Tamworth Poor Law Union, Staffordshire Genealogy
History[edit | edit source]
The poor-law union of Tamworth comprises 24 parishes or places, 11 of which are in Stafford, 10 in Warwick, and 3 in Derby; and contains a population of 12,897.
From: 'Tamerton-Folliott - Tapton', Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 297-300. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51327 Date accessed: 31 March 2011.
See also
http://www.institutions.org.uk/pictures/workhouses/tamworth_union_workhouse.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?Tamworth/Tamworth.shtml
Parishes in the Union[edit | edit source]
Austrey, Warwickshire Genealogy Canwell, Staffordshire Genealogy Chilcote, Derbyshire Genealogy Clifton Campville, Staffordshire Genealogy Croxall, Staffordshire Genealogy Drayton Bassett, Staffordshire Genealogy Edingale, Staffordshire Genealogy Fazeley, Staffordshire Genealogy Harlaston, Staffordshire Genealogy Hints, Staffordshire Genealogy Hopwas Hays, Staffordshire Genealogy Kingsbury, Warwickshire Genealogy Middleton, Warwickshire Genealogy Newton Regis, Warwickshire Genealogy No Mans Heath, Warwickshire Genealogy Seckington, Warwickshire Genealogy Shuttington, Warwickshire Genealogy Statfold, Staffordshire Genealogy Tamworth, Staffordshire Genealogy Thorpe Constantine, Staffordshire Genealogy Wiggington, Staffordshire GenealogyWilnecote, Warwickshire Genealogy