SPEENHAMLAND TO THE NEW POOR LAW 1830-47

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SPEENHAMLAND TO THE NEW POOR LAW 1830-47

Significant Events

1795 Speenhamland system introduced

1815 French War ends

1830 Swing Riots

1832 Royal Commission set up to investigate the Poor Law

1834 Poor Law Amendment Act abolishes the old Poor Law system and replaces it with a new, controlled system based on the workhouse, Poor Law Unions and central control through the Poor Law Commission

1834-38 Anti-Poor Law agitation takes place

1845-46 Andover scandal occurs

1847 Poor Law Amendment Act reorganizes the running of the Poor Law system by abolishing the Poor Law Commission and creating the Poor Law Board