In a message dated 15/05/2007 20:35:22 GMT Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Hi Could someone please give me any information on the TYNEMOUTH UNION WORKHOUSE. Thank you Jan Jan: I expect you would receive more meaningful answers if you were more precise about what sort of information you are asking for. "Any information" is very vague. Are you interested in where it was? During what years did it operate? What has happened to the buildings? Who were its Masters - and what about their own family histories? How it was organised? What district did it cover? When did it operate - and were there any major changes to its buildings, organisation and/or district covered during its lifetime? What has survived of its records and where are they now? To what extent is it mentioned in local publications (local histories etc)? Was it a typical Workhouse or was it in some way "different"? Or is it all of these things? I cannot offer answers to all these myself, but perhaps there are those who can answer some of them but are wondering whether what they know is what you seek. Geoff Nicholson