English Poor Laws

Laws regarding poverty in England, 16th–19th century

Intangible Legislation Q681925

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Instance of: legislation
Country: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland^[2]
Described by source: The New Student's Reference Work^[3]

🏷️ Also known as

en Poor Law en Poor Laws en English Poor Laws de Armengesetz es Leyes de pobres inglesas fr Poor laws fr Loi sur les pauvres fr Lois sur les pauvres fr Loi sur les Pauvres fr Poor law fr Poor Law it Poor Law ja 救貧法 ko 잉글랜드 구빈법 pt Poor Law ru Английские законы о бедных sv Englands fattigvårdslagar sv English Poor Laws th English Poor Law th English Poor Laws

🔖 Identifiers · 14

Library of Congress Authorities ID: sh85104858
⚖ sources disagree Wikidata sh85104858 ndl_authorities sh85104857 edition 2026-10-01 · pdl-1.0
OpenAlex ID: C3020120297
Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID: 300055576
Catholic Encyclopedia ID: 12254b
EH.Net Encyclopedia of Economic and Business History ID: english-poor-laws
Encyclopædia Universalis ID: lois-des-pauvres
Freebase ID: /m/01c_nw
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID: poor-laws
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme): 0052104
Harper's tag: poor-laws
J9U entity ID: 987007563135605171
NDL Authority ID: 00567324

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Online PWN Encyclopedia ID: 3961886
Topic's main category: Category:English Poor Laws

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Summary

English Poor Laws is a legislation^[1].

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[1] ↑ English Poor Laws is an instance of legislation (Q49371) [P31, primary]. Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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10w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-09-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Harper's tag → poor-laws

"Created claim: Harper's tag: poor-laws, Matched to poor laws (#289950809) in Harper's tag #mix"
16w ago · Geagea · 2026-07-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗

J9U entity ID → 987007563135605171

Instance of → legislation

Topic's main category → Category:English Poor Laws

Described by source → The New Student's Reference Work

+ 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)

"Created claim: Library of Congress Authorities ID: sh85104858"

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