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.

See also

http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/nhmbd/hexham_workhouse.htm

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

Parishes in the Union
Allendale, Northumberland Allendale St Peter, Northumberland Allenheads, Northumberland Bingfield St Mary, Northumberland Blanchland, Northumberland Bywell St Andrew, Northumberland Bywell St Peter, Northumberland Chollerton, Northumberland Corbridge, Northumberland Cornhill on Tweed, Northumberland Haydon, 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