Hailsham Union Question

[gavinsims]

Hi all,
I have found a relative of a friend who's birth record is down as "Hailsham Union" as their district. I can only find records of Hailsham Union as a workhouse. is this correct, if someone's birth district is Hailsham Union, does that mean they were born in the workhouse or born to parents who were in the workhouse?
Thank you

[KGarrad]

When Registration Districts were founded, for the 1837 onset of Civil Registration, they were based on the existing Poor Law Unions - or at least covered the same areas.

Many Registration Districts retained the word "Union" in their title.

See here for a previous thread, similar subject:
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=457195.0

And, here's a list of the parishes within the Hailsham Registration District:
https://www.ukbmd.org.uk/reg/districts/hailsham.html

[gavinsims]

Fab, thank you, will take a look now.