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From: 'Durham - Dymock', ''[[A Topographical Dictionary of England]]'' (1848), pp. 110-121. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50932 Date accessed: 21 March 2011. | From: 'Durham - Dymock', ''[[A Topographical Dictionary of England]]'' (1848), pp. 110-121. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50932 Date accessed: 21 March 2011. | ||
For more information on the history of the workhouse, see Peter Higginbotham's web site: [http://www.workhouses.org.uk www.workhouses.org.uk] and<br>[http://www.workhouses.org.uk/Durham/ http://www.workhouses.org.uk/Durham/] | See also | ||
http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/dur/Durham_workhouse.htm http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tynesidehistory/dpoorlaw1.html | |||
For more information on the history of the workhouse, see Peter Higginbotham's web site: [http://www.workhouses.org.uk www.workhouses.org.uk] and<br>[http://www.workhouses.org.uk/index.html?Durham/Durham.shtml http://www.workhouses.org.uk/index.html?Durham/Durham.shtml] | |||
== Parishes in the Union == | == Parishes in the Union == | ||
[[Belmont, Durham]] [[Brancepeth, Durham]] [[Croxdale, Durham]] [[Durham Castle and Precincts, Durham]] [[Durham College, Durham]] [[Durham Magdalen Place, Durham]] [[Durham St Giles, Durham]] [[Durham St Margaret, Durham]] [[Durham St Mary le Bow with St Mary the Less, Durham]] [[Durham St Nicholas, Durham]] [[Durham St Oswald, Durham]] [[Pittington, Durham]] [[Shadforth, Durham]] [[Sherburn House, Durham]] [[Shincliffe, Durham]] [[Whitwell House, Durham]] | [[Belmont, Durham]] [[Brancepeth, Durham]] [[Croxdale, Durham]] [[Durham Castle and Precincts, Durham]] [[Durham College, Durham]] [[Durham Magdalen Place, Durham]] [[Durham St Giles, Durham]] [[Durham St Margaret, Durham]] [[Durham St Mary le Bow with St Mary the Less, Durham]] [[Durham St Nicholas, Durham]] [[Durham St Oswald, Durham]] [[Pittington, Durham]] [[Shadforth, Durham]] [[Sherburn House, Durham]] [[Shincliffe, Durham]] [[Whitwell House, Durham]] Whitton Gilbert with Kimblesworth, Durham | ||
[[Category:Durham Poor_Law_Unions]] [[Category:Durham Poor Law Unions]] | [[Category:Durham Poor_Law_Unions]] [[Category:Durham Poor Law Unions]] | ||
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History[edit | edit source]
The union of Durham comprises 25 parishes or places in the city and county: the workhouse, in which there is accommodation for 160 paupers, is at the head of Crossgate.
From: 'Durham - Dymock', A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 110-121. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50932 Date accessed: 21 March 2011.
See also
http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/dur/Durham_workhouse.htm http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tynesidehistory/dpoorlaw1.html
For more information on the history of the workhouse, see Peter Higginbotham's web site: www.workhouses.org.uk and
http://www.workhouses.org.uk/index.html?Durham/Durham.shtml
Parishes in the Union[edit | edit source]
Belmont, Durham Brancepeth, Durham Croxdale, Durham Durham Castle and Precincts, Durham Durham College, Durham Durham Magdalen Place, Durham Durham St Giles, Durham Durham St Margaret, Durham Durham St Mary le Bow with St Mary the Less, Durham Durham St Nicholas, Durham Durham St Oswald, Durham Pittington, Durham Shadforth, Durham Sherburn House, Durham Shincliffe, Durham Whitwell House, Durham Whitton Gilbert with Kimblesworth, Durham