Statute Law Repeals - Law Commission - Ministry of Justice

Mitcham Parish Rates Act of 1816
8.69 The Mitcham Parish Rates Act of 1816 72 was passed to alter the existing laws for
collecting the poor rate in the parish of Mitcham. 73 The churchwardens and the
overseers of the poor were authorised to appoint surveyors and rate collectors.
The poor rate could in future be collected from landlords as well as tenants.
8.70 The 1816 Act has long been unnecessary. Dating back to an age when relief for
the poor was provided on a parish basis, the 1816 Act became unnecessary
when the Local Government Act 1929 abolished such parish-run poor relief.
Shardlow and Wilne Poor Relief Act of 1816
8.71 The Shardlow and Wilne Poor Relief Act of 1816 74 was passed to provide relief
for the poor living in the township of Shardlow and Wilne (Derbyshire) and in
other townships and parishes in Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire.
The 1816 Act authorised the local guardians of the poor to make the existing
workhouse at Shardlow (built in or around 1813) available to additional parishes,
and to collect poor rates from those additional parishes.
8.72 The Shardlow workhouse continued in use after 1837 when the Shardlow Poor
Law Union came into existence. 75 The abolition of parish-run poor relief by the
Local Government Act 1929 means that the 1816 Act has long ceased to serve
any useful purpose.
Blything Poor Relief Act of 1820
8.73 The Blything Poor Relief Act of 1820 76 was passed to provide relief for the poor
living in the hundred of Blything, near Southwold in Suffolk. The 1820 Act gave
the local guardians of the poor additional borrowing powers and further powers to
assess the poor rate liability for each parish. A workhouse had already been
opened at Bulcamp, near Blything.
8.74 The Bulcamp workhouse was continued as such when the Blything Poor Law
Union took it over in 1836. 77 However, the abolition of parish-run poor relief by
the Local Government Act 1929 means that the 1820 Act has long ceased to
serve any useful purpose.
72 56 Geo.3 .v.
73 Mitcham in 1816 was in Surrey. Today it forms part of the London Borough of Merton.
74 56 Geo.3 c.lxvi.
75 The premises were subsequently used as an NHS hospital for the elderly (Grove Hospital)
before being redeveloped for modern housing in 2007.
76 1 Geo.4 c.vi.
77 The site became used as the Blythburg and District Hospital in 1948. It closed in 1994 and
in 2001 the site was redeveloped for residential use.
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