Poor Law Amendment Act 1834

E232941

The Poor Law Amendment Act 1834 was a major British social reform that overhauled the system of poor relief by centralizing administration and promoting workhouses to reduce outdoor relief to the poor.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Poor Law Amendment Act 1834 canonical 10
New Poor Law 5
New Poor Law of 1834 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
poor law ⓘ
administrativeUnitCreated Poor Law Union ⓘ
affectedGroup able-bodied poor ⓘ
parishes in England and Wales ⓘ
paupers ⓘ
allowed indoor relief in workhouses ⓘ
alsoKnownAs New Poor Law ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction England ⓘ
Wales ⓘ
basedOn Royal Commission into the Operation of the Poor Laws 1832 ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
createdBody Board of Guardians ⓘ
Poor Law Commission ⓘ
enactedBy Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
hasConsequence construction of new workhouses ⓘ
increased central control over local poor relief ⓘ
reduction of parish autonomy in poor relief ⓘ
historicalPeriod Victorian era ⓘ
inspiredOppositionFrom Chartists ⓘ
northern industrial towns ⓘ
some Anglican clergy ⓘ
working-class radicals ⓘ
introducedPrinciple less eligibility ⓘ
workhouse test ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
legalStatus partly repealed ⓘ
locationOfEnactment London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
longTermImpact foundation of Victorian poor relief system ⓘ
influence on later social welfare policy in Britain ⓘ
mainObjective centralize administration of poor relief ⓘ
discourage dependence on outdoor relief ⓘ
reduce cost of poor relief ⓘ
notableEvent Andover workhouse scandal ⓘ
policyChange grouping of parishes into Poor Law Unions ⓘ
promotion of workhouses over outdoor relief ⓘ
standardization of poor relief rules ⓘ
precededBy Elizabethan Poor Laws ⓘ
reformOf Old Poor Law ⓘ
replacedBy Poor Law Board ⓘ
restricted outdoor relief to the able-bodied poor ⓘ
royalAssentDate 1834-08-14 ⓘ
shortName Poor Law Amendment Act 1834 ⓘ
subjectMatter local government administration ⓘ
poor relief ⓘ
social welfare ⓘ
supervisedBy Poor Law Commissioners ⓘ
linked to: Poor Law Commission
yearOfEnactment 1834 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (18)

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

William IV → notableEvent → Poor Law Amendment Act 1834 ⓘ
Poor Law Amendment Act 1834 → shortName → Poor Law Amendment Act 1834 ⓘ
Poor Law Amendment Act 1834 → alsoKnownAs → New Poor Law ⓘ
linked to: Poor Law Amendment Act 1834
Poor Law Board → legalBasis → Poor Law Amendment Act 1834 ⓘ
Local Government Board Act 1871 → relatedTo → Poor Law Amendment Acts ⓘ
linked to: Poor Law Amendment Act 1834
The Workhouse, Southwell → associatedWith → Poor Law Amendment Act 1834 ⓘ
The Workhouse, Southwell → associatedWith → New Poor Law ⓘ
linked to: Poor Law Amendment Act 1834
Old Poor Law → replacedBy → New Poor Law ⓘ
linked to: Poor Law Amendment Act 1834
Old Poor Law → significantEvent → Poor Law Amendment Act 1834 ⓘ
Royal Commission into the Operation of the Poor Laws 1832 → influenced → New Poor Law ⓘ
linked to: Poor Law Amendment Act 1834
Poor Law Commission → legalBasis → Poor Law Amendment Act 1834 ⓘ
Board of Guardians → legalBasis → Poor Law Amendment Act 1834 ⓘ
Poor Law Union → legalFramework → Poor Law Amendment Act 1834 ⓘ
Poor Law Union → partOf → New Poor Law system ⓘ
linked to: Poor Law Amendment Act 1834
Andover workhouse scandal → mainSubject → New Poor Law ⓘ
linked to: Poor Law Amendment Act 1834
Andover workhouse scandal → relatedTo → New Poor Law of 1834 ⓘ
linked to: Poor Law Amendment Act 1834
Elizabethan Poor Laws → followedBy → Poor Law Amendment Act 1834 ⓘ