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Records of the Wayland Poor Law Union

Catalogue reference: C/GP 20

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This record is about the Records of the Wayland Poor Law Union dating from 1806 - 1948.

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Reference
C/GP 20
Title
Records of the Wayland Poor Law Union
Date
1806 - 1948
Description

The following parishes comprised the union:

Attleborough

Besthorpe

Breckles

Carbrooke

Caston

Ellingham, Great

Ellingham, Little

Griston

Hargham

Hockham

Illington

Larling

Merton

Ovington

Rockland All Saints

Rockland St. Andrew

Rockland St. Peter

Roudham

Scoulton

Shropham

Snetterton

Stow Bedon

Thompson

Tottington

Watton

Related material

<span class="wrapper"><p>For records of Guardians Committee No. 11 (including administration of Thetford Public Assistance Institution, Thetford Children's Home, Attleborough Infirmary and boarding - out of children) see C/GC11</p> <p>For records of Wayland Hospital see Public Records H6</p> <p>Some pre - 1930 records are listed there, especially:</p> <p>Infirmary register of patients, 1919-1941 (H6/5)</p> <p>Infirmary register of births, 1914-1939 (H6/8)</p> <p>Infirmary register of deaths, 1914-1971 (H6/9)</p> <p>N.B. some of the above records are closed for 100 years</p></span>

Held by
Norfolk Record Office
Language
English
Creator(s)
<corpname>Wayland Poor Law Union</corpname>
Physical description
132 files
Immediate source of acquisition

Records received by the Norfolk Record Office on 18 April 1977 (C/GP 20/129-131), 18 May 1976 (C/GP 20/132) and on unknown dates.

Administrative / biographical background

Wayland Union was incorporated under the 1834 Act. The Union Workhouse at Rockland All Saints was opened in 1836

Wayland Union Board of Guardians was replaced by Guardians Committee No. 11 in 1930

In 1948 Attleborough Infirmary was taken over by the central government and administered as Wayland Hospital.

Copies information

C/GP 20/1-12, 107 are available on microform.

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/c45aece3-16b8-44bf-bd98-166ab98c0b5d/

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Records of the Wayland Poor Law Union