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==History== | == History == | ||
Some almshouses, originally erected about the year 1682, were rebuilt in 1816, from a gift of £3000 by George Brown, Esq.; they contain a committee-room and dispensary, and thirty-six apartments. Elizabeth Bunting, in 1765, bequeathed the sum of £300 for the benefit of poor persons, which was invested in the purchase of £378. 13. three per cent, consols. The union comprises 42 parishes or places, of which 30 are in the county of Durham, and 12 in the N. riding of York; and contains altogether a population of 33,743. | |||
From: 'Stockport - Stockwood', ''[[A Topographical Dictionary of England]]'' (1848), pp. 209-215. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51305 Date accessed: 27 March 2011.<br> | |||
See also<br> | |||
[http://www.durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/article/10624/Poor-Law Durham County Record Office]<br> | |||
For more information on the history of the workhouse, see Peter Higginbotham's web site: [http://workhouses.org.uk/ www.workhouses.org.uk] and [http://www.workhouses.org.uk/Stockton/ http://www.workhouses.org.uk/Stockton/].<br> | |||
== Parishes in the Union == | == Parishes in the Union == | ||
[[Billingham, Durham]] [[Carlton, Durham]] [[Egglescliffe, Durham]] [[Elton, Durham]] [[Elwick Hall, Durham]] [[Greatham, Durham]] [[Grindon, Durham]] [[Hart, Durham]] [[Hartlepool, Durham]] [[High Worsall, Yorkshire]] [[Kirk Levington | [[Billingham, Durham]] [[Carlton, Durham]] [[Egglescliffe, Durham]] [[Elton, Durham]] [[Elwick Hall, Durham]] [[Greatham, Durham]] [[Grindon, Durham]] [[Hart, Durham]] [[Hartlepool, Durham]] [[High Worsall, Yorkshire]] [[Kirk Levington]] [[Long Newton, Durham]] [[Middlesbrough, Yorkshire]] [[Middlesbrough St Hilda]] [[Norton, Durham]] [[Redmarshall, Durham]] [[Seaton Carew, Durham]] [[Stainton in Cleveland, Yorkshire]] [[Stockton upon Tees St Thomas, Durham]] [[Stockton upon Tees Holy Trinity, Durham]] [[Stranton, Durham]] [[Thornaby]] [[West Acklam, Yorkshire]] [[Wolviston, Durham]] [[Yarm, Yorkshire]] | ||
[[Category:Durham Poor_Law_Unions]] [[Category:Durham Poor Law Unions]] | |||
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