Haltwhistle, Northumberland Poor Law Union

History
The poor law union of Haltwhistle includes the whole of the western division of Tindale ward, and contains five parishes, comprising eighteen townships, with a population of 5949.

From: 'Halton - Hambleden', A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 383-387. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51000 Date accessed: 14 March 2011.

See Also

Haltwhistle Workhouse

For more information on the history of the workhouse, see Peter Higginbotham's website: The Workhouse

Parishes in the Union
Beltingham, Northumberland Greenhead, Northumberland Haltwhistle, Northumberland Kirkhaugh, Northumberland Knaresdale, Northumberland Lambley, Northumberland Whitfield, Northumberland