Workhouse Inmates
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 1851
STAFF | |||||
James | RATCLIFF | M | 52 | Master | All Saints Dby |
Elizabeth | RATCLIFF | M | 44 | Matron | Eston Yorks |
Harriot | HOWLETT | U | 21 | School Mistress | Yaxham |
Ann | BUCK | W | 60 | Nurse | Wells |
Leonard | PATRICK | W | 50 | House Porter | Attleborough |
Charlotte | WAGG | M | 30 | General Servant | Norwich |
George Taylor | WRIGHT | U | 25 | Schoolmaster | Fakenham |
RESIDENTS | |||||
William | ALLEN | W | 65 | Carrier | Wells |
Emila | ANTINGHAM | 10 | Scholar | Dunton | |
Victoria | ANTINGHAM | 12 | Scholar | Dunton | |
Jemima | ANTINGHAM | 3 | Scholar | Dunton | |
John | ANTINGHAM | 5 | Scholar | Dunton | |
Bridget | ANTINGHAM | U | 19 | Labourer | Dunton |
William | BALDWIN | M | 68 | Labourer | Little Walsingham |
William | BALL | U | 42 | Sailor | Wells |
William | BARNES | W | 66 | Labourer | Barney |
Robert | BARNES | M | 67 | Labourer | Hempton |
Sarah | BARNES | U | 14 | Scholar | Hindringham |
Barbary | BATTERBY | U | 62 | Seamstress | Helhoughton |
William | BECKERTON | U | 71 | Groom | Wells |
Henry | BERWICK | W | 61 | Labourer | Kettlestone |
Thomas | BOULTER | U | 66 | Brick Layers Labourer | Fakenham |
Elisha | BRIGGS | U | 33 | Shoe Maker | Gt Walsingham |
Elizabeth | BRIGHT | U | 58 | Fisher Woman | Wells |
Emma | BROUGHTON | 8 | Scholar | Morston | |
Elizabeth | BUGDALE | 6 | Little Snoring | ||
William | BUGDALE | M | 27 | Labourer | Little Snoring |
Ann | BUGDALE | M | 22 | Washer Woman | Little Snoring |
Rudd | BUNN | W | 75 | Millwright | Great Snoring |
Fountain | BUNTING | 6 | Scholar | Brimingham | |
Frances | BUNTING | U | 28 | Labourer | Brimingham |
William | BUSHELL | 13 | Scholar | Hindringham | |
Thomas | BUSHELL | 15 | Scholar | Hindringham | |
Maria | CHILVAS | U | 28 | Seamstress | South Rudham |
Alfred | CHILVAS | U | 6 | Langham | |
Sarah Ann | COE | 3 | Walsingham Union | ||
William | COE | 3 | Walsingham Union | ||
George | COE | 1 | Walsingham Union | ||
James | COE | 12 | Scholar | Clay | |
Elizabeth | COE | U | 37 | Washer Woman | Wells |
Sarah Ann | COE | U | 32 | Washer Woman | Sarrington or Tarrington |
James | CURSON | 4 | Saxlingham | ||
William | CURSON | 2 | Saxlingham | ||
Thomas | CURSON | M | 30 | Labourer | Saxlingham |
Sarah | CURSON | M | 25 | Labourer | Sculthorpe |
Thomas | DENT | 14 | Scholar | Morston | |
Esther | DENT | 7 | Scholar | Morston | |
Laben | DENT | 9 | Scholar | Morston | |
Hannah | DREWERY | 5 | Scholar | Wells | |
Elizabeth | DREWERY | 7 | Scholar | Wells | |
Mary | DREWERY | 9 | Scholar | Wells | |
George | DREWERY | U | 34 | Maltster | Wells |
Frances | EGGLETON | 1 | Walsingham Union | ||
John | EGGLETON | 3 | Stibbard | ||
Fredrick | EGGLETON | 3 | Walsingham Union | ||
Eliza | EGGLETON | U | 25 | Washer Woman | Stibbard |
Robert | EGGLETON | W | 79 | Labourer | Stibbard |
William | FISH | U | 21 | Labourer | Saxlingham |
Mary | FULLAR | U | 25 | WasherWoman | Gunthorpe |
Robert Rodgers | GRAVER | 1 | Walsingham Union | ||
Mary Ann | GRAVER | 11 | Scholar | East Basham | |
Walter | GRAVER | 7 | Scholar | Walsingham Union | |
Sarah | GRAVER | U | 35 | Washer Woman | East Basham |
Sarah | GROOM | 1 | Sculthorpe | ||
Mary | GROOM | U | 25 | Labourer | Sculthorpe |
Harriot | HALL | U | 22 | Seamstress | Wells |
James | HOLMAN | 14 | Scholar | Thursford | |
Joseph | HOLMAN | 9 | Scholar | Thursford | |
John | HOWE | M | 43 | CoachMan | Great Ryburgh |
Edmund | JARVES | U | 65 | Labourer | Gunthorpe |
William | KENDLE | 6 | Scholar | Walsingham Union | |
Solomon | KENDLE | W | 64 | Labourer | Barney |
Robert | KINGSTEAD | 3 | Little Walsingham | ||
Cornelias | KINGSTEAD | 8 | Scholar | Little Walsingham | |
Martha | KINGSTEAD | U | 34 | Seamstress | Little Walsingham |
Thomas | KNIGHTS | U | 21 | Miller | Field Dalling |
Walter | LACK | 6 | Gt Snoring | ||
Ann | LACK | U | 29 | Labourer | Gt Snoring |
Harriot | LEE | U | 18 | Washer Woman | Hindringham |
Phillop | LEECH | U | 68 | Coachman | Holkham |
Walter | LEWIS | 1 | Walsingham Union | ||
Ann | LEWIS | 28 | Labourer | Tattersell | |
Fredrick | LEWIS | 9 | Scholar | Tattersell | |
Kesiah | LONG | 12 | Scholar | Wells | |
George | LONG | 8 | Scholar | Wells | |
William | LONG | U | 53 | Shoe Maker | Wells |
Ellen | LONG | U | 10 | Scholar | Wells |
James | LOWN | U | 61 | Labourer | Wells |
John | LYNN | U | 18 | Labourer | Gunthorpe |
Robert | MARHAM | 1 | West Barsham | ||
John | MARHAM | 4 | West Barsham | ||
Edward | MARHAM | 5 | Scholar | West Barsham | |
John | MARHAM | M | 27 | Labourer | West Barsham |
Martha | MARHAM | M | 24 | Labourer | West Barsham |
Susanna | MATTHEWS | 10 | Scholar | Wells | |
Elizabeth | MATTHEWS | 12 | Scholar | Wells | |
Sarah | MATTHEWS | 4 | Scholar | Wells | |
Sarah | MATTHEWS | U | 32 | Washer Woman | Wells |
George | NEWTON | U | 54 | Labourer | Fakenham |
Isaac | NICKLES | 8 | Scholar | Little Snoring | |
John | NICKLES | U | 12 | Scholar | Little Snoring |
Robert | NOBES | 1 | Little Walsingham | ||
Alexander | NOBES | 12 | Scholar | Little Walsingham | |
Caroline | NOBES | 3 | Walsingham Union | ||
George | NOBES | 4 | Scholar | Little Walsingham | |
Henry | NOBES | M | 25 | Labourer | Little Snoring |
Caroline | NOBES | M | 26 | Washer Woman | Germany |
Elizth. | NOBES | U | 32 | Washer Woman | Little Walsingham |
John | NOBES | W | 71 | Labourer | Wighton |
Mary Ann | OLIVER | M | 62 | Seamstress | Glasgow Scotland |
James | PARKER | 40 | Chelsea Out Pensioner | Tattersell | |
William | POOLEY | 14 | Scholar | Morston | |
Ellen | POOLEY | U | 16 | Seamstress | Morston |
Fredrick | POWELL | 10 | Scholar | Marylebone London | |
Edward | POWELL | 12 | Scholar | MaryleBone London | |
Robert | PURDY | 11 | Scholar | Stiffkey | |
Louisa | PURDY | 12 | Scholar | Stiffkey | |
John | PURDY | 8 | Scholar | Stiffkey | |
Susanna | READ | 6 | Scholar | Norwich | |
Robert | READ | 4 | Scholar | Norwich | |
Margaret | READ | 5 | Scholar | Walsingham Union | |
Ann | READ | U | 46 | Seamstress | West Rainham |
Edward | READ | U | 14 | Scholar | West Rainham |
Rachel | READ | U | 2 | Walsingham Union | |
Edmund | RIX | U | 65 | Taylor | Bungay |
Maria | ROADS | U | 20 | Seamstress | Little Ryburgh |
Charlotte | ROBINSON | 2 | Little Walsingham | ||
Robert | ROBINSON | 4 | Scholar | Little Walsingham | |
Ann | ROBINSON | 5 | Scholar | Wells | |
Sarah | ROBINSON | 7 | Scholar | Wells | |
Jane | ROBINSON | 9 | Scholar | Wells | |
Charlotte | ROBINSON | U | 31 | Seamstress | Little Walsingham |
William | ROBINSON | W | 86 | Labourer | Hindringham |
George | ROBINSON | W | 44 | Fisherman | Burnham |
Ann | ROLLING | U | 22 | Labourer | Little Snoring |
Elizabeth | RUTLAND | U | 24 | Labourer | Fakenham |
Hannah Elizabeth | RUTLAND | U | 1 | Walsingham Union | |
Maria | SAVAGE | 10 | Scholar | Wells | |
George | SAVAGE | 12 | Scholar | Wells | |
Henry | SAWYER | U | 23 | Blacksmith | Warham |
Henry | SECKER | U | 36 | Labourer | Gunthorpe |
Charles | SIZLAND | U | 32 | Groom | Fakenham |
Samuel | SKIPPON | U | 55 | Weaver | Fakenham |
Peter | SOUTHCOURT | U | 50 | Druggist | Fakenham |
Rebecca | SPENCE | U | 61 | Seamstress | Blakeney |
Edward | STEEL | U | 72 | Carpenter | Wells |
Joseph | STONE | 7 | Scholar | Warham | |
Henery | STONE | 13 | Scholar | Marham | |
Edward | STONE | 15 | Scholar | Marham | |
Margaret | STONE | U | 23 | Washer Woman | Marham |
Ebeneza | STONE | U | 8 | Scholar | Warham |
William | STRINGER | U | 66 | Labourer | West Rainham |
Robert | SUBBACK OR LUBBOCK | W | 77 | Farmer | Lynn |
Ann | TURNER | 10 | Scholar | Wells | |
Hannah | TURNER | U | 12 | Scholar | Wells |
John | WALLS | W | 53 | Labourer | Helhoughton |
Thomas | WARNES | U | 63 | Labourer | Blakeney |
Isaac | WARREN | W | 34 | Maltster | Wells |
Robert | WHITE | 14 | Scholar | Gt Snoring | |
Maria | WOODHOUSE | U | 20 | Seamstress | Fakenham |
Samuel | WOODHOUSE | W | 83 | Labourer | Sarrington or Tarrington |
Robert | WRIGHT | U | 59 | Labourer | Tattersell |
Charles | WRIGHT | U | 67 | Coal Porter | Fridley Staffordshire |
John | WRIGHT | W | 67 | Fisherman | Wells |