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SWAFFHAM UNION WORKHOUSE CENSUS 1841
situated at Swaffham


Emumerated: June 12th, 1841 by Henry T. Brundall

Certified: June 12th, 1841 by William Holt. Registrar
Staff: 7 Inhabitants: 72 Capacity for 300 paupers.

PRO Ref. HO/107/773/27 Folios. 28 & 29.

White's Directory of 1845 states: The Swaffham union was comprised of all the parishes of South Greenhoe Hundred Bodney, East & West Bradenham, Caldecote, Cockley Cley, Lt. & Gt. Cressingham, Didlington, Foulden, Gooderstone, Hilborough, Holme Hale, Houghton on the Hill, Langford, Narborough, Narford, Necton, Newton, Oxborough, Nth & Sth Pickenham, Southacre, Sporle with Palgrave, and Swaffham, plus the parishes of Beachamwell and Shingham in the Clackclose Hundred and Ashill, Saham Toney and Threxton in the Wayland Hundred.
Also included were Buckenham Tofts, Ickburgh, Colveston and Stanford in the Grimshoe Hundred.

The workhouse at Swaffham was built in 1836 with housing for 300 persons but in summer was rarely used
by more than 100

Y = born in Norfolk No = born outside Norfolk

Names of Staff
Age
 Occupation
.
Reuben HARWOOD
35
 Master
Y
Mary HARWOOD
30
 Matron
Y
Fanny HARWOOD
7 mths
Y
William SMITH
45
 Porter
Y
Catharine SMITH
45
 Cook
Y
William WITTARD
25
 Schoolmaster
Y
Dorotha WITTARD
20
 Schoolmistress
Y
..
.
 .
.
Names of Inhabitants
Age
 Occupation
.
Caroline ALDERTON
12
 Pauper
Y
Alfred ALDERTON
8
 Pauper
Y
William BARKER
70
 Pauper
Y
Sarah BARTLE
21
 Pauper
Y
John BARTLE
12
 Pauper
Y
Sarah BLOOMFIELD
20
 Pauper
Y
Un-named BLOOMFIELD
1 mth
 Pauper
Y
Robert BLYARD
35
 Pauper
Y
John BOND
60
 Pauper
Y
George BOND
10
 Pauper
Y
Hannah BOND
8
 Pauper
Y
Henry BOND
6
 Pauper
Y
Alfred BOND
4
 Pauper
Y
Robert BOUGHEN
55
 Pauper
Y
Martha BURTON
27
 Pauper
Y
William COOPER
80
 Pauper
No
Mary COOPER
14
 Pauper
Y
James COOPER
15
 Pauper
Y
Charity COUSINS
45
 Pauper
Y
Sarah ENGLISH
25
 Pauper
Y
Harriet ENGLISH
4
 Pauper
Y
John ENGLISH
7 mths
 Pauper
Y
Hannah GREEN
50
 Pauper
Y
William GREEN
75
 Pauper
Y
Thomas HELSAY ?
65
 Pauper
Y
John HEMPSON
9
 Pauper
Y
Peter HEMPSON
8
 Pauper
Y
Elizabeth HOWES
20
 Pauper
Y
Thomas HOWES
55
 Pauper
Y
Susan HOWLETT
70
 Pauper
Y
Susan HOWLETT
13? or 73?
 Pauper
Y
Ann HUDSON
15
 Pauper
Y
Pleasant HUDSON
90
 Pauper
Y
Francis JOHNSON
70
 Pauper
Y
Thomas JOHNSON
40
 Pauper
Y
Elizabeth JOHNSON
30
 Pauper
Y
Martha JOHNSON
7
 Pauper
Y
George JOHNSON
4
 Pauper
Y
Robert JOHNSON
2
 Pauper
Y
Mary JOHNSON
4 mths
 Pauper
Y
John LEEDS
60
 Pauper
Y
Mary MAINES
14
 Pauper
No
Robert MAINES
12
 Pauper
No
Edward MAINES
10
 Pauper
No
Mary MERRISON
21
 Pauper
Y
Charles NURSE
65
 Pauper
Y
James PETCH
75
 Pauper
Y
Ellen PURDY
40
 Pauper
Y
Not known PURDY
5 mths
 Pauper
Y
Benjamin RICE
75
 Pauper
Y
Owen RILEY
70
 Pauper
Ireland
George RUDLAM
10
 Pauper
Y
Ann RUDLAND
75
 Pauper
Y
Sarah SEPP ?
9
 Pauper
No
Sarah SIMMONS
40
 Pauper
Y
Ann SIMMONS
10
 Pauper
Y
William SKIPPER
40
 Pauper
Y
Robert SMITH
40
 Pauper
Y
Maria SMITH
30
 Pauper
Y
Robert SMITH
12
 Pauper
Y
Edward SMITH
9
 Pauper
Y
Lucey SMITH
6
 Pauper
Y
John SMITH
7 mths
 Pauper
Y
John STEBBINGS
40
 Pauper
Y
Martha STEBBINGS
14
 Pauper
Y
James STEBBINGS
11
 Pauper
Y
Ann VYGERS ?
7
 Pauper
Y
Lydia VYGERS ?
30
 Pauper
Y
Caroline VYGERS ?
12
 Pauper
Y
Rebecca WANT ?
13
 Pauper
No
James WANT ?
10
 Pauper
No
William WATERS
11
 Pauper
Y
John WELLS
80
 Pauper
Y
John WILLER ?
75
 Pauper
Y
Caroline WINNER
25
 Pauper
Y
Sarah WINNER
6
 Pauper
Y
William WINNER
4
 Pauper
Y
John WINNER
4 mths
 Pauper
Y
Martha WOODFIELD
14
 Pauper
Y
Elizabeth WOODFIELD
10
 Pauper
Y
Louisa WOODFIELD
9
 Pauper
Y
Thomas WOOLSEY
75
 Pauper
Y

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