Norfolk: Poor Law after 1834 Act

Docking Union

Union history

1835 - Docking Poor Law Union was formed.
1836 - Workhouse opened in December.
- Location is at "Burntstalk", Sedgeford Road, Docking, PE31 8PW, [Map reference TF749371].
1865 - 31st December - Choseley (extra parochial) was added to this Union after this date. Previously it had been responsible for its own poor.
Description is in Whites 1845 directory
1930 - Union dissolved.
1933 - Kelly's directory has a section "Norfolk No 6 Area Guardians Committee" but old Union buildings are not mentioned. Lyde Cottage, Docking, Children's Home, for 12 children; opened in 1915.
1937 - Kelly's directory - as 1933.
Marked as "Burntstalk", Sedgeford Road on some modern maps.
c.2000 - Redeveloped and now called "Norfolk Heights".

Before 1834 some of these parishes had their own Work or Parish House (WkHse) as shown.

Docking Union Places	Pre 1834 Union, Incorporation or Parish Work House
Anmer
Bagthorpe
Barmer
Barwick (in the Brakes)
Bircham, Great (Great Bircham)
Bircham Newton
Bircham Tofts
Brancaster
Broomsthorpe
Burnham-Deepdale
Burnham-Norton
Burnham-Overy
Burnham Sutton-cum-Burnham Ulph
Burnham-Thorpe
Burnham-Westgate (Burnham-Market)
Choseley (Post 31/12/1865)
Creake, North (North Creake)
Creake, South (South Creake)
Dersingham	WkHse

Docking Union Places	Pre 1834 Union, Incorporation or Parish Work House
Docking
Fring
Heacham
Holme-next-the-Sea
Hunstanton with Barrett-Ringstead
Ingoldisthorpe
New Houghton (Houghton or Houghton in the Brake)
Ringstead, Great (Great Ringstead)
Rudham, East (East Rudham)
Rudham, West (West Rudham)
Sedgeford
Shernborne
Snettisham
Stanhoe
Syderstone
Thornham
Titchwell
Waterden

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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