Hi All Please remember that the large Poor Law Union Workhouses were only erected after the 1834 Act of Parliament. Prior to this each parish was responsible for the provision of relief to it's own poor, and this took many different forms. See: http://www.historyhome.co.uk/peel/poorlaw/plaa.htm All the best Dave Dixon BA (hons) - Economic & Social History - University of Kent - Canterbury 1997 www.fadedgenes.co.uk On 9 April 2012 08:00, Peter <[email protected]> wrote: > Lynne, > > Aldington was a sub-district in the East Ashford Poor Law Union and the > workhouse was based at Willesborough. > > Regards > > Peter > > I would appreciate any relevant local and family history information - I > think I have discovered all I can by googling but if you can point me in > the > direction of journal articles or local history publications that I can > obtain (from Australia) that would be very much appreciated. > > Regards, Lynne (Canberra, Australia) > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >