Complex sentence: The modern system of rates have their origin in the Poor Law Act 1601, for parishes to levy rates to fund the Poor Law, although parishes often adopted property rates to fund earlier poor law measures such as the Children Act 1574.
Split into simpler sentences: The modern system of rates have their origin in the Poor Law Act 1601, for parishes to levy rates to fund the Poor Law. Although parishes often adopted property rates to fund earlier poor law measures such as the Children Act 1574.