At times through our family's history there has been a need for some of them to receive assistance through the social infrastructure of the day. The subjects listed to the right describe how this aid was administered at a local and national level. Although today we take social care for granted, in the past it was left to the benevolence of rich landowners and other worthies

Social History on the web

There are a number of excellent web sites which expand on this subject further. Listed here are just a few;

• Workhouses ( A resource on UK poorhouses compiled by Peter Higginbotham)
• Index of Paupers in Workhouses (An extract from the 1861 Census)
• Looking After the Poor and Workhouses (An informative piece by Tony Storey)