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  • Title is exactly "The 'Bury-al Board': Poverty, politics and poor relief in the Brixworth Union, Northamptonshire, c1870-1900"

The 'Bury-al Board': Poverty, politics and poor relief in the Brixworth Union, Northamptonshire, c1870-1900

The crusade against outrelief, which was promoted by the Local Government Board in the late-Victorian era, is a neglected topic of nineteenth century poor law studies. This thesis examines the crusade against outrelief that was implemented in the…