@theirwrite (now Aberystwyth University, Nottingham Trent University, The National Archives) have been working their way through 0000s of pages of Welsh poor law letters & came across 3 female overseers in the 1850s/60s in the St Asaph Union. This seems concentrated in place/time. Anyone else found this at this time?

Really enjoyed the launch of the #New_Poor_Law educational resource #Voices_of_the_Victorian_Poor and our new book #In_Their_Own_Write. Both are based on 000s of pauper letters. Joint The National Archives and Nottingham Trent University projects Projects funded by Arts and Humanities Research Council shop.nationalarchives.gov.uk/products/in-th…

Thanks to the Clements Hall History Group for their Blog on the Voices of the Victorian Poor resource. 1000s of pauper, wider poor and advocates letters resource for the Victorian New Poor Law period. victorianpoor.org clementshallhistorygroup.org.uk/blog/voices-of…

Here is a link to an extended Ten Minute Talk (really 15 minutes) - part of a series from BALH. Here Helen Palmer, Outreach Officer for #Wales, walks us through the role of #workhouses in Victorian Welsh society and what daily life was like there. youtube.com/watch?v=mhITqy…

Powerful words from William Joseph, Pwllheli Workhouse pauper inmate, to the Poor Law Board, 1845. Such letters are common - Poverty and Paupers: England and Wales Projects have found thousands of such letters across England & Wales. For more on this research see: shop.nationalarchives.gov.uk/products/in-th… and victorianpoor.org

#Welsh_Pauper_Letters. Robert&Mary Morgan from Llanwrin in the Machynlleth Union - were “scandalously treated.. and maliciously abused” by local poor law guardians. See extended text in "ALT". For more on Poverty and Paupers: England and Wales Projects research see: shop.nationalarchives.gov.uk/products/in-th… & victorianpoor.org

Latest letter found through #The_Voices_of_the_Victorian_Welsh_Poor project. We find Hugh and Agnes Rowland, #paupers from #Anglesey, complain that the level of #poor_relief left them “in want” of food. They ask for help without which they will starve. See full text in image.

Latest letter from #The_Voices_of_the_Victorian_Welsh_Poor project. We see that John David Owen wrote in 1844, in #Welsh, from Llandegai near Bangor stating that his mother needed additional relief she being in a state of “filth and wretchedness”. See text in image for details.

Click here to see Rosie Morris's talk on how The National Archives is giving digital access (transcriptions) to its archival materials & creating new teaching resources to bring history to life for all. #paupers #pauper_letters #English_and_Welsh_History youtube.com/watch?v=1LbHkk…

So excited that #In_Their_Own_Write: Contesting the New Poor Law, 1834–1900, won the #North_American_Victorian_Studies_Association’s best book in field prize 2022. A history of the New Poor Law as viewed by the poor. The National Archives Nottingham Trent University Thanks Arts and Humanities Research Council for project funds.

HistoryHits film 'Great Excavations! Digging Dickens Workhouse' is live this evening! Watch Paul Carter Poverty and Paupers: England and Wales Projects with Tony Robinson History Hit💥 at The National Archives. Focusing on the Strand Workhouse, Paul spoke on pauper letters & how paupers rated their treatment under the law.

Might you help? At Poverty and Paupers: England and Wales Projects we've read 1000s of #pauper, wider poor & advocate letters and would like to put faces to named writers. This is Roland & Betsy Jones, Bala W'house (#Wales) inmates c1875. Are there many/any similar pictures out there? #pauper_letters The National Archives

Online: Friday/26th January/2pm Paul Carter (@theirwrite/The National Archives) will speak on "Poverty, Language and the New Poor Law (NPL) in Wales, 1834-1871". How did local officials/paupers react? Did Welsh culture feature in the political/welfare battles. eventbrite.co.uk/e/poverty-lang…

We made a podcast - “Pauper Voices” - from thousands of letters written by Victorian #paupers + the wider #poor across #England& #Wales under the #New_Poor_Law. Here we see what they thought of the welfare given to the sick, elderly + unemployed? #history media.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.php/paup…

I have only had a bit of a look at this - this morning - and it looks terrific. This is going to be an enormously useful research resource. Congrats to everyone involved.

Please join us Poverty and Paupers: England and Wales Projects for a public free online #New_Poor_Law seminar on 7 Jan 25. This is our first session of the year. Matthew Bayly (University of Lincoln, UK) will be talking about physical violence in the #workhouse . Nottingham Trent University The National Archives Research ntu.ac.uk/about-us/event…

"Inside the Birkenhead Workhouse where people lived, worked and died" a Liverpool Echo piece: Liverpool Echo. Gives an account of the #Birkenhead Poor Law Union - some great pithy detail into the lives of #paupers there. A glimpse into the #New_Poor_Law. liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool…

A piece on the #Stockport_Workhouse/s from the 1730s focusing on their contribution in regard to local health care. The #workhouse at #Stockport was a target for unemployed workers in 1842 who forced an entrance and took money and bread. #New_Poor_Law stockport.nub.news

Please join us Poverty and Paupers: England and Wales Projects for a public free online #New_Poor_Law #history seminar - 4 Feb 25. Paul Carter (The National Archives) will be talking about sexual-impropriety in 19th century #workhouses and their investigations. #Paupers Nottingham Trent University The National Archives Research ntu.ac.uk/about-us/event…

Found this in #New_Poor_Law archive for #Bangor_and_Beaumaris, #Wales, Sept 1840. #Poor_relief funds ran out leaving #paupers unpaid (see alt - extra text ). Writer adds 'since Man to Man is so unjust, Tis hard to tell what Man to trust'. What is the rhymes origin? #Welsh_History