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==History== | == History == | ||
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. | 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 | 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/] | |||
== 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]] Whitton Gilbert with Kimblesworth, Durham | |||
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