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An Act of Parliament in the year 1834 took the responsibility of administering to the poor from the local parish church to the doorstep of civil government. The government grouped each civil parish into a union of parishes. There were nearly 600 such unions throughout England, each one comprising close to 20 or more parishes, and were specifically setup to meet the demands of the poor among their local populations, with a workhouse on the premises. The responsibility was transferred from local parishes to a Board of Guardians in each union. These groupings or unions were known as poor-law unions. | An Act of Parliament in the year 1834 took the responsibility of administering to the poor from the local parish church to the doorstep of civil government. The government grouped each civil parish into a union of parishes. There were nearly 600 such unions throughout England, each one comprising close to 20 or more parishes, and were specifically setup to meet the demands of the poor among their local populations, with a workhouse on the premises. The responsibility was transferred from local parishes to a Board of Guardians in each union. These groupings or unions were known as poor-law unions. Kent County had the following poorlaw unions within its boundaries: | ||
=== The Poor Law Unions === | === The Poor Law Unions === | ||
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=== Online Transcriptions Relating to Poorlaw Records === | === Online Transcriptions Relating to Poorlaw Records === | ||
1) For more information on the history of the workhouse, see Peter Higginbotham's web site: [http://workhouses.org.uk/ www.workhouses.org.uk,] | 1) For more information on the history of the workhouse, see Peter Higginbotham's web site: [http://workhouses.org.uk/ www.workhouses.org.uk,] a [http://www.workhouses.org.uk/poorlaws/ website providing history and a few online records] | ||
2) Here's a [http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/Paupers/ general website providing data on approximately 10 percent of the county's poor] | 2) Here's a [http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/Paupers/ general website providing data on approximately 10 percent of the county's poor] | ||
{{Place|Kent|Poor Law Unions}} {{Poor Law}} [[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]] | {{Place|Kent|Poor Law Unions}} {{Poor Law}} [[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
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