Records of the Forehoe Poor Law Union

The union consisted of the following parishes:

Barford

Barnham Broom

Bawburgh

Bowthorpe

Brandon Parva

Carlton Forehoe

Colton

Costessey

Coston

Crownthorpe

Deopham

Easton

Hackford

Hingham

Kimberley

Marlingford

Morley St. Botolph

Morley St. Peter

Runhall

Welbourne

Wicklewood

Wramplingham

Wymondham

<span class="wrapper"><p>See also H1 - Hill House Hospital, Wicklewood</p> <p>'State of Forehoe Hundred House of Industry from the first institution until Midsummer 1782': accounts 1778-1782</p> <p>See: Kimberley BOX 14 No. 94</p> <p>For records of this body (including administration of Wicklewood and Swainsthorpe Public Assistance Institutions, out - relief and boarding - out of children) See C/GC 5</p> <p>For records of this hospital see Public Records H1. Some pre - 1930 records are also listed there, especially:</p> <p>Workhouse and Institution indoor relief list, 1916-1951 (H1/1)</p> <p>Workhouse and Institution religious creed register, 1914-1938 (H1/11)</p> <p>Workhouse register of births, 1837-1914 (H1/15)</p> <p>Workhouse and Institution register of births, 1914-1938 (H1/16)</p> <p>Workhouse and Institution register of deaths, 1914-1934 (H1/17)</p> <p>Workhouse and Institution register of lunatics detained, 1903-1945 (H1/20)</p> <p>Workhouse and Institution punishment register 1914-1942 (H1/23)</p> <p>Workhouse reports of death of lunatics, 1914-1923 (H1/33)</p></span>

Some of the records are closed for 100 years

Records received by the Norfolk Record Office on 15 May 1972 (C/GP8/94) and on an unknown date

All 24 parishes in Forehoe Hundred, except Honingham were incorporated under the terms of An Act for the better relief and employment of the poor within the hundred of Forehoe, 16 Geo. III, cap. 9, 1776 (subsequently reinforced by a number of later acts - (see Norfolk Bibliography no. 4159). A House of Industry was erected at Wicklewood, the necessary capital being raised on a tontine scheme. According to White's Directory of Norfolk, 1845 "The 'Board of Directors and Acting Guardians' are still governed by their own local act of Parliament, though they have conformed to some of the regulations of the New Poor Law".

Forehoe Union Board of Guardians was replaced by Guardians Committee No. 5 in 1930.

In 1948 the Wicklewood Institution was taken over by the central government and administered as Hill House Hospital Wicklewood.

C/GP 8/3-29, 31, 76-87, 95, 114-121, 197-220, 228-229