This excellent study covers the provision for the poor in Scotland from the middle ages through to the mid 1800s.    

Price:  £12.13

The passage of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act created an immense archive of letters, reports and memos from the responsible bodies. The papers form part of the huge Ministry of Health archive held at the National Archives at Kew,where the lack of an effective index or list of contents hinders access to this key resource.   hardback   ISBN 978-1-903-56440-0

Price:  £40.00

This book charts the political transformation of Britain that resulted from the 'Great' Reform Act of 1832. It argues that this extensively debated parliamentary reform, aided by the workings of the New Poor Law (1834) and Municipal Corporations Act (1835), moved the nation far closer to a 'modern' type of representative system than has previously been supposed.   hardback   ISBN 978-0-861-93261-0

Price:  £50.00

For any Irish historical or genealogical researcher, the importance of Townlands in Poor Law Unions is immeasurable, and is one of only a small handful of must-have reference sources ...     ISBN 1-84630-069-X

Price:  £16.90

An account of the position of the poor in legal matters in England and Wales and a study in the inequality in the administration of justice where they are concerned, and of the remedies which have been attempted and suggested.    

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This study is a test-case of the old poor law. In its exploration of the virtually unknown world of the aged poor in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century England, it asks how the elderly poor managed to survive in a pre-industrial economy, and answers through focusing on the many factors that make up the experience of old age - status, health, wealth, and local culture - in two Suffolk villages.   hardback   ISBN 978-1-843-83094-8

Price:  £50.00

The consequences of extreme poverty were a grim reality for all too many people in Victorian England. The various poor laws implemented to try to deal with it contained a number of controversial measures, one of the most radical and unpopular being the crusade against outdoor relief, during which central government sought to halt all welfare payments at home.   hardback   ISBN 978-0-861-93292-4

Price:  £50.00

17 CD SET Books 1 to 74 Covering the period 1706-1795 A huge collection of original records - 74 books of approximately 700 pages in each book.    

Price:  £99.95

COVERS 1732-1775 This is an INDEX for the whole period 1732-1775, and contains about 60,000 names. (The indexes are NOT included on the CDs containing the books). (Futher index CDs for other periods will be made available at a later date when they have been completed - it is a huge task!)    

Price:  £3.50

This Royal Commission on Labour report is a very detailed account in 134 pages of the condition of the labouring population in the Poor Law Unions of Cookstown, Ballyshannon, Ardee, Downpatrick, Clones, Letterkenny, Limavady, Ballymena, Castleblayney, Dromore West, Ballymahon covering many counties in the northern half of Ireland.     ISBN 1-84630-120-3

Price:  £6.17

This 2nd volume in 138 pages treats on Poor Law Unions in counties Carlow, Cork (Kanturk), Clare (Ennistymon), Kerry (Kenmare), Kildare (Nass), Kilkenny (Thomastown), King's (Mountmellick), Limerick (Kilmallock), Queen's (Mountmellick), Tipperary (Cashel), Waterford (Lismore), Wexford and Wicklow   CD   ISBN 1-84630-132-7

Price:  £7.47

This 3rd volume in 80 pages treats on Poor Law Unions in counties Cavan (Bailieborough), Dublin (Balrothery), Galway (Loughrea) and Tipperary (Roscrea)   CD   ISBN 1-84630-133-5

Price:  £7.47

This 4th volume in 146 pages treats on Poor Law Unions in counties Mayo (Westport), Roscommon (Castlereagh), Cork (Skibbereen) and Westmeath (Delvin).   CD   ISBN 1-84630-134-3

Price:  £7.47

Women's work is recognised as fundamental to the industrialization of Britain in many fields. How it was rewarded is the subject of these studies, ranging over time, region, and occupation. Topics discussed here include children under the parish apprenticeship system, women's work for poor law authorities and how it was taken into account by welfare systems, the changing nature of women's work, remuneration and technology in British agriculture, questions of customary norms governing pay, female employment in many hitherto neglected urban industries, and women and the East India Company.   hardback   ISBN 978-1-843-83077-1

Price:  £50.00