| Entry Type | Corporate |
| Corporate Name | Belper Poor Law Union and Board of Guardians |
| Place | Belper |
| Epithet | local authority |
| History | The Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834 grouped parishes together into Unions for purposes of poor relief. The first meeting of the Board of Guardians for Belper Union took place in May 1837. In 1930 the functions of the Guardians were taken over by the Public Assistance Committee of the County Council; this continued until 1948 when the Poor Law was abolished by the National Assistance Act. The National Health Service, created in 1948, took over responsibility for the hospital; the Welfare Department of the County Council, later absorbed by the Social Services Department, took over non-hospital responsibilities.
The Union was divided into six registration districts (Alfreton, Belper, Duffield, Horsley, Ripley and Wirksworth). It contained the folllowing parishes or townships: Alderwasley, Alfreton, Allestree, Ashleyhay, Belper, Crich, Denby, Dethick Lea and Holloway, Duffield, Hazelwood, Heage, Holbrook, Horsley, Horsley Woodhouse, Idridgehay and Alton, Kedleston, Kilburn, Kirk (and Meynell) Langley, |
| Authorised Form of Name | Belper; Belper Poor Law Union and Board of Guardians; local authority |
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