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Jane Austen: How the author of Pride and Prejudice drew inspiration from homes in Godmersham and Goodnestone and the Kent letters hidden from view

Jane Austen: How the author of Pride and Prejudice drew inspiration from homes in Godmersham and Goodnestone and the Kent letters hidden from view
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The Rise and Fall of the British Workhouse


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April 25, 2021 at 9:02 am
For many, the word ‘workhouse’ conjures up the image of an orphaned Oliver Twist begging for food from a cruel master. The reality, however, was somewhat different, and Britain’s system of poor relief arguably saved thousands of people from starvation over the course of its 300-year history.
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The provision of state-provided poor relief was crystallised in the 1601 Poor Relief Act, which gave parish officials the legal ability to collect money from rate payers to spend on poor relief for the sick, elderly and infirm – the ‘deserving’ poor. Labelled ‘out relief’, handouts usually took the form of bread, clothing, fuel or money. ....

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