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