Sedgefield Poor Law Union
Reference: U/Se Catalogue Title: Sedgefield Poor Law Union Area: Catalogue Category: Local Authority Records Description: Sedgefield Workhouse, later Sedgefield Institution, later Ivy House Hostel
Covering Dates: 1837-1971
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Sedgefield Workhouse, established as early as 1663, was enlarged by the new Poor Law Union in 1838, then replaced by a new building on West End in 1860; this had a separate infirmary built in 1913. The workhouse became the Ivy House Hostel in 1930.
Indoor relief (inmate records) (Ref: U/Se section 01)Admission and Discharge registers (Ref: U/Se section 01)69-79, 116-127
Ref: U/Se 69128-181
Ref: U/Se 128293-294
Ref: U/Se 29383-86, 291-292
Ref: U/Se 8380-81, 289-290
Ref: U/Se 8082
see also U/Se 290
182-203
Ref: U/Se 182111-112
Ref: U/Se 111