Norfolk: Poor Law after 1834 Act
Thetford Union
Union history
- 1835 - Thetford Poor Law Union was formed.
- Consisted of 20 Norfolk and 14 Suffolk parishes
- 1836 - Workhouse at Bury Road, Thetford, IP24 3EG,
[Map reference TL870822].
- Description is in
Whites 1845 directory
- 1858 - Feltwell Fen Farms (Wood's and Jacob's Farms) and Snarehill
(comprising the hamlets of Great & Little Snarehill) joined sometime
after this date.
- 1864 - Redmere and Feltwell-Anchor joined.
- 1866 - Redmere moved to Ely Union.
- 1902 - Gained parishes from Guiltcross Union.
- 1930 - Union dissolved.
- 1933 - Kelly's directory (under Swaffham) has a section "Norfolk No 11
Area Guardians Committee" which says "Thetford Institution erected in 1836
has room for about 170 inmates and has a chapel adjoining". Also mentioned
is a Children's Home in Old Market Street, Thetford.
- 1937 - Kelly's directory - as 1933
- 1940's - St Barnabas' Hospital.
- 1973 - Closed.
- 1974 - Demolished and housing built on site - area near St. Barnabas Close.
Before 1834 some of these parishes
had their own Work or Parish House (WkHse) as shown.
Poor Law Records - Images
Online images of some poor law registers, admissions books etc.
from 1796 to 1900 are available at the
- 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).
Notes
* - Redmere
(or Redmore) in Clackclose Hundred, was extra parochial.
The "Extra Parochial places Act" (implemented in 1858) abolished this
status and any remaining at this time became civil parishes.
Further information can be found:
See also the
Poor Law page, the
Post 1834 Unions page
and the
GENUKI Suffolk pages.
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Copyright © Mike Bristow.
November 2014