Date:1830 - 1831 (c.)
Description:Just who was likely to need help from the workhouse - a place of last resort for ordinary working people in the 1830s? The list This list reveals just some of the lives that had fallen on hard times in the parishes of Burslem and Wolstanton in 1831. From colliers, labourers and potters, to widows and children, many people were at risk from misfortune, illness or injury. In the days before affordable transport, Shropshire collier Francis Beech was simply far away from home. Many of these people had to care for families. Some dependents numbered just 2 or 3, but Goldenhill collier Thomas Breeze provided for 10. Benefits Most people were paid between 2 and 10 shillings a fortnight - between £6.15 and £30.76 in terms of today's "purchasing power." Names (in order of appearance)
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Family historians may relish this revealing booklet, which reports on the poverty suffered by the residents ...
Just who was likely to need help from the workhouse - a place of last resort for ordinary working people ...
Frost, James Gleaves, Thos. and Hannah Gibson, James Goodwin, Joseph Gater, Richard Green, Hannah Goodwin, ...
Knapper, James, 12, of Kidsgrove, collier, scalded; Knapper, George, of Kidsgrove, collier; Knapper, ...
Before today's welfare state, the parish supported individuals and families who fell on hard times. Widows, ...
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