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2. Workhouse Populations of the Preston Union, 1841-61.

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Darwen, Lewis

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*CENSUS districts, *LABOR unions, *HISTORY of labor unions, *POOR people, *HISTORY, *NINETEENTH century, *POPULATION, ECONOMIC conditions in Great Britain -- 1760-1860
Abstract

The article presents information on the workhouse population of the Preston Union in Landcashire, Great Britain in 1841 in reference to the Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834. Other topics mentioned in this article include historiography, the census enumerator's books (CEBs) as historical sources, and local British economy of the 19th century.

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2014
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