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== History ==
== History ==


The poor-law union of Worksop comprises 26 parishes or places, 11 of which are in the county of Nottingham, 11 in the West riding of York, and 4 in Derbyshire; the whole containing a population of 17,975.  
The poor-law union of Worksop comprises 26 parishes or places, 11 of which are in the county of Nottingham, 11 in the West riding of York, and 4 in Derbyshire; the whole containing a population of 17,975.


From: ''[[A Topographical Dictionary of England]]'' (1848), pp. 673-687  
From: A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 673-687. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51430  Date accessed: 16 April 2011.


The Worksop Poor Law Union constructed a workhouse for 400 inmates on East Gate in the 1830s. The buildings were demolished in the 1960s. An associated infirmary was built at Kilton Hill in 1901-04 which became Kilton Hill Hospital from 1948 until the 1980s when Bassetlaw District Hospital was built on the site.<br>
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See also<br>
 
[http://www.judandk.force9.co.uk/worksop.html+ Worksop Workhouse memories]<br>
 
[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/NTT/Worksop/worksop_PLU.html+ GENUKI]<br>
 
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?Worksop/Worksop.shtml+ Worksop Workhouse]<br>
 
== Records  ==
 
Refer to Nottinghamshire Archives pdf file of deposited records for the county Poor Law Unions [http://www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/poorlawrecords.pdf+ pdf archives]


== Parishes in the Union  ==
== Parishes in the Union  ==


[[Anston cum Membris, Yorkshire]] [[Barlborough, Derbyshire]] [[Blyth, Nottinghamshire]] [[Carburton, Nottinghamshire]] [[Carlton in Lindrick, Nottinghamshire]] [[Clowne, Derbyshire]] [[Dinnington, Yorkshire]] [[Elmton with Cresswell, Derbyshire]] [[Firbeck, Yorkshire]] [[Harthill, Yorkshire]] [[Harworth, Nottinghamshire]] [[Letwell, Yorkshire]] [[Norton Cuckney, Nottinghamshire]] [[Thorpe Salvin, Yorkshire]] [[Todwick, Yorkshire]] [[Wales, Yorkshire]] [[Welbeck, Nottinghamshire]] [[Whitwell, Derbyshire]] [[Woodhouse Hall, Nottinghamshire]] [[Woodsetts, Nottinghamshire]] [[Woodsetts, Yorkshire]] [[Worksop St Mary and St Cuthbert, Nottinghamshire]]
[[Anston cum Membris, Yorkshire]] [[Barlborough, Derbyshire]] [[Blyth, Nottinghamshire]] [[Carburton, Nottinghamshire]] [[Carlton in Lindrick, Nottinghamshire]] [[Clowne, Derbyshire]] [[Dinnington, Yorkshire]] [[Elmton with Cresswell, Derbyshire]] [[Firbeck, Yorkshire]] [[Harthill, Yorkshire]] [[Harworth, Nottinghamshire]] [[Letwell, Yorkshire]] [[Norton Cuckney, Nottinghamshire]] [[Thorpe Salvin, Yorkshire]] [[Todwick, Yorkshire]] [[Wales, Yorkshire]] [[Welbeck, Nottinghamshire]] [[Whitwell, Derbyshire]] [[Woodhouse Hall, Nottinghamshire]] [[Woodsetts, Nottinghamshire]] [[Woodsetts, Yorkshire]] [[Worksop St Mary and St Cuthbert, Nottinghamshire]]
 
[[Category:Nottinghamshire Poor Law Unions]] [[Category:Nottinghamshire Poor Law Unions]]

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