Norfolk

Workhouse Inmates

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For many people the workhouse was the place of last resort. Reasons for going to the workhouse were chronic illness, disability, unemployment, pregnancy, debt and abandonment by parents or spouse. Whole families sometimes ended up in the workhouse, and some returned more than once.

As paupers arrived at the workhouse they were washed and their hair was cut short. All their belongings were taken away and they were given a workhouse uniform to wear. Families were separated, with men, women and children living in separate blocks.

This was probably not considered cruel, since it offered more privacy, and prevented abuses. All inmates had to do some kind of work.

Staff and Occupants of the Workhouse 1841

STAFF
Robert PLATTEN 45 1796 Governor
Matilda PLATTEN 40 1801 Matron
George PLATTEN 5 1836
Mary CHRISTMAS 30 1811 Schoolmistress
George HEWETT 25 1816 Schoolmaster
John SKIPPON 25 1816 Porter
Lydia SKIPPON 25 1816 Cook
Elizabeth DOYLE 55 1786 Nurse
RESIDENTS
Sarah OLLEY 50 1791
Benjamin HALL 12 1829
Thomas BOULTER 76 1765
Thomas EVERETT 70 1771
William BUNN 65 1776 Plasterer
William FARTHING 15 1826
Pool COPLAND 35 1806
Henry SPOONER 15 1826
William HAGGARD 26 1815 Shoemaker
Thomas JORDIN 9 1832
Louisa HENDERSON 23 1818
Louisa HENDERSON 2 1839
Susannah HENDERSON 10 Months 1840
William NARBOROUGH 76 1765 Mariner
Elizabeth DAW 20 1821
Thomas TONGATE 10 1831
Maria CHILVIS 14 1827
John PARSONS 10 1831
Sarah PARSONS 6 1835
Hannah BUSHELL 17 1824
Phillip LEECH 60 1781
Ann MANN 34 1807
William MANN 12 1829
Susannah MANN 10 1831
Thomas MANN 6 1835
Robert MANN 4 1837
Harriett MANN 2 1839
Ann MANN 1 1840
Edward CARRINGTON 45 1796
James CARRINGTON 12 1829
Maria LOADS 6 1835
Ann BROWN 28 1813
Maria SMITH 24 1817
William COOK 14 1827
William MECK 67 1774
Thomas KNIGHTS 12 1829
Mary KNIGHTS 8 1833
David BOYCE 88 1753
William PACK 86 1755
Barbary BATTERBY 56 1785
Thomas THAXTER 80 1761
Mary BUNTING 9 1832
John NEWTON 69 1772 Ag Lab
William NEWTON 8 1833
Sophia NEWTON 5 1836
Elizabeth SMITH 39 1802
Mary SMITH 11 1830
Ann SMITH 1 1840
William WARNES 72 1769 Ag Lab
Martha TURNER 41 1800
John WATERS 9 1832
James WATERS 7 1834
Elizabeth WATERS 4 1837
Elizabeth NOBES 10 1831
John RICHES 61 1780 Ag Lab
William GATES 77 1764 Wheelwright
Elizabeth MOORE 57 1784
Robert CHATTEN 77 1764
Ann LAWES 57 1784
Robert DICKENS 76 1765
Hannah FULLER 30 1811
Mary FULLER 11 1830
Elizabeth FULLER 9 1832
Susan FULLER 5 1836
Susan GANT 24 1817
James HOWELL 30 1811 Ag Lab
Ann HALL 81 1760
John WHIDBY 36 1805 Ag Lab
Sarah WHIDBY 54 1787
Richard WOODROW 75 1766 Ag Lab
Charlotte MURRELL 12 1829
Robert MURRELL 8 1833
Elizabeth NOBES 22 1819
 

 

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