Under the terms of the Elizabethan Poor Law 1601poor relief was help given to the poor. Poor people receiving poor relief were known as paupers. Poor relief could be in several forms: pau·per ( P ) Pronunciation Key (pôpr) n. ...
Under the Poor Law Amendment Act 1834 such forms of outdoor relief were discouraged in an attempt to make people accept indoor relief inside a workhouse. An example of Money. ... It has been suggested that folding clothes be merged into this article or section. ... The Poor Law Amendment Act 1834 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that reformed the poverty relief system of the United Kingdom, that had been based on the Poor Law Act 1601, and had been largely unchanged since then. ... For specific national programs, see Social Security (United States), National insurance (UK), Social Security (Sweden) Social security mainly refers to a field of social welfare concerned with social protection, or protection against socially recognized needs, including poverty, old age, disability, unemployment, families with children and others. ... After the passing of the 1601 Elizabethan Poor Law, indoor relief was poor relief that took place within a workhouse or almshouse. ... Former workhouse at Nantwich, dating from 1780 A workhouse was a place where people who were unable to support themselves could go to live and work. ...
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