Chesterfield Poor Law Union, Derbyshire Genealogy

History
The union of Chesterfield comprises 34 parishes or places, and contains a population of 39,379.

From A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 576-586. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50871 Date accessed: 02 April 2011.

See also

http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/derby/chesterfield_workhouse.htm http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-83422-former-chesterfield-union-workhouse-scars/map

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?Chesterfield/Chesterfield.shtml

Parishes in the Union
Ashover, Derbyshire Barlow, Derbyshire Bolsover, Derbyshire Brackenfield, Derbyshire Brampton, Derbyshire Brampton St Thomas, Derbyshire Brimington, Derbyshire Chesterfield, Derbyshire Chesterfield Holy Trinity, Derbyshire Dronfield, Derbyshire Eckington, Derbyshire Hasland, Derbyshire Heath, Derbyshire Holmesfield, Derbyshire Killamarsh, Derbyshire Morton, Derbyshire North Wingfield, Derbyshire Norton, Derbyshire Ridgeway, Derbyshire Shirland, Derbyshire Staveley, Derbyshire Sutton cum Duckmanton, Derbyshire Temple Normanton, Derbyshire Whittington, Derbyshire Wingerworth, Derbyshire

Later additions Whaley Thorns, Derbyshire