LEADER 03394nam 2200565 450 001 9910453290303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-909291-14-5 035 $a(CKB)2550000001134057 035 $a(EBL)1474228 035 $a(OCoLC)861081176 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1474228 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1474228 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10785725 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL533766 035 $a(OCoLC)862851732 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001134057 100 $a20130728d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 02$aA caring county $esocial welfare in Hertfordshire from 1600 /$fedited by Steve King, Gillian Gear 210 1$aHatfield :$cUniversity of Hertfordshire Press,$d[2013] 210 4$dİ2013 215 $a1 online resource (365 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-909291-12-9 311 $a1-306-02515-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aFront Cover; Title Page; Half Title; Copyright; Acknowledgements; Contents; Figures; Tables; 1: Introduction: Hertfordshire in Context: Steven King; 2: The Old Poor Law and Medicine in and Around Hertford, 1700-1834: Robert Dimsdale; 3: Caring for the Sick and Poor in Eighteenth-Century Royston: Carla Herrmann; 4: Madhouses of Hertfordshire 1735-1903: Gary Moyle; 5: Caring for the Poor in East Hertfordshire C.1620-50: Alan Thomson; 6: Pensions and the Care of the Elderly in Ashwell, 1670-1770: David Short 327 $a7: Looking after the Poor: Cheshunt Parish Workhouse in the Mid-Eighteenth Century: Sheila White8: The Old Poor Law in a Rural North Hertfordshire Parish, 1731-1831: Helen Hofton; Introduction to Chapters 9-11: A Note on the History of the London Foundling Hospital: Jennifer Sherwood; 9: Foundling Hospital Children at Nurse in Hertfordshire in the Eighteenth Century: David Allin; 10: Prudence West and the Foundling Hospital in Barnet, 1757-71: Yvonne Tomlinson; 11: The Last Years of the Foundling Hospital - Berkhamsted, 1935-55: Jennifer Sherwood 327 $a12: Hertfordshire's Relationship with Certified Industrial Schools, 1857-1933: Gillian GearBibliography; Index 330 $aThis comparative study gathers together new research by local historians into aspects of welfare in Hertfordshire spanning four centuries and focusing on towns and villages across the county, including Ashwell, Cheshunt, Hertford, Pirton, and Royston, amongst many others. In so doing it makes a valuable contribution to the current debate about the spatial and chronological variation in the character of welfare regimes within single counties, let alone more widely. As well as viewing poor relief geographically and chronologically, the book also c 606 $aPoor$xServices for$zEngland$zHertfordshire$xHistory 606 $aPublic welfare$zEngland$zHertfordshire$xHistory 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aPoor$xServices for$xHistory. 615 0$aPublic welfare$xHistory. 676 $a361.6094258 701 $aGear$b Gillian$0872031 701 $aKing$b Steven$f1966-$0872032 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910453290303321 996 $aA caring county$91946926 997 $aUNINA