Ulverston Poor Law Union,Lancashire

History
Parish poor houses included Ulverston Neville Hall 1753 Billincoat (Dalton parish) 1735 Coulton (pre 1777) for up to 18 Backbarrow opened 1823

Ulverston Poor Law Union was formed on 26th August 1836. The new Ulverston Union workhouse was built at the north-west of the town on the west side of Stanley Street, off the Gill, at a cost of £5,800. Ulverston's establishment later became known as Stanley Hospital, then after the closure and demolition of the Ulverston Hospital on Newton Street in 1971, it adopted the name Ulverston Hospital. Barrow-in-Furness became a separate union in 1876, with its own workhouse being built in 1878-9.

The old children's blocks were demolished in 2002 to make way for a new unit for the elderly mentally ill. The rest of the buildings were demolished in summer 2003 and replaced with a new primary care resource centre. Constituent parishes The following parishes were included: County of Lancaster: Aldingham, Lower Allithwaite, Upper Allithwaite, East Broughton, West Broughton , Blawith, Cartmel Fell, Church Coniston, Claife, Colton , Dalton , Dunnerdale-with-Seathwaite , Egton-wth-Newland , Hawkshead and Monk Coniston-with-Skelwith , Upper Holker, Lower Holker, Kirkby Ireleth, Lowick, Mansriggs, Osmotherly, Pennington, Satterthwaite, Suberthwaite, Torver, Staveley, Ulverston , Urswick. Later Additions: Angerton (from 1858), Barrow-in-Furness (from 1851), Coniston (from 1894), Grange (from 1894), Haverthwaite(from 1927), Hawkshead (from 1894), Skelwith (from 1894).

Records • Cumbria Record Office and Local Studies Library, Barrow, 140 Duke Street, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria LA14 1XW. Holdings include: Births register (1866-1948); Deaths register (1866-1916); Punishments register (1874-1923); etc.

Bibliography

• Walton, James E (1984) A History of Dalton-in-Furness (Phillimore)

Web Sites

http://www.workhouses.org.uk/index.html?Ulverston/Ulverston.shtml