Poor relief

Poor relief

Under the terms of the Elizabethan Poor Law 1601 poor relief was help given to the poor. Poor people receiving poor relief were known as paupers. Poor relief could be in several forms:

*Money
*Food
*Clothing

Under the Poor Law Amendment Act 1834 such forms of outdoor relief were discouraged in an attempt to make people accept indoor relief inside a workhouse.


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