Shardlow, Derbyshire Poor Law Union

History
The poor-law union comprises 46 parishes or places, 33 of which are in the county of Derby, 7 in the county of Leicester, and 6 in that of Nottingham; the population of the whole amounting to 32,640.

From: 'Shardlow - Shawell', A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 56-58. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51266 Date accessed: 13 March 2011.

See also Shardlow Heritage Centre http://homepages.which.net/~shardlow.heritage/vwalk.htm/

http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/derby/shardlow_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?Shardlow/Shardlow.shtml

Surviving Records are deposited at the Derbyshire Record Office at Matlock.

Parishes in the Union
Alvaston, Derbyshire Aston on Trent, Derbyshire Attenborough, Nottinghamshire Barrow on Trent, Derbyshire Boulton, Derbyshire Bramcote, Nottinghamshire Breadsall, Derbyshire Breaston, Derbyshire Breedon on the Hill, Leicestershire Castle Donington, Leicestershire Chaddesden, Derbyshire Chellaston, Derbyshire Dale Abbey, Derbyshire Derby Hills, Derbyshire Diseworth, Leicestershire Elvaston cum Thurlston and Amaston, Derbyshire Isley Walton, Leicestershire Kegworth, Leicestershire Kingston on Soar, Nottinghamshire Kirk Hallam, Derbyshire Langley Priory, Leicestershire Little Eaton, Derbyshire Littleover, Derbyshire Lockington, Leicestershire Melbourne, Derbyshire Normanton, Derbyshire Ockbrook, Derbyshire Osmaston by Derby, Derbyshire Ratcliffe on Soar, Nottinghamshire Risley, Derbyshire Sandiacre, Derbyshire Sawley, Derbyshire Shardlow, Derbyshire Sinfin Moor, Derbyshire Spondon, Derbyshire Stanley, Derbyshire Stanton by Bridge, Derbyshire Stanton by Dale, Derbyshire Stapleford, Nottinghamshire Swarkestone, Derbyshire West Hallam, Derbyshire Weston on Trent, Derbyshire Wilne with Draycott, Derbyshire