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A History of the County of Oxford
… of the Cookes's fellows and scholars. The college was poor, as it always has been, but it received some small gifts …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… great decay of trading here' and the proliferation of the poor. 14 A number of wealthy royalist tradesmen left the city … The influx of refugees swelled the ranks of the local poor. Those people made homeless by the firing of the suburbs … the number of ratepayers more than doubled. 42 Statutory relief became more effective after the union of parishes in …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… call to surrender. 42 On 5 September the earl of Essex's relief force, marching from London, reached the edge of the …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… which heard a great variety of cases concerning the poor, alehouses, trade, civic improvement, nonconformity, and … 75 In addition, as noted above, a corporation of the poor was established in 1703. Both new institutions had their …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… War, there is declining evidence of vagrants and other poor migrants coming to Gloucester. 15 Together with high … 794 paid the tax and 319 (29 per cent) were exempt as too poor, a figure broadly in line with other county towns at the … that they were burdened with many poor and sought relief from other parishes. 121 There is no evidence for the …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… later the wealthier Bristol meeting donated funds for the relief of the Gloucester Friends. 13 In 1670 a monthly … school on the model of Christ's Hospital to teach 20 poor boys. 27 The principal endowed schools in the city … G.D.R. invent. 1688/117. Below, Educ., elem. educ., Poor's sch. Ibid. Sir Thos. Rich's sch. Austin, Crypt Sch. …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… and levied rates for statutory bodies set up to administer poor relief and city improvements. Involvement of corporation … to length of service; members could be degraded for poor attendance and for other reasons. 49 Members who got …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… an object of civic pride 77 and where collections for the relief of the poor in times of hardship met with a ready response. 78 … 89 The provision of more church accommodation for the poor was also discussed at the period, 90 but in the event …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… by 1831 a collection of 'wretched dwellings' of the poor had been established at High Orchard between the canal …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… the council imposed a borough rate, collected with the poor rate by the overseers of the parishes and hamlets. 35 … street repair and cleansing. 43 Administration of poor relief passed in 1835 from the corporation of the …