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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 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.  


See also
See also  


http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/dur/Durham_workhouse.htm
http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/dur/Durham_workhouse.htm http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tynesidehistory/dpoorlaw1.html
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tynesidehistory/dpoorlaw1.html
 
http://www.workhouses.org.uk/index.html?Durham/Durham.shtml
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]]&nbsp;[[Durham St Mary le Bow with StMary the Less, Durham]] [[Durham St Nicholas, Durham]] [[Durham St Oswald, Durham]] [[Pittington, Durham]] [[Shadforth, Durham]] [[Sherburn House, Durham]] [[Shincliffe, Durham]] [[Whitwell House, Durham]]&nbsp;[[Whitton Gilbert with Kimblesworth, 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]]&nbsp;[[Durham St Mary le Bow with StMary the Less, Durham]] [[Durham St Nicholas, Durham]] [[Durham St Oswald, Durham]] [[Pittington, Durham]] [[Shadforth, Durham]] [[Sherburn House, Durham]] [[Shincliffe, Durham]] [[Whitwell House, Durham]]&nbsp;[[Whitton Gilbert with Kimblesworth, Durham]]  


[[Category:Poor Law Unions in Durham]] [[Category: Durham]]
[[Category:Poor_Law_Unions_in_Durham]] [[Category:Durham]]
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