The Birmingham parish workhouse 1730-1840 / Chris Upton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Upton, Christopher, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Poor laws--England.

Poor laws.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (271 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hatfield, Hertfordshire : West Midlands Publications, [2019]

Summary:

Discover the untold story of Birmingham's first workhouse and its impact on the city's social welfare system.This groundbreaking study delves into the history of the Lichfield Street Workhouse, challenging conventional views of the Old Poor Law.

Contents:

Front Cover

Title Page

Half Title

Copyright

Contents

List of illustrations

Introduction

1. The Birmingham Poor Law

2. 'The residence of a gentleman': The Birmingham Workhouse

3. A Day in the Life

4. Putting Names to the Nameless Poor

5. The Ghost of a Workhouse

6. Managing the Poor: The Overseers and Guardians

7. Thirty Acres and a Cow: The Use of Birmingham's Parish Land

8. Managing the Poor: Masters, Matrons and Clerks

9. Birmingham's First Hospital: The Workhouse Infirmary

10. The Doings of Death

11. The Asylum for the Infant Poor

12. 'Bitter, unbroken lamentation'?: The Treatment of the Mentally Ill Pauper

13. Putting the Poor to Work

Afterword - Ian Cawood

Appendix

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

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ISBN:

1-912260-17-4

OCLC:

1102475586