Date:1830 - 1831 (c.)
Description:Unmarried women who fell pregnant in the 1830s found it difficult to gain acceptance in the community. Though this remained a taboo subject for many years, some limited support was available from the parish via the workhouse. Amounts varied from 3 to 4 shillings per fortnight. However, three mothers had died recently, while two were admitted to the workhouse - a last resort for the poor. This page records the names of some of the mothers in 1831, and the sums paid out, mostly to support one child.
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Family historians may relish this revealing booklet, which reports on the poverty suffered by the residents ...
Just who was likely to need help from the workhouse - a place of last resort for ordinary working people ...
Frost, James Gleaves, Thos. and Hannah Gibson, James Goodwin, Joseph Gater, Richard Green, Hannah Goodwin, ...
Knapper, James, 12, of Kidsgrove, collier, scalded; Knapper, George, of Kidsgrove, collier; Knapper, ...
Before today's welfare state, the parish supported individuals and families who fell on hard times. Widows, ...
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