1881 Census: Residents of Market Harborough Union Workhouse
| Name | Mar | Age | Sex | Relation | Occupation | Handicap | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | |||||||
| Stephen CLARK | M | 59 | M | Master (Head) | Workhouse Master | Swithland, Leicester | |
| Jemima CLARK | M | 64 | F | Matron | Workhouse Matron | Askerce, York | |
| Fanny ORTON | U | 25 | F | School Mistress | Workhouse Schoolmistress | H Bosworth, Leicester | |
| Elizabeth CLARK | U | 42 | F | Nurse | Workhouse Nurse ((Porter)) | Swithland, Leicester | |
| William RILEAF | U | 46 | M | Porter | Workhouse Porter (Munic) | St Marys, Leicester | |
| Inmates | |||||||
| Susan ALLEN | W | 58 | F | Inmate | Marston Trussell, Northampton | ||
| William ALLEN | U | 29 | M | Inmate | Idiot | Gt Bowden, Leicester | |
| John ASHER | U | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Kibworth, Leicester | |
| Lydia BALE | U | 13 | F | Inmate | Scholar | G Bowden, Leicester | |
| Arthur BARFOOT | 7 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Gt Bowden, Leicester | ||
| Matilda BARFOOT | U | 22 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Theddingworth, Leicester | |
| Ann BEADMAN | U | 37 | F | Inmate | East Langton, Leicester | ||
| Jonathan BEADMAN | U | 38 | M | Inmate | Idiot | East Langton, Leicester | |
| Albert BENNETT | U | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Clipston, Northampton | |
| Elizabeth BENNETT | U | 7 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Clipston, Northampton | |
| Frederick BENNETT | U | 4 | M | Inmate | Scholar | H Bosworth, Leicester | |
| Jane BENNETT | U | 12 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Clipston, Northampton | |
| Sarah BENNETT | U | 9 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Clipston, Northampton | |
| Jeremiah BERRIDGE | U | 70 | M | Inmate | Ag Labourer | Tur Langton, Leicester | |
| Sarah BISHOP | U | 22 | F | Inmate | House Maid Domestic Servant | Saddington, Leicester | |
| Lousia BLAND | U | 32 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Wilbarston, Northampton | |
| William BLAND | 3 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Wellingborough, Northampton | ||
| Brnou BODYCOAT | U | 15 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Tur Langton, Leicester | |
| Sarah BUTTERWORTH | U | 58 | F | Inmate | Idiot | St Martins, Leicester | |
| Esther CARTER | U | 65 | F | Inmate | Idiot | Clipston, Northampton | |
| Elizabeth CORT | 14 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Mkt Harborough, Leicester | ||
| Elizabeth CORT | W | 71 | F | Inmate | Mkt Harboro, Leicester | ||
| John CORT | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Mkt Harborough, Leicester | ||
| Eliza CRANE | 13 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Ashley, Northampton | ||
| Joseph CRANE | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Ashley, Northampton | ||
| Lydia CROW | U | 25 | F | Inmate | Idiot | Kibworth, Leicester | |
| George CURTIS | U | 73 | M | Inmate | Idiot | Mkt Harboro, Leicester | |
| William DEACON | U | 72 | M | Inmate | No Occ | Idiot | Glooston, Leicester |
| Emma DODSON | U | 10 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Stoke Albany, Northampton | |
| John FRISBY | U | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Kibworth, Leicester | |
| Eliza GAMBLE | W | 62 | F | Inmate | Harrington, Northampton | ||
| Ellen GAMBLE | U | 12 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Gt Bowden, Leicester | |
| Harry GILBERT | U | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Thorpe Langton, Leicester | |
| Sarah A. GILBERT | U | 42 | F | Inmate | Idiot | Gt Bowden, Leicester | |
| Walter GILBERT | U | 38 | M | Inmate | Idiot | East Langton, Leicester | |
| George GLOVER | U | 57 | M | Inmate | Groom (N D) | Mkt Harborough, Leicester | |
| George GOODMAN | W | 62 | M | Inmate | Glove Maker | Mkt Harboro, Leicester | |
| Thomas GOODMAN | U | 33 | M | Inmate | Idiot | Wyville, Leicester | |
| Edward GRANT | U | 29 | M | Casual | No Occ Professional Medicant | Liverpool | |
| William GREEN | W | 77 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Cranoe, Leicester | |
| Edward GROWCOCK | U | 54 | M | Inmate | Butcher | H Bosworth, Leicester | |
| Edward HADDRICK | U | 57 | M | Inmate | Groom (N D) | Mkt Harborough, Leicester | |
| Elizabeth HARGREAVES | U | 8 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Gt Bowden, Leicester | |
| James HAYWOOD | U | 25 | M | Casual | Iron Foundry Labourer | Salford | |
| Abraham HEIGHTON | U | 31 | M | Casual | No Occ Professional Medicant | Liverpool | |
| Agness HEIGHTON | 7 | F | Inmate | Scholar | H Bosworth, Leicester | ||
| Ann HEIGHTON | M | 39 | F | Inmate | S Kilworth, Leicester | ||
| Elizabeth HEIGHTON | 8 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Walcot, Leicester | ||
| Florence HEIGHTON | 2 | F | Inmate | Lutterworth, Leicester | |||
| Lydia HEPKINS | U | 53 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Broughton, Northampton | |
| Elizabeth HORNSBY | U | 24 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Kettering, Northampton | |
| James HORNSBY | 6m | M | Inmate | Gt Bowden, Leicester | |||
| Mary JELLEY | U | 51 | F | Inmate | Gumley, Leicester | ||
| Eliza LANDERS | U | 18 | F | Inmate | Wilbarston, Northampton | ||
| Emanuel MARLOW | U | 49 | M | Inmate | Brickyard Labourer | Hallaton, Leicester | |
| Hannah MARLOW | U | 58 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Mkt Harborough, Leicester | |
| Elizabeth MARSHALL | U | 24 | F | Inmate | Laundress Domestic Servt | Stoke Albany, Northampton | |
| John MATTOCK | W | 83 | M | Inmate | Ag Labourer | Smeeton Westerby, Leicester | |
| Mary MATTOCK | U | 22 | F | Inmate | House Maid Domestic Servant | Fleckney, Leicester | |
| Harriett MOORE | W | 66 | F | Inmate | East Farndon, Northampton | ||
| Edward NEALE | U | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Kibworth, Leicester | |
| Florence NEWELL | U | 8 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Gt Bowden, Leicester | |
| Martha NEWELL | U | 28 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Foxton, Leicester | |
| Isaac NICHOLS | U | 65 | M | Inmate | No Occ | Idiot | Arthingworth, Northampton |
| Sarah NICHOLS | W | 87 | F | Inmate | Tugby, Leicester | ||
| John PALMER | U | 41 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | H Bosworth, Leicester | |
| Mary PARTRIDGE | W | 72 | F | Inmate | Weston, Northampton | ||
| Thomas PAYNE | W | 69 | M | Inmate | Coachman Dom Serv | Mkt Harborough, Leicester | |
| George POLLARD | U | 2 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Gt Bowden, Leicester | |
| Lilley POLLARD | U | 20 | F | Inmate | Dumb | Mkt Harborough, Leicester | |
| Alfred RIDDLE | U | 26 | F | Inmate | Ashley, Northampton | ||
| John RINGROSE | U | 62 | M | Inmate | No Occ | Imbecile | Braybrook, Northampton |
| Stephen ROBINSON | U | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Gt Bowden, Leicester | |
| William RODGERS | W | 65 | M | Inmate | Shepherd | Mkt Harboro, Leicester | |
| Ann SHARPE | U | 10 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Foxton, Leicester | |
| Arthur SHARPE | U | 5 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Foxton, Leicester | |
| Henry SHARPE | W | 33 | M | Inmate | Ag Labourer | Foxton, Leicester | |
| Tom SHARPE | U | 6 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Foxton, Leicester | |
| William SHARPE | U | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Foxton, Leicester | |
| Jesse SPRIGGS | U | 59 | M | Inmate | No Occ | Idiot | Clipston, Northampton |
| Elizabeth SWINGLER | U | 25 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Bugbrooke, Northampton | |
| Laura SWINGLER | U | 1 | F | Inmate | Gt Bowden, Leicester | ||
| William SWINGLER | U | 6 | M | Inmate | Scholar | London, London, Middlesex | |
| Charles TAYLOR | U | 3m | M | Inmate | Gt Bowden, Leicester | ||
| Ereuna TAYLOR | U | 24 | F | Inmate | Berry Hill, Warwick | ||
| William TAYLOR | W | 37 | M | Inmate | Coach Guard | Mkt Harboro, Leicester | |
| William THORPE | W | 71 | M | Inmate | Road Man | Ashley, Northampton | |
| Ann TILLEY | W | 82 | F | Inmate | Glooston, Leicester | ||
| Ann TYERS | U | 14 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Marston Trussell, Northampton | |
| Harriet TYERS | U | 10 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Marston Trussell, Northampton | |
| Charlotte UNDERWOOD | U | 19 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Braybrook, Northampton | |
| Amelia VIALS | U | 6 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Gt Bowden, Leicester | |
| Anne VIALS | U | 41 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Kelmarsh, Northampton | |
| Laura VIALS | U | 11 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Gt Bowden, Leicester | |
| Arthur WARD | U | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Mkt Harborough, Leicester | |
| Samuel WARD | U | 71 | M | Inmate | Baker | East Langton, Leicester | |
| Eliza WATTS | 61 | F | Inmate | Widow | Braunston, Huntingdon | ||
| Sarah WESTON | U | 48 | F | Inmate | Char Woman | Gt Bowden, Leicester | |
| Harry WHITWILL | U | 2 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Gt Bowden, Leicester | |
| Sarah A. WHITWILL | U | 24 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Braybrook, Northampton | |
| Thomas WILKINSON | W | 60 | M | Casual | Brushmaker | Leeds, York | |
| Sarah WILLIAMS | W | 80 | F | Inmate | Bradford, York | ||
| Jesse WILSON | U | 51 | M | Inmate | Idiot | Mkt Harborough, Leicester |
Total residents: 108
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