Poor law unions and parishes edit

Parish (P) or Union (U) Constituent parishes in 1836/7 Changes 1 Changes 2 Changes 3 Notes
Bethnal Green P
Chelsea P
Clerkenwell P 1869: included in Holborn U
Fulham U (1845) Formed 1845 from part of Kensington U, comprising parishes of Fulham and Hammersmith
Greenwich U (1836) Deptford St Nicholas, Deptford St Paul, Greenwich, Woolwich (until 1868) Woolwich transferred to new Woolwich U 1868
Hackney U (1837) Hackney, Stoke Newington
Hampstead P (1848) Separated from Edmonton U in 1848
Holborn U (1837) Holborn St Andrew above the Bars with St George the Martyr, Liberty of Saffron Hill etc. St Sepulchre transferred from W London U 1845
Furnival's Inn Gray's Inn and Staple's Inn declared to be in this union when they ceased to extra-parochial in 1858.
Clerkenwell and St Luke's added 1869.
Charterhouse, which had not been under any poor law administration added 1877.
Islington P
Kensington U (1837) Fulham, Hammersmith, Kensington, Paddington Dissolved 1845: Fulham and Hammersmith formed Fulham U, Kensington and Paddington Ps became separate poor law administrations
Kensington P (1845)
Separated from Kensington U
Lewisham U (1836) Charlton (until 1868), Eltham, Kidbrooke (until 1868), Lee, Lewisham, Mottingham (until 1887), Plumstead (until 1868) Charlton, Kidbrooke and Plumstead transferred to new Woolwich U 1868
City of London U (1837) All City parishes except those in East London U, West London U Absorbed East London U, West London U 1869. From that date it included all City parishes and also Glasshouse Yard in Middlesex. 1907: all City parishes combined in single civil parish
East London U (1837) City: St Botolph without Aldersgate, St Botolph without Aldgate, St Botolph without Bishopsgate, St Giles without Cripplegate
Middlesex: the part of St Botolph without Aldersgate in the county: this became a separate parish of Glasshouse Yard in 1866.
Abolished 1869
West London U (1837) City: Barnard's Inn, Bridewell Precinct, St Andrew Holborn, St Bartholomew the Great, St Bartholomew the Less, St Bride, St Dunstan in the West, Serjeant's Inn, Thavie's Inn
Middlesex: St Sepulchre (until 1845)
Abolished 1869
Mile End Old Town P (1857) Separated from Stepney U 1857
Paddington P (1845)
Separated from Kensington U
Poplar U (1837) Bow, Bromley, Poplar
St George Hanover Square
Under St George's Governors and Directors of The Poor from 1789-1867
St George's Guardians for the Poor 1867-1870.
Included in St George's U on its creation in 1870
Woolwich U (1868) Charlton, Kidbrooke, Plumstead and Woolwich