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HENSTEAD UNION WORKHOUSE CENSUS 1841
situated at Swainsthorpe


Enumerated: June 12th, 1841 by Ezra Bramford

Certified : June 14th, 1841 by Mark Bean Petchell. Registrar
Staff: 6 Inhabitants: 87 Capacity for 370 paupers.

PRO Ref. 107/777/17 Folios 13 & 14

Henstead Union consists of all the parishes of Humbleyard Hundred and those of Henstead Hundred except for Yelverton.
It covers the parishes of Bracon Ash, E. Carlton, Colney, Cringleford, Dunston, Flordon, Hethel, Hethersett, Intwood, Keswick, Ketteringham, Mattishall, Great & Little Melton, Mulbarton, Newton Flotman, Swainsthorpe, Swardeston, Wreningham, Arminghall, Bixley, Bramerton, Caistor St. Edmund, Framingham Earl & Pigot, Holverstone, Kirby Bedon, Rockland St. Mary, Saxlingham Nethergate, Saxlingham Thorpe, Shotesham All Saints, Shotesham St. Mary & St. Martin, Stoke Holy Cross, Surlingham, Trowse Newton and Whitlingham.
The parish of Yelverton is included in the Loddon Clavering Union.

It is noted that Great & Little Poringland are united for the support of the poor.

Although Lt. & Gt. Porlingland were stated as combining for support of the poor a separate workhouse was not found in these parishes for the 1841 census.

Source: White's Directory 1845.

Y = born in Norfolk No = born outside Norfolk

Names of Staff
Age
Occupation
  
Thomas FAULKNER
45
Governor Y
Harriet FAULKNER
45
Matron Y
Joseph CHITTOCK
30
Schoolmaster No
Melinda CHITTOCK
30
Schoolmistress Y
Richard KETT
35
Porter Y
Sarah KETT
35
Female Servant Y
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Names of Inhabitants
Age
Occupation
  
John BENNET
30
  Y
Isaac BARNES
60
  Y
Joshua BAKER
50
  Y
John LINCOLN
60
  Y
William SKEET
60
  Y
William WADE
65
  Y
Philip BROWNE
70
  Y
Robert WALLER
60
  Y
Robert BARNES
70
  Y
Samuel FRANKLIN
50
  Y
Stephen BROMSTEAD
60
  Y
William MARJORAM
75
  Y
Robert SWORD ?
?68
  Y
John ELVIN
65
  Y
Robert WICKS
65
  Y
Mark ? EDEN
60
  Y
John TAYLOR
65
  Y
Nicholas ORSBORNE
?78
  Y
William WOODS
70
  Y
James CUSHING
65
  Y
Christmas CRAKE
60
  Y
George FISHER
14
  Y
John RANDALL
12
  Y
Benjamin CUSHING
11
  Y
Robert FENN
13
  Y
Braithwait COPEMAN
14
  Y
John MIDDLETON
14
  Y
James HOWES
13
  Y
John HOWES
10
  Y
Charles WARD
12
  Y
William BURWOOD
11
  Y
Timothy CLARKE
13
  Y
Samuel FISHER
9
  Y
Joshua CUSHING
15
  Y
James TAYLOR
9
  Y
George BAKER
6
  Y
Joseph WOODS
4
  Y
George CULLING
6
  Y
Martin Henry MINNS
3
  Y
James BARNES
7
  Y
John BARNES
3
  Y
Robert FREDGILL
8
  Y
Harriet CULLING
25
  Y
Mary Ann ARTHURTON
20
  Y
Elizabeth WOODS
20
  Y
Charlotte FOX
25
  Y
Mary BROWNE
60
  Y
Sarah MORTAR
20
  Y
Anne RICHES
50
  Y
Mary DADE
45
  Y
Mary SAYER
50
  Y
Rebecca BEANE ? DEANE?
25
  Y
Lydia ADAMS
50
  Y
Lydia YOUNGMAN
50
  Y
Mary PATTISON
75
  Y
Ann BROMSTEAD
60
  No
Sarah SHAW
65
  Y
Mary EDEN
65
  Y
Rhoda WHURR
60
  Y
Alice FISHER
80
  Y
Amy TAYLOR
65
  Y
Mary LINCOLN
60
  Y
Mary KERRIDGE
75
  Y
Elizabeth ELLIS
65
  Y
Deborah SWORD
65
  Y
Catharine MANN
55
  Y
Sophia LINCOLN
15
  Y
Martha NICHOLS
14
  Y
Susan LINCOLN
12
  Y
Mary ADAMS
15
  Y
Elizabeth DADY
13
  Y
Frances FREDGILL
10
  Y
Jane WARD
14
  Y
Hannah BROWN
15
  Y
Rebecca ALDRIDGE
15
  Y
Mary Anne LINCOLN
10
  Y
Clara RINGWOOD
19
  Y
Lydia FENN
9
  Y
Rhoda FENN
8
  Y
Sarah FENN
6
  Y
Sarah Anne CULLING
3
  Y
Harriet BARNES
5
  Y
Sarah Anne FOX
3
  Y
Mary Anne ARTHURTON
3
  Y
Sarah GEORGE
7
  Y
Honor GEORGE
5
  Y
Susan KINGWOOD
8
  Y

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