The author of this piece, Dr Margaret Hanly, died before it could be refereed or published. The editors subsequently sought referee comments and these were very positive. Changes to the text were undertaken by the team at Family and Community History but the article remains largely as it was submitted to us. At its core is an engagement with the idea of the process of poor relief, with a particular focus on Lancashire. The article argues that in this spatial context, the poor law had a significant exclusionary impetus, seeking to keep down the numbers accepted for relief and the amounts paid to them.

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重新发现的人群：西北地区的穷人、极穷者和赤贫者

这篇文章的作者玛格丽特·汉利博士在它被审阅或出版之前就去世了。编辑随后征求了裁判的意见，这些意见非常积极。家庭和社区历史的团队对文本进行了更改，但文章基本上保留了提交给我们的内容。其核心是参与贫困救济过程的想法，特别关注兰开夏郡。文章认为，在这种空间背景下，糟糕的法律具有显着的排他性推动力，试图降低接受救济的人数和支付给他们的金额。