Board of Guardians

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local administrative body poor law authority public body in England and Wales

The Board of Guardians was a local administrative body in 19th- and early 20th-century England and Wales responsible for managing poor relief and workhouses under the reformed Poor Law system.

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Label	Occurrences
Board of Guardians canonical	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	local administrative body ⓘ poor law authority ⓘ public body in England and Wales ⓘ
appliesTo	poor law unions ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	England ⓘ Wales ⓘ
country	England ⓘ Wales ⓘ
dissolvedBy	Local Government Act 1929 NERFINISHED ⓘ
electedBy	ratepayers of the poor law union ⓘ
endTime	1930s ⓘ
fieldOfWork	poor relief administration ⓘ social welfare ⓘ
governs	poor relief administration ⓘ workhouses ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver	paupers ⓘ workhouse inmates ⓘ
hasMember	elected guardians ⓘ ex officio guardians ⓘ
hasRole	administration of poor relief ⓘ appointment of workhouse staff ⓘ enforcement of Poor Law regulations ⓘ levying poor rates ⓘ local implementation of Poor Law ⓘ management of workhouses ⓘ overseeing indoor relief ⓘ overseeing outdoor relief ⓘ
legalBasis	Poor Law Amendment Act 1834 NERFINISHED ⓘ subsequent Poor Law Acts ⓘ
location	poor law union ⓘ
operatedIn	rural districts ⓘ urban districts ⓘ
partOf	English Poor Laws NERFINISHED ⓘ Poor Law system ⓘ Welsh Poor Laws NERFINISHED ⓘ
regulates	conditions in workhouses ⓘ eligibility for relief ⓘ
replacedBy	Public Assistance Committees NERFINISHED ⓘ local authority welfare departments ⓘ
startTime	1830s ⓘ
subordinateTo	Local Government Board NERFINISHED ⓘ Poor Law Board NERFINISHED ⓘ Poor Law Commission NERFINISHED ⓘ
temporalCoverage	19th century ⓘ early 20th century ⓘ
usedFor	administration of the reformed Poor Law ⓘ

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Subject: Board of Guardians
Description of subject: The Board of Guardians was a local administrative body in 19th- and early 20th-century England and Wales responsible for managing poor relief and workhouses under the reformed Poor Law system.

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Poor Law Amendment Act 1834 → createdBody → Board of Guardians ⓘ