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Labourer's Friend Society

Labourer's Friend Society

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The Labourer's Friend Society was a society founded by Lord Shaftesbury[1] in the United Kingdom in 1830 for the improvement of working class conditions. This included the promotion of allotment of land to labourers for "cottage husbandry"[2][3] that later became the allotment movement,[4] which the Society campaigned for after the Swing riots of 1830 as "the most plausible remedy for the social problems of the countryside".[5] It published the Labourer's Friend Magazine, and in 1844 changed its title to the Society for Improving the Condition of the Labouring Classes, becoming the first Model Dwellings Company in 1844.

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The Society received support from many influential figures of the time, including Montagu Burgoyne, Sir William Miles, Mary Ann Gilbert and Lord Ashley, who was the primary influence behind the transition of the Society into a more powerful body.[3] The new Society had the patronage of Queen Victoria, the Prince Consort as president and Ashley as chairman. The company's architect was Henry Roberts, best known for Fishmongers' Hall in London.

In 1959, the company became the 1830 Housing Society, which was taken over in 1965 by the Peabody Trust.

Buildings

Roberts's buildings made the SICLC a high-profile company with royal patronage and a display at the Great Exhibition; however, functional, utilitarian design of Roberts's buildings led to criticism that they were grim and unpleasant.[6]

Buildings included:

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See also

References

  1. [1]
    Porter, Roy (1998). London A Social History. Harvard University Press. p. 271. ISBN 9780674538399.
  2. [2]
    "Archived copy". archive.org. Archived from the original on 13 November 2012. Retrieved 17 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. [3]
    "AIM25 collection description". Aim25.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
  4. [4]
    "Allotment History, the First Allotments by Lesley Acton". www.allotment.org.uk. Archived from the original on 28 June 2008. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  5. [5]
    Burchardt, J. (1995) Rural Social Relations, 1830-50: Opposition to Allotment for Labourers. Agricultural History Review, 45(2), pp.165-175
  6. [6]
    Tarn, J. N. (1973) Five Per Cent Philanthropy. London: CUP
  7. [7]
    "Turner Court". Hullwebs.co.uk. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
  8. [8]
    Site Labour Supplies
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