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This thesis examines the New Poor Law between c.1900 and 1930, the last three decades of its operation before boards of guardians were abolished by the 1929 Local Government Act. The poor law during this period has been widely neglected by historians…

A print showing the the Templar buildings in 1720.

A pencil drawing of the Tavistock Canal tunnel, Devon made by J. Finberg in 1945.

This study examines the origins, growth and subsequent character of the Victorian suburbs of Oxford, a small provincial city with no industrial base. Major sources include newspapers, census enumerators' returns, deposited plans, and plan registers,…

A watercolour painting of the Still House, Tavistock, Devon by T. Nowell made in 1950.

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The period between the Reform Bill and the Agricultural Depression was one of the 'golden ages' of the English market town. Some towns enjoyed at this time a new lease of prosperity, and at the same time gained an unusual degree of freedom from…

A print showing The Savoy in 1736.