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Kildare Library Service - Naas Poor Law Union Minute Books 1839-1859

Naas, Co. Kildare - Minutes of proceedings at the weekly meeting of the Naas Board of Guardians. Contains weekly statistical information on the state of the workhouse. Information recorder under headings which include ‘number of inmates for which accommodation is provided’, ‘workhouse’, ‘temporary buildings’, ‘additional workhouse’, ‘fever hospital’ and ‘fever sheds’. Also ‘numbers admitted during the week’, ‘numbers discharged or died’ and ‘number of lunatics and idiots in workhouse’. Record of out-door relief also given, including ‘relief district’ and ‘no. of cases relieved’.

Leitrim Poor Law Union Map

Ireland.

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 Maps - Timeline Genealogy in Ireland

Poor Law Union Records

England. From the Somerset Archive and Record Service.

Poor Law Unions/Registration Districts

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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 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