DOWNHAM UNION WORKHOUSE CENSUS 1841
situated at Downham Market
situated at Downham Market
 |
c.1910 |
Enumerated: June 12th, 1841 by Robert N. Murrell
Built in 1836
| Staff: 6 | Inhabitants: 108 | Capacity for 250 inmates |
PRO REF. HO/107/754/10 Folios. 39, 40, 41
According to White's Directory for 1845: Several parishes from other hundreds are included with those in the Clackclose Hundred to form this union.
The parishes noted are:
Barton Bendish, Bexwell, Boughton, Crimplesham, Denver, West Dereham, Downham Market, Fincham, Fordham, Hilgay, Holme next Runcton, Marham, Roxham, South Runcton, Ryston, Shouldham, Shouldham Thorpe, Southery,
Stoke Ferry, Stow Bardolph, Stradsett, Tottenhill, Watlington cum Thorpland, Watlington, Wereham, Wimbotsham, Wormegay, and Wretton.
Plus the four parishes of Wiggenhall from the Freebridge Marshland Hundred and that part of Welney which lies in Cambs.
| Y = born in Norfolk | No = born outside Norfolk |
Names of Staff |
Age |
Occupation |
. |
| Thomas Negus ROSE | 48 |
Master of the workhouse | No |
| Ann ROSE | 44 |
Matron | Y |
| Archibald DUNLOP | 28 |
Schoolmaster | Scot ? |
| Janet DUNLOP | 30 |
Schoolmistress | Scot ? |
| John DYE | 22 |
Porter | Y |
| Maria BROWN | 30 |
Cook | Y |
| Thos. G. ROSE | 16 |
Y |
|
| James DUNLOP | 9 |
Scot ? |
|
| John DUNLOP | 7 |
Scot? |
|
| Archibald DUNLOP | 4 |
Scot? |
|
| Agnes DUNLOP | 1 |
Y |
|
| . | . |
. | . |
Names of Inhabitants |
Age |
Occupation |
. |
| William WIFFEN | 72 |
Y |
|
| Mary FELTWELL | 26 |
Y |
|
| Edward FELTWELL | 3 |
Y |
|
| James FELTWELL | 1 |
Y |
|
| Frederick SAGRETT ? | 10 |
Y |
|
| Elizabeth VALE | 65 |
Y |
|
| Mary ARNOLD | 26 |
Y |
|
| William ARNOLD | 2 |
Y |
|
| John ARNOLD | 4 |
Y |
|
| Matthew BITSON ? | 11 |
Y |
|
| John GROOM | 12 |
Y |
|
| James GROOM | 10 |
Y |
|
| Ellen HARRISON | 77 |
Y |
|
| Mary EGGETT | 41 |
Y |
|
| Sarah EGGETT | 7 |
Y |
|
| William EGGETT | 10 |
Y |
|
| John EGGETT | 3 |
Y |
|
| Sarah EGGETT | 7 |
Y |
|
| Frederick RICHARDSON | 8 |
Y |
|
| Elizabeth RICHARDSON | 6 |
Y |
|
| William MILLS | 10 |
Y |
|
| Thomas MILLS | 8 |
Y |
|
| Charlotte MILLS | 7 |
Y |
|
| Edward MILLS | 3 |
Y |
|
| Frederick BROWN | 5 |
Y |
|
| Sophia BROWN | 5 |
Y |
|
| Susan BROWN | 2 |
Y |
|
| Martha SPENCER | 25 |
Y |
|
| Elizabeth SPENCER | 5 |
Y |
|
| Walter SPENCER | 3 |
Y |
|
| Henry SPENCER | 1 |
Y |
|
| Hannah ADDERSON | 23 |
Y |
|
| Frances ADDERSON | 6 |
Y |
|
| Henrh ADDERSON | 3 |
Y |
|
| Susan FRANKLING | ? 54 |
Y |
|
| Mary FRANKLING | 49 |
Y |
|
| Maria FRANKLING | 39 |
Y |
|
| James GRIGGS | 9 |
Y |
|
| George GLASSCOCK | ? 53 |
Y |
|
| James DOCKING | 8 |
Y |
|
| Lawrence DOCKING | 6 |
Y |
|
| Henry DOCKING | 11 |
Y |
|
| Robert SMITH ? | 81 |
Y |
|
| Thomas WILSON | 82 |
No |
|
| Elizabeth AMBROSE | 74 |
Y |
|
| Maria SMITH | 10 |
Y |
|
| William SMITH | 10 |
Y |
|
| Ellen WILLUM | 11 |
Y |
|
| Josiah WEBSTER | 11 |
Y |
|
| Joseph PALY ? | 41 |
No |
|
| Ann WILLUM | 10 |
Y |
|
| Ann JOHNSON | 6 |
Y |
|
| Sarah KITCHEN | 8 |
Y |
|
| Elizabeth KITCHEN | 26 |
Y |
|
| John KITCHEN | 2 |
Y |
|
| James MAYES | 72 |
Y |
|
| Josiah JOHNSON | 35 |
Y |
|
| Rebecca FRETWELL | 9 |
Y |
|
| Elizabeth ADDERSON | 13 |
Y |
|
| Ann ADDERSON | 13 |
Y |
|
| Sarah ADDERSON | ? 10 |
Y |
|
| Henry MACHIN | 32 |
Y |
|
| Richard NORMAN | 9 |
Y |
|
| Thomas WIGHTMAN | 4 |
Y |
|
| Frances SMITH | 19 |
Y |
|
| Henry BUSHELL | 18 |
Y |
|
| Ann LEEDALE or SEEDALE | 22 |
Y |
|
| Elizabeth WATSON | 83 |
Y |
|
| Jane MATTHEWS | 78 |
Y |
|
| William UPCRAFT | 75 |
Y |
|
| Susan ANCHOR | 87 |
No |
|
| William HAYDEN | 71 |
No |
|
| John JAKES | 53 |
Y |
|
| Mary ROUTES | 80 |
Y |
|
| Susan ROUTES | 42 |
Y |
|
| Elizabeth PROCTOR | 10 |
Y |
|
| Susan PROCTOR | 11 |
Y |
|
| Sarah PROCTOR | 8 |
Y |
|
| Charlotte PROCTOR | 4 |
Y |
|
| Ann CLARKE | 11 |
Y |
|
| Frances CLARKE | 0 |
Y |
|
| Jane CLARKE | 7 |
Y |
|
| Maria CLARKE | 4 |
Y |
|
| Ellen WHITEHEAD | 30 |
No |
|
| Edward WHITEHEAD | 3 |
Y |
|
| Emma WHITEHEAD | 1 |
Y |
|
| Robert TINGEY | 75 |
Y |
|
| Elizabeth BROWN | 37 |
Y |
|
| James JUDE | 38 |
Foreign ? |
|
| Mary Ann RUDLIN | 7 |
Y |
|
| Sarah RUDLIN | 4 |
Y |
|
| Harriet MONK | 30 |
Y |
|
| George CROSS | 10 |
Y |
|
| Stephen CROSS | 8 |
Y |
|
| Elizabeth FRETWELL | 26 |
Y |
|
| William FRETWELL | 5 |
Y |
|
| Isabella FRETWELL | 2 |
Y |
|
| Ann FRETWELL | 22 |
Y |
|
| John FRETWELL | 1 |
Y |
|
| James TUFTS | 14 |
Y |
|
| James CARTER | 20 |
Y |
|
| Robert ELLETT | 8 |
No |
|
| Thomas CROPLEY | 8 |
No |
An entry for a John ELLETT aged 13 has been crossed out
Transcription Copyright © Honor Jones 2005 |