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Gateshead Poor Law Union


Poor Law Unions were set-up across the country, following the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act (the 'New Poor Law').

THE GATESHEAD POOR LAW UNION, comprehends 12 parishes and townships, including an area of 25,493 acres, and a population in 1851, of 48,081 souls. The parishes and townships are Chopwell, Crawcrook, Fellside, Gateshead with Gateshead Fell, Heworth, Lowside, Stella, Swalwell, Ryton, Ryton Woodside, Whickham, and Winlaton. THE UNION WORK HOUSE is situated in Union-lane. Arthur Main, master; Eliza Main, matron; R. H. Wilson surgeon; and Struthers, teacher.

Extract from: History, Topography, and Directory of Northumberland...Whellan, William, & Co, 1855.
Poor Law Unions Gateshead and District, 1855
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- Extract from: History, Topography, and Directory of Northumberland...Whellan, William, & Co, 1855. GATESHEAD AND DISTRICT   GATESHEAD is a parish and a corporate and parliamentary borough, situated in the eastern …

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