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Records of the Henstead Poor Law Union

Catalogue reference: C/GP 11

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This record is about the Records of the Henstead Poor Law Union dating from 1835 - 1948.

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Reference
C/GP 11
Title
Records of the Henstead Poor Law Union
Date
1835 - 1948
Description

The Union consisted of the following parishes:

Arminghall

Bixley

Bracon Ash

Bramerton

Caistor St. Edmund

Carleton East

Colney

Cringleford

Dunston

Flordon

Framingham Earl

Framingham Pigot

Hethel

Hethersett

Holverston

Intwood

Keswick

Ketteringham

Kirby Bedon

Mattishall Heath (Markshall)

Melton Magna

Melton Parva

Mulbarton

Newton Flotman

Poringland

Rockland St. Mary

Saxlingham Nethergate

Saxlingham Thorpe

Shotesham All Saints

Shotesham St. Mary & St. Martin

Stoke Holy Cross

Surlingham

Swainsthorpe

Swardeston

Trowse Newton

Whitlingham

Wreningham

Related material

<span class="wrapper"><p>For records of this body (including administration of Swainsthorpe and Wicklewood Public Assistance Institutions and boarding - out of children) see C/GC 5</p> <p>For records of this hospital see Public Records H5.</p></span>

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

Records received by the Norfolk Record Office on an unknown date.

Administrative / biographical background

Henstead Union was incorporated under the 1834 Act. The union workhouse was built at Swainsthorpe in 1835

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

In 1948 Swainsthorpe Institution was taken over by the central government and administered as the The Vale Hospital Swainsthorpe.

Copies information

C/GP 11/1-11,

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/dc4b55df-1c63-4924-ae8f-776d2d643704/

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Records of the Henstead Poor Law Union