Speenhamland is an area within modern Newbury, Berkshire.
Name and location
editIts name is probably derived from Old English Spen-haema-land, "land of the inhabitants of Speen", with "Speen" perhaps being formed on a Brittonic root deriving from Latin spinis, "thorns".[1]
Speenhamland was a tithing, or administrative subdivision, of the parish of Speen, though even in the early 19th century it was contiguous with the suburbs of Newbury.[2] It lies to the north of the River Kennet, between the centre of Newbury and Speen village to the north-west.[3]
Poor relief
editThe Speenhamland system of poor relief was devised at a meeting in the area in 1795. It set poor-relief rates by the bread price and the number of household members, in or out of work.[4][5]
References
edit- ^ Coates and Breeze (2000) Celtic voices, English places: studies of the Celtic impact on place-names in England, p. 41.
- ^ Lysons & Lysons (eds., 1813: Magna Britannia, vol I, part II, London: Cadell & Davies, p. 372.
- ^ Page, William; Ditchfield, P.H., eds. (1924). "Speen with Speenhamland, Bagnor and Benham". A History of the County of Berkshire. Victoria County History. Vol. 4. pp. 97–110.
- ^ Chris Grover (Lancaster University), "Hard Work", History Today, June 2020.
- ^ Walter Elder, "Speenhamland Revisited", Social Service Review 38.3 (1964), pp. 294-302 online.
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