Poor Law Amendment Act 1834

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Poor_Law_Amendment_Act_1834
GPTKB entity
Statements (28)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Act_of_Parliament
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:New_Poor_Law
gptkbp:appliesTo gptkb:England
gptkb:Wales
gptkbp:citation gptkb:4_&_5_Will._4._c._76
gptkbp:compatibleWith gptkb:Ireland
gptkb:Scotland
gptkbp:criticizedFor harshness towards the poor
gptkbp:dateEnacted 14 August 1834
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:established gptkb:Poor_Law_Commission
workhouses
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Poor Law Amendment Act 1834
gptkbp:influenced Victorian social policy
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Royal_Commission_into_the_Operation_of_the_Poor_Laws_1832
gptkbp:prohibits outdoor relief
gptkbp:purpose reform of the system of poor relief
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Poor_Law_Unions
cathedral
workhouse test
gptkbp:repealedBy gptkb:Local_Government_Act_1929
gptkb:Old_Poor_Law
gptkbp:significance major reform in British social policy
gptkbp:subjectOf gptkb:historical_event
gptkb:Charles_Dickens'_Oliver_Twist
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:civil_parish
gptkb:cathedral
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4