South Shields, Durham Poor Law Union

History
The poor-law union of South Shields comprises six parishes or places, containing a population of 28,907.

From: 'Shereford - Shifford', A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 74-80. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51270 Date accessed: 24 March 2011.

See also Durham County Record Office

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/SouthShields/

Parishes in the Union
Boldon, Durham Jarrow, Durham South Shields, Durham South Shields Holy Trinity, Durham South Shields St Stephen, Durham Westoe, Durham Whitburn, Durham