Shelsley Beauchamp
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Shelsley Beauchamp is a village and civil parish in the Malvern Hills district of Worcestershire, England. It lies 9 miles north-west of Worcester. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 23
All Saints' Church
The Shelsleys Village Hall, Shelsley Beauchamp
Poor Law Amendment Act 1834
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The Poor Law Amendment Act 1834 known widely as the New Poor Law, was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed by the Whig government of Earl Grey denying the right of the poor to subsist
Out-door relief: Poor people coming to a workhouse for food, c. 1840
A "Poor Law Bastille": 1835 model design of a workhouse to hold 300 paupers.
... 'classified' (men, women, girls, boys) and segregated accordingly
One of the "Somerset House Despots": Sir Thomas Frankland Lewis, Chairman of Poor Law Commission 1834–39