NHER 15848 (Monument record) - Site of a post-medieval workhouse, formerly Erpingham Union workhouse

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Summary

This is the site of a House of Industry or Workhouse, constructed in 1805 to serve nine surrounding parishes. The building was designed to house up to 260 inmates, and in 1834 when the Erpingham Union was formed it continued to serve as the workhouse for this area. However, in 1851 a new workhouse was constructed in West Beckham (NHER 6572) and this workhouse was sold. The buildings were later converted into fourteen cottages, known as Brunswick Terrace, but these were demolished sometime prior to 2001.

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Map sheet	TG23NE
Civil Parish	GIMINGHAM, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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This is the site of a House of Industry or Workhouse, constructed in 1805 to serve the parishes of Knapton, Trunch, Trimmingham, Northrepps, Southrepps, Mundesley, Gimmingham, Sidestrand, and Overstrand. The building was designed to house up to 260 inmates, and in 1834 when the Erpingham Union was formed it continued to serve as the workhouse for this area. However, in 1851 a new workhouse was constructed by the Erpingham Union in West Beckham (NHER 6572) and this workhouse was sold. The buildings were later converted into fourteen cottages, known as Brunswick Terrace, but these were demolished sometime prior to 2001.
Information from (S1).
The building is also visible on (S2).
E. Rose (NAU), 4 March 1980 and 22 January 2002.
Amended H. Hamilton (HES), 28 May 2014.

Associated Sources (5)

--- SNF60415 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1998. Workhouse was never a prison (Letter to the editor). 10 June.
--- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
--- SNF82360 Unpublished Document: Yardley, C. J. 2011. The Mun Valley: Historic landscape Assessment and Landscape Character Assessment for Norfolk Coast Project. p 13.
<S1> SNF50338 Article in Serial: Smith, G. and Smith, J.. 2001. The Village of Gimingham.. Norfolk Industrial Archaeology Society Journal. Vol 7, No 1, pp 44-52. p 48 (J).
<S2> SNF49461 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1805-1836. Ordnance Survey Map. One inch to the mile. First Edition.

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Record last edited

Sep 27 2016 2:06PM