History: New Poor Law. Augmenting key free resource for England/Wales. Writing a history of the NPL in Wales. British Acad and AHRC funded. #Paupers #Workhouse

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Free event: how did the Poor Law frame tyrannical discipline to #the_poor in England/Wales. Join Paul Carter, The National Archives & Steve King, Nottingham Trent Uni, to explore the history of #tyranny in the #workhouse c. 1780-1930. 2pm Fri 25 Sept 26. eventbrite.co.uk/e/tyranny-a…
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Our New Book: Paul Carter & Steven King, #Petty_Tyranny_and_Oppression: Lives Under the Long Nineteenth-Century #Poor_Laws, 2026. We examine multiple cases of cruel & malicious acts upon #English & #Welsh #paupers from the mid-18thC to the 1914. amazon.co.uk/Petty-Tyranny-O…
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#History_Teachers. A free CPD event for using primary sources in your 19thC #history teaching – join us in Nottingham! we will introduce letters written by paupers. We have made 1000s of such letter transcripts & resources freely available online. See tinyurl.com/vicpoorcpdday
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Free CPD event for primary/secondary #history_teachers using primary sources in their 19thC #history teaching. This CPD day introduces poor law letters (and context) to teachers - we have made 1000s of such letter transcripts & resources free. tinyurl.com/vicpoorcpdday @TheirWrite
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We (Paul Carter & Steve King) are finalizing proofs of our forthcoming book (May/June 2026) on #tyranny & oppression in #English & #Welsh #workhouses 1790-1914 - covers accusations of #beatings/#reduced_diets/#complaints_ignored/#negllect. Book launch details to follows @LPPbooks
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Found this in #New_Poor_Law archive for #Bangor_and_Beaumaris, #Wales, Sept 1840. #Poor_relief funds ran out leaving #paupers unpaid (see alt - extra text ). Writer adds 'since Man to Man is so unjust, Tis hard to tell what Man to trust'. What is the rhymes origin? #Welsh_History
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Might you help? At @TheirWrite we've read 1000s of #pauper, wider poor & advocate letters and would like to put faces to named writers. This is Roland & Betsy Jones, Bala W'house (#Wales) inmates c1875. Are there many/any similar pictures out there? #pauper_letters @UkNatArchives
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So excited that #In_Their_Own_Write: Contesting the New Poor Law, 1834–1900, won the #North_American_Victorian_Studies_Association’s best book in field prize 2022. A history of the New Poor Law as viewed by the poor. @UkNatArchives @TrentUni Thanks @ahrcpress for project funds.
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Click here to see Rosie Morris's talk on how The National Archives is giving digital access (transcriptions) to its archival materials & creating new teaching resources to bring history to life for all. #paupers #pauper_letters #English_and_Welsh_History youtube.com/watch?v=1LbHkkTJ…
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Hello Glyn, we've mined these records for years now and they challenge the idea that all/most paupers/the wider poor couldn't write - see the book. Undoubtedly many were unable to, but they might and often did ask others - including other paupers - to write on their behalf.
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