Swainthorpe Union Workhouse - where is it?

[Nick Carver]

Have found rellies resident in Swainthorpe Union Workhouse and wondered where precisely it is. She was an unmarried mother born in Bramerton. Could anyone familiar with the area hazard a guess as to whether this would be the local workhouse for people in that part of Norfolk? She had three children, numbers 1 and 3 born in Swainthorpe, but number 2 born in Norwich and I am wondering if that gives me any clues as to what she was doing.

Thanks for any pointers

[teddybear1843]

Hi

AS far as I can see, Swainsthorpe Union House was in Swainsthorpe.  It was for the Hundred of Henstead.

Bramerton was in that Union.

Best wishes.

Teddy

[Geoffers]

The workhouse web-site is a good place to start
http://www.workhouses.org.uk/

as is the old map web-site
http://www.old-maps.co.uk/welcome.htm
for finding locations

Geoffers

[Nick Carver]

Thanks for the help. I was fooled (doesn't take much) by the fact that the place was referred to as Swainthorpe in a census. I'll have a good look at those sites.

[Jones the Search]

Hi 
You may find this site very interesting 

http://users.ox.ac.uk/~peter/workhouse/index.html

                          Patricia 

[megohm]

Hi, i guess by now you have found out about Swainsthorpe Workhouse just south ot Norwich.  Here is a picture of it, its now turned into residential properties.
Regards Megohm

http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/114075

[dannibaggaley]

Hi,
I had relatives in the same workhouse, a lady and her 4 children. S

[Blue-Spirit]

I have some old pics of that workhouse in my collection some where, but can't put my hands on them at this time. but via a memory it was a large large place...