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Timeline of the English poor law system

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The following article presents a timeline of the poor law system in England from its origins in the Tudor and Elizabethan era to its abolition in 1948.

1300s

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1400s

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1500s

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1600s

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1700s

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  • 1723 - the workhouses decided to give jobs to the poor so there wouldn't been so much of them on the street
  • 1782 - Relief of the Poor Act 1782 passed.

1800s

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1900s

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References

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  1. ^ "Key dates in Poor Law and Relief Great Britain 1300 - 1899".
  2. ^ "Key dates in Poor Law and Relief Great Britain 1300 - 1899".
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