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FOREHOE UNION WORKHOUSE CENSUS 1841
situated at Wicklewood

Enumerated: June 9th, 1841 by William Wrigglesworth
Staff: 7 Inhabitants: 127  

PRO Ref: HO/107/767/21 Folios 24, 25 & 26

The following parishes incorporated under an act of Parliament in 1776 and erected the House of Industry.
All the parishes within the Hundred of Forehoe were included, apart from Honingham, which came under the St. Faith's Union. With the new Poor Law Union acts the parishes amalgamated in 1776 ? remained together to form the Forehoe Union.

Actual parishes covered:
Barford, Barnham Broom, Bawburgh, Bowthorpe, Brandon Parva, Carleton Forhoe, Colton, Costessey or Cossey, Coston, Crownthorpe, Deopham, Easton, Hackford, Hingham, Kimberley, Marlingford,
Morley St. Botolph, Morley St. Peter, Runhall, Welborne, Wicklewood, Wramplingham and Wymondham.

Y = born in Norfolk No = born outside Norfolk

Names of Staff
Age
 Occupation
.
Stephen WADE
35
 Master
No
Sophia WADE
40
 Matron
No
William FOULSHAM
25
 Schoolmaster
Y
Agnes COLMAN
25
 Schoolmistress
No
Charles LILLEY
25
 Porter
Y
Thomasine WIGG
20
 Servant
Y
Emily THORNTON *
6
 .
No
William STORY *
45
 ( Paupers ) - Porter
Y
..
.
.
.
Names of Inhabitants
Age
 Occupation
.
Charlotte STORY
35
 Pauper
No
William STORY
5
 Pauper
No
John STORY
9
 Pauper
No
Charlotte STORY
12
 Pauper
No
Clara STORY
8
 Pauper
No
Martha STORY
6
 Pauper
No
Mary Ann STORY
3
 Pauper
No
John COBB
10
 Pauper - Ag.Lab.
Y
Robert PAGE
40
 Pauper - Weaver
Y
Jemima PAGE
40
 Pauper
Y
John PAGE
5
 Pauper
Y
Martha PAGE
2
 Pauper
Y
Hannah PAGE
6 mths
 Pauper
Y
Joseph BETTS
45
 Pauper
Y
John HAZELL
80
 Pauper - Drover
Y
John RANSOME
70
 Pauper - Ag. Lab
Y
Elizabeth RANSOME
85
 Pauper - Weaver
Y
Miles SPRUCE
85
 Pauper - Shoemaker
Y
John PARISH
55
 Pauper - weaver
Y
Robert GANT
80
 Pauper - Ag. Lab.
Y
Robert PALMER
20
 Pauper - Ag. Lab
Y
Stephen SEXTON
65
 Pauper - Weaver
Y
Sarah SEXTON
65
 Pauper
Y
Stephen PLUNKIT
65
 Pauper - Weaver
Y
William MAYHEW
75
 Pauper - Weaver
Y
William BUNN
85
 Pauper - Cooper
Y
William FULCHER
70
 Pauper - Ag. Lab
Y
Martha FULCHER
70
 Pauper
Y
James WRIGHT
30
 Pauper - Tailor
Y
Charles BONE
15
 Pauper - Ag. Lab
Y
Robert SMITH
75
 Pauper - Shoemaker
Y
Anthony WISEMAN
80
 Pauper - Ag. Lab
Y
Robert COOPER
75
 Pauper - Ag.Lab
Y
Thomas WEST
65
 Pauper - Ag. Lab
Y
Mary WEST
70
 Pauper
No
Robert WEBSTER
65
 Pauper - Ag. Lab
Y
Mary WEBSTER
60
 Pauper
Y
Robert BARNARD
75
 Pauper - Ag. Lab
Y
James BROWN
65
 Pauper - Ag. Lab.
Y
John EGLING
55
 Pauper - Ag. Lab
Y
Anthony RIDLING
70
 Pauper - Cooper
Y
Lawrence BARNES
60
 Pauper - Mason
Y
Elizabeth TAYLOR
55
 Pauper
Y
Susan TAYLOR
15
 Pauper
Y
Ann NOBBS
30
 Pauper
Y
Elizabeth NOBBS
5
 Pauper
Y
Harriet LOVETT
12
 Pauper
Y
Frances WISEMAN
25
 Pauper - Servant
Y
Mary WISEMAN
6
 Pauper
Y
Robert WISEMAN
2
 Pauper
Y
Harriet BRIGHTON
25
 Pauper -Charwoman
Y
Harriet BRIGHTON
5
 Pauper
Y
Ann REEVE
20
 Pauper - Servant
Y
Robert REEVE
2
 Pauper
Y
Mary SAUNDERS
30
 Pauper
Y
Samuel SAUNDERS
8
 Pauper
Y
John SAUNDERS
4
 Pauper
Y
George SAUNDES
6 mths
 Pauper
Y
Mary WISEMAN
25
 Pauper
Y
Charlotte WISEMAN
2 mths
 Pauper
Y
Ann BATSON
55
 Pauper
Y
Ann NEWBY
25
 Pauper - Servant
Y
Harriet NEWBY
3
 Pauper
Y
Rebecca FOSTER
? 20
 Pauper - Servant
Y
Mary FOSTER
6 mths
 Pauper
Y
Sarah HEWETT
20
 Pauper - Servant
Y
Benjamin HEWETT
4 mths
 Pauper
Y
Mary BALLS
30
 Pauper - Servant
Y
Phoenix BALLS
4
 Pauper
Y
Mary PEELE
20
 Pauper - Servant
Y
Ann CRISP
20
 Pauper - Servant
Y
Elizabeth NORMAN
25
 Pauper - Servant
Y
Charles NORMAN
3
 Pauper
Y
Thomas NORMAN
9 mths
 Pauper
Y
Elizabeth CLARK
30
 Pauper - Servant
Y
Emma FARRER
20
 Pauper - Servant
Y
Esther FOX
20
 Pauper - Servant
Y
William FOX
1
 Pauper
Y
Ann MILES
70
 Pauper - Charwoman
Y
Ann BROWN
70
 Pauper
Y
Dinah WISEMAN
65
 Pauper - Washerwoman
Y
Elizabeth DALE
40
 Pauper
Y
Elizabeth MOLTON
15
 Pauper
Y
Harriet JERMYN
80
 Pauper - Servant
Y
Mary HARVEY
75
 Pauper - Nurse
Y
Rachel PLUNKIT
20
 Pauper
Y
Ann WADE
45
 Pauper
Y
Sarah EDWARDS
70
 Pauper
Y
Sarah COOPER
55
 Pauper
Y
Susan TILLETT
65
 Pauper - Charwoman
Y
Mary CHILDS
80
 Pauper
Y
Martha FOULSHAM
85
 Pauper
Y
Keziah GAY
50
 Pauper
Y
William GAY
15
 Pauper
Y
Ellen GAY
15
 Pauper
Y
Lydia HOWLETT
65
 Pauper
Y
Sarah WISEMAN
50
 Pauper - Servant
Y
Joseph WHITLAR ?
12
 Pauper
Y
George ALDERSTONE
12
 Pauper
Y
Thomas PETTIT
11
 Pauper
No
William PETTIT
9
 Pauper
No
Thomas GOOCH
15
 Pauper
Y
James BAXTER
10
 Pauper
Y
Mary BAXTER
15
 Pauper
Y
Charles COBB
11
 Pauper
Y
Henry COBB
6
 Pauper
Y
Ann COBB
8
 Pauper
Y
William BETTS
12
 Pauper
Y
John TUTTLE
5
 Pauper
Y
Ellice KERRISON
5
 Pauper
Y
Robert CUSHING
9
 Pauper
Y
Elizabeth CUSHING
11
 Pauper
Y
Hannah MAYES
14
 Pauper
Y
Sarah FOULSHAM
14
 Pauper
Y
Sarah GOODINGS
11
 Pauper
Y
Harriet GOODINGS
9
 Pauper
Y
Susan REEVE
14
 Pauper
Y
Sophia REEVE
12
 Pauper
Y
Elizabeth HOWELL
11
 Pauper
Y
Susan GOOCH
12
 Pauper
Y
Harriet GOOCH
7
 Pauper
Y
Sarah TAYLOR
14
 Pauper
Y
Mary MOORE
8
 Pauper
Y
Maria GREEN
4
 Pauper
Y
Emily PULFORD
15
 Pauper
Y
Sarah Ann PEELE
1 day
 Pauper
Y
William TAYLOR
15
 Pauper - Tailor
No

*
* 		Emily THORNTON is not noted as pauper, perhaps a visitor of the staff.

There is a small mark, possible a cross out the P for Pauper beside the occupation of William STORY, but he is named as Porter. 

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