Hexham Poor Law Union, Northumberland Genealogy

History
The union comprises 69 parishes or places, and contains 27,929 inhabitants.

From: 'Heswall - Hexham', A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 497-501. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51028 Date accessed: 14 March 2011.

http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/nhmbd/hexham_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?Hexham/Hexham.shtml

Parishes in the Union
Allendale, Northumberland Allendale St Peter, Northumberland

Allenheads Due to the history of the chapelries in Allendale, Northumberland refer to West Allen, Northumberland for parish history for the Durham Bishop's Transcript alias.

Bingfield St Mary, Northumberland Blanchland, Northumberland Bywell St Andrew, Northumberland Bywell St Peter, Northumberland Chollerton, Northumberland Corbridge, Northumberland Cornhill on Tweed, Northumberland Haydon Bridge,Northumberland Hexham, Northumberland Humshaugh, Northumberland Masters Close, Northumberland Mickley, Northumberland Newbrough, Northumberland Ninebanks, Northumberland Ovingham, Northumberland Shotley, Northumberland Simonburn, Northumberland Slaley, Northumberland St John Lee, Northumberland St Oswald in Lee, Northumberland Warden, Northumberland West Allen, Northumberland Whitley (near Hexham), Northumberland Whittonstall, Northumberland