Pauper apprentice

Pauper apprentices in England and Wales were the children of paupers who were bound out by the local parish overseers and churchwardens. Some had to travel long distances to serve in the factories of the Industrial Revolution, but the majority served their terms within a few miles of their homes.

## External links

* http://www.spartacus-educational.com/IRworkhouse.children.htm
* http://www1.conyers.stockton.sch.uk/sparkingthegap/victorians/pauper.asp

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