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Bellingham Poor Law Union
THE BELLINGRAM POOR LAW UNION comprehends thirty-seven parishes and townships, including an area of 235,861 statute acres, and a population, in 1851, of 6,553 souls. The parishes and townships are Bavington (Great), Bavington (Little), Bellingham, Birtley, Carry Coats, Catcherside, Charlton (East Quarter), Charlton (West Quarter), Chirdon, Coldwell, Corsenside, Crookdon, Fawns, Harle (Little), Harle (West), Hawick, Kirkharle, Kirkwhelpington, Leemailing, Nook, Otterburn Ward, Plawshets and Tynehead, Ramshope, Rochester Ward, Shitlington (High Quarter), Shitlington (Low Quarter), Smalesmouth, Sweethope, Tarretburn, Tarset (West), Thockrington, Thorneyhurn, Troughend Ward, Wark, Warksburn, Wellhaugh, and Whelpington (West).
THE BELLINGHAM UNION WORKHOUSE was erected in 1839, at an expense of £700. It is a substantial stone edifice, possessing accommodation for about sixty persons, though the number of inmates at present (1854) only amounts to twenty-four. James Aynsley, governor; Dorothy Aynsley, matron; John Elliott, surgeon; and H. B. Hall, clerk. James Aynsley and William Kell, relieving officers.
Extract from: History, Topography, and Directory of Northumberland...Whellan, William, & Co, 1855.
