Durham, Durham Poor Law Union
History[edit | edit source]
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.
See also
http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/dur/Durham_workhouse.htm http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tynesidehistory/dpoorlaw1.html http://www.workhouses.org.uk/index.html?Durham/Durham.shtml
Parishes in the Union[edit | edit source]
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 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 Witton Gilbert with Kimblesworth, Durham