Downham, Norfolk Poor Law Union

Parishes

The union consisted of the following parishes: Barton_Bendish_St_Andrew,_Norfolk, Barton_Bendish_St_Mary_and_All_Saints,_Norfolk  Bexwell,_Norfolk,  Boughton,_Norfolk,  Crimplesham,_Norfolk,  Denver,_Norfolk,  West_Dereham,_Norfolk,  Downham_Market,_Norfolk, Fincham Fincham,_Norfolk,  Fordham,_Norfolk,  Hilgay,_Norfolk, Holme next Runcton ,  Marham,_Norfolk, Roxham see Ryston_with_Roxham,_Norfolk, Runcton parishes North_Runcton_with_Hardwicke_and_Setchey_,_Norfolk,

 Runcton_Holme_with_South_Runcton,_Wallington_and_Thorpeland_Norfolk  Ryston_with_Roxham,_Norfolk,  Shouldham,_Norfolk,  Shouldham_Thorpe,_Norfolk,  Southery,_Norfolk,  Stoke_Ferry,_Norfolk, Stow_Bardolph,_Norfolk,  Stradsett,_Norfolk,   Tottenhill,_Norfolk, Wallington with Thorpland see Runcton_Holme_with_South_Runcton,_Wallington_and_Thorpeland_Norfolk,  Watlington,_Norfolk,  Welney,_Cambridgeshire,  Welney,  Wereham,_Norfolk,  Wiggenhall_St_Germans,_Norfolk, Wiggenhall_St_Mary_Magdalen,_Norfolk,  Wiggenhall_St_Mary_the_Virgin,_Norfolk,  Wiggenhall_St_Peter,_Norfolk,  Wimbotsham,_Norfolk,  Wormegay,_Norfolk,  Wretton,_Norfolk.

Records

Norfolk Record Office reference C/GP 5
Title Records of the Downham Poor Law Union
Date 1836-1948
Extent 116 pieces

Downham Union was incorporated under the 1834 Act. The Union Workhouse was built at Downham in 1836. Downham Union Board of Guardians was replaced by Guardians Committee No. 9 in 1930.
Received by the Norfolk Record Office on unknown dates.
Copies C/GP5/1-6, 103, 106-108 are available on microform.
RelatedMaterial For records of this body (including administration of Downham Public Assistance Institution, out-relief and boarding-out of children), see C/GC 9.

Web sites

http://www.workhouses.org.uk/index.html?Downham/Downham.shtml