Poorhouses & Poverty » The Poor Law, Work Houses, Poor Houses & Poor House Unions in the U.K.

National Records of Scotland - Research Guides - Poor Relief Records

Norwich Census of the Poor, 1570

Norfolk, England.

Poor Law Index

Angmering, Sussex.

Poor Law Union Map of Ireland

Marking workhouses both before and after 1849.

Poor Law Union Records

England. From the Somerset Archive and Record Service.

Poor Law Unions/Registration Districts

Poor Law: Board of Guardians

From the Powys County Archives Office in Wales.

Poor-Law Unions

Leicester & Rutland, England.

Post Medieval Workhouses

Herefordshire, England.

Public Record Office of Northern Ireland - Poor Law Records

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RootsTech - Researching English Workhouse Records, Part 1 of 2 ^FREE

By Sylvia Valentine

RootsTech - Researching English Workhouse Records, Part 2 of 2 ^FREE

By Sylvia Valentine

Roscommon Poor Law Union Map

Ireland.

Rossbret UK Institutions

Information on asylums, almshouses, prisons, hospitals, orphanages, workhouses & the Poor Law.
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The National Archives | The Catalogue | Research Guides: A to Z

United Kingdom.

The National Learning Curve | Snapshots | The 1832 Poor Law

United Kingdom.

The Union Workhouse

The Workhouse - The history of the workhouse by Peter Higginbotham

Provides information on many of the workhouses in the United Kingdom including their history, constituent parishes, location, and often pictures. Provides lists of staff and inmates from the 1881 Census for some workhouses and often gives the current location of the workhouse records with a brief inventory.

West Sussex County Council: Poor Law Records

Winslow Workhouse Records

Buckinghamshire, England. Online searchable database from the Buckinghamshire Family History Society.