Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire, Poor Law Union

Parishes
The constituent parishes were: Ashton under Lyne (all parishes) Ashton under Lyne St Michael, Lancashire, Ashton under Lyne Christ Church, Lancashire ,Ashton under Lyne St Peter, Lancashire ,Denton, Lancashire,  Droylsden, Lancashire,  Haughton.

Cheshire: Dukinfield, Cheshire, Godley, Hattersley , Hollingworth,  Matley ,  Mottram in Longendale, Cheshire,   Newton in Mottram, Cheshire, Stayley  ,  Tintwistle, Cheshire.

Later Additions (all from 1894): Alt, Audenshaw, Lancashire ,   Bardsley, Lancashire, Crossbank , Hartshead , Hurst  ,  Leesfield, Lancashire , Little Moss , Mossley,  Stalybridge, Cheshire, Waterloo , Woodhouses.

Workhouse records
Tameside Local Studies and Archives Centre, Central Library, Old Street, Ashton-under-Lyne OL6 7SG. The union's records were pulped during the Second World War with the exception of the Union Constitution (1837) and Guardians' Minutes (1837-1930).

Overseers of the poor accounts, including bastardy, pensioner payments, etc., 1745-1813 Ashton-under-Lyne (Lancashire : Borough) Microfilm of original records at the Astley Cheetham Public Library in Stayleybridge, Cheshire. Contents: item 6. Overseers records, 1745-1760 -- item 7. Overseers records, 1805-1813.

Accounts of the overseers of the poor and churchwardens, 1640-1689 Church of England. St. Michael's Church (Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire)

Websites
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/AshtonUnderLyne/AshtonUnderLyne1881.shtml