Norfolk History


 

WALSINGHAM UNION WORKHOUSE
situated at Great Snoring


CENSUS 1841

Enumerated June 9th, 1841 by Benjamin Ringwood

Certified: June 9th, 1841 Wm ? Adcock. Registrar
Certified: June 9th, 1841 Jn. Overton. Supt. Registrar


Staff: 7 Inhabitants: 74 Capacity for 370 paupers.

PRO REF. HO/107/772/10 Folios 20 & 21 Pages 1 - 4

White's Directory 1845 states: The Walsingham Union is comprised of 16 parishes in North Greenhoe Hundred; 24 parishes in Gallow Hundred and 10 parishes in Holt Hundred.
From the North Greenhoe Hundred:
Barney, Binham, Cockthorpe, Egmere, Field Dalling, Hindringham, Holkham, Houghton in Dale,
Quarles ( extra parochial ), Gt. Snoring, Stiffkey, Thursford, Little & Great Walsingham, Warham All Saints & Warham St. Mary, Wells next the Sea, and Wighton.
From the Gallow Hundred:
East, West & North Barsham, Dunton & Doughton, Fakenham, Fulmodestone with Croxton, Helhoughton, Hempton, Kettlestone, Pensthorpe, Pudding Norton, East, South and West Rainham, Gt. Ryburgh,
Little Ryburgh, Sculthorpe, Little Snoring, Shereford, Stibbard Tatterford, Tatttersett, Testerton, Toftrees.
From the Holt Hundred:
Bale, Blakeney, Briningham, Gunthorpe, Langham, Saxlingham, Sharrington, Swanton Novers and Wiveton.

Y = born in Norfolk No = born outside Norfolk

Names of Staff
Age
Occupation  
PLATTEN, Robert
45
Governor
Y
PLATTEN, Matilda
40
Matron
Y
PLATTEN, George
5
.
Y
CHRISTMAS, Mary
30
Schoolmistress
Y
HEWETT, George
25
Schoolmaster
Y
SKIPPON, George
25
Porter
Y
SKIPPON, Lydia
25
Cook
Y
DOYLE, Elizabeth
35
Nurse
Y
..
.
.
.
Names of Inhabitants
Age
Occupation
.
BATTERBY, Barbary
56
Pauper
Y
BOULTER, Thomas
76
Pauper, Plasterer
Y
BOYCE, David
88
Pauper, Ag. Lab.
Y
BROWN, Ann
28
Pauper
Y
BUNN, William
65
Pauper
Y
BUNTING, Mary
9
Pauper
Y
BUSHELL, Hannah
17
Pauper
Y
CARRINGTON, Edward
45
Pauper, Ag. Lab.
Y
CARRINGTON, James
12
Pauper
Y
CHATTON, Robert
77
Pauper, Ag. Lab
Y
CHILVERS, Maria
14
Pauper
Y
COOK, William
14
Pauper
Y
COPLAND, Pool ?
35
Pauper
Y
DAW, Elizabeth
20
Pauper
Y
DICKENS, Robert
76
Pauper, Ag. Lab
Y
EVERETT, Thomas
70
Pauper
Y
FARTHING, William
15
Pauper
Y
FULLER, Elizabeth
9
Pauper
Y
FULLER, Hannah
30
Pauper
Y
FULLER, Mary
11
Pauper
Y
FULLER, Susan
5
Pauper
Y
GANT, Susan
24
Pauper
Y
GATES, William
77
Pauper, Wheelwright
Y
HAGGARD, William
26
Pauper, Shoemaker
Y
HALL, Ann
81
Pauper
Y
HALL, Benjamin
12
Pauper
No
HENDERSON, Louisa ?
23
Pauper
Y
HENDERSON, Louisa ?
2
Pauper
Y
HENDERSON, Susannah
10 mths
Pauper
Y
HOWELL, James
30
Pauper, Ag. Lab
Y
JORDAN, Thomas
9
Pauper
Y
KNIGHTS, Mary
12
Pauper
Y
KNIGHTS, Thomas
12
Pauper
Y
LAWES, Ann
57
Pauper
Y
LETCH ?, Phillip
60
Pauper, Groom
Y
LOADS, Maria
6
Pauper
Y
MANN, Ann
34
Pauper
Y
MANN, Ann
1
Pauper
Y
MANN, Harriot
3
Pauper
Y
MANN, Robert
4
Pauper
Y
MANN, Susanna
10
Pauper
Y
MANN, Thomas
6
Pauper
Y
MANN, William
12
Pauper
Y
MEEK, William
67
Pauper
Y
MOORE, Elizabeth
57
Pauper
Y
MURRELL, Charlotte
12
Pauper
Y
MURRELL, Robert
8
Pauper
Y
NARBOROUGH, William
76
Pauper, Mariner
Y
NEWTON, Sophia
5
Pauper
Y
NEWTON, William
8
Pauper
Y
OLLEY, Sarah
50
Pauper
Y
NEWTON. John
69
Pauper, Ag. Lab
Y
NOBES, Elizabeth
10
Pauper
Y
NOBES, Elizabeth
22
Pauper
Y
PACK ? William
86
Pauper, Ag. Lab.
Y
PARSONS, John
10
Pauper
Y
PARSONS, Sarah
6
Pauper
Y
RICHES, John
61
Pauper, Ag. Lab
Y
SMITH, Ann
1
Pauper
Y
SMITH, Elizabeth
39
Pauper
Y
SMITH, Maria
24
Pauper
Y
SMITH, Mary
11
Pauper
Y
SPOONER, Henry
15
Pauper
Y
THAXTER, Thomas
80
Pauper, Ag. Lab.
Y
TONGATE, Thomas
10
Pauper
Y
TURNER, Martha
41
Pauper
Y
WARNES, William
72
Pauper, Ag. Lab
Y
WATERS, Elizabeth
4
Pauper
Y
WATERS, James
7
Pauper
Y
WATERS, John
9
Pauper
Y
WHITBY, John
36
Pauper
Y
WHITBY, Sarah
54
Pauper
Y
WOODROW, Richard
75
Pauper, Ag. Lab
Y

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