Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire, Poor Law Union

History
The first workhouse was located on Dungeon Street (now Market Street) in Ashton. A parliamentary report of 1777 recorded a parish workhouse in Ashton under Line (sic) with accommodation for up to 64 inmates. A cottage on The Stocks in Tintwistle once served as the parish workhouse. In 1849-50, a new union workhouse was built on a site at Chamber Hills to the north-east of the town, on what is now Fountain Street. It accommodated about 500 inmates and cost around £10,000. The building was constructed of stone from the nearby Barrack quarries Ashton under Lyne Poor Law Union was formed on 3rd February 1837

Parishes
The constituent parishes were: Ashton under Lyne, Denton, Droylsden, Haughton.

Cheshire: Duckingfield [Dukinfield], Godley, Hattersley, Hollingworth, Matley, Mottram, Newton , Stayley, Tintwistle.

Later Additions (all from 1894): Alt, Audenshaw, Bardsley, Crossbank, Hartshead, Hurst, Lees, Little Moss, Mossley, Stalybridge, Waterloo, Woodhouses.

Workhouse records
Tameside Local Studies and Archives Centre, Central Library, Old Street, Ashton-under-Lyne OL6 7SG. The union's records were pulped during the Second World War with the exception of the Union Constitution (1837) and Guardians' Minutes (1837-1930).