Lives of the Poor in the West End of London, 1725 - 1824

Schwarz, L. D., University of Birmingham, Department of Economic and Social History; Black, J., University of Newcastle upon Tyne, School of Historical Studies; Thompson, R., University of Birmingham, Department of Modern History; Jones, P., University of Birmingham, Department of Modern History; Boulton, J., University of Newcastle upon Tyne, School of Historical Studies

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dc.creator	Schwarz, L. D., University of Birmingham, Department of Economic and Social History	en
dc.creator	Black, J., University of Newcastle upon Tyne, School of Historical Studies	en
dc.creator	Thompson, R., University of Birmingham, Department of Modern History	en
dc.creator	Jones, P., University of Birmingham, Department of Modern History	en
dc.creator	Boulton, J., University of Newcastle upon Tyne, School of Historical Studies	en
dc.date	2008-01-31T00:00:00Z	en
dc.identifier	5679	-
dc.identifier	10.5255/UKDA-SN-5679-1	-
dc.identifier	http://doi.org/10.5255/UKDA-SN-5679-1	-
dc.identifier.uri	https://t2-4.bsc.es/jspui/handle/123456789/64337	*
dc.description	<P>Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.</P>	en
dc.description	The project aimed to reconstruct the lives of paupers using the unusually rich poor law records for St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Westminster across the long-eighteenth century. The main objectives were:<br> 1. To discover and analyse the characteristics of recipients of both indoor and outdoor relief with a view to understanding their total life situation, the frequency with which they received relief, and the duration of that relief.<br> 2. To analyse the changing experience of children and old people within the welfare system.<br> 3. Wherever possible, to uncover the familial and life-cycle circumstances of the pauper population, and how alterations in these circumstances were related to poor law payments and interactions with the institutions of relief.<br> 4. To produce some basic statistical measures of poor relief including long-run patterns of expenditure on the poor.<br> 5. To compare material derived from the pauper biographies of Westminster with those from other settlements and parishes, both in the capital and elsewhere.<br>	en
dc.description	<B>Main Topics</B>:<BR>	en
dc.description	Five Access databases and one spreadsheet derived from the poor law records of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Westminster, covering the period 1724-1824 relating to the life histories of c. 56,000 paupers in the parish. These record a variety of measures of poor relief, including all admissions and discharges to the large parish workhouse, outdoor pensions paid to various categories of paupers, many instances of outdoor relief (in cash and kind), and over 12,000 settlement examinations, providing rich and diverse biographical details of paupers who had a right of settlement in St. Martins.<br>	en
dc.language	en	-
dc.rights	Leonard Schwarz	en
dc.subject	POVERTY	en
dc.subject	WORKHOUSE ADMISSIONS	en
dc.subject	WORKHOUSE DISCHARGES	en
dc.subject	LIFE CYCLE	en
dc.subject	POOR PERSONS	en
dc.subject	1725-1824	en
dc.subject	England	en
dc.title	Lives of the Poor in the West End of London, 1725 - 1824	en
dc.type	Dataset	en
dc.coverage	England	en
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