Haltwhistle Poor Law Union, Northumberland Genealogy

History
The poor law union of Haltwhistle includes the whole of the western division of Tindale ward, and contains five parishes, comprising eighteen townships, with a population of 5949.

From: 'Halton - Hambleden', A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 383-387. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51000 Date accessed: 14 March 2011.

See Also

http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/nhmbd/haltwhistle_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?Haltwhistle/Haltwhistle.shtml

Parishes in the Union
Beltingham, Northumberland Greenhead, Northumberland Haltwhistle, Northumberland Kirkhaugh, Northumberland Knaresdale, Northumberland Lambley, Northumberland Whitfield, Northumberland