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- The Speenhamland system was a form of outdoor relief intended to mitigate rural poverty in England and Wales at the end of the 18th century and during...18 KB (2,335 words) - 21:35, 25 June 2024
Poor relief (redirect from Poor law system)Operation of the Poor Laws 1832 called the Speenhamland System a "universal system of pauperism". The system allowed employers, including farmers and the...22 KB (2,992 words) - 23:38, 2 June 2024- upon analysis of the Speenhamland laws, which he saw not only as the last attempt of the squirearchy to preserve the traditional system of production and...29 KB (3,549 words) - 08:03, 26 June 2024
the Speenhamland system (also known as the Berkshire Bread Act) tried to address some of the problems that underlay vagrancy. The Speenhamland system was...29 KB (3,360 words) - 07:28, 3 July 2024- Speenhamland is an area within modern Newbury, Berkshire. Its name is probably derived from Old English Spen-haema-land, "land of the inhabitants of Speen"...2 KB (238 words) - 11:09, 9 January 2021
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English Poor Laws (redirect from Origins of the Poor Law system)infirm and introduced a system of outdoor relief for the able-bodied. This was the basis for the development of the Speenhamland system, which made financial...75 KB (8,682 words) - 02:33, 22 June 2024
Longitude prize Window tax Proclamation of Rebellion South Sea Company Speenhamland system Welsh Methodist revival Symbols Flag Royal arms History of Great...92 KB (10,314 words) - 18:22, 8 June 2024- emergence of a coherent and generous nationwide provision, the resulting Speenhamland system did generally manage to prevent working class commoners from starvation...18 KB (2,373 words) - 13:33, 21 May 2024
herself". Anne's reign was marked by the further development of a two-party system. In general, the Tories were supportive of the Anglican church and favoured...78 KB (9,719 words) - 07:07, 19 July 2024
work". In 1795 the Speenhamland system was introduced as a system of outdoor relief. Again, there was variation within the system with some parishes subsidising...20 KB (2,728 words) - 08:48, 22 June 2024
semi-permanent top-up of labourers' wages—the Allowance System, Roundsman System, or Speenhamland System), Parliament had set up a Royal Commission into the...32 KB (4,280 words) - 10:50, 22 June 2024
Longitude prize Window tax Proclamation of Rebellion South Sea Company Speenhamland system Welsh Methodist revival Symbols Flag Royal arms History of Great...56 KB (6,726 words) - 16:23, 12 July 2024- able-bodied. The roundsman system was discontinued by the Poor Law Amendment Act 1834. Primitive accumulation Speenhamland system Poor Law One or more of...2 KB (375 words) - 07:36, 23 January 2024
Swing Riots (section Tithe System)parish fund would top up wages to a basic subsistence level (see Speenhamland system). To that mixture was added the burden of the church tithe. This...34 KB (4,177 words) - 02:27, 14 May 2024- The following are the rates that apply as of 27 February 2024. Speenhamland system Family Credit Working Families Tax Credit Child Tax Credit Universal...12 KB (1,572 words) - 15:19, 2 July 2024
- more closely fits the contemporary definition of basic income. The Speenhamland system was a form of poverty relief in England at the end of the 18th century...45 KB (4,996 words) - 07:45, 30 January 2024
- were set up, but the supplementing of inadequate wages under the Speenhamland system did become established towards the end of the 18th century. So keen...62 KB (8,274 words) - 08:15, 5 June 2024
of the monarchy diminished, and Britain began a transition to the modern system of cabinet government led by a prime minister. Towards the end of his reign...60 KB (6,789 words) - 10:02, 16 July 2024
Longitude prize Window tax Proclamation of Rebellion South Sea Company Speenhamland system Welsh Methodist revival Symbols Flag Royal arms History of Great...4 KB (138 words) - 18:30, 10 July 2024
- on: Speenhamland system Wikipedia Named after a 1795 meeting in Speenhamland, Berkshire, where local magistrates devised the system. the Speenhamland system
- 3. ——— means of abolishing, 53. Small Dwellings Acquisition Act, 25. Speenhamland, policy of, 58. State action, 36. ——— aid toward the housing of the poor
- of the reversal of the Speenhamland method was less obvious to most nineteenth-century writers, namely, that the wage system had to be made universal