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Records of the Walsingham Poor Law Union
Catalogue reference: C/GP 19
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This record is about the Records of the Walsingham Poor Law Union dating from 1836 - 1948.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- C/GP 19
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Title (The name of the record)
- Records of the Walsingham Poor Law Union
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1836 - 1948
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Description (What the record is about)
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The union consisted of the following parishes:
Alethorpe
Bale
Barney
Barsham, East
Barsham, North
Barsham, West
Binham
Blakeney
Briningham
Brinton
Cockthorpe
Dunton & Doughton
Egmere
Fakenham
Field Dalling
Fulmodeston with Croxton
Gunthorpe
Helhoughton
Hampton
Hindringham
Holkham
Houghton in Dale
Kettlestone
Langham
Melton Constable
Morston
Pensthorpe
Pudding Norton
Quarles
Rainham, East
Rainham, South
Rainham, West
Ryburgh Magna
Ryburgh Parva
Saxlingham
Sculthorpe
Sharrington
Shereford
Snoring, Great
Snoring, Little
Stibbard
Stiffkey
Swanton Novers
Tatterford
Tattersett
Testerton
Thursford
Toftrees
Walsingham, Great
Walsingham, Little
Wareham All Saints & St. Mary
Wells next the Sea
Wighton
Wiveton
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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<span class="wrapper"><p>For records of Guardians Committee No. 7 (including the administration of Red House Children's Home in Little Snoring and the boarding-out of children) see C/GC 7.</p> <p>(See Public Assistance Sub-Committee minutes, 11 July 1934 and 12 September 1934, C/C 10/455.</p> <p>The records of the County Architect's Department include plans of the alterations for use as a smallpox hospital dated February 1937 (C/AR 1/29-31). The one inch to one mile Ordnance Survey Map of 1954 designates the building 'smallpox hospital'.</p></span>
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Norfolk Record Office
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- <corpname>Walsingham Poor Law Union</corpname>
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 199 files
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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Records received by the Norfolk Record Office on. 26 February 1982(C/GP19/192-198) and on unknown dates.
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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Walsingham Union was incorporated under the terms of the 1834 Act, and the union workhouse was built at Great Snoring, but not completed until 1838.
The Walsingham Union Workhouse at Great Snoring was opened in 1838. It was situated close to the boundary between the parishes of Great Snoring and Thursford and was sometimes known as Thursford Workhouse.
Poor Law Unions were abolished in 1930 and the responsibilities of Walsingham Union Board of Guardians were taken over by Norfolk County Council Guardians' Committee No. 7.
From 1930 the former Workhouse became known as Walsingham Public Assistance Institution. On 26 and 27 June 1934 the remaining thirty inmates (including two infants but no children) were transferred to West Beckham and Gressenhall Institutions and Walsingham Institution officially closed on 30 June 1934.
The building was subsequently adapted for use as a smallpox hospital.
By 1976 the building was derelict and was demolished in the early 1990s.
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Copies information (Indicates existence, availability, location and format of copies)
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C/GP19/1-6, 131, 133-135, 137, 141, 143-146, 148, 150-151, 173-181
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/3b8b872e-f24f-4800-99d6-30d592ee5ee5/
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Records of the Walsingham Poor Law Union