The decline of life: old age in eighteenth-century England
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List of figures page x
List of tables xi
Acknowledgments xii
List of abbreviations xiv
Introduction: Old age in eighteenth century England:
no golden age of aging 1
1 Who was old in eighteenth century England? 16
2 The activities of the helmsman : self reliance, work,
and community expectations of the elderly 65
3 The comforts of a private fire side 116
4 Independent but not alone: family ties for the elderly 141
5 Community assistance to the aged under the Old Poor Law 173
6 Continuity and change in community assistance to
the elderly over the eighteenth century 221
7 Within workhouse walls: indoor relief for the elderly 247
Conclusion: Old age as a useful category of historical
analysis 277
Bibliography 284
Index 315
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Figures
1.1 Ages given in the Ardleigh census of 1796 page 46
1.2 Age at which men were labeled old 60
1.3 Age at which women were labeled old 60
3.1a Household headship rates: males aged 45 and over 128
3.1b Household headship rates: females aged 45 and over 128
4.1 Women with co resident grandchildren (and no spouse)
in the Corfe Castle, Dorset, household listing, 1790 162
5.1a Total yearly amounts of relief given to five individuals in
Terling 204
5.1b Total yearly amounts given to four aged females in
Ovenden 204
5.1c Total yearly amounts given to four aged men in Ovenden 205
6.1 Percentage of elderly paupers who are women 239
7.1 Percentage of inmates 60 and over in Terling s workhouse 251
x
Tables
2.1 Age structure of Members of Parliament page 103
2.2 Age at which Members of Parliament aged 45 or more stopped
serving 104
3.1 Co residence with spouse and children for individuals aged
60 and over 127
3.2 Percentage household heads by occupation: the elderly
in 18th century rural populations 130
3.3 Widows as executors of husbands wills 136
3.4 Provisions for widows in 18th century wills 138
3.5 Changing provisions for widows over 18th century 139
4.1 Presence of children in households of individuals
60 and over 151
4.2 Co residents of individuals aged 60+ (aggregated by period
and economic type) 158
4.3 Married and widowed men: bequests beyond family
of procreation 168
5.1 The age structure of relief in 32 parishes 185
5.2 Regional variation in age structure and amount of relief 187
5.3 Average adult pensions: Ovenden, Terling, and Puddletown
(in pence) 199
5.4 Age distribution of poor relief recipients in the three
parishes 200
6.1 Relief recipients aged 60 and over: Terling and Puddletown 223
6.2 Average weekly pensions for linked adults (in pence) 228
6.3 Proportion of relief given in kind in Puddletown and Terling 235
6.4 Average age of onset of pensions for those aged 60+ 240
6.5 Old old and young old relief recipients in Terling and
Puddletown 243
6.6 Weekly pensions for aged in Terling and Puddletown
(in pence) 244
7.1 Age and gender of Ovenden s workhouse inmates 260
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