Derby Poor Law Union, Derbyshire Genealogy

History
The union workhouse is situated in Litchurch, in that portion of the parish of St. Peter which is without the borough.

From: 'Denver - Devizes', A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 32-46. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50918 Date accessed: 20 March 2011.

See also

http://www.dfhs.org.uk/index.php?id=workhouses

http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/derby/derby1_workhouse.htm

For more information on the history of the workhouse, see Peter Higginbotham's web site: www.workhouses.org.uk and http://www.workhouses.org.uk/index.html?Derby/Derby.shtml

Parishes in the Union
Darley Abbey, Derbyshire Derby All Saints, Derbyshire Derby St Alkmund, Derbyshire Derby St Andrew, Derbyshire Derby St Augustine,Derbyshire from 1897 Derby Christ Church, Derbyshire Derby Holy Trinity, Derbyshire Derby St Anne, Derbyshire Derby St Barnabas, Derbyshire from 1886 Derby St Chad, Derbyshire from 1882 Derby St John, Derbyshire Derby St Luke, Derbyshire Derby St Michael, Derbyshire Derby St Osmund, Derbyshire Derby St Paul, Derbyshire Derby St Peter, Derbyshire Derby St Thomas, Derbyshire Derby St Werburgh, Derbyshire