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  • The English poor in the eighteenth century : a study in social and administrative history / by Dorothy Marshall.
  • A history of vagrants and vagrancy, and beggars and begging / by C.J. Ribton-Turner.

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    The New Poor Law in the nineteenth century / edited by Derek Fraser.

    | Date: 1976
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    The statutes in force relating to the poor laws : to Boards of Guardians, district school and asylum managers, overseers, and the Local Government Board, from 43 Eliz. c.2, to 35 & 36 Vict, c.93, together with digests of the decisions of the courts upon each statute / by William Cunningham Glen.

    Glen, W. Cunningham (William Cunningham), 1814-1892. | Date: 1873
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    An act to amend the laws relating to the removal of the poor / Jellinger C. Symons.

    Symons, Jelinger C. (Jelinger Cookson), 1809-1860. | Date: 1846
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    The relief of poverty, 1834-1914 / prepared for the Economic History Society by Michael E. Rose.

    Rose, Michael E., 1936- | Date: 1972
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    Through a workhouse window : being a brief summary of three years spent by the youngest member of a Board of guardians in the course of his duties / by R.M. Noordin.

    Noordin, R. M., 1902- | Date: [1929], ©1929
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