England Poor Law

English poor law records and records created by the process of caring for the poor. Often described as a gradual development of a poor relief or welfare system dating to medieval times

http://www.sussexrecordsociety.org/plhome.asp?an=&amp;ap=

Poor law database for Sussex

http://www.victorianweb.org/history/poorlaw/poorlawov.html

http://www.fourbears.worldonline.co.uk/html/union_finder_database.html

Workhouse database

A wiki article describing this collection is found at:

England Cheshire Workhouse Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)

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