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LODDON & CLAVERING UNION WORKHOUSE CENSUS 1841
situated at Heckingham

9th May 2005

Enumerated: June 7th, 1841 by Jno. Freston

Certified: June 9th, 1841
Staff: 5 Inhabitants: 122 Capacity for 600 paupers

PRO. Ref. 107/1756/10 Pages 1 - 6

In White's Directory of 1845 it states that the Union is comprised of all 40 of the parishes of Loddon and Clavering Hundreds, and also Yelverton. These 41 parishes were incorporated for the support of the poor, by act of Parliament in 1763, when they built a large House of Industry at Heckingham with room for about 500 paupers. This was adopted as the Union Workhouse, in 1836, was much damaged by fire, supposedly by an incendiary and was repaired, altered and enlarged and now has room for 600 paupers.
The parishes named are:
Aldeby, Brooke, Burgh-Apton, Burgh St. Peter, Ellingham, Geldeston, Gillingham All Saints & St. Mary, Haddiscoe, Hales, Heckingham, Howe, Kirby Cane, Norton Subcourse, Stockton, Thorp-next-Haddiscoe, Thurlton, Toft Monks, Wheatacre All Saints, Alpington, Ashby, Bedlingham, Broome, Carleton St. Peter, Chedgrave, Ditchingham, Hardley, Hedenham, Hillington, Kirstead, Langley, Loddon, Mundham, Seething, Sisland, Thurton, Thwaite with St. Mary, Topcroft, Woodton and Yelverton from the Henstead Hundred.

Note: The entry for (?)UNNING has a large smudge - could possibly be RUNNING ? or BUNNING
The enumerator has crossed out seven entries but they are re-entered on other pages

Y = born in Norfolk No = born outside Norfolk

Names of Staff
Age
 Occupation
.
Charles BUTCHER
40
 Master.
Y
Sarah BUTCHER
40
 Matron.
No
James MANN
50
 Schoolmaster.
Y
Margaret MANN
50
 Schoolmistress.
Y
John GREEN
47
 Porter.
Y
.
.
 .
.
Names of Inhabitants
Age
 Occupation
.
Charles STIMPSON ?
4
 Pauper
Y
Richard DIGGINS
75
 Pauper - dealer in cattle
Y
George MEARS
40
 Pauper - ( Blind ? )
Y
James JOHNSON
60
 Pauper
Y
George JOHNSON
60
 Pauper
Y
John TAYLOR
45
 Pauper - Ag. Lab.
No
William PLAYFORD
60
 Pauper - Carpenter
Y
William FRARY
70
 Pauper - Ag. Lab
Y
James LINCOLN
70
 Pauper - Linen weaver
No
Emanuel CRISP
70
 Pauper- Ag. Lab.
Y
George LOVETT
80
 Pauper - Dom. Servant
Y
John TODD
80
 Pauper - Ag. Lab.
Y
William ?UNNING **
75
 Pauper- Carpenter
No
James HOLMES
65
 Pauper- Ag. Lab.
Y
Jacob BUNN
70
 Pauper - Carpenter
Y
Edward JAY
75
 Pauper - Ag. Lab.
Y
James NEWSON
65
 Pauper - Twine spinner
Y
John MANCLARKE
70
 Pauper - Cordwainer
Y
William HOLT ?
80
 Pauper - Brickmaker
Y
Roger EATON
4
 .
Y
Samuel FRENCH
80
 Pauper - Ag. Lab
Y
Robert WALES
80
 Pauper - Cordwainer
Y
William WALPOLE ?
65
 Pauper - Ag. Lab.
Y
Benjamin RAVEN
75
 Pauper - Ag. Lab
Y
SamueL JARMEY
75
 Pauper - Ag. Lab
Y
James STANLEY
55
 Pauper - Stone ......
Y
Joseph STANLEY
60
 Pauper - Stone........
Y
George HURRELL
78
 Pauper - Ag. Lab.
Y
Joseph DENNINGTON
70
 Pauper - Cordwainer
Y
Thomas GOODINGS
60
 Pauper - Ag. Lab
Y
Jeremiah HARROD
84
 Pauper - Gardener
Y
Ambrose DANN
80
 Pauper - Ag. Lab
Y
James WRIGHT
65
 Pauper - Ag. Lab
Y
John UTTON
70
 Pauper - Ag. Lab
Y
Francis FREEMAN
65
 Pauper - Ag. Lab
Y
Robert WORMOLL
60
 Pauper - Ag. Lab
Y
Benjamin GOWING
60
 Pauper - Ag. Lab
Y
William JACKSON
80
 Pauper - Labourer
No
Thomas READ
65
 Pauper - Ag. Lab
Y
Edward BULTITUDE
60
 Pauper - Weaver
Y
Robert WATSON
38
 Pauper - Soldier
Y
George BROWNE
25
 Pauper - Saoldier
Y
Daniel CLARKE
40
 Pauper - Miller
Y
William DANN
30
 Pauper - Ag. Lab.
Y
Robert EATON
2
 ,
Y
William WRIGHT
50
 Pauper - Ag. Lab
Y
Stephen BROTHERS
55
 Pauper - Ag. Lab
Y
Edward CABON
40
 Pauper - Ag. Lab
Y
Samuel DOWSON
18
 ,
Y
Prudence BANHAM
70
 Pauper - Sailor's widow
Y
Sarah RICHARDSON
50
 Pauper - Ag. Lab's widow
No
Susan PEEL
55
 ,
Y
Susan CULLING
80
 Pauper - Ag. Lab's widow
Y
Elizabeth BRIGHTLEY
86
 Pauper - Ag. Lab's widow
Y
Elizabeth LOVE
60
 Pauper
Y
Sarah LINCOLN
65
 Pauper - Heaver's wife
No
Sarah CRISP
65
 Pauper - Ag. Lab's wife
Y
Harriot DOUGLAS
30
  
No
Sarah BATCHELOR
50
 Pauper - Dom. Servant.
Y
Susan CORNWELL
60
 Pauper - Nurse
No
Elizabeth WALPOLE
65
 Pauper - Ag. Lab's widow
No
Rose CHITTICK
75
 Pauper - Ag. Lab's widow
Y
Ann HURRELL
75
 Pauper - Ag. Lab's wife
Y
Elizabeth GATES
75
 Pauper - Ag. Lab's widow
Y
Sarah FREEMANS
45
 Pauper - ( faded )
Y
Elizabeth JARMEY
50
 Pauper - Ag. Lab's wife
Y
Elizabeth SMITH
80
 Pauper - Ag. Lab's widow
Y
Rose ELLIOTT
70
 Pauper - Nurse
No
Elizabeth JACKSON
85
 Pauper - Ag. Lab's wife
Y
Jeremiah ROGERS
3
 .
Y
Margaret DENNINGTON
65
 Pauper - Ag. Lab.
Y
Elizabeth BROTHERS
60
 Pauper - Ag. Lab.
Y
Mary FREESTONE
25
 Pauper - Washerwoman
Y
Sarah BANELL, or BARRELL
40
 Pauper - Female Servant
No
Ann BOTWRIGHT
40
 Pauper - Ag. Lab.
No
Sophia LOOME
35
 Pauper - Female Servant
Y
Sarah HOLMES
25
 Pauper - Female Servant
Y
Charlotte BENSLEY
35
 Pauper - Soldier's widow
No
Susan ROGERS
30
 Pauper - Female Servant
Y
Sarah NEWSON
25
 Pauper - Washerwoman
Y
Frances BROWNE
20
 Pauper - Female Servant
No
Elizabeth BARBER
20
 Pauper - Female Servant
Y
Elizabeth ALEXANDER
25
 Pauper - Female Servant
Y
Sarah MINNS
30
 Pauper - Female Servant
Y
Elizabeth CROWFOOT
25
 Pauper - Female Servant
Y
Marianne WATSON
30
 Pauper - Milliner
Y
Elizabeth BECK
40
 Pauper - Ag. Lab. widow
Y
Charity WRIGHT
40
 Pauper - Ag. Lab. wife
Y
Phebe EATON ?
40
 Pauper - ............
Y
Elizabeth MOUSE or HOUSER
30
 Pauper - Female Servant
Y
Matilda BUCK
15
 Pauper - Female Servant
Y
Amelia BANELL or BARRELL
14
 Pauper - Female Servant
No
Harriot BURGESS
14
 Pauper - Female Servant
Y
Esthe BATCHELOR
14
 Pauper - Female Servant
Y
John BOTWRIGHT
2
 .
Y
Esther JERMY
14
 .
Y
Mary EATON
14
 .
Y
Louisa BANELL ?
12
 .
No
Hannah EATON
12
 .
Y
Catherine EATON
8
 .
Y
Mary Ann CLARKE
6
 .
Y
Eliza MASON
6
 .
Y
Susan EATON
5
 .
Y
Elizabeth BENSLEY
3
 .
No
Hannah LOOME
3
 .
Y
Elizabeth BECK
3
 .
Y
Mary Ann BENSLEY
1
 .
Y
Emma HOUSER ?
1
 .
Y
Elizabeth MINNS
8 mth
 .
Y
Rebecca PROUDFOOT
2 mth
 .
Y
Ruth ALEXANDER
1 mth
 .
Y
Eliza BARBER
2 wks
 .
Y
Richard EATON
2 mth
 .
Y
George STANTON
15
 .
Y
Joseph NEWSON
15
 .
Y
Benjamin BROWNE
14
 .
Y
Francis BOTWRIGHT
14
 .
Y
Samuel CLARKE
13
 .
Y
Francis STIMPSON
13
 .
Y
William BENSLEY
4
 .
Y
William KING
12
 .
Y
Phillip STANTON
12
 .
Y
Daniel CLARKE
12
 .
Y
Francis BURGESS
12
 .
Y
William MICKLEBURGH
11
 .
Y
John BANELL ?
10
 .
No
Fredrick BOTWRIGHT
10
 .
Y
Thomas CLARKE
10
 .
Y
William EATON
10
 .
Y
Marquis HAMMOND
8
 .
Y
David HAMMON
8
 .
Y
Robert ROGERS
7
 .
Y
Henry CLARKE
5
 .
Y


Transcription Copyright © Honor Jones 2005

9th May 2005

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