Poor Law Unions of Suffolk

The 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act
established a Poor Law Commission to oversee the national operation of the system. This included the forming together of small parishes into Poor Law Unions and the building of workhouses in each union for the giving of poor relief.
Although, through the years, there were some reorganization of the union bounderies with some unions being dissolved and merged, The majority of the unions set up by the 1834 Act continued to operate for almost a century.
The end of the poor law unions came at midnight on March 31, 1930.
A new Local Government Bill shifted the responsibility of the poor to new local public assistance committees.

Union	Workhouse	Parishes		other counties in union
Blything Union	Blything Union Workhouse, Bulcamp	Aldringham Benacre Blyford Blythburgh Bramfield Brampton Carlton Chediston Cookley Covehithe Cratfield Darsham Dunwich Easton Bavents Frostenden Halesworth Henham Henstead Heveningham Holton Huntingfield Kelsale Knodishall Leiston	Linstead Magna Linstead Parva Middleton Peasenhall Reydon Rumburgh Sibton Sotherton South Cove Southwold Spexhall Stoven Theberton Thorington Ubbeston Uggeshall Walberswick Walpole Wangford Wenhaston Westhall Westleton Wissett Wrentham Yoxford
Bosmere & Claydon Union	Bosmere and Claydon Workhouse, Barham	Akenham Ash Bocking Ashfield with Thorpe Badley Barham Barking Battisford Baylham Bramford Claydon Coddenham Creeting All Saints Creeting St. Mary Creeting St. Olave Crowfield Darmsden Debenham Earl Stonham Flowton Framsden	Gosbeck Great Blakenham Great Bricett Helmingham Hemingstone Henley Little Blakenham Little Stonham Mickfield Needham Market Nettlestead Offton Pettaugh Ringshall Somersham Stonham Aspall Swilland Willisham Winston
Bury St. Edmunds	Bury St. Edmunds Workhouse Closed in 1880 Thingoe Union merged into the Union in 1907	Bury St. Edmunds St. James	Bury St. Edmunds St. Mary
Cosford Union	Cosford Union Workhouse	Aldham Bildeston Boxford Brent Eleigh Brettenham Chelsworth Cockfield Edwardstone Elmsett Groton Hadleigh Hadleigh Hamlet Hitcham Kersey	Kettlebaston Lavenham Layham Lindsey Milden Monks Eleigh Naughton Nedging Polstead Preston Semer Thorpe Morieux Wattisham Whatfield
Hartismere Union	Hartismere had 2 workhouses Hartimere Union Workhouse, Eye Hartimere Union Workhouse, Wortham In 1907 Union merged with Hoxne Union	Aspall Bacton Botesdale Braiseworth Brome Burgate Cotton Eye Finningham Gislingham Mellis Mendlesham Oakley Occold Palgrave Redgrave Redlingfield Rickinghall Superior	Rishangles Stoke Ash Stuston Thorndon Thornham Magna Thornham Parva Thrandeston Thwaite Westhorpe Wetheringsett-cum-Brockford Wickham Skeith Wortham Wyverstone Yaxley
Hoxne Union	Hoxne Union Workhouse, Stradbroke In 1907 the Union merged with Hartismere Union	Athelington Badingham Bedfield Bedingfield Brundish Denham Dennington Fressingfield Horham Hoxne Laxfield Mendham	Metfield Monk Soham Saxtead Southolt Stradbroke Syleham Tannington Weybread Wilby Wingfield Withersdale Worlingworth
Ipswich Union	Ipswich Union Workhouse	St. Clements St. Helen St. Lawrence St. Margaret St. Mary at Elms St. Mary at the Quay St. Mary Stoke St. Mary at the Tower St. Matthew St. Nicholas	St. Peter St, Stephen Westerfield Whitton extra-parochial tract Cold Dunghills Felaws Houses St. George Street Shire Hall Yard Warren House
Mildenhall Union	Mildenhall Union Workhouse	Barton Mills Cavenham Elveden Eriswell Freckenham Herringswell Icklingham	Kentford Lakenheath Mildenhall Tuddenham Wangford Worlington
Mutford & Lothingland Union	Mutford and Lothingland Union Workhouse Union formed in 1893	Ashby Barnby Belton Blundeston Bradwell Burgh Castle Carlton Colville Corton Flixton Fritton Gisleham Gorleston	Gunton Herringfleet Hopton-on-Sea Kessingland Kirkley Lound Lowestoft Mutford Oulton Pakefield Rushmere Somerleyton	Norfolk
Newmarket Union	Newmarket Workhouse	Dalham Exning Gazeley Lidgate	Moulton Ousden Newmarket	Cambridgeshire
Plomesgate Union	Plomegate Union Workhouse	Aldeburgh Benhall Blaxhall Brandeston Bruisyard Butley Campsea Ashe Chillesford Cransford Cretingham Earl Soham Easton Eyke Farnham Framlingham Friston Gedgrave Great Glemham Hacheston Hazelwood	Hoo Iken Kenton Kettleburgh Letheringham Little Glemham Marlesford Monewden Orford Parham Rendham Rendlesham Saxmundham Snape Sternfield Stratford St Andrew Sudbourne Sweffling Tunstall Wantisden Wickham Market
Risbridge Union	Risbridge Union Workhouse	Barnardiston Clare Cowlinge Denston Great Bradley Great Thurlow Great Wratting Little Bradley Haverhill Hundon Kedington	Little Thurlow Little Wratting Poslingford Stansfield Stoke-by-Clare Stradishall Wickhambrook Withersfield Wixoe extra-parochial tract Monks Risbridge	Essex
Samford Union	Samford Union Workhouse	Belstead Bentley Brantham Burstall Capel St Mary Chattisham Chelmondiston Copdock East Bergholt Erwarton Freston Great Wenham Harkstead Higham	Hintlesham Holbrook Holton St Mary Little Wenham Raydon Shelley Shotley Sproughton Stratford St Mary Stutton Tattingstone Washbrook Wherstead Woolverstone
Stow Union	Stow Union Workhouse	Badwell Ash Beyton Buxhall Combs Creeting St. Peter Drinkstone Elmswell Felsham Gedding Gipping Great Ashfield Great Finborough Harleston Haughley Hessett Hinderclay Hunston	Langham Little Finborough Norton Old Newton Onehouse Rattlesden Rickinghall Inferior Shelland Stowlangtoft Stowmarket Stow Upland Thurston Tostock Walsham le Willows Wattisfield Wetherden Woolpit
Sudbury Union	Sudbury Workhouse	Acton Alpheton Assington Boxted Bures St. Mary Cavendish Chilton Glemsford Great Cornard Hartest Hawkedon Lawshall	Little Cornard Long Melford Nayland Newton Shimpling Somerton Stanstead Stoke Sudbury All Saints Sudbury St. Gregory Sudbury St. Peter Great Waldingfield	Essex
Thetford Union	Thetford Union Workhouse is in Norfolk county, but serves parishes in Suffolk as well	Barnham Barningham Brandon Coney Weston Euston Fakenham Magna Hepworth Honington Hopton	Knettishall Santon Downham Sapiston Thelnetham Thetford St. Cuthbert Thetford St. Mary Weston Market	Norfolk
Thingoe Union	Thingoe Union Workhouse Thingoe Union dissolved in 1907 and parishes merged into the Bury St. Edmunds Union	Ampton Bardwell Barrow Bradfield Combust Bradfield St. Clare Bradfield St. George Brockley Chedburgh Chevington Culford Denham (Bury St. Edmund) Depden Flempton Fornham All Saints Fornham St. Geneveve Fornham St. Martin Great Barton Great Saxham Great Welnetham Hargrave Hawstead Hengrave	Horningsheath Ickworth Ingham Ixworth Lackford Little Saxham Little Welnetham Livermere Parva Livermere Magna Nowton Packenham Rede Risby Rougham Rushbrook Stanningfield Stanton All Saints Thorpe by Ixworth Timworth Troston Westley Whepstead Wordwell extra-parochial tract Hardwick
Wangford Union	Shipmeadow Workhouse, Wangford Union	Barsham Beccles Bungay Ellough Flixton Homersfield Ilketshall St. Andrew Ilketshall St. John Ilketshall St. Lawrence Iiketshall St. Margaret Mettingham North Cove Redisham Ringsfield	Shadingfield Shipmeadow Sotterley South Elmham All Saint and St. Nicolas South Elmham St. Cross South Elmham St. James South Elmham St. Margaret South Elmham St. Michael South Elmham St. Peter Weston Willingham Worlingham
Woodbridge Union	Woodbridge Union Workhouse	Alderton Bawdsey Boulge Boyton Bredfield Brightwell Bromeswell Bucklesham Burgh Capel St. Andrew Charsfield Clopton Culpho Dallinghoo Debach Falkenham Felixstow Foxhall Great Bealings Grundishburgh Hasketon Hemsley Hollesley Kesgrave	Kirton Levington Little Bealings Martlesham Melton Nacton Newbourn Otley Pettistree Playford Ramsholt Rushmere Shottisham Sutton Trimley St. Martin Trimley St. Mary Tuddenham Ufford Waldringfield Walton Witnesham Woodbridge extra-parochial tract Stratton Hall