Definition of Speenhamland. Meaning of Speenhamland. Synonyms of Speenhamland

- The Speenhamland system was a form of outdoor relief intended to mitigate rural poverty in England and Wales at the end of the 18th century and during...
- Speenhamland is an area within modern Newbury, Berkshire. Its name is probably derived from Old English Spen-haema-land, "land of the inhabitants of Speen"...
- able-bodied poor were provided with poor relief in their own homes. The Speenhamland system was a form of outdoor relief intended to mitigate rural poverty...
- that more closely fits the contemporary definition of basic income. The Speenhamland system was a form of poverty relief in England at the end of the 18th...
- the Speenhamland system (also known as the Berkshire Bread Act) tried to address some of the problems that underlay vagrancy. The Speenhamland system...
- magistrates, meeting at the George and Pelican Inn in Speenhamland, introduced the Speenhamland System which tied parish poor relief (welfare payments)...
- (Settlement Acts) 1723 – Workhouse Test Act 1782 – Gilbert's Act 1795 – Speenhamland[dubious – discuss] The origins of the Old Poor Law extend back into the...
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- was replaced by the Poor Law Amendment Act 1834. Speenhamland system Roundsman Poor Law "The Speenhamland System", The Victorian Web, accessed 2009-06-07...
- emergence of a coherent and generous nationwide provision, the resulting Speenhamland system did generally manage to prevent working class commoners from starvation...