Tamworth, Staffordshire Poor Law Union

History
The poor-law union of Tamworth comprises 24 parishes or places, 11 of which are in Stafford, 10 in Warwick, and 3 in Derby; and contains a population of 12,897.

From: 'Tamerton-Folliott - Tapton', A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 297-300. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51327 Date accessed: 31 March 2011.

See also

Index of Admission to and Discharges from Poor Law Union Workhouses, 1836-1900 Staffordshire Name Indexes.

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/Tamworth.

Photographs of Tamworth Workhouse and Infirmary.

Parishes in the Union
Austrey, Warwickshire Canwell, Staffordshire Chilcote, Derbyshire Clifton Campville, Staffordshire Croxall, Derbyshire Drayton Bassett, Staffordshire Edingale, Staffordshire Fazeley, Staffordshire Harlaston, Staffordshire Hints, Staffordshire Hopwas Hays, Staffordshire Kingsbury, Warwickshire Middleton, Warwickshire Newton Regis, Warwickshire No Mans Heath, Warwickshire Seckington, Warwickshire Shuttington, Warwickshire Statfold, Staffordshire Tamworth, Staffordshire Thorpe Constantine, Staffordshire Wiggington, StaffordshireWilnecote and Castle Liberty, Warwickshire