In the severe winters during the 1800’s and early 1900’s, before Social Security was ever heard about, Soup Kitchens were provided by Rye Council to give some sustenance to the poor and needy of the town.
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Town Water Pumping Station provides the setting for this group of Rye’s Own articles, where buildings, people and events meet in the magazine’s record of the district. Among the pieces gathered here are “Pauperism in Rye” and “Soup Kitchen”, each adding its own detail to the story.
Pauperism in Rye
Late Victorian & Early Edwardian Rye By “Rya” Pauperism remained an unresolved social problem at the opening of the twentieth century. Social reform in this county was confined to filing the most glaring gaps in the existing social system. The bed-rock of social provision was to be found in the Poor Law, first enacted in … Continue reading Pauperism in Rye