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An Act of Parliament in the year 1834 took the responsibility of administering to the poor from the local parish church to the doorstep of civil government. The government grouped each civil parish into a union of parishes. There were nearly 600 such unions throughout England, each one comprising close to 20 or more parishes, and were specifically setup to meet the demands of the poor among their local populations, with a workhouse on the premises. The responsibility was transferred from local parishes to a Board of Guardians in each union. These groupings or unions were known as poor-law unions. Middlesex had the following poorlaw unions within its boundaries:

Online Records[edit | edit source]

Middlesex Poor Law Records at Findmypast - index ($)
1561-1883 England, Middlesex, Westminster, Poor Law Records, 1561-1883 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images
1695-1921 Kensington and Chelsea, London, England, Poor Law Records, 1695-1921 at Ancestry — index & images ($)
1758-1802 Shoreditch Settlement Examinations at Findmypast — index ($)

The Unions of Middlesex (London)[edit | edit source]

Battersea
Bermondsey
Brentford
Bethnal Green
Camberwell
Chelsea
Clapham
Clerkenwell
Edmonton
Fulham
Greenwich
Hackney
Hammersmith
Hampstead
Hendon
Holborn
Islington
Kensington
Lambeth
Lewisham
Marylebone
Mile End
Paddington
Poplar
St George (Hanover Square)
St George in the East
St Olave
St Pancras
St Saviour's
Shoreditch
Southwark
Stepney
Staines
Strand
Uxbridge
Wandsworth
Westminster
Whitechapel
Willesden
Woolwich

The Records[edit | edit source]

Records from the poorlaw unions, which were created from this time forward include the following:

Guardianship
Creed Registers
Rate books
Workhouse Lists of Inmates
Register of Apprentices
Register of Births
Register of Deaths
Vestry Rate Books
Admission and Discharge Registers
Board of Guardians' Records

Online Transcriptions Relating to Poorlaw Records[edit | edit source]

1) For more information on the history of the workhouse, see Peter Higginbotham's web site: workhouses.org.uk, a website providing history and a few online records

2) Here's a general website providing data on approximately 10 percent of Yorkshire's poor

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-An Act of Parliament in the year 1834 took the responsibility of administering to the poor from the local parish church to the doorstep of civil government. The government grouped each civil parish into a union of parishes. There were nearly 600 such unions throughout England, each one comprising close to 20 or more parishes, and were specifically setup to meet the demands of the poor among their local populations, with a workhouse on the premises. The responsbility was transferred from local parishes to a Board of Guardians in each union. These groupings or unions were known as poor-law unions.&nbsp;Middlesex had the following poorlaw unions within its boundaries:
+An Act of Parliament in the year 1834 took the responsibility of administering to the poor from the local parish church to the doorstep of civil government. The government grouped each civil parish into a union of parishes. There were nearly 600 such unions throughout England, each one comprising close to 20 or more parishes, and were specifically setup to meet the demands of the poor among their local populations, with a workhouse on the premises. The responsibility was transferred from local parishes to a Board of Guardians in each union. These groupings or unions were known as poor-law unions. Middlesex had the following poorlaw unions within its boundaries:
+==Online Records==
+*[https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-records/middlesex-poor-law-records Middlesex Poor Law Records] at Findmypast - index ($)
+*'''1561-1883''' {{RecordSearch|4324914|England, Middlesex, Westminster, Poor Law Records, 1561-1883}} at FamilySearch - [[England, Middlesex, Westminster, Poor Law Records - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index & images
+*'''1695-1921''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=62488 Kensington and Chelsea, London, England, Poor Law Records, 1695-1921] at Ancestry — index & images ($)
+*'''1758-1802''' [https://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-records/shoreditch-settlement-examinations-1758-1802 Shoreditch Settlement Examinations] at Findmypast — index ($)
 === The Unions of Middlesex (London)  ===
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 ) For more information on the history of the workhouse, see Peter Higginbotham's web site: [http://workhouses.org.uk/ workhouses.org.uk], [http://www.workhouses.org.uk/intro/ a website] providing history and a few online records
-) Here's [http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/Paupers/ a general website] providing data on approximately&nbsp;10 percent of Yorkshire's poor
+) Here's [http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/Paupers/ a general website] providing data on approximately 10 percent of Yorkshire's poor
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