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| | Hoxne |
 | | Comprises 24 of the 26 parishes of Hoxne Hundred, and contains 15,800 inhabitants, of whom 257 are in the Norfolk part of Mendham parish.Its area is about 80 sq miles, 50,000 acres. |
 | | The average annual expenditure of the 24 parishes, for the support of their poor, during the 3 years preceding the formation of the Union, was £19,930, but during the following year it did not exceed £12,000, including the great expense of migrating many pauper families to the manufacturing districts. |
 | | The Rev J Knevett, of Syleham, is chaplain to the Union; and Mr William Coyte is master, and Mrs Wright, matron of the Workhouse. |
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