Wirral Poor Law Union, Cheshire Genealogy

History
The Wirral [occasionally seen spelt Wirrall] Poor Law Union formally came into being on 16th May 1836. A new Wirral Union workhouse was erected in 1836-7 at Clatterbridge on the road from Birkenhead to Chester. It was designed by William Cole who was also the architect of the Winchester Union workhouse. In 1837, the Poor Law Commissioners authorised an expenditure of £2,500 on the building which was to accommodate 130 inmates. In 1861, parishes at the north of the Wirral separated to form the new Birkenhead_Poor_Law_Union,_Cheshire. After the ending of the workhouse system in 1930, Wirral workhouse was renamed Clatterbridge (County) General Hospital and under the National Health Service became Clatterbridge Hospital. The buildings were demolished in 1997.