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The new workhouse
was finally ready to open its doors to local paupers at the end of the
summer of 1840.
The
extract below is just part of a list of rules
which the Board of Guardians brought in from the first of September in
that year. These rules brought in the new system which the local poor
had been dreading.
Up to this time, local poor people who could not manage were given Outdoor
Relief. This was a small payment of money to help them to survive.
These changes put an end to this for many people.
