Norfolk: Poor Law

Kings Lynn Incorporation

Incorporation history

1682 - The parish of St. Margaret used as a Workhouse the building called St James' hospital which was in a former chapel.
1701 - Kings Lynn Incorporation was formed by an Act of Parliament. It consisted of the parishes of All Saints and St. Margaret's (and used its workhouse).
c.1776 - Additional WorkHouse in All Saints parish (South Lynn).
1835 - Became Kings Lynn Union
Description is in Whites 1845 directory.

After 1835 these parishes moved as shown :-

Places	1835 Union
King's Lynn, All Saints [alias South Lynn]	Kings Lynn
King's Lynn, St. Margaret	Kings Lynn

Poor Law Records - Images

Online images of some poor law registers, admissions books etc. from 1796 to 1900 are available at the

LDS familysearch website (UK+Ireland records section)

Go down the "Historical Record Collections"
Select Title - "England, Norfolk Poor Law Union Records, 1796-1900"
Select "Browse through xxx images"
Under County pick - "Norfolk"
Under Poor Law Union select the "Required Union"
Records are under headings such as "District, Workhouse & Unknown etc."

Other Websites

Acts, descriptions, maps, some pictures etc. can be found at :-
www.workhouses.org.uk (The Story of Workhouses).

Further information can be found:

about locations in the Towns and Parishes pages.
about which hundred a parish occurs in.

See also the Poor Law page and the Post 1834 Unions page

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