Date:1830 - 1831 (c.)
Description:Before today's welfare state, the parish supported individuals and families who fell on hard times. Widows, illegitimate children, unemployed workers and even whole orphaned families appear on published lists. Some were taken into the workhouse, but others were supported by casual relief "outdoors," receiving a limited payment. This snapshot details them as follows: Casual Relief Total paid out: £467 8s 1d
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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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