Poor Law Board

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The Poor Law Board was a 19th-century British central authority responsible for administering and overseeing the Poor Laws and the relief of the poor in England and Wales.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Poor Law Board canonical 8
Poor Law Board Act 1847 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (33)

Predicate Object
instanceOf central authority ⓘ
government agency ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction England ⓘ
England and Wales ⓘ
Wales ⓘ
appliesToPart parishes in England and Wales ⓘ
poor law unions ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
dissolved 1871 ⓘ
fieldOfWork poor relief ⓘ
social welfare administration ⓘ
followedBy Local Government Board ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver Boards of Guardians ⓘ
linked to: Board of Guardians

workhouse administration ⓘ
hasCharacteristic centralized control of poor relief ⓘ
politically accountable department ⓘ
hasResponsibility administration of the Poor Laws ⓘ
issuing orders and regulations under the Poor Laws ⓘ
oversight of poor relief ⓘ
regulation of workhouses ⓘ
supervision of Boards of Guardians ⓘ
headquartersLocation London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
inception 1847 ⓘ
legalBasis Poor Law Amendment Act 1834 ⓘ
Poor Law Board Act 1847 ⓘ
linked to: Poor Law Board
location Whitehall ⓘ
parentOrganization Government of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: UK government
replaced Poor Law Commission ⓘ
replacedBy Local Government Board ⓘ
replacedFunctionOf Poor Law Commission ⓘ
replacedSystem independent Poor Law Commission ⓘ
significantEvent transfer of functions to the Local Government Board in 1871 ⓘ
timePeriod 19th century ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

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

Local Government Board → replaced → Poor Law Board ⓘ
Poor Law Amendment Act 1834 → replacedBy → Poor Law Board ⓘ
Poor Law Board → legalBasis → Poor Law Board Act 1847 ⓘ
linked to: Poor Law Board
Poor Law Commission → replacedBy → Poor Law Board ⓘ
Board of Guardians → subordinateTo → Poor Law Board ⓘ
Poor Law Union → supervisingAuthority → Poor Law Board ⓘ
Andover workhouse scandal → relatedTo → Poor Law Board ⓘ