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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.
The union of Weardale, of which the workhouse is at Stanhope, comprises four parishes, and contains a population of 10,174.  


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>
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>
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http://www.durham-miner.org.uk/miner/projects.nsf/0/54955eaac50428d280256e86004acf62?OpenDocument<br>
http://www.durham-miner.org.uk/miner/projects.nsf/0/54955eaac50428d280256e86004acf62?OpenDocument<br>


http://www.workhouses.org.uk/index.html?/Weardale/Weardale.shtml<br>
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 [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 ==
== Parishes in the Union ==


[[Edmondbyers, Durham]]
[[Edmondbyers, Durham]] [[Heatherycleugh, Durham]] [[Hunstanworth, Durham]] [[Stanhope, Durham]] [[Thornley St Bartholomew, Durham]] [[Weardale St John, Durham]] [[Wolsingham, Durham]]  
[[Heatherycleugh, Durham]]
[[Hunstanworth, Durham]]
[[Stanhope, Durham]]
[[Thornley St Bartholomew, Durham]]
[[Weardale St John, Durham]]
[[Wolsingham, Durham]]


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