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Total number of records: 169

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Books and printed items167
Archives2

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Brotherton Collection73
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society42
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections5

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
poor laws169
poor75
charity laws and legislation38
education38
public welfare26
almshouses7
working class7
charities5
municipal incorporation3
tramps3

Count of Place

PlaceCount
Great Britain47
England38
Ireland1
London (England)1
Sculcoates (England)1
Sheffield (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)38
Great Britain. Poor Law Commission15
Great Britain11
Fabian Society (Great Britain)8
Sheffield Union. Board of Guardians6
Eden, Sir Frederick Morton (1766-1809)4
Parker, Hugh, D. 18614
Dunn, Thomas (Alderman of Sheffield)3
Lloyd, C M (1878-1946)3

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From 16003
From 170013
From 1800118
From 190019

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Up to 179911
Up to 1899120
Up to 199919

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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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Damnation! Eternal damnation to the fiend-begotten "coarser food" new Poor Law : a speech

Oastler, Richard (1789-1861)

1837

Printed by J. Hobson, printer, Market Street, Leeds (colophon).

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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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Monthly disbursements of Richard Sutterby, Overseer of the Poor

Sutterby, Richard

1786-1787

Accounts of the payments made by Richard Sutterby (an Overseer of the Poor), 'beginning the 8th day of October 1786'

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