Edlesborough, Dagnall and Northall - EDaN History Group
Organisations
Organisations within the parish of Edlesborough. Several of them, eg the Scouts, are also linked with Eaton Bray because of the historic close links with our neighbours but their information is included here.
Workhouse and village poverty
Originally the poor were cared for by the giving of alms and charity by the monastic houses, but following the Reformation the responsibility was passed over to the parishes. Churchwardens and several substantial householders were chosen each year as overseers of the poor, to maintain them and set them to work, the funds being provided by every inhabitant.




