MICHAEL WHEATLEY
- Published in print:
- 2005
- Published Online:
- January 2010
- ISBN:
- 9780199273577
- eISBN:
- 9780191706165
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199273577.003.0005
- Subject:
- History, British and Irish Modern History
There was no significant ‘Sinn Fein’ movement in Roscommon before the First World War. Instead, politics was dominated by local issues and personalities. Energetic priests, family feuds, and ...
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There was no significant ‘Sinn Fein’ movement in Roscommon before the First World War. Instead, politics was dominated by local issues and personalities. Energetic priests, family feuds, and newspaper rivalries all played their part. Mass campaigns had given way to agitations about the rates, negotiations for the purchase of towns, and attacks on ‘cliques’. In this environment, the Irish party may have been the only show in town, but its structure was fissured by a medley of local disputes. Of particular significance were the activities of Canon Cummins and his Roscommon Associated Estates Committee in Roscommon town. These incessant conflicts, at the least, significantly truncated the number willing to stand by the Irish party locally when it came seriously to be challenged. The party in Roscommon was poorly equipped to withstand the wartime shocks which fell upon it.Less
There was no significant ‘Sinn Fein’ movement in Roscommon before the First World War. Instead, politics was dominated by local issues and personalities. Energetic priests, family feuds, and newspaper rivalries all played their part. Mass campaigns had given way to agitations about the rates, negotiations for the purchase of towns, and attacks on ‘cliques’. In this environment, the Irish party may have been the only show in town, but its structure was fissured by a medley of local disputes. Of particular significance were the activities of Canon Cummins and his Roscommon Associated Estates Committee in Roscommon town. These incessant conflicts, at the least, significantly truncated the number willing to stand by the Irish party locally when it came seriously to be challenged. The party in Roscommon was poorly equipped to withstand the wartime shocks which fell upon it.
Steve Hindle
- Published in print:
- 2004
- Published Online:
- September 2007
- ISBN:
- 9780199271320
- eISBN:
- 9780191709548
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199271320.003.0006
- Subject:
- History, British and Irish Early Modern History
This chapter explores the thresholds of belonging set by ratepayers and parish officers in deciding how eligibility for relief should be decided, and details the techniques they deployed in ridding ...
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This chapter explores the thresholds of belonging set by ratepayers and parish officers in deciding how eligibility for relief should be decided, and details the techniques they deployed in ridding themselves of prospective burdens. It emphasizes the tensions between the Elizabethan poor laws and the 1589 statute regulating the accommodation of inmates and lodgers; discusses the significance of marriage as a process through which poor strangers might be identified and excluded; and illustrates the variables that might explain why some poor migrants were assimilated to, and others marginalized from, the community of the parish.Less
This chapter explores the thresholds of belonging set by ratepayers and parish officers in deciding how eligibility for relief should be decided, and details the techniques they deployed in ridding themselves of prospective burdens. It emphasizes the tensions between the Elizabethan poor laws and the 1589 statute regulating the accommodation of inmates and lodgers; discusses the significance of marriage as a process through which poor strangers might be identified and excluded; and illustrates the variables that might explain why some poor migrants were assimilated to, and others marginalized from, the community of the parish.
Steve Hindle
- Published in print:
- 2004
- Published Online:
- September 2007
- ISBN:
- 9780199271320
- eISBN:
- 9780191709548
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199271320.003.0008
- Subject:
- History, British and Irish Early Modern History
Looking at the experience of parish relief shared by a tiny minority shows only a small fragment of the changing nature of poor relief as a whole, and the majority of those who were in need moved at ...
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Looking at the experience of parish relief shared by a tiny minority shows only a small fragment of the changing nature of poor relief as a whole, and the majority of those who were in need moved at the margins of a system in which notions of entitlement were both under-developed and contested. In reconstructing the workings of that system, the evidence presented in this book provides an invaluable historical perspective for debates about the rights and obligations of the poor in 21st-century society, where the piecemeal dismantling of the welfare state implies that there is likely to be, once again, no right to relief from cradle to grave.Less
Looking at the experience of parish relief shared by a tiny minority shows only a small fragment of the changing nature of poor relief as a whole, and the majority of those who were in need moved at the margins of a system in which notions of entitlement were both under-developed and contested. In reconstructing the workings of that system, the evidence presented in this book provides an invaluable historical perspective for debates about the rights and obligations of the poor in 21st-century society, where the piecemeal dismantling of the welfare state implies that there is likely to be, once again, no right to relief from cradle to grave.
John Prest
- Published in print:
- 1990
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198201755
- eISBN:
- 9780191675003
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198201755.003.0010
- Subject:
- History, British and Irish Modern History
This chapter discusses the adoption of the Public Health Act of 1848 and the Local Government Act of 1858 in Ryde. In 1847, when parliament was getting to grips with the problem of town improvement ...
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This chapter discusses the adoption of the Public Health Act of 1848 and the Local Government Act of 1858 in Ryde. In 1847, when parliament was getting to grips with the problem of town improvement and public health, the Ryde Commissioners were obliged to obtain a second Act, which released them from the obligation to pay off one-twentieth of all the money they had borrowed every year. But the Act did nothing to change the composition of the Commissioners. In Ryde, there was a strong feeling that the nonrepresentative system ought to be changed to allow the smaller ratepayers and occupiers a voice in the government of their own. The passage of the Public Health Act of 1848 allowed this feeling an expression. The public health party came to terms with the Commissioners that the local Act would incorporate all the important clauses of the Public Health Act of 1848, including the election of Commissioners. In October 1859, the Ryde Commissioners also adopted the Local Government Act of 1858 to increase their powers of borrowing.Less
This chapter discusses the adoption of the Public Health Act of 1848 and the Local Government Act of 1858 in Ryde. In 1847, when parliament was getting to grips with the problem of town improvement and public health, the Ryde Commissioners were obliged to obtain a second Act, which released them from the obligation to pay off one-twentieth of all the money they had borrowed every year. But the Act did nothing to change the composition of the Commissioners. In Ryde, there was a strong feeling that the nonrepresentative system ought to be changed to allow the smaller ratepayers and occupiers a voice in the government of their own. The passage of the Public Health Act of 1848 allowed this feeling an expression. The public health party came to terms with the Commissioners that the local Act would incorporate all the important clauses of the Public Health Act of 1848, including the election of Commissioners. In October 1859, the Ryde Commissioners also adopted the Local Government Act of 1858 to increase their powers of borrowing.
John Prest
- Published in print:
- 1990
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198201755
- eISBN:
- 9780191675003
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198201755.003.0024
- Subject:
- History, British and Irish Modern History
This chapter discusses the ways in which parliament handled the problems of central-local government relations in the middle of the 19th century. One general principle which does seem to have been ...
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This chapter discusses the ways in which parliament handled the problems of central-local government relations in the middle of the 19th century. One general principle which does seem to have been observed was that of encouraging the spread of ratepayers' and representative institutions. After 1828 parliament insisted on both public general and in private Bill legislation. Finally, in 1858, parliament passed the Local Government Act, which placed before every locality a permissive public bathhouse, or a permissive public library along streets lit by permissively installed gas-lamps.Less
This chapter discusses the ways in which parliament handled the problems of central-local government relations in the middle of the 19th century. One general principle which does seem to have been observed was that of encouraging the spread of ratepayers' and representative institutions. After 1828 parliament insisted on both public general and in private Bill legislation. Finally, in 1858, parliament passed the Local Government Act, which placed before every locality a permissive public bathhouse, or a permissive public library along streets lit by permissively installed gas-lamps.
Jenifer Hart
- Published in print:
- 1992
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198201366
- eISBN:
- 9780191674860
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198201366.003.0010
- Subject:
- History, British and Irish Modern History, Political History
While the movement may have experienced setbacks at home during 1918, the movement progressed in various other countries as the British parliament approved Acts that would have applied in local ...
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While the movement may have experienced setbacks at home during 1918, the movement progressed in various other countries as the British parliament approved Acts that would have applied in local authorities and parliament elections in Ireland, and in local education authorities across Scotland, India, and in the United Kingdom. These developments may have been initiated from the events that happened in the north-west town of Sligo in Ireland as heavily rated citizens were often outvoted in local elections. Courtney and Lubbock articulated criticisms about how the Local Government Act of 1898 in Ireland failed to include the representation of minorities. Because several ratepayers stopped their attempts at gaining representation in the council and focused their attention more on outside issues, the Ratepayers Association was established.Less
While the movement may have experienced setbacks at home during 1918, the movement progressed in various other countries as the British parliament approved Acts that would have applied in local authorities and parliament elections in Ireland, and in local education authorities across Scotland, India, and in the United Kingdom. These developments may have been initiated from the events that happened in the north-west town of Sligo in Ireland as heavily rated citizens were often outvoted in local elections. Courtney and Lubbock articulated criticisms about how the Local Government Act of 1898 in Ireland failed to include the representation of minorities. Because several ratepayers stopped their attempts at gaining representation in the council and focused their attention more on outside issues, the Ratepayers Association was established.
John Prest
- Published in print:
- 1990
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198201755
- eISBN:
- 9780191675003
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198201755.003.0003
- Subject:
- History, British and Irish Modern History
This chapter focuses on the Whigs' complete reorganisation of the relations between central and local government. The opportunity to do this arose when they reformed the Poor Law in 1834. In setting ...
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This chapter focuses on the Whigs' complete reorganisation of the relations between central and local government. The opportunity to do this arose when they reformed the Poor Law in 1834. In setting up the New Poor Law, the Whigs bowed to the Duke of Wellington's preference for weighted voting. Under the 1834 Act, both owners and ratepayers were eligible to vote at the elections of the Guardians. In 1844, when Peel and his ministers renewed the Poor Law, they assimilated the ratepayers to the owners and substituted a revised scale.Less
This chapter focuses on the Whigs' complete reorganisation of the relations between central and local government. The opportunity to do this arose when they reformed the Poor Law in 1834. In setting up the New Poor Law, the Whigs bowed to the Duke of Wellington's preference for weighted voting. Under the 1834 Act, both owners and ratepayers were eligible to vote at the elections of the Guardians. In 1844, when Peel and his ministers renewed the Poor Law, they assimilated the ratepayers to the owners and substituted a revised scale.
John Prest
- Published in print:
- 1990
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198201755
- eISBN:
- 9780191675003
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198201755.003.0009
- Subject:
- History, British and Irish Modern History
This chapter discusses the implementation of the Public Health Act of 1848 in Whippingham and West Cowes in the Isle of Wight. Ranger, an inspector sent by the General Board, recommended that the ...
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This chapter discusses the implementation of the Public Health Act of 1848 in Whippingham and West Cowes in the Isle of Wight. Ranger, an inspector sent by the General Board, recommended that the Public Health Act should be applied to Whippingham since it needed both a better supply of water and an improved system of drainage. In West Cowes, the 1848 Act opened up new opportunities for the active ratepayers and started a new round of improvements in the town.Less
This chapter discusses the implementation of the Public Health Act of 1848 in Whippingham and West Cowes in the Isle of Wight. Ranger, an inspector sent by the General Board, recommended that the Public Health Act should be applied to Whippingham since it needed both a better supply of water and an improved system of drainage. In West Cowes, the 1848 Act opened up new opportunities for the active ratepayers and started a new round of improvements in the town.
Martin Loughlin
- Published in print:
- 1996
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780198260158
- eISBN:
- 9780191682049
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198260158.003.0005
- Subject:
- Law, Constitutional and Administrative Law
This chapter discusses the doctrine of fiduciary duty which the local authority owes to its ratepayers. It considers the nature and development of this fiduciary concept and yields valuable insights ...
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This chapter discusses the doctrine of fiduciary duty which the local authority owes to its ratepayers. It considers the nature and development of this fiduciary concept and yields valuable insights into the role of the judiciary in supervising local authority action and in policing political relationships and amongst local interests.Less
This chapter discusses the doctrine of fiduciary duty which the local authority owes to its ratepayers. It considers the nature and development of this fiduciary concept and yields valuable insights into the role of the judiciary in supervising local authority action and in policing political relationships and amongst local interests.
W. J. McCormack
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- August 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780198739821
- eISBN:
- 9780191802799
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198739821.003.0010
- Subject:
- Literature, 19th-century and Victorian Literature, 20th-century Literature and Modernism
The second half of Hewitt’s time in Coventry involved reassessments of his political attitude towards Ireland and his aesthetic preferences. He reviews his 1930s connections with Belfast in the light ...
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The second half of Hewitt’s time in Coventry involved reassessments of his political attitude towards Ireland and his aesthetic preferences. He reviews his 1930s connections with Belfast in the light of altered behaviour on the Irish Left. He also comes to accept abstraction in contemporary art. The ‘metamorphosis’ exhibition of 1966 provides a platform for changing direction. In the aftermath, he defends Barbara Hepworth’s sculpture in prolonged dispute with Coventry’s Ratepayers’ Association. The Hewitts’ holiday in Greece, and a slim volume, Tesserae, is evidence of his extended poetic interests. Roberta’s health gave cause for concern, which did not deter her from active work for the local Labour Party.Less
The second half of Hewitt’s time in Coventry involved reassessments of his political attitude towards Ireland and his aesthetic preferences. He reviews his 1930s connections with Belfast in the light of altered behaviour on the Irish Left. He also comes to accept abstraction in contemporary art. The ‘metamorphosis’ exhibition of 1966 provides a platform for changing direction. In the aftermath, he defends Barbara Hepworth’s sculpture in prolonged dispute with Coventry’s Ratepayers’ Association. The Hewitts’ holiday in Greece, and a slim volume, Tesserae, is evidence of his extended poetic interests. Roberta’s health gave cause for concern, which did not deter her from active work for the local Labour Party.
