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The Local Government Act, 1929 (19 & 20 Geo. 5, c. 17) abolished the Board of Guardians and placed the powers and duties and assets and liabilities of the unions with the counties and county boroughs. In Norfolk thirteen Guardians Committees were formed and in Norwich and Great Yarmouth, Public Assistance Committees were formed.
The Guardians Committees took over the responsibilities and institutions of the Boards of Guardians and in some cases records belonging to the Guardians Committees have found their way to this office with the Guardians' records and they have been listed with them (see C/GP in separate folders). The National Assistance Act 1948 (11 & 12 Geo. 6, c. 29) provided that 'the existing poor law shall cease to have effect and shall be replaced by the provisions of part II of the Act' (i.e. the establishment of the National Assistance Board). The Act also required Local Authorities to provide residential accommodation for persons who 'by reason of age, infirmity or any other circumstances are in need of care and attention ...' and '... temporary accommodation for persons who are in urgent need thereof...'.
The functions of the Guardians and Public Assistance Committees were therefore divided between central and local government. Thus the former workhouse of the Blofield Union (later No.3 Guardians Committee) became Homelea, a Children's Home administered by Norfolk County Council whilst the former Wicklewood Workhouse (Forehoe Union) became a hospital administered by a Hospital Management Committee. Post-1948 records of these institutions, if deposited here, may therefore be amongst County Council or Public records.
Responsible for the area covered by Mitford and Launditch Rural District Council and East Dereham Urban District Council. The committee met at East Dereham or Gressenhall.

Parish councils were formed under the Local Government Act 1894. They took over the civic and social welfare duties of existing groups hitherto based around ecclesiastical parishes (notably the overseers of the poor). Records of parish charities managing commons under distribution of land as a consequence of the Enclosure Acts can often be found in parish council records.
They are elected bodies, usually on a four year cycle. The number of councilors varies according to the population of the parish.
Parish Councils tend to be responsible for the provision of such facilities as village halls, recreation grounds and children's play areas. They have a legal right to be consulted and to comment on all planning applications in their areas.

1st Lt Nicholas Radosevich was born on 21 September 1917 in Ohio. He was a pilot on the B-24s 'Lucky Penny I' and 'Lucky Penny II'. He died on 27 September 2016 in Florida.

June 6, 1922-November 6, 2018. Harvey E. Scalf was a pilot who served 20 years in the Air Force. He lived in Meridian, Idaho.

Edmund M. Survilla was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was a tail-turret gunner with crew no. 41 in the 734rd Bomb Squadron.

Sgt Alfred Armen Voskian served as a pilot with crew no. 62.

Salvatore Mauriello was born in Schenectady, New York on 21 April 1918. He was a pilot. He died on 16 March 2006 in Lewiston, New York.

Allen R. Walters was an engineer.

Don Whittaker served in the 735th Bomb Squadron.

Capt. Jackson Granholm was born in Puyallup, Washington. He was a Group Navigation Officer of the 458th Bomb Group.

Robert Couch was pilot of the B-24 'Lassie Come Home' which crashed at Spynke Road, Mile Cross, Norwich, 14 January 1945.

T/Sgt L.W. 'Andy' Anderson was a radio operator.

Parish councils were formed under the Local Government Act 1894. They took over the civic and social welfare duties of existing groups hitherto based around ecclesiastical parishes (notably the overseers of the poor). Records of parish charities managing commons under distribution of land as a consequence of the Enclosure Acts can often be found in parish council records.
They are elected bodies, usually on a four year cycle. The number of councilors varies according to the population of the parish.
Parish Councils tend to be responsible for the provision of such facilities as village halls, recreation grounds and children's play areas. They have a legal right to be consulted and to comment on all planning applications in their areas.
The parishes of Burnham Ulph and Sutton and Burnham Westgate were united to form the parish of Burnham Market on 1 April 1929.

Maj. Charles H. Booth was born in New Kensington, Pennsylvania on 23 November 1919. He was a pilot.