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Total number of records: 156

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Brotherton Collection64
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society41
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections5

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
poor laws156
poor72
charity laws and legislation38
education38
public welfare26
almshouses7
working class7
charities5
municipal incorporation3
tramps3

Count of Place

PlaceCount
Great Britain46
England38
Ireland1
London (England)1
Sculcoates (England)1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Great Britain. Commissioners Appointed To Inquire Into the Education of the Poor38
Roberts, Samuel (1763-1848)37
Great Britain. Poor Law Commission15
Great Britain11
Sheffield Union. Board of Guardians6
Eden, Sir Frederick Morton (1766-1809)4
Parker, Hugh, D. 18614
Dunn, Thomas (Alderman of Sheffield)3
Sheffield Union3
Blakey, Robert (1795-1878)2

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From 16003
From 170011
From 1800113
From 190013

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Up to 17999
Up to 1899115
Up to 199913

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Discourse on the poor laws of England and Scotland, on the state of the poor of Ireland, and on emigration

Strickland, George (1782-1874)

1830

Half title: On the poor laws of England, &c.&c. Includes bibliographical references.

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Administration of the poor laws

1832

"(Not published.)" - title-page.

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Report of the Hollow Meadows Farm

Watkinson, John (clerk); Sheffield Union. Board of Guardians

1853

At head of title: The Sheffield Union.

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Observations on the impolicy, abuses, and false interpretation of the Poor Laws : and on the reports of the two houses of Parliament

Sheffield, John Baker Holroyd Earl of (1735-1821)

1818

Offprint from The Pamphleteer, vol.13, no.25, pp.[113]-138.

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