List of poor law unions in England

This article lists all English Poor Law Unions.[1]

Contents

Bedfordshire

Ampthill, Bedford, Biggleswade, Leighton Buzzard, Luton, Woburn

Berkshire

Abingdon, Bradfield, Cookham, Easthampstead, Faringdon, Hungerford, Newbury, Reading, Wallingford, Wantage, Windsor, Wokingham

Bristol

Barton Regis (previously Clifton), Bedminster (until 1897), Bristol City[2]

Buckinghamshire

Amersham, Aylesbury, Buckingham, Eton, Newport Pagnell, Winslow, Wycombe

Cambridgeshire

Cambridge, Caxton, Chesterton, Ely, Linton, Newmarket, Whittlesea, Wisbech, North Witchford

Cheshire

Altrincham, Birkenhead, Great Boughton, Bucklow, Chester, Congleton, Macclesfield, Nantwich, Northwich, Runcorn, Stockport, Tarvin, Wirral

Cornwall

Bodmin, Camelford, Falmouth, Helston, Launceston, Liskeard, Penzance, Redruth, St Austell, St Columb Major, St Germans, Stratton, Truro; Isles of Scilly

Cumberland

Alston, Brampton, Carlisle, Cockermouth, Longtown, Penrith, Whitehaven, Wigton

Derbyshire

Ashbourne, Bakewell, Belper, Chapel en le Frith, Chesterfield, Derby, Glossop, Hayfield, Shardlow

Devonshire

Axminster, Barnstaple, Bideford, Crediton, Devonport, Holsworthy, Honiton, Kingsbridge, South Molton, Newton Abbot, Okehampton, Plymouth, Plympton, St Thomas, Stoke Damerel, East Stonehouse, Tavistock, Tiverton, Torrington, Totnes

Exeter had a workhouse union dating back to 1697, which was never converted into a poor law union under the 1834 Act.[3]

Dorset

Beaminster, Blandford, Bridport, Cerne, Dorchester, Poole, Shaftesbury, Sherborne, Sturminster, Wareham and Purbeck, Weymouth, Wimborne and Cranborne

County Durham

Auckland, Chester Le Street, Darlington, Durham, Easington, Gateshead, Hartlepool, Houghton Le Spring, Lanchester, Sedgefield, South Shields, Stockton, Sunderland, Teesdale, Weardale

Essex

Billericay, Braintree, Chelmsford, Colchester, Dunmow, Epping, Halstead, West Ham, Lexden and Winstree, Maldon, Ongar, Orsett, Rochford, Romford, Saffron Walden, Tendring, Witham

Gloucestershire

Barton Regis (Clifton before 1877), Cheltenham, Cirencester, Dursley, Gloucester, Newent, Northleach, Chipping Sodbury, Stow on the Wold, Stroud, Tetbury, Tewkesbury, Thornbury, Westbury on Severn, Wheatenhurst, Winchcombe

Hampshire

Alresford, Alton, Alverstoke, Andover, Basingstoke, Bournemouth & Christchurch, Catherington, Droxford, Fareham, Farnborough, Fordingbridge, New Forest, Havant, Hartley Wintney, Headley, Hursley, Kingsclere, Lymington, Petersfield, Portsea, Ringwood, Romsey, Southampton, Stockbridge, South Stoneham, Whitchurch, Winchester, Isle of Wight

Herefordshire

Bromyard, Dore, Hereford, Kington, Ledbury, Leominster, Ross, Weobley

Hertfordshire

Barnet, Berkhampstead, Buntingford, Hatfield, Hemel Hempstead, Hertford, Hitchin, Royston, St Albans, Bishop's Stortford, Ware, Watford, Welwyn

Huntingdonshire

Huntingdon, St Ives, St Neots

Kent

East Ashford, West Ashford, North Aylesford (renamed Strood), Blean, Bridge, Bromley, Canterbury, Cranbrook, Dartford, Dover, Eastry, Elham, Faversham, Gravesend & Milton, Greenwich, Hollingbourne, Hoo, Lewisham, Maidstone, Maldon, Malling, Medway, Milton, Penshurst, Romney Marsh, Sevenoaks, Sheppey, Tenterden, Thanet, Tonbridge

Lancashire

Ashton under Lyne, Barton upon Irwell, Blackburn, Bolton, Burnley, Bury, Caton (Gilbert Union), Chorley, Chorlton (i.e. Chorlton on Medlock), Clitheroe, West Derby, Fylde, Garstang, Haslingden, Lancaster, Leigh, Liverpool, Lunesdale, Manchester, Oldham, Ormskirk, Prescot, Preston, Prestwich, Rochdale, Salford, Todmorden, Toxteth Park, Ulverston, Warrington, Wigan

Leicestershire

Ashby de la Zouch, Barrow upon Soar, Belvoir, Billesdon, Blaby, Hinckley, Leicester, Loughborough, Lutterworth, Market Bosworth, Market Harborough, Melton Mowbray

Lincolnshire

Boston, Bourne, Caistor, Gainsborough, Glanford Brigg, Grantham, Grimsby, Holbeach, Horncastle, Lincoln, Louth, Sleaford, Spalding, Spilsby, Stamford

London

City of London, Battersea, Bermondsey, Bethnal Green, Camberwell, Chelsea, Clapham, Clerkenwell, Fulham, Greenwich, Hackney, Hammersmith, Hampstead, Holborn, Islington, Kensington, Lambeth, Lewisham, Marylebone, Mile End, Paddington, Poplar, St George in the East, St Olave, St Pancras, St Saviour's, Shoreditch, Southwark, Stepney, Strand, Wandsworth, Westminster, Whitechapel, Woolwich, St George

Middlesex

Brentford, Edmonton, Hendon, Staines, Uxbridge, Willesden

Norfolk

Aylsham, Blofield, Brinton, Depwade, Doching, Downham, Erpingham, Flegg East & West, Forehoe, Freebridge Lynn, Guiltcross, Hentead, Loddon & Clavering, King's Lynn, Mitford & Launditch, Norwich, St Faith's, Swaffham, Thetford, Tunstead & Happing (Smallburgh), Walsingham, Wayland, Yarmouth

Northamptonshire

Brackley, Brixworth, Daventry, Hardingstone, Kettering, Northampton, Oundle, Peterborough, Potterspury, Thrapston, Towcester, Wellingborough

Northumberland

Alnwick, Belford, Bellingham, Berwick, Castle Ward, Glendale, Haltwhistle, Hexham, Morpeth, Newcastle upon Tyne, Rothbury, Tynemouth

Nottingham

Basford, Bingham, Mansfield, Newark, Nottingham, Radford, East Retford, Southwell, Worksop

Oxfordshire

Banbury, Bicester, Headington, Henley, Chipping Norton, Oxford, Thame, Witney, Woodstock

Rutland

Oakham, Uppingham

Shropshire

Atcham, Bridgnorth, Church Stretton, Cleobury Mortimer, Clun, Ellesmere, Ludlow, Madeley, Market Drayton, Newport, Oswestry, Shifnal, Shrewsbury, Wellington, Wem, Whitchurch

Somerset

Axbridge, Bath, Bedminster (Long Ashton), Bridgwater, Chard, Clutton, Dulverton, Frome, Keynsham, Langport, Shepton Mallet, Taunton, Wellington, Wells, Williton, Wincanton, Yeovil

Staffordshire

Alstonfield (Gilbert Union), Burton upon Trent, Cannock, Cheadle, Dudley, Leek, Lichfield, Newcastle under Lyme, Penkridge, Seisdon, Stafford, Stoke on Trent, Stone, Tamworth, Uttoxeter, Walsall, West Bromwich, Walsall and West Bromwich School District (Wigmore), Wolstanton & Burslem, Wolverhampton

Suffolk

Blything, Bosmere & Claydon, Bury St Edmunds, Cosford, Hartismere, Hoxne, Ipswich, Mildenhall, Mutford & Lothingland, Newmarket, Plomesgate, Risbridge, Samford, Stow, Sudbury, Thingoe, Wangford, Woodbridge

Surrey

Chertsey, Croydon, Dorking, Epsom, Farnham, Godstone, Guildford, Hambledon, Kingston, Reigate, Richmond

Sussex

Arundel, Battle, Brighton, Chailey, Chichester, Cuckfield, Eastbourne, West Firle, East Grinstead, Hailsham, Hastings, Horsham, Lewes, Midhurst, Newhaven, Petworth, East Preston, Rye,, Steyning, Sutton, Thakenham, Ticehurst, Uckfield, Westbourne, Westhampnett

Warwickshire

Alcester, Aston, Atherstone, Birmingham, Coventry, Foleshill, Meriden, Nuneaton, Rugby, Shipston on Stour, Solihull, Southam, Stratford on Avon, Warwick

Westmorland

East Ward, Kendal, West Ward

Wiltshire

Alderbury, Amesbury, Bradford on Avon, Calne, Chippenham, Cricklade & Wootton Bassett, Devizes, Highworth & Swindon, Malmesbury, Marlborough, Trowbridge & Melksham, Mere, Pewsey, Salisbury, Tisbury, Warminster, Westbury & Whorwellsdown, Wilton

Worcestershire

Bromsgrove, Droitwich, Evesham, Kidderminster, Kings Norton, Martley, Pershore, Stourbridge, Tenbury, Upton upon Severn, Worcester

Yorkshire

Yorkshire, East Riding

Beverley, Bridlington, Driffield, Howden, Kingston On Hull, Patrington, Pocklington, Sculcoates, Skirlaugh, York

Yorkshire, North Riding

Aysgarth, Bedale, Easingwold, Guisborough, Helmsley, Kirky Moorside, Leyburn, Malton, Middlesbrough, Northallerton, Pickering, Reeth, Richmond, Scarborough, Stokesley, Thirsk, Whitby

Yorkshire, West Riding

Barnsley, Barwick in Elmet, Bierley North, Bradford, Bramley, Carlton, Dewsbury, Ecclesall Bierlow, Goole, Halifax, Hemsworth, Holbeck, Huddersfield, Hunslet, Keighley, Knaresborough, Leeds, Otley, Ouseburn Great, Pateley Bridge, Pontefract, Preston Great, Ripon, Rotherham, Saddleworth, Sedbergh, Selby, Settle, Sheffield, Skipton, Thorne, Tadcaster, Wakefield, Wetherby Wharfedale, Wortley

References

  1. ^ http://www.institutions.org.uk/poor_law_unions/
  2. ^ Family Search: Bristol Poor Law Unions, England
  3. ^ The History of Poor Law Unions