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DEPWADE UNION WORKHOUSE CENSUS 1841
situated at Pulham St. Mary Magdalen

Enumerated: June 12th, 1841

Recd. Supt. Registrar; July 9, 1841
Staff: 4 Inhabitants: 127 7 surgeons attended the sick

PRO Ref. HO/107/758/25 Folios 29 - 31

The parishes comprising the Depwade union were 21 parishes from the Depwade Hundred:
Ashwellthorpe, Aslacton, Bunwell, Carlton Rode, Forncett St. Mary, & St. Peter, Fritton, Fundenhall, Hapton, Hardwick, Hempnall, Morningthorpe, Moulton Great, Shelton, Stratton St. Mary & St. Michael, Tacolneston, Tasburgh, Tharston, Tibbenham & Wacton.
Plus 13 parishes from the Earsham Hundred:
Alburgh, Billingford, Brockdish, Denton, Earsham, (part of Menham), Needham, Pulham St. Mary & St. Mary Virgin, Redenhall, the chapelry of Harleston & the township of Wortwell, Rushall, Starston and Thorpe Abbots.
Also included in this Union were 9 parishes of the Diss Hundred Burston, Dickleburgh, Diss, Frenze, Gissing, Scole, Shimpling, Thelveton, Thorpe Parva & Tivetshall St. Margaret & St. Mary.

A total of 43 parishes.

The Union House was built in 1836/37 and could house 400 inhabitants.

All inhabitants were born in Norfolk. The three members of the Staff not born in Norfolk, have been marked as such.


Names of Staff
Age
 Occupation
James HARDIE
50
 Governor, not born Nfk.
James THOMSON
22
 Sch. master - b. Ireland
Mary Ann CARRY
25
 Sch.mistress - b. Nfk.
Louis ELLIOTT
25
 Porter - not born Nfk.
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Names of Inhabitants
Age
 Occupation
Charles ARTIS
11
 Pauper
Thurton ARTIS
7
 Pauper
Mary HOWES or HAWES
30
 Pauper
James HOWES or HAWES
6
 Pauper
Elizabeth HOWES or HAWES
11
 Pauper
Jane Unglls HOWES or HAWES
8 mths
 Pauper
Jemima RICHMOND
40
 Pauper
John F. FELTHAM
50
 Pauper - Blacksmith
William TILLETT
15
 Pauper - Weaver
George TILLETT
15
 Pauper - Weaver
William SHIMPLING
11
 Pauper
William CHINERY
12
 Pauper
Lydia CUNNINGHAM
60
 Pauper
Robert CUNNINGHAM
60
 Pauper - Ag. Lab
Frances JACKSON
40
 Pauper
Ann HARPER
30
 Pauper
George HARPER
50
 Pauper - Ag. Lab.
Thomas HARDIMER ??
50
 Pauper - Ag. Lab
Elizabeth POTTER
20
 Pauper
Mary Ann WETHERLOW
11
 Pauper
Susan WETHERLOW
9
 Pauper
Eliza COOPER
11
 Pauper
Elijah COOPER
11
 Pauper
Isaac STIMPSON
10
 Pauper
James STIMPSON
7
 Pauper
Lydia TADD or TODD
15
 Pauper
David LANDY
14
 Pauper
William LANDY
10
 Pauper
Charles LANDY
7
 Pauper
John QUANTRELL
13
 Pauper
Henry FRANCIS
10
 Pauper
Mary FRANCIS
7
 Pauper
Betsy COOK
14
 Pauper
Ann COOK
11
 Pauper
Waltham COOK
10
 Pauper
Charles COOK
6
 Pauper
Elizabeth LEATHERS
30
 Pauper
Ann ALLEN
13
 Pauper
Robert PLUMMER
11
 Pauper
Harriot YOUNGMAN
40
 Pauper
Susan YOUNGMAN
6
 Pauper
Eliza YOUNGMAN
3
 Pauper
Sarah Ann YOUNGMAN
1
 Pauper
Eliza MILLS
20
 Pauper
Ann LOCK or LACK
65
 Pauper
Lilian ? MARGAIN ?
70
 Pauper
Louis STAFF
15
 Pauper
Henry STAFF
11
 Pauper
Matthias ? STAFF
9
 Pauper
William PULHAM
15
 Pauper
William THURSTON
15
 Pauper
John BAKER
15
 Pauper
Charles MANNING
11
 Pauper
John MILLS
9
 Pauper
George WATSON
14
 Pauper
Elizabeth TYRREL
70
 Pauper
Joseph BALDREY
55
 Pauper - Brick.'s Lab.
Mary BALDREY
40
 Pauper
Waltham BALDREY
12
 Pauper
James BALDREY
7
 Pauper
Mary HOWLETT
35
 Pauper
John LIEST
65
 Pauper - Ag. Lab.
Hanah BROWN
60
 Pauper
Thomas CALEY
85
 Pauper - Ag. Lab.
John GRIMMER
14
 Pauper
Sarah Ann BUNN
6
 Pauper
Louisa BUNN
4
 Pauper
William GIBSON
14
 Pauper
Elizabeth GIBBS
8
 Pauper
Maria GIBBS
5
 Pauper
Grace EALY ?
65
 Pauper - Bricklayer
Adam BAILS
80
 Pauper - Ag. Lab.
Martha LONG
25
 Pauper
Everet LONG
1
 Pauper
James RACKHAM
7
 Pauper
Lucy NUDDS
10
 Pauper
Mary Ann NUDDS
8
 Pauper
Harriot NUDDS
6
 Pauper
Hannah SPINKS
14
 Pauper
John SPINKS
10
 Pauper
Sophia BURTON
11
 Pauper
Harriot BURTON
9
 Pauper
Samuel HURRY
11
 Pauper
John HOUGHTON ?
65
 Pauper - Ag. Lab.
George WATLING
7
 Pauper
Nevel WATLING
6
 Pauper
Aaron WATLING
3
 Pauper
John TURNER
80
 Pauper - Carpenter
Rebecca BANKS
70
 Pauper
William OAKS
80
 Pauper - Ag. Lab.
Charles DENNY
70
 Pauper - Ag. :Lab.
Elizabeth HINDS
30
 Pauper
William HINDS
8
 Pauper
Thomas HINDS
5
 Pauper
Mary Ann HINDS
1
 Pauper
Sittack ? DOVE
50
 Pauper - Ag. Lab
Clemence RODWELL
70
 Pauper - Shoemaker
Maria HURRY
25
 Pauper
Geroge RODWELL
4
 Pauper
Thomas REYNOLDS
60
 Pauper - Ag. Lab
James PEGG
12
 Pauper
George PEGG
11
 Pauper
Mary KEMP
15
 Pauper
Sarah HOWLETT
70
 Pauper
Samuel KING
70
 Pauper - Ag. Lab.
Ann KITTLE
75
 Pauper
Harriot SMART
20
 Pauper
Elizabeth WARD
15
 Pauper
Simon WARD
13
 Pauper
Sarah HARDY
12
 Pauper
Charles HARDY
10
 Pauper
Mary TUFF
40
 Pauper
Mary Ann TUFF
11
 Pauper
Elizabeth TUFF
9
 Pauper
Sarah CATERMOLE
40
 Pauper
George BARBER
14
 Pauper
Thomas NOBBS
2
 Pauper
Charlotte WARD
15
 Pauper
Adeline TUFF
2 mths
 Pauper
Rebecca HASELL ??
30
 Pauper
Honor WYNER ??
75
 Pauper
Charles LEGGETT
55
 Pauper - Weaver
Mary LEGGETT
45
 Pauper
Benjamin LEGGETT
11
 Pauper
William LEGGETT
3
 Pauper

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