Workhouses and poor law
Records in this collection
- Cheshire Workhouse Records (Admissions and Discharges)
- Cheshire Workhouse Records (Baptisms)
- Cheshire Workhouse Records (Births)
- Cheshire Workhouse Records (Burials)
- Cheshire Workhouse Records (Deaths)
- Cheshire Workhouse Records (Religious Creeds)
- Derbyshire Workhouse Reports 1842
- Lincolnshire Poor Law Removals 1665 - 1865
- Lincolnshire Settlement Certificates 1675-1860
- Lincolnshire Settlement Examinations 1721-1865
- Manchester Workhouse Registers 1800-1911
- Workhouse and poor law
Search for your ancestors amongst tens of thousands of workhouse admissions in the records you find on this page.
Workhouses, as you can imagine, were less than salubrious establishments created to support those who had fallen upon hard times by supplying them with both accommodation and employment.
These records also include information about workhouse discharges.