Norfolk Poor Law before 1834

Booton Gilbert Union

This included the parishes of Booton and Brandiston

Union history

• 1782 - Gilbert's Act allowed parishes to join together and run a workhouse. This was for the old, the sick and the infirm.
• 1786 - Booton Gilbert Union formed containing Booton and Brandiston.
  • House of Industry built at Booton.
• 1836 - St. Faith's Poor Law Union formed.
  • Booton was dissolved.
  • Parishes became part of the St. Faith's Union.

After 1834 these parishes moved as shown :-

Further information can be found:

• about locations in the Towns and Parishes pages.
• about which hundred a parish occurs in.

See also the Poor Law page and the Post 1834 Unions page

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Copyright © Mike Bristow.
May 2011