1881 Census: Residents of Foleshill Union Workhouse
| Name | Mar | Age | Sex | Relation | Occupation | Handicap | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | |||||||
| John DAWE | M | 54 | M | Master (Head) | Master Of Workhouse | Chayford, Devon | |
| Ellen DAWE | M | 49 | F | Matron | Matron Of Workhouse | Plymouth, Devon | |
| Mary A. DAWE | U | 21 | F | Daur. | Schoolmistress Workhouse | Plymouth, Devon | |
| Ellen DAWE | U | 23 | F | Daur. | Dressmaker | Plymouth, Devon | |
| Pimila ENSOR | W | 43 | F | Officer | Nurse In Workhouse | Lutterworth, Leicester | |
| John NASSAU | U | 33 | M | Officer | Porter In Workhouse | Foleshill, Warwick | |
| Inmates | |||||||
| Hercules ANSTEE | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Bedworth, Warwick | ||
| John ANSTEE | U | 16 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | Bedworth, Warwick | |
| John ANSTEE | W | 45 | M | Inmate | Boot Closer | Coventry, Warwick | |
| Martha ANSTEE | 9 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Bedworth, Warwick | ||
| Richard ANSTEE | 14 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Bedworth, Warwick | ||
| Mary ARNETT | 6 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Keresley, Warwick | ||
| Rose ARNETT | 8 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Keresley, Warwick | ||
| George ASQUITH | W | 72 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | Barnsley, York | |
| Caroline BARSON | U | 47 | F | Inmate | Trimming Weaver | Foleshill, Warwick | |
| George BARSON | 14 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Coventry, Warwick | ||
| Hannah BARSON | 8 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Coventry, Warwick | ||
| John BARSON | U | 66 | M | Inmate | General Labr. | Foleshill, Warwick | |
| Mary J. BARSON | 6 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Foleshill, Warwick | ||
| William BAYLISS | W | 57 | M | Inmate | Ag. Labr. | Atterbury, Oxford | |
| Sarah BEASLEY | W | 62 | F | Inmate | General Servt | Bedworth, Warwick | |
| Emily BENTLEY | 11 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Aston, Warwick | ||
| George BENTLEY | M | 62 | M | Inmate | Ag. Labr. | Exhall, Warwick | |
| Mary BENTLEY | 13 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Aston, Warwick | ||
| Samuel BENTLEY | 15 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Aston, Warwick | ||
| Sarah BONSOR | M | 91 | F | Inmate | Ribbon Weaver | Clenton ?, Leicester | |
| Thomas BONSOR | M | 89 | M | Inmate | Coal Miner | Attleborough, Warwick | |
| Joseph BUDSWORTH | W | 71 | M | Inmate | Blacksmith | Alrewas, Stafford | |
| Sarah A. BULL | 13 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Bedworth, Warwick | ||
| Arthur CARRINGTON | 27 | M | Inmate | Colliery Labourer | Imbecile | Bedworth, Warwick | |
| William CHAPLIN | W | 78 | M | Inmate | Ribbon Weaver | Foleshill, Warwick | |
| William CHATTAWAY | M | 74 | M | Inmate | Ribbon Weaver | Foleshill, Warwick | |
| John CLARE | W | 67 | M | Inmate | Ribbon Weaver | Foleshill, Warwick | |
| Henry CLARKE | M | 38 | M | Inmate | Silk Weaver | Bedworth, Warwick | |
| Mary H. CLARKE | U | 11 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Bedworth, Warwick | |
| Dinah DEWIS | U | 39 | F | Inmate | Silk Weaver | Bedworth, Warwick | |
| Jane DEWIS | W | 73 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Kingland, Hereford | |
| Rachel DEWIS | 10 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Bulkington, Warwick | ||
| Thomas ENSOR | U | 27 | M | Inmate | General Labr. | Keresley, Warwick | |
| Richard FITZPATRICK | W | 74 | F | Inmate | Ag. Labr. | Ipswich, Suffolk | |
| Joseph GILBERT | W | 85 | M | Inmate | Malster | Newcastle On Tyne, Northumberland | |
| Robert HADDON | M | 84 | M | Inmate | Gardener N D | Foleshill, Warwick | |
| Eliza HARRISON | W | 73 | F | Inmate | Seamstress | Portsmouth, Hampshire | |
| Hannah HARVEY | W | 43 | F | Inmate | Silk Weaver | Bedworth, Warwick | |
| Benjamin HENSON | W | 78 | M | Inmate | Tailor | Bedworth, Warwick | |
| Catherine HODGKINS | W | 94 | F | Inmate | Hawker | Crick, Northampton | |
| William HOWKINS | M | 70 | M | Inmate | Potter (21/4 ...) | Penn, Buckingham | |
| Jacob JACKSON | W | 74 | M | Inmate | Malster | Exhall, Warwick | |
| John JAQUES | M | 54 | M | Inmate | Coal Miner | Blind | Bedworth, Warwick |
| John KEEN | U | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Keresley, Warwick | |
| Thomas KIBBLE | W | 71 | M | Inmate | Ag. Labr. | Bulkington, Warwick | |
| Bitton KIMBERLEY | W | 78 | M | Inmate | Coal Miner | Foleshill, Warwick | |
| Sarah LOMAS | 12 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Foleshill, Warwick | ||
| William LUDFORD | U | 58 | M | Inmate | Bricklayers Labr. | Coventry, Warwick | |
| Mary MARTIN | U | 9 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Bedworth, Warwick | |
| Ann MILLERSHIP | W | 73 | F | Inmate | Ribbon Weaver | Attleborough, Warwick | |
| John MILLERSHIP | U | 47 | M | Inmate | General Labr. | Foleshill, Warwick | |
| John MORRIS | U | 56 | M | Inmate | Ag. Labr. | Sowe, Warwick | |
| Phoebe MORRIS | 45 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Sowe, Warwick | ||
| Benjamin NEALE | W | 75 | M | Inmate | Brickfield Labr. | Bedworth, Warwick | |
| Isaac PARKER | M | 75 | M | Inmate | Coal Miner | Bedworth, Warwick | |
| Sarah PARKER | 5 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Bedworth, Warwick | ||
| Anastacious PARSONS | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Foleshill, Warwick | ||
| Georgina PARSONS | 36 | F | Inmate | Seamstress | London, Middlesex | ||
| Prudence PARSONS | 7 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Foleshill, Warwick | ||
| William Hy. PARSONS | 1 | M | Inmate | Aston, Warwick | |||
| Harriett PEARSON | U | 22 | F | Inmate | Ribbon Weaver | Foleshill, Warwick | |
| Kate PEARSON | 1 | F | Inmate | Foleshill, Warwick | |||
| Charles PERCIVAL | U | 14 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Foleshill, Warwick | |
| Laura PERCIVAL | 11 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Foleshill, Warwick | ||
| Martha PERCIVAL | 9 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Foleshill, Warwick | ||
| Catherine POULTENEY | U | 41 | F | Inmate | Idiot | Foleshill, Warwick | |
| Mary PRIEST | U | 27 | F | Inmate | Silk Throwster | Bedworth, Warwick | |
| Alice RANDLE | 2 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Foleshill, Warwick | ||
| Hannah RANDLE | M | 35 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Sowe, Warwick | |
| Joseph RATHBONE | U | 72 | M | Inmate | Colliery Labourer | Newbold Pacey, Warwick | |
| Ann RICHARDS | M | 56 | F | Inmate | General Servt. | Brinklow, Warwick | |
| Edwin RICHARDS | 6 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Bedworth, Warwick | ||
| Eliza RICHARDS | M | 40 | F | Inmate | Silk Weaver | Ryton, Warwick | |
| Ellen RICHARDS | 4 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Bedworth, Warwick | ||
| George RICHARDS | U | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Bedworth, Warwick | |
| George RICHARDS | M | 66 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Bedworth, Warwick | |
| Hannah RICHARDS | 5 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Bedworth, Warwick | ||
| Ruth RICHARDS | 2 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Bedworth, Warwick | ||
| William ROGERS | 6 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Rugby, Warwick | ||
| Herbert SMITH | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Foleshill, Warwick | ||
| James SMITH | M | 73 | M | Inmate | Hawker | Foleshill, Warwick | |
| Patrick SMITH | W | 76 | M | Inmate | Hawker | Newry, Ireland | |
| Mary STANE | U | 42 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Keresley, Warwick | |
| Thomas STRONG | U | 64 | M | Inmate | General Labr. | Foleshill, Warwick | |
| Betsy TAYLOR | U | 23 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Coventry, Warwick | |
| James TEW | W | 80 | M | Inmate | Brick Maker | Blind | Stretton On Dunsmore, Warwick |
| Joseph TUCKEY | U | 72 | M | Inmate | Ag. Labr. | Sowe, Warwick | |
| John UNDERWOOD | U | 37 | M | Inmate | Ribbon Weaver | Binley, Warwick | |
| Charlotte WAGSTAFF | 12 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Coventry, Warwick | ||
| William H. WAGSTAFF | 14 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Foleshill, Warwick | ||
| Ann WALE | U | 77 | F | Inmate | Plush Weaver (Silk) | Lutterworth, Leicester | |
| Henry WARNER | M | 53 | M | Inmate | Colliery Labr | Foleshill, Warwick | |
| Jane WARREN | U | 61 | F | Inmate | Trimming Weaver | Foleshill, Warwick | |
| George WATSON | W | 71 | M | Inmate | General Labr | Newton On Dunsmore, Warwick | |
| William WHEATLEY | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Bedworth, Warwick | ||
| Henry WHITEHEAD | M | 66 | M | Inmate | Merchants Clerk | Tewkesbury, Gloucester | |
| John WHITEHEAD | W | 75 | M | Inmate | Wool Comber | Bedworth, Warwick | |
| William WIGSTON | U | 17 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Foleshill, Warwick | |
| Eliza WILKINS | U | 77 | F | Inmate | General Servt. | Coventry, Warwick | |
| William WILLIAMS | 13 | M | Inmate | Imbecile | Foleshill, Warwick | ||
| Charlotte WOODHOUSE | W | 58 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Birmingham, Warwick | |
| Henry WRIGHT | 67 | M | Inmate | Ribbon Weaver | Foleshill, Warwick |
Total residents: 108
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