1881 Census: Residents of Sleaford Union Workhouse
| Name | Mar | Age | Sex | Relation | Occupation | Handicap | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | |||||||
| Joseph MORRIS | M | 43 | M | Head | Workhouse Master (Munic) | Leicester St Margarets, Leicester | |
| Jane MORRIS | M | 36 | F | Wife | Workhouse Matron | Grantham, Lincoln | |
| Francis G. MORRIS | 15 | M | Son | Scholar | Sleaford, Lincoln | ||
| Jane MORRIS | 14 | F | Daur | Scholar | Sleaford, Lincoln | ||
| Harriet BARNES | U | 29 | F | Officer | Schoolmistress | Scredington, Lincoln | |
| William NOBLE | M | 47 | M | Officer | Porter (Munic) | Quarrington, Lincoln | |
| Ann NOBLE | M | 40 | F | Officer | Portress | Martin, Lincoln | |
| Mary Ann CURTIS | U | 39 | F | Officer | Nurse | Worlaby (Brigg), Lincoln | |
| Inmates | |||||||
| John ALMOND | U | 78 | M | Pauper | Farm Lab | Corby, Lincoln | |
| Betsy A. ANSON | 12 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Sleaford, Lincoln | ||
| Elizabeth ANSON | U | 37 | F | Pauper | Domestic Servant | Anwick, Lincoln | |
| Hannah ANSON | 9 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Sleaford, Lincoln | ||
| Edward ATKIN | 9 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Heckington, Lincoln | ||
| Harriet ATKIN | W | 44 | F | Pauper | Laundress | Boston, Lincoln | |
| Martha ATKIN | 6 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Sleaford, Lincoln | ||
| Joseph BAILEY | U | 53 | M | Pauper | Farm Laborer | South Rauceby, Lincoln | |
| Samuel BAILEY | 13 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Scredington, Lincoln | ||
| John BALDOCK | U | 67 | M | Pauper | Shepherd | Ruskington, Lincoln | |
| Elizabeth BARRAND | W | 56 | F | Pauper | Housekeeper | Imbecile | South Kyme, Lincoln |
| Sarah BEEDON | W | 79 | F | Pauper | Gen Lab | Stoke Near Newark, Nottingham | |
| George BELL | U | 51 | M | Pauper | Farm Lab | Cranwell, Lincoln | |
| Charles BEMBRIDGE | 4 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Heckington, Lincoln | ||
| Fredk. BEMBRIDGE | 7 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Heckington, Lincoln | ||
| Samuel BEMBRIDGE | W | 85 | M | Pauper | Farm Lab | Millthorpe ..., Lincoln | |
| Robt. BLACK | U | 82 | M | Pauper | Farm Laborer | Barkston, Lincoln | |
| Mary A. BRIGG | U | 40 | F | Pauper | Nil | Idiot | Dembleby, Lincoln |
| James BRISTOWE | U | 32 | M | Pauper | Gen Laborer | Idiot | Wellingore, Lincoln |
| Henry CALLOW | U | 50 | M | Pauper | General Laborer | Walcott Brear, Lincoln | |
| Agnes CASHMORE | U | 27 | F | Pauper | Domestic Serv | Billingham, Lincoln | |
| Elizabeth CASTLEDINE | W | 37 | F | Pauper | Field Laborer | Great Hale, Lincoln | |
| Thomas CASTLEDINE | 10 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Sleaford, Lincoln | ||
| Thomas CLARK | W | 78 | M | Pauper | Farm Lab | North Rauceby, Lincoln | |
| Agnes B. CLAYTON | 9 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Wilsford, Lincoln | ||
| Mary A. CLAYTON | 11 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Wilsford, Lincoln | ||
| Sarah A. CLAYTON | 5 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Sleaford, Lincoln | ||
| Thirza CLAYTON | U | 34 | F | Pauper | Charwoman | Wilsford, Lincoln | |
| William COBB | U | 49 | M | Pauper | Farm Laborer | Blind | Sleaford, Lincoln |
| Elizabeth CODD | U | 1 | F | Pauper | Sleaford, Lincoln | ||
| Fanny CODD | U | 25 | F | Pauper | Domestic Serv | Dorrington, Lincoln | |
| Robt. CODDINGTON | W | 77 | M | Pauper | Cordwainer | South Rauceby, Lincoln | |
| Sarah A. COE | 13 | F | Pauper | Scholar | London, Middlesex | ||
| Elizabeth COLBY | U | 68 | F | Pauper | Field Laborer | Burton Pedwardine, Lincoln | |
| Ann COOLING | 14 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Timberland, Lincoln | ||
| Emma COOLING | 12 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Timberland, Lincoln | ||
| Kate COOLING | 10 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Timberland, Lincoln | ||
| William COOLING | 9 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Timberland, Lincoln | ||
| Walter COPELAND | U | 20 | M | Pauper | Idiot | Ruskington, Lincoln | |
| Thomas CORTON | W | 77 | M | Pauper | Farm Lab | Ingoldsby, Lincoln | |
| Mary COULSON | W | 74 | F | Pauper | Stocking Knitter | Blind | Kirkstead, Lincoln |
| Elizabeth COVEL | U | 54 | F | Pauper | Charwoman | New Sleaford, Lincoln | |
| Eliza COX | U | 16 | F | Pauper | Seamstress | Sleaford, Lincoln | |
| Sarah A. CREASEY | 14 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Sleaford, Lincoln | ||
| Ann CROPLEY | M | 36 | F | Pauper | Wife Of A Navvy | Spittlegate, Lincoln | |
| Sarah CURTIS | U | 31 | F | Pauper | Domestic Serv | Holdingham, Lincoln | |
| Joseph DICKINSON | U | 71 | M | Pauper | Farm Laborer | South Kyme, Lincoln | |
| Mary J. DIXON | 9 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Wellingore, Lincoln | ||
| Amelia ELLIS | 2 | F | Pauper | Sleaford, Lincoln | |||
| Richd. FAULKNER | U | 68 | M | Pauper | Navvy | Anwick, Lincoln | |
| Joseph GARLAND | U | 52 | M | Pauper | Farm Lab | South Rauceby, Lincoln | |
| Rebecca GIBSON | U | 57 | F | Pauper | Washerwoman | Imbecile | Osbournby, Lincoln |
| William GILBERT | U | 36 | M | Casual Pauper | Brickmaker | Leicester, Leicester | |
| James GREENSTREET | 12 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Sleaford, Lincoln | ||
| Jane GREENSTREET | U | 41 | F | Pauper | Housekeeper | Hough On The Hill, Lincoln | |
| Wm.Henry GREENSTREET | 8 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Sleaford, Lincoln | ||
| George HALL | U | 51 | M | Pauper | Railway Platelayer | Wilsford, Lincoln | |
| Ann HARE | M | 45 | F | Pauper | Wife Of Farm Lab (Field Lab) | Kirton, Lincoln | |
| George H. HARE | 11 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Timberland, Lincoln | ||
| John W. HARE | 12 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Timberland, Lincoln | ||
| Robert HARNESS | M | 34 | M | Pauper | Farm Laborer | North Kyme, Lincoln | |
| John HICKS | W | 65 | M | Pauper | Farm Laborer | Imbecile | Billinghay Welton, Lincoln |
| John W.C. HIND | 11 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Sleaford, Lincoln | ||
| Joseph HOLMES | U | 66 | M | Pauper | Navvy | Digby, York | |
| Richard HOOLE | 8 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Heckington, Lincoln | ||
| Thomas HOOLE | 8 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Heckington, Lincoln | ||
| William HOOLE | 12 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Heckington, Lincoln | ||
| William HOOSON | W | 75 | M | Pauper | Shepherd | North Rauceby, Lincoln | |
| Alice HUNT | U | 20 | F | Pauper | Domestic Servant | Sleaford, Lincoln | |
| John INGRAM | W | 53 | M | Pauper | Nail Maker | Bromsgrove, Worcester | |
| George JACKSON | U | 36 | M | Casual Pauper | Farm Laborer | Newcastle, Stafford | |
| Anne KENT | 4 | F | Pauper | Scholar | South Rauceby, Lincoln | ||
| Hannah KIRK | W | 79 | F | Pauper | Charwoman | Luton, Bedford | |
| Thos. KIRTON | 10 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Ruskington, Lincoln | ||
| William LACEY | U | 62 | M | Pauper | Drover | Idiot | Heckington, Lincoln |
| Henry LAKE | U | 40 | M | Pauper | Navvy | Terrington, Norfolk | |
| John LEE | W | 87 | M | Pauper | Farm Laborer | East Allington, Lincoln | |
| Thomas LOWOOD | U | 66 | M | Pauper | Farm Laborer | Spanby, Lincoln | |
| Edwd. MACHARNESS | U | 72 | M | Pauper | Farm Laborer | Whaplode Drove, Lincoln | |
| Mary MARKHAM | U | 44 | F | Pauper | Field Laborer | Helpringham, Lincoln | |
| Henry MARRATT | W | 66 | M | Pauper | Farm Laborer | Billingboro, Lincoln | |
| Elizabeth MASTIN | M | 74 | F | Pauper | Wife Of Groom | Stamford, Lincoln | |
| Rufus MASTIN | M | 68 | M | Pauper | Groom | Leadenham, Lincoln | |
| Robert MOSS | U | 52 | M | Pauper | Farm Laborer | Swineshead, Lincoln | |
| Mary NEAL | W | 73 | F | Pauper | Formerly Field Lab | Ewerby, Lincoln | |
| Charles NUTTING | 6 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Birmingham, Warwick | ||
| David NUTTING | 15 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Birmingham, Warwick | ||
| Elizabeth NUTTING | 10 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Birmingham, Warwick | ||
| Harriet NUTTING | 7 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Birmingham, Warwick | ||
| Louisa NUTTING | 8 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Birmingham, Warwick | ||
| Selina NUTTING | M | 40 | F | Pauper | Seamstress Wife Of A Shoemaker | Birmingham, Warwick | |
| Selina NUTTING | 12 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Birmingham, Warwick | ||
| Robert PACEY | U | 61 | M | Pauper | Farm Lab | Digby, Lincoln | |
| Joseph PADLEY | U | 30 | M | Pauper | Gen Laborer | New Sleaford, Lincoln | |
| Nathaniel PALMER | W | 74 | M | Pauper | Farm Lab | Coninsby, Lincoln | |
| John PEARSON | U | 77 | M | Pauper | Farm Laborer | Billinghay, Lincoln | |
| Elizabeth PELL | U | 45 | F | Pauper | Nil | Idiot | Great Hale, Lincoln |
| Hannah POTTERTON | U | 67 | F | Pauper | General Laborer | Idiot | Timberland, Lincoln |
| Edward PYCOCK | W | 77 | M | Pauper | Farm Lab | Horncastle, Lincoln | |
| Ann RAWDEN | U | 34 | F | Pauper | Field Laborer | Sleaford, Lincoln | |
| Elizabeth RAWDEN | 9 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Wilsford, Lincoln | ||
| John H. RAWDEN | 6 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Wilsford, Lincoln | ||
| Maud H. RAWDEN | 2 | F | Pauper | Sleaford, Lincoln | |||
| Alice RAWLINSON | U | 65 | F | Pauper | Gen Work In A House | Idiot | Grantham, Lincoln |
| Elizabeth REYNOLDS | U | 2 | F | Pauper | Housekeeper | Wilsford, Lincoln | |
| George ... REYNOLDS | 3 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Wilsford, Lincoln | ||
| John W. REYNOLDS | 12 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Wilsford, Lincoln | ||
| Sarah REYNOLDS | 9 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Sleaford, Lincoln | ||
| Charles RILEY | U | 60 | M | Pauper | Gen Lab | Westminster, Middlesex | |
| William ROSE | W | 79 | M | Pauper | Brickmaker | Blind | New Sleaford, Lincoln |
| Mary A. SAMPSON | U | 70 | F | Pauper | Sheffield, York | ||
| Eliza Ann SCARLE | U | 68 | M | Pauper | Lowestoft, Suffolk | ||
| Alfred SELLARS | 7 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Helpringham, Lincoln | ||
| Emma SELLARS | U | 32 | F | Pauper | Field Laborer | Helpringham, Lincoln | |
| Henry SELLARS | 2 | M | Pauper | Nil | Sleaford, Lincoln | ||
| Sarah SELLARS | 4 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Helpringham, Lincoln | ||
| William SELLARS | 10 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Helpringham, Lincoln | ||
| Florence SHARP | 2 | F | Pauper | Sleaford, Lincoln | |||
| Mary E. SHARP | 1m | F | Pauper | Sleaford, Lincoln | |||
| Eliza SHARPE | U | 26 | F | Pauper | Dom Serv | Dorrington, Lincoln | |
| Edward SHORT | U | 50 | M | Pauper | Farm Lab | Blind | Tattershall, Lincoln |
| Millicent SMALLEY | 10 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Kirkby Green, Lincoln | ||
| Francis SMITH | U | 46 | M | Pauper | Labourer (Bargeman) | Timberland, Lincoln | |
| John SQUIRES | U | 52 | M | Pauper | Bricklayer | Deaf & Dumb | Heckington, Lincoln |
| Ann STOWE | M | 53 | F | Pauper | Housekeeper | South Kyme, Lincoln | |
| Elizabeth SUMPTER | U | 11 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Billingham, Lincoln | |
| John TAYLOR | M | 67 | M | Pauper | Farm Lab | Heckington, Lincoln | |
| Eliza TUFNEL | 1m | F | Pauper | Sleaford, Lincoln | |||
| Hephzebah TUFNEL | U | 28 | F | Pauper | Dom Serv | Heckington, Lincoln | |
| James TYLER | U | 32 | M | Pauper | General Laborer | Idiot | Timberland, Lincoln |
| Sarah TYLER | U | 26 | F | Pauper | Domestic Serv | Wellingore, Lincoln | |
| Elizabeth VIPHAM | W | 71 | F | Pauper | Semstress | Wigtoft, Lincoln | |
| Betsy WALSHAM | U | 19 | F | Pauper | Domestic Servant | Ewerby, Lincoln | |
| Thos. WAND | W | 76 | M | Pauper | Road Lab | Great Hale, Lincoln | |
| Ann WELBOURN | 2 | F | Pauper | Wilsford, Lincoln | |||
| John WHALLEY | U | 32 | M | Casual Pauper | Farm Laborer | Shefford, Bedford | |
| Ann WILSON | U | 35 | F | Pauper | Dom Serv | Heckington, Lincoln | |
| Richard WILSON | 3 | M | Pauper | Sleaford, Lincoln | |||
| Sarah WILSON | 9 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Swaton, Lincoln | ||
| Wm.Dawson WILSON | 7 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Sleaford, Lincoln | ||
| John WISE | U | 22 | M | Pauper | Farm Laborer | North Luffenham, Rutland | |
| Waldon WRIGHT | U | 38 | M | Pauper | Farm Laborer | Heckington, Lincoln | |
| Sarah A. YOUNG | M | 28 | F | Pauper | Wife Of Navvy Formerley Domestic Servant | Helpringham, Lincoln |
Total residents: 151
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