Key term for Edexcel GCSE History, used in Migration in Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Britain.
A contemporary phrase describing a person who was too poor to support themselves and would therefore require financial support from local public taxes.
Charge on the rates appears in Edexcel GCSE History revision content for Migrants in Britain and Notting Hill, especially Migration in Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Britain and Case Studies: Liverpool and Jewish Migrants.
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