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Newcastle upon Tyne Poor Law Union


Newcastle upon Tyne Poor Law Union formally came into existence on the 26th September 1836. The Union Workhouse was built in 1840 (the building still stands).

THE NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE POOR LAW UNION comprehends eleven parishes and townships embracing an area of 7,102 statute acres, and a population in 1851, of 89,156 .souls. The parishes are All Saints', St. John's, St. Nicholas's and St. Andrew's. The townships are Byker, Westgate, Elswick, Jesmond, Heaton, Benwell, and Fenham; the two latter are in the county of Northumberland, the rest form the borough of Newcastle-upon Tyne. The annual expenditure for the relief of the poor is about £28,000. This union is divided into four districts, over each of which there is a relieving officer. The number of poor people receiving out-door relief is about 5,200. The board of guardians numbers eighty-five members, eighteen of whom are guardians ex-officio, the remainder are elective. Henry Ingledew, chairman ; Thomas Ridley, vice-chairman, George Forster, clerk.

Extract from: History, Topography, and Directory of Northumberland...Whellan, William, & Co, 1855.
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- Newcastle-upon-Tyne Poor Law Union formally came into existence on the 26th September 1836.  THE UNION WORKHOUSE is situated in this township, about one mile west of Newcastle. It is a …
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- ...A parliamentary report of 1777 recorded local workhouses in operation at Newcastle All Saints (for up to 100 inmates), Newcastle St John (26), Elswick in St Johns (40), Westgate in …
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