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Alnwick
Belford
Bellingham
Berwick on Tweed
Castle Ward Workhouse
Glendale
Haltwhistle
Hexham
Morpeth
Newcastle on Tyne
Rothbury
Tynemouth
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Northumberland Poor Law Unions and Workhouses
The Poor Law Unions classified within Northumberland are
Alnwick,
Belford,
Bellingham,
Berwick,
Castle Ward,
Glendale,
Haltwhistle,
Hexham,
Morpeth,
Newcastle upon Tyne,
Rothbury and Tynemouth
Twenty Second
Report of the Commissioners in Lunacy to the Lord Chancellor
From PP 1867/68 Vol XXXI pp 1-301
Submitted by Alan Longbottom
p 255 J - Workhouses, List of those visited in 1867
With Name of the Workhouse and numbers of
insane, idiotic, and imbecile inmates |
| NORTHUMBERLAND |
MALE |
FEMALE |
TOTAL |
| Alnwick |
2 |
6 |
8 |
| Belford |
1 |
1 |
2 |
| Beriwick on Tweed |
5 |
7 |
12 |
| Glendale |
2 |
2 |
4 |
| Newcastle on Tyne |
45 |
35 |
80 |
| Rothbury |
0 |
2 |
2 |
| Tynemouth |
15 |
10 |
25 |
Record Offices
Northumberland Record Office,
Melton Park,
North Gosforth,
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE3 5QX
Berwick-upon-Tweed Record Office,
Borough Council Offices,
Wallace Green,
Berwick-upon-Tweed,
TD15 1ED
Tyne and Wear Archives Service,
Blandford House,
Blandford Square,
Newcastle upon Tyne,
NE1 4JA.
Ford
Parish - Parson & White - Durham - 1827/8 - p 505
The Workhouse for the parish is at the
east end of the village. The school here is attended by about 70 children, of
whom 13 boys & 13 girls are educated & clothed at the expense of the
Marquis of Waterford. William Nichol is governor of the workhouse &
perpetual overseer.
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