I came across the item below on a loose sheet of paper in the Minutes book of the Erpingham Union Poor Law Guardians when working on what's turning out to be a marathon transcription of the said Minutes. Hopefully of interest. To date I’ve transcribed just over 650 images (1300 manuscript pages) of the 2098 related to Erpingham, and put the first set (up to and including 536) into a first Volume, covering the weekly meetings of the Guardians from the 12th. of April 1836 to the 28th. December 1840. At present I’m proofreading and compiling an index and I think it will be a few weeks yet before I can ‘publish’ Vol. 1 & supporting material on line and I’ll let you know when & where in due course. Best regards ................... Bill Atkins At this time the Union had workhouses at Sheringham (hold mainly the Union's old & infirm paupers) and Gimingham. The old 'Gilbert Union' workhouse at North Walsham was used very occasionally as a quarantine facility. 'A List of Paupers Maintained in the Sherringham House for the Week Ending Oct 2d. 1841.' Name - age - Parish - Condition George Shrieve 58 Nth. Walsham Cripple James Spinks 78 Do. Do. Lydia Scott 87 Do. Do. & sick Sarah Scottow 72 Do. Infirm Martha Dix 39 Do. Healthy Humphry Spanton 84 Do. Infirm Charlotte Turner 16 Do. Healthy Benjn. Dyball 80 Do. Blind George Scott 61 Do. Lame Stephen Winfield 71 Cromer Infirm Sarah Winfield 71 Do. Do. William Cousens 69 Do. Do. William Cousens 44 Do. weak mind Lydia Wardlow 81 Do. very infirm & sick John Bunn 52 Do. Unwell Joseph Pilch 83 Do. Infirm May Rolf 67 Do. Do. John Sturley 41 Holt Weak mind Eliza Cable 5 Do. Healthy Richard Fuller 82 Do. Infirm John Breeze 80 Northrepps Do. Phillis Riseborough 58 Do. Blind Richard Doughty 43 Southrepps Weak mind William Brookes 73 Do. Infirm Hannah Cross 85 Do. Do. & disead. mind Clementin Spearing 27 Do. weak intellect Mattw. Gray 65 Overstrand Cripple Elizh. Church 27 Mundsley Healthy James Ward 36 Hempstead subject to fits Judith Skilling 48 Do. Helpless Benjn. Hardy 64 Thornage weak mind Frost Massingham 79 Do. Infirm Elizh. Yarham 79 Do. very Infirm Martha Smith 57 Edgefield Infirm Absolom Batterbee 70 Do. Do. Ann Dagless 49 Do. Helpless Mattw. Green 18 Do. Weak Mind John Sexton 69 Antingham subject to fits Mary Sexton 74 Do. Infirm Jonn. Pentney 44 Gresham weak mind James Pearson 82 Do. Infirm John Jarey 19 Sherringham weak mind Sarah Wilkin 64 Do. Lame Elizh. Woods 75 Letheringsett Infirm Jacob Bartrum 74 Do. Do. Robert Thurtle 4 Runton Healthy Jerh. Wilkin 82 Beckham (West) Infirm John Suffolk 70 Trunch Do. Mary Suffolk 67 Do. Do. Esther French 80 Do. Do. Louisa Pratt 16 Do. weak mind Robert Nicholds 74 Briston Cripple & sick Joseph Gaunt 88 Do. Infirm Simon Fields 49 Beckham (East) Blind Sarah Fields 74 Do. Infirm Phoebe Randall 38 Do. Lame Jon Daniels 75 Suffield Infirm Susan Tuck 80 Briston Do. Total 59 as last week Average 3s/4 <presumably cost of in-maintenance>

Well done you !!! it is a marathon no question of that .......I have chickened out and am doing Downham Union workhouse B of G minutes in summary . But I think you will find post 1840 it is more humdrum run of the mill daily /weekly stuff and much less frantic than the years of the building and setting up the Union house . It is however addictively interesting stuff and I am sure there will be a lot of people with ancestors from Sheringham and Erpingham who will be grateful to you for your dedication . life is hard . soften it with a cat \\\=^..^=/// ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Atkins" <bill.atkins@ntlworld.com> To: <NORFOLK@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2011 1:01 PM Subject: [NFK] Sheringham Workhouse Inmates, October 1841 >I came across the item below on a loose sheet of paper in the Minutes book > of the Erpingham Union Poor Law Guardians when working on what's turning > out > to be a marathon transcription of the said Minutes. Hopefully of > interest. > > To date I’ve transcribed just over 650 images (1300 manuscript pages) of > the > 2098 related to Erpingham, and put the first set (up to and including 536) > into a first Volume, covering the weekly meetings of the Guardians from > the > 12th. of April 1836 to the 28th. December 1840. At present I’m > proofreading > and compiling an index and I think it will be a few weeks yet before I can > ‘publish’ Vol. 1 & supporting material on line and I’ll let you know when > & > where in due course. > > Best regards ................... Bill Atkins > > At this time the Union had workhouses at Sheringham (hold mainly the > Union's > old & infirm paupers) and Gimingham. The old 'Gilbert Union' workhouse at > North Walsham was used very occasionally as a quarantine facility. > > 'A List of Paupers Maintained in the Sherringham House for the Week Ending > Oct 2d. 1841.' > > Name - age - Parish - Condition > > George Shrieve 58 Nth. Walsham Cripple > James Spinks 78 Do. Do. > Lydia Scott 87 Do. Do. & sick > Sarah Scottow 72 Do. Infirm > Martha Dix 39 Do. Healthy > Humphry Spanton 84 Do. Infirm > Charlotte Turner 16 Do. Healthy > Benjn. Dyball 80 Do. Blind > George Scott 61 Do. Lame > Stephen Winfield 71 Cromer Infirm > Sarah Winfield 71 Do. Do. > William Cousens 69 Do. Do. > William Cousens 44 Do. weak mind > Lydia Wardlow 81 Do. very infirm & sick > John Bunn 52 Do. Unwell > Joseph Pilch 83 Do. Infirm > May Rolf 67 Do. Do. > John Sturley 41 Holt Weak mind > Eliza Cable 5 Do. Healthy > Richard Fuller 82 Do. Infirm > John Breeze 80 Northrepps Do. > Phillis Riseborough 58 Do. Blind > Richard Doughty 43 Southrepps Weak mind > William Brookes 73 Do. Infirm > Hannah Cross 85 Do. Do. & disead. mind > Clementin Spearing 27 Do. weak intellect > Mattw. Gray 65 Overstrand Cripple > Elizh. Church 27 Mundsley Healthy > James Ward 36 Hempstead subject to fits > Judith Skilling 48 Do. Helpless > Benjn. Hardy 64 Thornage weak mind > Frost Massingham 79 Do. Infirm > Elizh. Yarham 79 Do. very Infirm > Martha Smith 57 Edgefield Infirm > Absolom Batterbee 70 Do. Do. > Ann Dagless 49 Do. Helpless > Mattw. Green 18 Do. Weak Mind > John Sexton 69 Antingham subject to fits > Mary Sexton 74 Do. Infirm > Jonn. Pentney 44 Gresham weak mind > James Pearson 82 Do. Infirm > John Jarey 19 Sherringham weak mind > Sarah Wilkin 64 Do. Lame > Elizh. Woods 75 Letheringsett Infirm > Jacob Bartrum 74 Do. Do. > Robert Thurtle 4 Runton Healthy > Jerh. Wilkin 82 Beckham (West) Infirm > John Suffolk 70 Trunch Do. > Mary Suffolk 67 Do. Do. > Esther French 80 Do. Do. > Louisa Pratt 16 Do. weak mind > Robert Nicholds 74 Briston Cripple & sick > Joseph Gaunt 88 Do. Infirm > Simon Fields 49 Beckham (East) Blind > Sarah Fields 74 Do. Infirm > Phoebe Randall 38 Do. Lame > Jon Daniels 75 Suffield Infirm > Susan Tuck 80 Briston Do. > Total 59 as last week Average 3s/4 <presumably cost of > in-maintenance> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NORFOLK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message