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 1911
| STAFF | ||||||
| Charles J | BARRETT | 1863 | 48 | M | Workhouse Master | Great Yarmouth |
| Harriet | BARRETT | 1863 | 48 | M 20 yr | Workhouse Matron | Great Yarmouth |
| Harry W | BYARD | 1871 | 40 | M 3 yr | Porter Of Workhouse | Limehouse Middx |
| Elizabeth A | BYARD | 1878 | 33 | M | Cook Of Workhouse | Almeley, Hereford |
| Kate | SPENCER | 1890 | 21 | S | Industrial Farmer | Netherheage Derbys |
| John | BACON | 1845 | 66 | S | Boys Caretaker | Thursford |
| Sarah A | CODLING | 1876 | 35 | S | Servant | Cley Next The Sea |
| Rachel | SKINNER | 1861 | 50 | S | Superintendent Nurse Workhouse Infirmary | Stonegate |
| Alice E | LINSLEY | 1877 | 34 | S | Nurse Workhouse Infirmary | Leghill, Northumberland |
| Ethel | ADAMS | 1883 | 28 | S | Nurse Workhouse Infirmary | Cambridge |
| Mabel | BYARD | 1909 | 2 | Visitor | Wicklewood | |
| residents | ||||||
| Charles | WINTERBONE | 1862 | 49 | W | Farm Labourer | Hindolveston |
| Bertie | WINTERBONE | 1901 | 10 | Scholar | Blakeney | |
| Robert | BUTLER | 1849 | 62 | S | Farm Labourer | Barney |
| Walter | BALDWIN | 1857 | 54 | S | Farm Labourer | Little Walsingham |
| William | REYNOLDS | 1867 | 44 | S | Seaman Merchant Service | Wells |
| John | NELSON | 1882 | 29 | S | Farm Labourer | Hindringham |
| Elizabeth | NELSON | 1843 | 68 | S | Field Worker | Gt Raynham |
| Vincent | GANT | 1881 | 30 | S | General Labourer | Fakenham |
| Walter | BULLEN | 1881 | 30 | S | Farm Labourer | Field Dalling |
| Frederick | TOOKE (TUCK?) | 1877 | 34 | M 5 yr | Farm Labourer | Syderstone |
| Louisa | TOOKE (TUCK?) | 1878 | 33 | M | Stibbard | |
| Alice | TOOKE (TUCK?) | 1907 | 4 | Great Snoring | ||
| Phyllis | TOOKE (TUCK?) | 1910 | 1 | Great Snoring | ||
| Robert | GIBSON | 1905 | 6 | Great Snoring | ||
| George | BROUGHTON | 1877 | 34 | S | Shoemaker | Norfolk |
| William | LONG | 1891 | 20 | S | Farm Maker | Yorkshire |
| Edward | LONG | 1857 | 54 | S | Pedlar | Fakenham |
| John | FRANCIS | 1842 | 69 | W | Groom & Gardener Domestic | Great Snoring |
| Harry | COOK | 1847 | 64 | S | Pedlar | Norfolk |
| Henry | FULLER | 1868 | 43 | S | Soldier | Norwich |
| Frank | MORTERS | 1854 | 57 | S | Groom Domestic | Wells |
| Bertie | TAYLOR | 1883 | 28 | S | General Labourer | East Dereham |
| Charles | CARVER | 1847 | 64 | W | Farm Labourer | Carbrooke |
| James | HAMMOND | 1843 | 68 | S | Hawker General | Dennington |
| Robert | OLIVER | 1827 | 84 | W | Horseman On Farm | Heveningham |
| Thomas | HARRISON | 1844 | 67 | W | Farm Labourer | Kettlestone |
| John | ROBOTHAM | 1838 | 73 | S | Farmer | Stibbard |
| Robert | BISHOP | 1841 | 70 | W | Farm Labourer | Little Walsingham |
| Charles | REYNOLDS | 1839 | 72 | S | Horseman On Farm | Stiffkey |
| Thomas | FORD | 1828 | 83 | W | Gardener Domestic | Holkham |
| Edward | BELL | 1847 | 64 | W | General Labourer | Sculthorpe |
| Thomas | ROWE | 1826 | 85 | W | Farm Labourer | Wighton |
| John | DOUBLE | 1838 | 73 | S | Shoemaker | Gunthorpe |
| James | BARNES | 1846 | 65 | S | Seaman Merchant Service | Langham |
| Robert | PURT | 1837 | 74 | S | Farm Labourer | Kettlestone |
| Charles | CHAMPION | 1838 | 73 | W | Footman Platelayer | Bobbing Kent |
| Thomas | COLMAN | 1827 | 84 | W | Horseman On Farm | Barney |
| John | ROSSI | 1850 | 61 | S | Organ Grinder | Italy |
| Richard | BARNES | 1851 | 60 | S | Farm Labourer | Langham |
| William | COOKE | 1832 | 79 | S | Farm Labourer | Wells |
| George | WINN | 1859 | 52 | M | General Labourer | Fakenham |
| Robert | NELSON | 1835 | 76 | S | Farm Labourer | Great Ryburgh |
| William | RANSOME | 1878 | 33 | M | Shepherd | Wells |
| Rhoda | RANSOME | 1867 | 44 | M 12 yr | Farm Labourer | Little Walsingham |
| Mabel | RANSOME | 1903 | 8 | Wife | Little Walsingham | |
| Annie | RANSOME | 1906 | 5 | Great Snoring | ||
| Edith | RANSOME | 1910 | 10/12 | Great Snoring | ||
| William | BUTLER | 1844 | 67 | W | Bricklayers Labourer | Barney |
| Frederick | DODMAN | 1893 | 18 | S | No Occupation | Hempton |
| Samuel | LING | 1846 | 65 | M | Farm Labourer | Fakenham |
| Daniel | DIXON | 1856 | 55 | M | Shepherd | Whissonsett |
| Carl | BIRD | 1847 | 64 | W | Farm Labourer | Langham |
| Frederick | PALMER | 1856 | 55 | M | Painter & Caretaker | Great Yarmouth |
| George B | TAYLOR | 1840 | 71 | W | Draper | Cley next the Sea |
| Matthew | AINGER | 1871 | 40 | S | Farm Labourer | Great Ryburgh |
| Wilson | BLAND | 1852 | 59 | W | Tea Merchant | Tattersett |
| Arthur | FENN | 1852 | 59 | S | Farm Labourer | Dunton |
| George | COOKE | 1827 | 84 | W | Master Mariner | Wells |
| Robert | KEELER | 1852 | 59 | W | Farm Labourer | East Dereham |
| Susan | COMER | 1841 | 70 | S | No Occupation | Langham |
| Henrietta | SHERINGHAM | 1877 | 34 | S | Housemaid | Hempton |
| Susannah | WARD | 1857 | 54 | S | General Servant | Cley next the Sea |
| Elizabeth | DACK | 1874 | 37 | W | Henham | |
| Ethel | DACK | 1903 | 8 | Wighton | ||
| Edith | DACK | 1909 | 2 | Wighton | ||
| Maria | ALLEN | 1838 | 73 | S | Field Worker | Hindringham |
| Samuel | HIBBERT | 1855 | 56 | W | Fisherman | Wells |
| Susan | STOAKLEY | 1824 | 87 | W | Little Snoring | |
| Louisa | LAXTON | 1852 | 59 | W | Reading Berkshire | |
| Elizabeth | WICK | 1835 | 76 | S | Holkham | |
| Charlotte | FISHBOURNE | 1852 | 59 | S | Housekeeper Domestic | Somerset |
| Hester | HOWELL | 1881 | 30 | S | Charwoman Domestic | Wells |
| Florence | HOWELL | 1898 | 13 | School | Great Snoring | |
| Ethel | HOWELL | 1904 | 7 | Great Snoring | ||
| Grace | HOWELL | 1906 | 5 | Great Snoring | ||
| Mary | HOWELL | 1908 | 3 | Great Snoring | ||
| Thomas | HOWELL | 1910 | 1 | Great Snoring | ||
| Annie | CLAXTON | 1882 | 29 | S | Servant | Langham |
| Minnie | CLAXTON | 1909 | 2 | Great Snoring | ||
| Evelyn | ALDIS | 1896 | 15 | S | Servant | Long Stratton |
| Sarah A | POINTER | 1856 | 55 | S | Brningham | |
| Esther A | WADE | 1844 | 67 | W | Stibbard | |
| Elizabeth | TUCK | 1842 | 69 | S | Housekeeper Domestic | Great Snoring |
| Eliza | KIRBY | 1866 | 45 | M | Great Snoring | |
| Lucy | KIRBY | 1897 | 14 | School | Great Snoring | |
| Sarah | PULL | 1865 | 46 | S | Wells | |
| Mary Ann | BISHOP | 1868 | 43 | M | Great Walsingham | |
| Blanche | SKIPPER | 1886 | 25 | M | Yorkshire | |
| Sarah | ALLCOCK | 1839 | 72 | W | Houghton | |
| Sarah | HILL | 1895 | 16 | S | Unknown | |
| Frances | HOLMES | 1823 | 88 | W | Wells | |
| Charlotte | LOADES | 1838 | 73 | S | General Servant Domestic | Stibbard |
| Caroline | COX | 1869 | 42 | S | Unknown | |
| Edith | BRIND | 1896 | 15 | S | Servant | Unknown |
| Agnes | PEEK | 1900 | 11 | School | Fakenham | |
| Victor | PAGE | 1905 | 6 | Little Walsingham | ||
| Stanley | PAGE | 1907 | 4 | Little Walsingham | ||
| John | COLMAN | 1882 | 29 | S | Housemaid | Wighton |
| Arthur | COLMAN | 1902 | 9 | Wighton | ||
| Mabel | COLMAN | 1907 | 4 | Great Snoring | ||
| Elizabeth | PERRY | 1891 | 20 | S | Servant | Wells |
| James | LEEDER | 1862 | 49 | W | Brick & Tile Maker | Swanton Novers |
| Herbert | LEEDER | 1900 | 11 | School | Swanton Novers | |
| Gertrude | LEEDER | 1904 | 7 | Swanton Novers | ||
| Emma | FROST | 1871 | 40 | S | Cook | Hales |
| Philip | SIMMON | 1856 | 55 | S | Formerly General Labourer | Fakenham |
| Mary Ann | OLDHAM | 1850 | 61 | S | Charwoman Domestic | Unknown |
