1881 Census: Residents of Ashby Workhouse, Nottingham Road, Ashby De La Zouch, Leicester
| Name | Mar | Age | Sex | Relation | Occupation | Handicap | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | |||||||
| Tom Rayment CHAPMAN | M | 32 | M | Head | Workhouse Master (...) | Sheering, Essex | |
| Amelia CHAPMAN | M | 36 | F | Wife | Workhouse Matron | Paddington, Middlesex | |
| Emily CHAPMAN | U | 5 | F | Daugh | Workhouse Daugh | Whittlesey, Cambridge | |
| Florence M. CHAPMAN | 3 | F | Daugh | Workhouse Daugh | Ashby De La Zouch, Leicester | ||
| Amelia F. CHAPMAN | 1 | F | Daugh | Workhouse Daugh | Ashby De La Zouch, Leicester | ||
| Sarah STANLEY | U | 28 | F | Officer | Schoolmistress | Ashby De La Zouch, Leicester | |
| Jonathan HYDE | M | 24 | M | Officer (Head) | Porter | Chigwell, Essex | |
| Alice HYDE | M | 35 | F | Officer | Assistant Matron | Madras, East Indies | |
| Sarah ADAMS | U | 35 | F | Officer | Nurse | Westminster, Middlesex | |
| Inmates | |||||||
| John ADCOCK | U | 55 | M | Inmate | Ag Labr | Ashby De La Zouch, Leicester | |
| John ADCOCK | W | 77 | M | Inmate | Silk Weaver | Hartshorn, Derby | |
| Thomas ASHWORTH | U | 34 | M | Casual Inmate | Engine Fitters Labr (E+M) | Bolton, Lancashire | |
| Jabez BARKLY | W | 67 | M | Inmate | Coal Miner | Worthington, Leicester | |
| Charles BATES | U | 52 | M | Inmate | Ag Labourer | Oakthorpe, Derby | |
| William BATES | W | 76 | M | Inmate | Shoe Maker | Melbourne, Derby | |
| Ann BAXTER | U | 55 | F | Inmate | Domestic Serv Charring | Ravenstone, Leicester | |
| William BEET | 16 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Measham, Derby | ||
| Charles BELL | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Thringstone, Leicester | ||
| Elizabeth BLOCKLEY | 4 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Newton Burgoland, Leicester | ||
| Mary BLOCKLEY | U | 23 | F | Inmate | General Serv | Swepstone, Leicester | |
| Thomas BLOOR | U | 69 | M | Inmate | Ag Labr | Ticknall, Derby | |
| James BOOTH | W | 84 | M | Inmate | Ag Labr | Newhall, Derby | |
| Alice BOWMAN | 9 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Appleby, Leicester | ||
| Annie BOWMAN | 6 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Tamworth, Warwick | ||
| Harriett BOWMAN | U | 40 | F | Inmate | Charring | Appleby, Leicester | |
| Louise BOWMAN | 12 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Appleby, Leicester | ||
| Charles BRIGGS | W | 76 | M | Inmate | Ag Labourer | Lockington, Leicester | |
| Nicholiss BUCKERFIELD | U | 62 | M | Inmate | Printer | Ashby De La Zouch, Leicester | |
| Ester BULL | U | 24 | F | Inmate | Domestic Serv | Bedworth, Warwick | |
| James BURK | M | 86 | M | Inmate | Ag Labr | Ireland | |
| Ellen BURKE | M | 68 | F | Inmate | Charring | Ireland | |
| Martha BURTON | U | 11 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Hugglescote, Leicester | |
| Thomas CAVE | U | 65 | M | Inmate | Ag Labr | Yelventoft, Northampton | |
| John CHADBOURNE | U | 47 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Overseal, Leicester | |
| Ann CLAMP | W | 83 | F | Inmate | Charring W | Measham, Derby | |
| Harriett CLARK | U | 35 | F | Inmate | Charring | Whitwick, Leicester | |
| John CLARK | U | 55 | M | Inmate | Painter | Sutton, Cambridge | |
| Mary Ann CLARK | 4 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Ashby De La Zouch, Leicester | ||
| William CLARK | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Whitwick, Leicester | ||
| Thomas CLIFF | W | 74 | M | Inmate | Ravenstone, Derby | ||
| William COOK | W | 65 | M | Inmate | Ag Labr | Ticknall, Derby | |
| Thomas COX | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Ashby De La Zouch, Leicester | ||
| Thomas DARDLE | U | 70 | M | Inmate | Framework Knitter | Blind | Coleorton, Leicester |
| John FIELDING | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Snarestone, Leicester | ||
| John FLAMSON | W | 85 | M | Inmate | Ag Labr | Heather, Leicester | |
| Richard FRANCES | U | 18 | M | Inmate | Carrier | Newton Burgoland, Leicester | |
| Thomas GARNER | U | 62 | M | Inmate | Ag Labourer | Packington, Leicester | |
| John GOODMAN | U | 16 | M | Inmate | Ashby De La Zouch, Leicester | ||
| John Ella GOODMAN | W | 47 | M | Inmate | Confectioner | Ashby De La Zouch, Leicester | |
| Ester HALL | 8 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Ashby De La Zouch, Leicester | ||
| James HALL | W | 75 | M | Inmate | Brickmaker | Worthington, Leicester | |
| Joseph HARDINGTON | W | 76 | M | Inmate | Ag Labr | Hugglescote, Leicester | |
| George HARPUR | W | 73 | M | Inmate | Ag Labr | Ashby De La Zouch, Leicester | |
| Michael HARRISON | W | 70 | M | Inmate | Ag Labourer | Donisthorpe, Leicester | |
| John HATCHETT | U | 74 | M | Inmate | Blacksmith | Ravenstone, Derby | |
| John HATHELBY | U | 78 | M | Inmate | Framework Knitter | Sheepshead, Leicester | |
| Thomas HAWARD | U | 33 | M | Casual Inmate | Agricl Labr | Harlow, Essex | |
| Ann Maria HAYWOOD | 8 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Thringstone, Leicester | ||
| Elizabeth HAYWOOD | U | 32 | F | Inmate | Seamer (Seamstress) | Thringstone, Leicester | |
| Elizabeth HAYWOOD | 4 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Thringstone, Leicester | ||
| Jonas HAYWOOD | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Thringstone, Leicester | ||
| John HIGGINS | U | 32 | M | Casual Inmate | Asphalter | Liverpool, Lancashire | |
| James HILL | W | 74 | M | Inmate | Needle Maker | Stockley, Derby | |
| Mary Ann HILL | 12 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Ashby De La Zouch, Leicester | ||
| Samuel HOLMES | W | 84 | M | Inmate | Coal Miner | Staunton Harold, Leicester | |
| Elizabeth HOLT | W | 75 | F | Inmate | Charring | Preston, Buckingham | |
| John HOPE | U | 61 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | Swannington, Leicester | |
| Frederick HUMPHERYS | U | 20 | M | Casual Inmate | Masons Labourer | Wantage, Berkshire | |
| Jane ILLSLEY | U | 33 | F | Inmate | Ticknall, Derby | ||
| John JARVIS | U | 58 | M | Inmate | Framework Knitter | Osgathorpe, Leicester | |
| Hannah JENNINGS | W | 70 | F | Inmate | General Servant | Belton, Leicester | |
| William JONES | U | 55 | M | Casual Inmate | Ag Labr | Kidderminster, Worcester | |
| Mary KELAM | M | 50 | F | Inmate | Laundress | Walsall, Warwick | |
| William KELAM | M | 76 | M | Inmate | Tailor | Ashby De La Zouch, Leicester | |
| Elizabeth KENDRICK | M | 68 | F | Inmate | Dressmaker | Stanton Underbardon, Leicester | |
| Mary KENDRICK | U | 36 | F | Inmate | Charring | Normanton, Leicester | |
| Thomas KENDRICK | M | 70 | M | Inmate | Ag Labr | Normanton, Leicester | |
| Alice KIRK | U | 25 | F | Inmate | General Serv. | Ashby De La Zouch, Leicester | |
| Mary Elizh. KIRK | O | 1 | F | Inmate | Ashby De La Zouch, Leicester | ||
| George LEWIS | U | 46 | M | Casual Inmate | Agricl Labr | Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales | |
| Joseph LUNN | W | 79 | M | Inmate | Cotton Spinner | Measham, Derby | |
| John MACHIN | U | 65 | M | Inmate | Framework Knitter | Whitwick, Leicester | |
| William MANNING | W | 66 | M | Inmate | Coal Miner | Ireland | |
| Charles MARLOW | U | 66 | M | Inmate | Ag Labr | Ashby De La Z., Leicester | |
| Elizabeth MITCHELL | U | 55 | F | Inmate | General Serv | Findon, Derby | |
| Benjamin MORLEY | M | 53 | M | Inmate | Coal Miner | Worthington, Leicester | |
| Dorothy MORLEY | W | 70 | F | Inmate | Charring | Coleorton, Leicester | |
| Hannah MORLEY | U | 30 | F | Inmate | Charring | Thringstone, Leicester | |
| Amelia MUGGINSON | 3 | F | Inmate | Hugglescote, Leicester | |||
| William NEWBURY | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Wednesbury, Stafford | ||
| William NICHOLLS | W | 77 | M | Inmate | Ag Labourer | Ashby De La Zouch, Leicester | |
| Ralph OAKDEN | W | 76 | M | Inmate | Ag Labourer | Flam, Stafford | |
| Edward ORME | U | 68 | M | Inmate | Shoe Maker | Blackfordby, Leicester | |
| Harriett PEARSON | U | 38 | F | Inmate | Whitwick, Leicester | ||
| Henry PICKERING | W | 81 | M | Inmate | Ag Labr | Packington, Leicester | |
| John PICKERING | W | 78 | M | Inmate | Cattle Dealer | Oakthorpe, Derby | |
| William POPE | U | 78 | M | Inmate | Earthenware Hawker | Normanton, Leicester | |
| Henry POWDRILL | W | 60 | M | Inmate | Ag Labr | Smisby, Derby | |
| Mary POXON | W | 70 | F | Inmate | Seamer | Heather, Leicester | |
| Emma POYSER | U | 21 | F | Inmate | Ashby De La Zouch, Leicester | ||
| John PRICE | W | 81 | M | Inmate | Ag Labr | Coleorton, Leicester | |
| Samuel PRICE | U | 56 | M | Inmate | Lawyers Clerk | Ashby De La Z, Leicester | |
| Thomas PRICE | U | 44 | M | Inmate | Lawyers Clerk | Ashby De La Zouch, Leicester | |
| Fanny RICHARDS | 5 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Thringstone, Leicester | ||
| Thomas RICHARDS | 7 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Thringstone, Leicester | ||
| Joseph ROBY | U | 64 | M | Inmate | Blacksmith | Blind | Ashby De La Zouch, Leicester |
| Martha SAVAGE | W | 78 | F | Inmate | Laundress | Worcester, Worcester | |
| John SHAW | U | 48 | M | Inmate | Ag Labr | Ticknall, Derby | |
| John SHAW | U | 29 | M | Casual Inmate | Gas Fitter | Manchester, Lancashire | |
| Frank SHERRARD | U | 70 | M | Inmate | Ag Labourer | Snarestone, Leicester | |
| Mary SIDDONS | U | 40 | F | Inmate | Swannington, Leicester | ||
| Eliza SMITH | U | 25 | F | Inmate | Domestic Serv | Newton Burgoland, Leicester | |
| Elizabeth SMITH | U | 64 | F | Inmate | Charring | Hugglescote, Leicester | |
| Joseph SMITH | W | 74 | M | Inmate | Ag Labr | Loughborough, Leicester | |
| Augustus STINSON | 4 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Ashby De La Zouch, Leicester | ||
| Frederick STINSON | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Ashby De La Zouch, Leicester | ||
| Mary STINSON | U | 36 | F | Inmate | Seamer Seamstress | Worthington, Leicester | |
| Isaac STROUD | U | 58 | M | Inmate | Wood Turner | Blind | Ashby De La Zouch, Leicester |
| Edward SUTTON | U | 36 | M | Inmate | Horse Breaker | Packington, Leicester | |
| Hannah SWINGER | U | 74 | F | Inmate | Charring | Ticknall, Leicester | |
| Thomas THOMPSON | U | 41 | M | Inmate | Normanton, Leicester | ||
| Thomas THOMPSON | U | 30 | M | Casual Inmate | Engine Fitters Labourer (E+M) | Keighley, York | |
| Joseph TIGHE | U | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Whitwick, Leicester | |
| Michael TIGHE | W | 62 | M | Inmate | Ag Labr | Ireland | |
| Rhoda TOMLINSON | U | 18 | F | Inmate | General Servant | Measham, Derby | |
| Thomas TOWERS | W | 70 | M | Inmate | Ag Labourer | Nelson, Leicester | |
| Sarah VARNHAM | U | 16 | F | Inmate | General Serv | Whitwick, Leicester | |
| Charles WAINWRIGHT | W | 72 | M | Inmate | Coachman | Overseal, Leicester | |
| Samuel WALKER | U | 49 | M | Casual Inmate | Brickmakers Labr | Windsor, Berkshire | |
| Edward WARD | U | 65 | M | Inmate | Ag Labr | Measham, Derby | |
| Caroline WILKINS | W | 61 | F | Inmate | Charring | Stoke Newington, Middlesex | |
| Thomas WILKINS | W | 57 | M | Inmate | Coal Miner | Hartshorn, Derby | |
| Spencer WILLIAM | W | 81 | M | Inmate | Framework Knitter | Ashby De La Zouch, Leicester | |
| William WOODWARD | W | 75 | M | Inmate | Ag Labr | Clifton, Stafford | |
| Martha WOOTTON | 12 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Manchester, Lancashire |
Total residents: 135
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