English Poor Law Policy

by Sidney Webb; Beatrice Webb

The Court in Ruins—

(a) The Hierarchy of Courts. (b) The Court of the Hundred. (c) The Court of the Manor: (i.) The Bamburgh Courts. (ii.) The Court Leet of the Savoy. (iii.) The Court Leet and Court Baron of Manchester. (d) The Prevalence and Decay of the Lord's Court.

The Manorial Borough—

(a) The Village Meeting. (b) The Chartered Township. (c) The Lordless Court. (d) The Lord's Borough. (e) The Enfranchised Manorial Borough. (f) Manor and Gild. (g) Arrested Development and Decay.

The City and Borough of Westminster—

(a) Burleigh's Constitution. (b) Municipal Atrophy.

The Boroughs of Wales—

(a) Incipient Autonomy. (b) The Welsh Manorial Borough. (c) The Welsh Municipal Corporation.

The Municipal Corporation—