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DOCKING UNION WORKHOUSE CENSUS 1841
situated at Docking

Enumerated by Wm. Prentice did not enter date

Certified by Frances Upjohn Registrar June 14th, 1841.
Staff: 8 Inhabitants: 72 Capacity for 513 paupers

PRO Ref: HO/107/782/6 Folios 43 & 44

White's Directory 1845:
Docking Union comprises the 18 parishes of Smithdon Hundred : Barwick-in-the-Brakes, Gt. Bircham, Newton Bircham, Bircham Tofts, Brancaster, Docking, Fring, Heacham, Holme next the Sea, Hunstanton, Gt. Ringstead, Sedgeford, Shernbourne, Snettisham, Stanhoe, Thornham, Titchwell and the parishes of Anmer & Dersingham in Freebrige Lynn. Plus Bagthorpe, Bamer, Broomsthorpe, Houghton, Syderstone and East & West Rudham from the Gallow Hundred.
The Union house was opened in Dec 1836, can house 513 persons but seldom has more than 100 in summer.

All persons were born in Norfolk apart from those marked otherwise
Names of Staff
Age
 Occupation
John WILSON
40
 Master
Mary WILSON
40
 Matron.
Mary Jane WILSON
15
 School Mistress
Archd. MACKINTOSH
30
 School Master born Scot. or Ireland
Ellen WALDEN
15
 Female Servant.
John WILSON
15
 Shoemaker
John LINCOLN
30
 Porter
.
.
 ..
Names of Inhabitants
Age
 Occupation
James TAYLOR
10
 Pauper
Susan TAYLOR
10
 Pauper
Mary Ann NEWBY
10
 Pauper
Maria NEWBY
5
 ..
Elizth. ALLEN
70
 Pauper
Susan CURSON
10
 Pauper
Susan BRETT
25
 Pauper
Edwd. ? BRETT
1
 ..
Samuel BIRD
65
 Pauper
Henry WOODGATE
60
 Pauper
Bridget CARTER
35
 Pauper
Ann LAYTON
?10
 Pauper
John HENDRY
10
 Pauper
William FARROW
70
 Pauper - bricklayer
Mary LAYTON
15
 Pauper
Rose LAYTON
50
 Pauper
James COE
70
 Pauper - Ag. Lab.
Robert EVETTS
80
 Pauper - Ag. Lab.
Jane SAVAGE
60
 Pauper
Thomas BULLOCK
65
 Pauper - Ag. Lab.
John BULLOCK
5
 .
George BULLOCK
4
 .
Benjamin PAUL
55
 Pauper - Physician
Thomas NOBES ?
65
 Pauper
Haynack ? NOBES ?
65
 Pauper
Sarah TENEDY
60
 Pauper
Elizth. WILLOUGHBY
10
 Pauper
Charlotte WILLOUGHBY
15
 Pauper
Ann GREEN
10
 Pauper
Wm. HAMMOND
65
 Pauper - Ag. Lab
Jas. HAMMOND
10
 Pauper
Susan PILE
10
 Pauper
Martha PILE
5
 .
Phoeba ROSE
80
 Pauper
Richard FRSOT
60
 Pauper - Ag. Lab
Elzith. BABBING ?
25
 Pauper - Female Servant
Sophia BABBING ?
1
 .
Frs. BURTON
45
 Pauper
Thos. BURTON
10
 Pauper
Wm. BURTON
5
 Pauper
Edwd. PARISH
75
 Pauper - Bricklayer
Margarett BRIDGES
10
 Pauper
Henry WILSON
3
 .
Charles BRIDGE
5
 .
Elizabeth BRIDGE
4
 .
Robt. DUNHAM
65
 Pauper - Cooper
Benjn. TWIDNEY
85
 Pauper
William PEARCE
75
 Pauper - Ag. Lab.
Jane PEARCE
75
 Pauper
Jane MATTERMAN
60
 Pauper
Sarah CROMPLETON
65
 Pauper
Thomas ALLEN
10
 Pauper
George ALLEN
5
 .
Mary ALLEN
5
 .
Daniel ALLEN
5
 .
Edward STIMPSON
80
 Pauper - Blacksmith
Susan GOSS
20
 Pauper
Geo. Val. ? GOSS
1
 .
John GODRELL
60
 Pauper - Labourer
William MUNSON
75
 Pauper - Ag. Lab.
Jonathan AMIS
70
 Pauper - Ag. Lab.
Frances GOODSON
35
 Pauper
Sarah GOODSON
10
 .
Charlotte GOODSON
5
 .
George GOODSON
5
 .
Ann GOODSON
5
 .
Thomas GOODSON
3
 Appears to be born Foreign.
Thos. GOODSON
30
 Pauper - Ag. Lab.
Curson BRIGGS
55
 .
Frances PITCHER
25
 .
William PITCHER
1
 .
Ann LANGFORD
75
 .

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