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Offline Thompson24

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South Shields Workhouse
« on: Tuesday 01 December 09 22:25 GMT (UK) »
Hi guys

Im looking into why one of my relatives was an inmate in south shields workhouse and wondered if anyone could tell me how and where I would find this information out?

Hope you can help

Mx

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Re: South Shields Workhouse
« Reply #1 on: Wednesday 02 December 09 01:22 GMT (UK) »
Hi,

you don't give dates, but if you have a look at the workhouse site:
http://users.ox.ac.uk/~peter/workhouse/
you'll find lots of general information about life in the workhouse, and if you enter South Shields in the search box you'll find more on that particular one.

I think any records may be held at Tyne & Wear Archives -
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Re: South Shields Workhouse
« Reply #2 on: Wednesday 02 December 09 18:23 GMT (UK) »
You'll find quite a bit of information here

plus 1881 Census which includes staff and inmates.

http://www.workhouses.org.uk/index.html?SouthShields/SouthShields.shtml




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Re: South Shields Workhouse
« Reply #3 on: Wednesday 02 December 09 19:07 GMT (UK) »
Yes that's the same very good website!   :)

If M enters South Shields in searchbox from the link I gave, that's the page that comes up.  It's well worth exploring the whole site as you get a good insight into life in those days

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Census and bmd information is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk and www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk

Lincs & Yorks - SIVILLS PREDGEN    Norfolk - EBBS WHITEROD ZIPFELL       Sweden - JÖNSSON CRONBERG ANDERSSON      Yorks - SPENCE HIDE HIRD      Durham - DALKIN SELBY RENWICK