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Records of the Freebridge Lynn Poor Law Union
Catalogue reference: GP 9
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This record is about the Records of the Freebridge Lynn Poor Law Union dating from 1826-1964.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- GP 9
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Title (The name of the record)
- Records of the Freebridge Lynn Poor Law Union
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1826-1964
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Description (What the record is about)
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The union consisted of the following parishes:
Ashwicken
Babingley
Bawsey
Bilney, West
Castle Rising
Castleacre
Congham
Flitcham and Appleton
Gayton
Gayton Thorpe
Gaywood
Grimstone
Harpley
Hillington
Leziate
Massingham, Great
Massingham, Little
Middleton
Mintlynn
Newton, West
Pentney
Roydon
Runcton, North
Sandringham
Setchey
Walton, East
Westacre
Winch, East
Winch, West
Wolferton
Wootton, North
Wootton, South
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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<span class="wrapper"><p>See C/SS 10 for records of Gostgate House, Gayton as old peoples Home</p> <p>For records of this body (including administration of Gayton and King's Lynn Public Assistance Institutions and boarding - out of children) see C/GC 8</p> <p>Minute books of joint finance committee (R.D.C. and Union), 1907-1925 and special committees of R.D.C. and Union, 1913-1927, are in the custody of West Norfolk District Council.</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>Freebridge Lynn Poor Law Union</corpname>
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 201 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 22 October 1981 (C/GP 9/106-140), 3 May 1990 (C/GP 9/141-201) and on an unknown date
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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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The Freebridge Lynn union was incorporated under the 1834 Act, and the union workhouse was built two years later at Gayton.
Freebridge Lynn Union Board of Guardians was replaced by Guardians Committee No. 8 in 1930.
After the abolition of the Boards of Guardians in 1929, the Gayton Workhouse was administered by Norfolk County Council as a Public Assistance institution between 1930 and 1948 and as a County Home between 1948 and 1963. In 1964, the property was sold.
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Copies information (Indicates existence, availability, location and format of copies)
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C/GP9/1 - 5, 6 [Part only], 82, 93
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/fe65655c-a17a-498b-8e8b-acab37592c2f/
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Records of the Freebridge Lynn Poor Law Union