Manchester Poor Law Union

History
For more information see The Workhouse, Manchester Poor Law Union

The union at formation had 12 constituent townships

Blackley,Manchester Poor Law Records, Lancashire England, Bradford Manchester, Lancashire, Poor Law Union Records, Cheetham Manchester, Poor Law Records, Crumpsall Poor Law records,  Failsworth, Lancashire Poor Law Records, Harpurhey, Great Heaton, Little Heaton, Manchester, Moston (Manchester) Poor Law Records , Newton (Manchester) Poor Law Union Records ,  Prestwich Poor Law Records.

The post 1850 Manchester Union had the following constituent parishes:

Ancoats St Andrew, Lancashire, Lancashire Beswick, Lancashire , Cheetham Hill St Mark, Lancashire , Manchester Our Lady, St George and St Denys, Lancashire Manchester All Souls, Lancashire , Manchester St Ann, Lancashire , Manchester St Barnabas, Lancashire , Manchester St George, Lancashire Manchester St James, Lancashire , Manchester St John, Lancashire , Manchester St Mary, Lancashire , Manchester St Matthew, Campfield, Lancashire , Manchester St Michael, Lancashire , Manchester St Paul, Lancashire , Manchester St Peter, Lancashire , Manchester St Peter, Oldham Road, Lancashire Manchester St Philip, Lancashire ,Manchester St Philip, Bradford Road, Lancashire ,Newton All Saints, Lancashire

Records
• Greater Manchester County Record Office (with Manchester Archives), 56 Marshall Street, New Cross, Manchester, M4 5FU. The few surviving holdings include: Workhouse admissions and discharges (1841-5); Creed registers (1881-1914, with gaps); Lists of children sent to Swinton Industrial School (1846-64); etc.

Records of admissions for the New Bridge Street Workhouse, Manchester, 1880-1899 Microfilm of original records formerly held at the Manchester Archives Central Library in Manchester, England. Manchester Archives Central Library call nos.: L 49/2/11/1-4, L 49/2/12/1-4.

Religious creed register, 1881-1914 Manchester Workhuse Microfilm of original records at Manchester Library. Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1949

• Lancashire Record Office, Bow Lane, Preston, Lancashire, PR1 2RE. Swinton Industrial School admissions and discharges (1846-8, 1850-1934); indexes (1848-1935); etc.

Websites
http://www.workhouses.org.uk/ PeterHeginbotham's website has details of all Manchester workhouse locations