English Explanatory Dictionary

Speenhamland system

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A form of outdoor relief intended to mitigate rural poverty in England and Wales around the beginning of the 19th century.

Word forms

Speenhamland system the Speenhamland system

Etymology

Named after a 1795 meeting in Speenhamland, Berkshire, where local magistrates devised the system.

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