Poor laws of the Isle of Man
The poor laws of the Isle of Man refer to the legislation relating to poor relief passed on the Isle of Man during the 19th century.
The Isle of Man, in contrast to neighbouring Britain, did not adopt an English style scheme of poor relief (see Tudor Poor Laws) and instead, prior to the Napoleonic Wars, relied on a system of charitable work undertaken by friendly societies and charitable donations collected by each parish church. The novel The Deemster also describes a system of house-to-house begging on the island. When this system of voluntary donations proved ineffective, a committee of enquiry was formed to consider reform. An Act of Tynwald established a Home for the Poor in 1889.[1]
References
- ^ "Poor Relief". Isle-of-man.com. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
Further reading
Ann Harrison, Associational Culture, 1830-1914 in A New History of the Isle of Man, vol 5 (ISBN 0-85323-726-3) Liverpool:University Press, 2000 pp. 393/406
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Nantwich workhouse
- Vagabonds and Beggars Act 1494
- Tudor poor laws
- Poor Relief Act 1597
- Poor Relief Act 1601
- Poor Relief Act 1662
- Relief of the Poor Act 1696
- Poor Relief Act 1722
- Relief of the Poor Act 1782
- House of correction
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- Poor rate
- Poor relief
- Buttock mail
- Liberal welfare reforms
- Royal Commission (1905–09)
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- Interwar poverty
- National Assistance Act 1948