Lanchester, Durham Poor Law Union

History
The poor-law union of Lanchester comprises 18 chapelries or townships, and contains a population of 9969 persons.

From: 'Lancaut - Lanercost-Abbey', A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 17-20. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51090 Date accessed: 26 March 2011.

Benefieldside, Billingside, Collierly Pontop, Conside and Knitsley, Cornsay, Esk, Ebchester, Greencroft, Healeyfield, Hedleyhope, Iveston, Kyo Laws, Lanchester, Langley, Medomsley, Muggleswick, Satley, Tanfield. To these were added subsequently in 1894-6 Craghead, Knitsley , South Moor , Oxhill , Stanley.

See Also

http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/dur/county_durham_workhouses.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?Lanchester/Lanchester.shtml

Parishes in the Union
Benfieldside, Durham Collierley, Durham Ebchester, Durham Esh, Durham Lanchester, Durham Medomsley, Durham Muggleswick, Durham Satley, Durham Tanfield, Durham