Bradford Historical and Antiquarian Society - Poor Law Graph/title> <meta name="description" content="Bradford Historical and Antiquarian Society, a group interested in the local history of Bradford, West Yorkshire"> <meta name="keywords" content="bradford, local history, antiquary, society, poor law"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="style/bhas.css" title="style"> </head> <body> <div id="main"> <div id="header"> <div id="logo"> <div id="logo_text"> <h1><a href="index.html">Bradford</a></h1> <h1><a href="index.html"><span class="logo_colour">Historical & Antiquarian Society</span></a></h1> </div> <div id="grb"><img src="style/bfdgrb.png" width="130" height="130" alt="logo"></div> </div> <div id="menubar"> <ul id="menu"> <li><a href="index.html">Home</a></li> <li><a href="society.html">The Society</a></li> <li class="selected"><a href="antiquary.html">The Bradford Antiquary</a></li> <li><a href="resources.html">Resources</a></li> <li><a href="mailto:d.glass@btinternet.com">Contact Us</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="site_content"> <div class="sidebar"> <h3>Antiquary Series</h3> <h4>First series</h4> <ul> <li><a href="volume_1.html">Volume 1</a> 1888</li> <li><a href="volume_2.html">Volume 2</a> 1895</li> </ul> <h4>Second series</h4> <ul> <li><a href="volume_3.html">Volume 3</a> 1912</li> <li><a href="volume_4.html">Volume 4</a> 1921</li> <li><a href="volume_8.html">Volume 8</a> 1962</li> <li><a href="volume_9.html">Volume 9</a> 1976</li> <li><a href="volume_10.html">Volume 10</a> 1982</li> </ul> <h4>Third series</h4> <ul> <li><a href="3volume_1.html">Volume 1</a> 1985</li> <li><a href="3volume_2.html">Volume 2</a> 1986</li> <li><a href="3volume_3.html">Volume 3</a> 1987</li> <li><a href="3volume_4.html">Volume 4</a> 1989</li> <li><a href="3volume_5.html">Volume 5</a> 1991</li> <li><a href="3volume_7.html">Volume 7</a> 1999</li> <li><a href="3volume_8.html">Volume 8</a> 2003</li> <li><a href="3volume_9.html">Volume 9</a> 2005</li> <li><a href="3volume_10.html">Volume 10</a> 2006</li> <li><a href="3volume_11.html">Volume 11</a> 2007</li> <li><a href="3volume_12.html">Volume 12</a> 2008</li> <li><a href="3volume_13.html">Volume 13</a> 2009</li> <li><a href="3volume_14.html">Volume 14</a> 2010</li> <li><a href="3volume_15.html">Volume 15</a> 2011</li> <li><a href="3volume_16.html">Volume 16</a> 2012</li> <li><a href="3volume_17.html">Volume 17</a> 2013</li> </ul> </div> <div id="content"> <h1>The Battle of Bradford 1837:<br> Riots Against the New Poor Law</h1> <h4>Paul Carter</h4> <div class="center"><img src="images/3_10_poorlawgraph.png" width="500" height="277" alt="Poor Relief Expenditure for England and Wales, 1696-1833"></div> <h4>Poor Relief Expenditure for England and Wales (£million), 1696-1833</h4> <p>Taken from P. Slack, The English Poor Laws, 1531-1782. London: Macmillan, 1990, p 30; and B.R. Mitchell and P. Deane, Abstract of British Historical Statistics, Cambridge U.P., 1971, p 410</p> </div> </div> <div id="footer"> © BH&AS | design calverleyinfo 2015 | <a href="http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=referer">HTML5</a> | <a href="http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/check/referer">CSS3</a></div> </div> </body> </html>