Loughborough, Leicestershire Poor Law Union

History
The union of Loughborough comprises 24 parishes or places, 13 of them in the county of Leicester, and 11 in that of Notts; and contains a population of 24,606.

From: A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 175-179. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51120 Date accessed: 16 May 2011.

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The Poor law Amendment Act brought into being the Loughborough Union which was formed in September, 1838. The Union Workhouse built in 1838 on Derby Road was planned to house 375.

The Loughborough Union included 25 parishes, some of which were in Nottinghamshire. Leicestershire: Belton, Burton-on-the-Wolds, Charley (Charnwood), Cotes, Dishley-cum-ThorpeAcre, Garendon, Hathern, Hoton, Knightsthorpe, Long Whatton. Loughborough, Prestwold, Shepshed, Wimeswold, Woodthorpe.

Nottinghamshire: Costock or Cortlingstock, East Leake, Normanton-on-Soar, Rempstone, Stanford-on-Soar, Sutton Bonnington, Thorpe Bochart, West Leake, WIlloughby-on-the-Wolds, and Wysall.

The Guardians feared that the workhouse might be attacked during the 1839 Chartist unrest.

A new infirmary was added in 1869.

New Casual Wards were added in 1885.

After 1930, the workhouse became "Hastings House", a public assistance institution.

In 1948, the workhouse became an old-people's home and was called "Regent Hospital".

No workhouse buildings survive; the site was developed for new housing.

Parishes in the Union
Belton, Leicestershire Charley, Leicestershire Costock, Nottinghamshire Dishley, Leicestershire East Leake, Nottinghamshire Garendon, Leicestershire Hathern, Leicestershire Hoton, Leicestershire Long Whatton, Leicestershire Loughborough, Leicestershire Loughborough Emmanuel, Leicestershire Normanton on Soar, Nottinghamshire Prestwold, Leicestershire Rempstone, Nottinghamshire Sheepshed, Leicestershire Stanford on Soar, Nottinghamshire Sutton Bonington St Anne, Nottinghamshire Sutton Bonington St Michael, Nottinghamshire Thorpe Acre, Leicestershire West Leake, Nottinghamshire Willoughby on the Wolds, Nottinghamshire Wymeswold, Leicestershire Wysall, Nottinghamshire