Records of the Depwade Poor Law Union

The union consisted of the following parishes:

Alburgh Needham

Ashwellthorpe Pulham St. Mary Magdalen

Aslacton Pulham St. Mary the Virgin

Billingford Redenhall with Harleston

Brockdish Rushall

Bunwell Scole with Frenze & Thorpe Parva

Burston Shelton

Carlton Rode Shimpling

Denton Starston

Dickleburgh with Langmere Stratton St. Mary

Diss Stratton St. Michael

Earsham Tacolneston

Forncett St. Mary Tasburgh

Forncett St. Peter Tharston

Fritton Thelveton

Fundenhall Thorpe Abbotts

Gissing Tibenham

Hapton Tivetshall St. Margaret

Hardwick Tivetshall St. Mary

Hempnall Wacton

Morningthorpe Wortwell

Moulton St. Michael

<span class="wrapper"><p>For records of this body (including administration of Pulham Market Public Assistance Institution, Long Stratton Children's Home and boarding - out of children see C/GC 12</p> <p>Some pre - 1930 records are also listed there, especially: Workhouse and Institution register of deaths, April 1914 - July 1945 (C/GC 12/49)</p> <p>Workhouse creed register, c. 1915 - 1930 (C/CG 12/51)</p> <p>For records of this hospital see Public Records H2.</p> <p>Some pre - 1930 records are also listed there, especially: Workhouse and Institution register of baptisms, 1859-1959 (H2/14)</p> <p>Some pre - 1930 records are also listed there, especially: Workhouse and Institution register of births, 1914-1950 (H2/15)</p> <p>Some pre - 1930 records are also listed there, especially: Workhouse and Institution inmates case papers, c. 1911-1948 (H2/19-83)</p> <p>Some pre - 1930 records are also listed there, especially: Workhouse and Institution House Committee half-yearly reports, 1914-45 (H2/84)</p> <p>Workhouse and Institution mental defectives admission register, 1920-1957 (H2/219)</p> <p>Workhouse and Institution reports of death of lunatics, 1915-1950 (H2/221)</p> <p>Workhouse and Institution vaccination register, 1899-1948 (H2/228)</p> <p>Vaccination register (Area 12 District 8), 1909-1948 (H2/235)</p> <p>Some of the above records are closed for 100 years</p></span>

Records received by the Norfolk Record Office on 28 January 1976 (C/GP3/15), 17 February 1970 (C/GP3/48), 3 October 1974 (C/GP3/214-222), 28 January 1976 (C/GP3/223-236), 4 October 1979 (C/GP3/213/7-9), 8 December 1976 (C/GP3/234-23) and on unknown dates

Depwade Union was incorporated under the Act of 1834 and the Union Workhouse was built at Pulham St. Mary Magdalen in 1836-1837.

This collection, comprising the union records to 1929, is composed of records from various sources, the Norfolk Social Services Department (two transfers), the Depwade Rural District Council and a deposit by Mills and Reeve, solicitors, of 19.2.70. Details of these are to be found in accession lists. After 1929 the county council took over responsibility for poor relief and the running of the Pulham Market institution and post-1929 records are listed separately under reference H2. Norfolk Area Health Authority. Some items in the list of later material were partly compiled during the pre-1929 period.

Depwade Union Board of Guardians was replaced by Guardians Committee No. 12 in 1930.

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

C/GP 3/1-8, 205 are available on microform