Info on the New Bridge Street Workhouse please?

[Jane Macara]

Hi all,

I wonder if anyone could help me. I have obtained the death certificate of my 3x Great Grandmother and it states that she died on 22nd August 1866 in the New Bridge Street Workhouse in Manchester. Her name on the certificate is Elizabeth McKeoun (the surname has various different spellings - McKeon, McEwen etc.).

Does anyone know if there are any records for this Workhouse that might possibly give me some more information about her. I would very much like to know her husband's name if it is listed and when she was admitted to the Workhouse in an attempt to find out a little more about her.

Many thanks to anyone who might be able to help me with this,

Jane

[debbiefaulkner1]

http://www.manchester.gov.uk/librari...lawrecords.pdf

This might give you a bit of info about records and where they are held, however I don't think many survived.

[uksearch]

http://www.manchester.gov.uk/librari...lawrecords.pdf

This might give you a bit of info about records and where they are held, however I don't think many survived.

Some valuable records have survived...but sadly not for the period in question. They have Creed Registers from 1881 onwards.

UK

[Jane Macara]

Many thanks to you both for your replies. It is sad that no records survive but you have certainly saved me a lot of time searching for them!

Thanks again,

Jane

[Peter Goodey]

you have certainly saved me a lot of time

For the benefit of anyone else with a similar question, you could save even more time by going straight to
http://tinyurl.com/3a4pce

[John]

For the benefit of anyone else with a similar question, you could save even more time by going straight to
http://tinyurl.com/3a4pce

That saves an amazing amount of time as it's a dead link

Searches aren't saved on A2A.

A few search terms would have been more useful.

[uksearch]

That saves an amazing amount of time as it's a dead link

Searches aren't saved on A2A.

A few search terms would have been more useful.

http://www.manchester.gov.uk/librar...rlawrecords.pdf

John,

The first link posted contains all the relevant information in any case for the New Bridge Street Workhouse.

UK

[Peter Goodey]

That saves an amazing amount of time as it's a dead link

Sorry. I knew that once and had completely forgotten.

"Manchester Archives and Local Studies: Records of the Guardians of the Poor of the Manchester, Chorlton and Prestwich Unions"

http://www.a2a.org.uk