Poverty&Paupers: the New Poor Law in England&Wales
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History: New Poor Law. Augmenting key free resource for England/Wales. Writing a history of the NPL in Wales. British Acad and AHRC funded. #Paupers #Workhouse
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Joined June 2018
Recently, the #Testimony_of_the_Victorian_Poor, c.1834-1900 project staff & volunteers led by @UkNatArchives & @NottmTrentUni have been uncovering English and Welsh #pauper_letters for transcription & loading to the Web. For update see: https://t.co/BNTzy3ktBW
#Poverty
#Workhouse
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As a part of this project we will identify, list and transcribe an estimated c.14-15,000 letters, all written by Victorian English and Welsh paupers, the wider poor and their advocates, found withi…
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Did this a little while ago - to highlight the voices of #paupers & other #poor #working_class people in 19thC. #England and #Wales - it deserves a wider airing. We went through the #New_Poor_Law archives at TNA and chose 4 accounts by the poor (from 000s). Click below to listen.
We have released a new video: Spotlight On: Poor Laws! In this video, records specialist Paul Carter takes us through several examples of documents where we can directly hear the voices of the Victorian Poor. View the video and lesson resource here: https://t.co/NWxwq7SWdj
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#The_National_Archives, #University_of_Aberystwyth, & #Nottingham_Trent_University, are starting a major research project on the #New_Poor_Law in #Wales, 1834-1930. Read more on the link here for a summary - what we will be doing and who our partners are: https://t.co/HA94HnMssy
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Although much has been written on the poor laws over the last twenty years, our project will for the first time provide a detailed and overarching ‘big picture’ of the totality of the New Poor Law,…
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Found this in #New_Poor_Law archive for #Bangor_and_Beaumaris, #Wales, Sept 1840. #Poor_relief funds ran out leaving #paupers unpaid (see alt - extra text ). Writer adds 'since Man to Man is so unjust, Tis hard to tell what Man to trust'. What is the rhymes origin? #Welsh_History
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Please join us @TheirWrite for a public free online #New_Poor_Law #history seminar - 4 Feb 25. Paul Carter (@UkNatArchives) will be talking about sexual-impropriety in 19th century #workhouses and their investigations. #Paupers
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@UkNatArcRes
https://t.co/sEhbMs9tjW
ntu.ac.uk
Workhouse Lives V: ‘Investigating Complaints of Sexual Impropriety under the English and Welsh Poor Law: Staff vs Paupers', Dr Paul Carter, The National Archives
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A piece on the #Stockport_Workhouse/s from the 1730s focusing on their contribution in regard to local health care. The #workhouse at #Stockport was a target for unemployed workers in 1842 who forced an entrance and took money and bread. #New_Poor_Law
https://t.co/bR7ubCrQDq
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"Inside the Birkenhead Workhouse where people lived, worked and died" a Liverpool Echo piece: @LivEchonews. Gives an account of the #Birkenhead Poor Law Union - some great pithy detail into the lives of #paupers there. A glimpse into the #New_Poor_Law. https://t.co/eC7D3Z47T7
liverpoolecho.co.uk
The Birkenhead Workhouse was "a glaring violation of decency and propriety" where inmates shivered on freezing floors
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Please join us @TheirWrite for a public free online #New_Poor_Law seminar on 7 Jan 25. This is our first session of the year. Matthew Bayly (@unilincoln) will be talking about physical violence in the #workhouse . @NottmTrentUni
@UkNatArcRes
https://t.co/YD1zr1ctES
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Workhouse Lives V: ‘Striking her child's head against the wall: Physical Violence in Lincolnshire's Workhouses, 1853-1914', Dr Matthew Bayly, University of Lincoln
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I have only had a bit of a look at this - this morning - and it looks terrific. This is going to be an enormously useful research resource. Congrats to everyone involved.
Launching The Historical Boundaries of Wales: Explore various historical boundaries from Townships to Parishes, Hundreds to Counties though 2D and 3D mapping. Find out more with this link: https://t.co/FWY1NBQpmc
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We made a podcast - “Pauper Voices” - from thousands of letters written by Victorian #paupers + the wider #poor across #England& #Wales under the #New_Poor_Law. Here we see what they thought of the welfare given to the sick, elderly + unemployed? #history
https://t.co/KnYLGOCj9B
media.nationalarchives.gov.uk
It's often impossible to find direct accounts of poor people in the historical record, especially the further back you look. But an extraordinary
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Online: Friday/26th January/2pm Paul Carter (@theirwrite/@UkNatArchives) will speak on "Poverty, Language and the New Poor Law (NPL) in Wales, 1834-1871". How did local officials/paupers react? Did Welsh culture feature in the political/welfare battles. https://t.co/Gnzws1OfFD
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The New Poor Law ”… is a sealed book”
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Might you help? At @TheirWrite we've read 1000s of #pauper, wider poor & advocate letters and would like to put faces to named writers. This is Roland & Betsy Jones, Bala W'house (#Wales) inmates c1875. Are there many/any similar pictures out there? #pauper_letters
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HistoryHits film 'Great Excavations! Digging Dickens Workhouse' is live this evening! Watch Paul Carter @TheirWrite with Tony Robinson @HistoryHit at @UkNatArchives. Focusing on the Strand Workhouse, Paul spoke on pauper letters & how paupers rated their treatment under the law.
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So excited that #In_Their_Own_Write: Contesting the New Poor Law, 1834–1900, won the #North_American_Victorian_Studies_Association’s best book in field prize 2022. A history of the New Poor Law as viewed by the poor. @UkNatArchives
@TrentUni Thanks @ahrcpress for project funds.
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Click here to see Rosie Morris's talk on how The National Archives is giving digital access (transcriptions) to its archival materials & creating new teaching resources to bring history to life for all. #paupers
#pauper_letters
#English_and_Welsh_History
https://t.co/IxLpuechuH
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Latest letter from #The_Voices_of_the_Victorian_Welsh_Poor project. We see that John David Owen wrote in 1844, in #Welsh, from Llandegai near Bangor stating that his mother needed additional relief she being in a state of “filth and wretchedness”. See text in image for details.
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Latest letter found through #The_Voices_of_the_Victorian_Welsh_Poor project. We find Hugh and Agnes Rowland, #paupers from #Anglesey, complain that the level of #poor_relief left them “in want” of food. They ask for help without which they will starve. See full text in image.
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#Welsh_Pauper_Letters. Robert&Mary Morgan from Llanwrin in the Machynlleth Union - were “scandalously treated.. and maliciously abused” by local poor law guardians. See extended text in "ALT". For more on @TheirWrite research see: https://t.co/ssnzOELUmN & https://t.co/gBcoan5rbY
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Powerful words from William Joseph, Pwllheli Workhouse pauper inmate, to the Poor Law Board, 1845. Such letters are common - @TheirWrite have found thousands of such letters across England & Wales. For more on this research see: https://t.co/ssnzOELUmN and https://t.co/Iua5Avoupw
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Here is a link to an extended Ten Minute Talk (really 15 minutes) - part of a series from @BALHNews. Here Helen Palmer, Outreach Officer for #Wales, walks us through the role of #workhouses in Victorian Welsh society and what daily life was like there. https://t.co/tCgHRZ4DwT
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