Poor Law Board

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The Poor Law Board was a 19th-century British central authority responsible for administering and overseeing the Poor Laws and the relief of the poor in England and Wales.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Poor Law Board canonical 8
Poor Law Board Act 1847 1

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Statements (33)

Predicate Object
instanceOf central authority
government agency
appliesToJurisdiction England
England and Wales
Wales
appliesToPart parishes in England and Wales
poor law unions
country United Kingdom
dissolved 1871
fieldOfWork poor relief
social welfare administration
followedBy Local Government Board
hasAuthorityOver Boards of Guardians
linked to: Board of Guardians

workhouse administration
hasCharacteristic centralized control of poor relief
politically accountable department
hasResponsibility administration of the Poor Laws
issuing orders and regulations under the Poor Laws
oversight of poor relief
regulation of workhouses
supervision of Boards of Guardians
headquartersLocation London
linked to: London, England
inception 1847
legalBasis Poor Law Amendment Act 1834
Poor Law Board Act 1847
linked to: Poor Law Board
location Whitehall
parentOrganization Government of the United Kingdom
linked to: UK government
replaced Poor Law Commission
replacedBy Local Government Board
replacedFunctionOf Poor Law Commission
replacedSystem independent Poor Law Commission
significantEvent transfer of functions to the Local Government Board in 1871
timePeriod 19th century

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Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Local Government Board replaced Poor Law Board
Poor Law Amendment Act 1834 replacedBy Poor Law Board
Poor Law Board legalBasis Poor Law Board Act 1847
linked to: Poor Law Board
Poor Law Commission replacedBy Poor Law Board
Board of Guardians subordinateTo Poor Law Board
Poor Law Union supervisingAuthority Poor Law Board
Andover workhouse scandal relatedTo Poor Law Board