The administration of the Poor Laws in Dorset, with special reference to agrarian distress
The administration of the Poor Laws in Dorset, with special reference to agrarian distress
The aim of this study has been to assess the oharaoter and degree of sucoess of the administration of the old poor lew In the oounty of Dorset In the last seventy-four years of its operation. It also seeks to investigate agrarian distress In the county and to consider whether the poor-law administration was a factor, major o rcontributory in creating that distress. In particular, attention has been given to the period after the French wars in 1815, a period which culminated in the disturbances of 1850 and shortly afterwards in the TolpuddleiEertyrs episode. It has been thought wise to omit consideration of the latter since it has been exhaustively studied before. Since agrarian distress forms a part of the subject under consideration it has been thought appropriate to give a fairly extensive survey of social and economic conditions in the county in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. In the study of a social subject of this kind it is often difficult to determine the exact limits of relevant material and it has been found necessary to leave out of consideration the possible influence of the oomi laws on Dorset agricultural economy and also the effects of national economic and financial trends such as inflation which clearly exaggerated the real increase In poor-law expenditure. I must acknowledge the help so willingly given to me by Miss M. Holmes, the County Archivist, and by Mr. E. Piers, the Curator of the Dorset County Muaeum, in making available the records in their care. likewise I must thank the many Dorset clergy who put themselves and the records of their churches at my disposal. I am only sorry that one or two felt unable to do so. My thanks are also due to Miss M. B. Welnatock, the Principal of Weymouth Training College, who was able to suggest sources of Information and who kindly read and criticised the draft, Finally i must thank my wife who also read the draft and pointed out many stylistic errors which otherwise I might have missed.
University of Southampton
Body, George Anthony
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1965
Body, George Anthony
ca17bb2d-cc9d-42a2-ab33-28a0dae5b8b5
Body, George Anthony
(1965)
The administration of the Poor Laws in Dorset, with special reference to agrarian distress.
University of Southampton, Doctoral Thesis.
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The aim of this study has been to assess the oharaoter and degree of sucoess of the administration of the old poor lew In the oounty of Dorset In the last seventy-four years of its operation. It also seeks to investigate agrarian distress In the county and to consider whether the poor-law administration was a factor, major o rcontributory in creating that distress. In particular, attention has been given to the period after the French wars in 1815, a period which culminated in the disturbances of 1850 and shortly afterwards in the TolpuddleiEertyrs episode. It has been thought wise to omit consideration of the latter since it has been exhaustively studied before. Since agrarian distress forms a part of the subject under consideration it has been thought appropriate to give a fairly extensive survey of social and economic conditions in the county in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. In the study of a social subject of this kind it is often difficult to determine the exact limits of relevant material and it has been found necessary to leave out of consideration the possible influence of the oomi laws on Dorset agricultural economy and also the effects of national economic and financial trends such as inflation which clearly exaggerated the real increase In poor-law expenditure. I must acknowledge the help so willingly given to me by Miss M. Holmes, the County Archivist, and by Mr. E. Piers, the Curator of the Dorset County Muaeum, in making available the records in their care. likewise I must thank the many Dorset clergy who put themselves and the records of their churches at my disposal. I am only sorry that one or two felt unable to do so. My thanks are also due to Miss M. B. Welnatock, the Principal of Weymouth Training College, who was able to suggest sources of Information and who kindly read and criticised the draft, Finally i must thank my wife who also read the draft and pointed out many stylistic errors which otherwise I might have missed.
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