Archive and Local Collections
Poor Law and Workhouse Records
We hold the surviving poor law and workhouse records for the City of Manchester. These include the recorsd of Withington Hospital. A guide to our poor law and workhouse records is available. The guide also covers industrial schools.
Contents of Archive and Local Collections
- Introduction
- Archives of Businesses, Families and Societies
- Books, Newspapers and Periodicals
- Cemetery, Probate and Coroners Registers
- Commonwealth Games Legacy and Archive (M2002 Ltd.)
- Church Registers
- Court and Prison Records
- Current Information
- Electoral Registers, Rate Books and Land Tax
- Ethnic Minorities
- Hospital Records
- LGBT History
- Maps, Directories and Phone Books
- The 1996 Manchester Bomb and the City's Regeneration
- Manchester City Council Records
- Methodist Records
- Photographs and Illustrations
- Political and Trade Union Records
- Poor Law and Workhouse Records (this page)
- School Records
