Weardale, Durham Poor Law Union: Difference between revisions

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-== History  ==
+== History ==
-The union of Weardale, of which the workhouse is at Stanhope, comprises four parishes, and contains a population of 10,174.
+== Parishes in the Union ==
-From: 'Stanghoe - Stanmore, Little', ''[[A Topographical Dictionary of England]]'' (1848), pp. 183-186. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51297 Date accessed: 29 March 2011.<br>
+[[Edmondbyers, Durham]]
+[[Heatherycleugh, Durham]]
-See Also<br>
+[[Hunstanworth, Durham]]
+[[Stanhope, Durham]]
-http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/dur/weardale_workhouse.htm<br>
+[[Thornley St Bartholomew, Durham]]
+[[Weardale St John, Durham]]
-http://www.durham-miner.org.uk/miner/projects.nsf/0/54955eaac50428d280256e86004acf62?OpenDocument<br>
+[[Wolsingham, Durham]]
-For more information on the history of the workhouse, see Peter Higginbotham's website: [http://www.workhouses.org.uk www.workhouses.org.uk] and [http://www.workhouses.org.uk/index.html?/Weardale/Weardale.shtml http://www.workhouses.org.uk/index.html?/Weardale/Weardale.shtml] <br>
-== Parishes in the Union  ==
-[[Edmondbyers, Durham]] [[Heatherycleugh, Durham]] [[Hunstanworth, Durham]] [[Stanhope, Durham]], Thornley St Bartholomew, Durham, [[Weardale St John, Durham]] [[Wolsingham, Durham]]
-[[Category:Durham Poor_Law_Unions]] [[Category:Durham Poor Law Unions]]