1881 Census: Residents of Battle Union Workhouse, North Trade Road, Battle, Sussex
| Name | Mar | Age | Sex | Relation | Occupation | Handicap | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | |||||||
| Ann Knowles BEDWELL | U | 33 | F | Officer | Munic Off Schoolmistress | Deal, Kent | |
| William BONES | M | 50 | M | Officer | Munic Parks Vagrant Master | Battle, Sussex | |
| Charlotte BONES | M | 52 | F | Officer | Munic Off Assistant Nurse | Brighton, Sussex | |
| Emily TURNER | U | 8 | F | Visitor | None | Saint Mary, Middlesex | |
| Harriet HARDS | U | 64 | F | Patient | None | Idiot | Battle, Sussex |
| Frances BUTLER | U | 88 | F | Patient | Workhouse Cook Domestic Servant | Peasmarsh, Sussex | |
| George PANKHURST | W | 77 | M | Patient | Labourer | Hollington, Sussex | |
| Ellen BARTHOLOMEW | U | 56 | F | Nurse | None | Blind | Battle, Sussex |
| Inmates | |||||||
| James ADAMS | W | 70 | M | Patient | Painter | Tenterdon, Kent | |
| Arthur BALCOMB | M | 77 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Mountfield, Sussex | |
| William BEENIS | U | 63 | M | Inmate | Orstler 8/11 | Bexhill, Sussex | |
| Henry BENEY | U | 17 | M | Patient | General Labourer | Dallington, Sussex | |
| Henry BENEY | W | 77 | M | Patient | Game Keeper | Battle, Sussex | |
| Ellen BENEZ | U | 45 | F | Patient | None | Lunatic | Battle, Sussex |
| Jane BENEZ | W | 83 | F | Patient | Nurse | Battle, Sussex | |
| James BUDD | 10 | M | Inmate | None | Burwash, Sussex | ||
| Lora BUDD | 12 | F | Inmate | None | Burwash, Sussex | ||
| George CARLING | U | 77 | M | Patient | Gardener | Lunatic | Battle, Sussex |
| Albert CATT | 11 | M | Inmate | None | Catsfield, Sussex | ||
| Eliza CATT | 15 | F | Inmate | None | Ashburnham, Sussex | ||
| George CATT | 5 | M | Inmate | Catsfield, Sussex | |||
| James CATT | 7 | M | Inmate | None | Catsfield, Sussex | ||
| Sophia CATT | U | 78 | F | Patient | Farm Field Worker | Battle, Sussex | |
| Elizabeth COCKETT | W | 66 | F | Patient | Farm Field Worker | Crowhurst, Sussex | |
| Harry COCKETT | 6 | M | Inmate | None | Northiam, Sussex | ||
| Maria COCKETT | U | 26 | F | Inmate | House Maid Servant D F S | Battle, Sussex | |
| Frank CRAMP | 1 | M | Inmate | None | Battle, Sussex | ||
| Lydia CRAMP | U | 5 | F | Inmate | None | Ashburnham, Sussex | |
| Harriet CROP | U | 19 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Northiam, Sussex | |
| Arthur CROWHURST | M | 37 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Dill Manchester | |
| Elizabeth CROWHURST | M | 35 | F | Inmate | Charing | Torquay, Devon | |
| John DICKSON | U | 43 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Croydon, Surrey | |
| Sophia EDWARDS | U | 86 | F | Patient | Sempstress | Sedlescomb, Sussex | |
| Esther ELDRIDGE | U | 27 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Whatlington, Sussex | |
| Frank ELDRIDGE | 1 | M | Inmate | None | Battle, Sussex | ||
| Mercy ELDRIDGE | 4 | F | Inmate | None | Battle, Sussex | ||
| Francis ELLIS | W | 79 | M | Inmate | Candlemaker | Penhurst, Sussex | |
| Bengamin FOSTER | 9 | M | Inmate | None | Ore, Sussex | ||
| Mary FOSTER | 8 | F | Inmate | None | Westfield, Sussex | ||
| Stephen FOSTER | W | 53 | M | Patient | Labourer | Westfield, Sussex | |
| Joseph FROST | U | 34 | M | Patient | Labourer | Devonport, Devon | |
| John GASSON | U | 35 | M | Patient | Labourer | Canterbury, Kent | |
| Thomas GOLDING | W | 72 | M | Inmate | Papermaker | Ditton, Kent | |
| James GOODSELL | W | 87 | M | Patient | Labourer | Speldhurst, Kent | |
| James HALE | U | 87 | M | Inmate | Huckster | Bexhill, Sussex | |
| Harry R. HARDS | W | 75 | M | Patient | Labourer | Battle, Sussex | |
| George HARLAND | W | 74 | M | Inmate | Seaman | Bexhill, Sussex | |
| Mary HARMAN | U | 9 | F | Inmate | None | Ewhurst, Sussex | |
| Ellen HARMER | U | 34 | F | Inmate | Housemaid Domestic D O S | Ashburnham, Sussex | |
| John HARRIS | W | 74 | M | Inmate | Sedlescomb, Sussex | ||
| Elizabeth HILDER | U | 55 | F | Patient | Farm Field Worker Ag Lab | Lunatic | Brightling, Sussex |
| Harriet HILDER | U | 19 | F | Patient | Domestic Servant | Battle, Sussex | |
| Jane HILDER | W | 54 | F | Inmate | Charing Charwoman | Dallington, Sussex | |
| William HILDER | 11 | M | Inmate | Brighton, Sussex | |||
| Thomas HYLAND | U | 28 | M | Patient | Labourer | Battle, Sussex | |
| Charlotte JEFFERY | W | 77 | F | Patient | None | Lunatic | Battle, Sussex |
| Henry JEFFERY | 10 | M | Inmate | None | Ewhurst, Sussex | ||
| William JEFFERY | M | 44 | M | Patient | General Labourer | Sedlescombe, Sussex | |
| Caroline JENNER | U | 29 | F | Patient | None | Battle, Sussex | |
| William JOHNSON | U | 60 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Ireland | |
| Caroline JONES | W | 69 | F | Patient | Outfitters Widow | Clapham, Surrey | |
| John JONES | W | 75 | M | Patient | Labourer | Bexhill, Sussex | |
| Eliza LUSTED | 8 | F | Inmate | None | Ore, Sussex | ||
| Lucey LUSTED | 3 | F | Inmate | None | Ore, Sussex | ||
| John MARTIN | U | 60 | M | Visitor | None | Norwood, Surrey | |
| Ruth MESSETER | M | 29 | F | Inmate | Bricklayers Wife | Burwash, Sussex | |
| Albert MESSITER | 3 | M | Inmate | None | Battle, Sussex | ||
| Ellen MESSITER | U | 40 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Deaf & Dumb | Ashburnham, Sussex |
| William MESSITER | 5 | M | Inmate | None | Warbleton, Sussex | ||
| Richard MILTON | W | 76 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | River Nr Dover, Kent | |
| George MITCHELL | U | 19 | M | Patient | General Labourer | Dallington, Sussex | |
| Caroline MORRIS | 10 | F | Inmate | None | Battle, Sussex | ||
| Peter MORRIS | W | 77 | M | Patient | Game Keeper | Battle, Sussex | |
| Frederick PANIRELL | U | 29 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Southsea, Hampshire | |
| William PARKES | 68 | M | Patient | Labourer | Bexhill, Sussex | ||
| Hezekiah PARKS | W | 79 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Ewhurst, Sussex | |
| Charles PEPPER | 15 | M | Inmate | None | Battle, Sussex | ||
| William PETERS | U | 75 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Westfield, Sussex | |
| George PLAYFORD | U | 74 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Boreham, Sussex | |
| George POLDE | W | 86 | M | Patient | Gardner | Battle, Sussex | |
| Elizabeth POTTER | M | 30 | F | Inmate | Farm Field Worker Ag Lab | All Saints, Lancashire | |
| Thomas POTTER | M | 34 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Hertford, Hertford | |
| Annie PRICE | 3 | F | Inmate | None | Beckley, Sussex | ||
| Elizabeth PRICE | 4 | F | Inmate | None | Beckley, Sussex | ||
| Elizabeth PRICE | M | 32 | F | Inmate | Labourers Wife | Beckley, Sussex | |
| George PRICE | 1 | M | Inmate | None | Wittersham, Kent | ||
| James PRICE | 10 | M | Inmate | None | Sandhurst, Kent | ||
| John PRICE | 8 | M | Inmate | None | Beckley, Sussex | ||
| William PRICE | 7 | M | Inmate | None | Beckley, Sussex | ||
| Ann PRIOR | U | 78 | F | Inmate | Sempstress | Bexhill, Sussex | |
| Jane PRITCHARD | W | 63 | F | Inmate | Shoe Binder Mkr | Ash, Kent | |
| Caroline RANSOM | W | 30 | F | Patient | Labourers Widow | Bexhill, Sussex | |
| Catherine RANSOM | U | 8 | F | Inmate | None Formerly General Servant | Bexhill, Sussex | |
| George RANSOM | U | 5 | M | Inmate | None | Bexhill, Sussex | |
| Infant RANSOM | U | 3 | F | Inmate | None | Battle, Sussex | |
| Infant RANSOM | U | 3 | M | Inmate | None | Battle, Sussex | |
| William RANSOM | U | 3 | M | Inmate | None | Bexhill, Sussex | |
| Edward RELF | W | 74 | M | Patient | General Labourer | Brightling, Sussex | |
| David RICHARDS | W | 81 | M | Patient | Collar Maker Shirt | Brede, Sussex | |
| Reuben RIDDLE | M | 69 | M | Patient | Farmer | Battle, Sussex | |
| Samuel ROBERT | W | 81 | M | Inmate | General Farm Labourer | Bexhill, Sussex | |
| William ROSE | U | 40 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Slough, Buckingham | |
| Harriet RUSSELL | U | 21 | F | Patient | None | Bexhill, Sussex | |
| Jesse RUSSELL | U | 55 | M | Patient | Labourer | Blind | Dallington, Sussex |
| Stephen SARGENT | M | 53 | M | Patient | General Labourer | Hooe, Sussex | |
| John SELDON | U | 55 | M | Patient | General Labourer | Westfield, Sussex | |
| Thomas SHILSTED | W | 81 | M | Patient | General Labourer | Sedlescomb, Sussex | |
| Annie SINDEN | 7 | F | Inmate | Catsfield, Sussex | |||
| Earnest SMITH | U | 16 | M | Inmate | Tailor | Battle, Sussex | |
| Eliza SMITH | W | 58 | F | Inmate | Farm Field Worker Ag Lab | Ireland | |
| John SMITH | U | 57 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Southsea, Hampshire | |
| Richard SMITH | W | 91 | M | Patient | Labourer | Mountfield, Sussex | |
| Elizabeth SOAN | U | 22 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Battle, Sussex | |
| George SOAN | 1 | M | Inmate | None | Battle, Sussex | ||
| James SPEARS | U | 64 | M | Patient | Labourer | Sedlescomb, Sussex | |
| Edward STREETER | M | 74 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Dover, Kent | |
| Eliza STREETER | U | 68 | F | Patient | Domestic Servant | Catsfield, Sussex | |
| Thomas SUMMERS | U | 18 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Emsworth, Hampshire | |
| Clara TALBOT | U | 5 | F | Inmate | None | Battle, Sussex | |
| George TERRY | U | 78 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Bexhill, Sussex | |
| Albert THOMAS | U | 24 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Hove, Sussex | |
| George THOMAS | 7 | M | Inmate | None | Dallington, Sussex | ||
| Harriet THOMAS | U | 54 | F | Inmate | Charring Charwoman | Mountfield, Sussex | |
| Emma TICKNER | 7 | F | Inmate | Catsfield, Sussex | |||
| Sarah TICKNER | W | 54 | F | Inmate | Labourers Wife | Wadhurst, Sussex | |
| Sarah TICKNER | 12 | F | Inmate | Catsfield, Sussex | |||
| Henry VENESS | U | 81 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Brightling, Sussex | |
| Loudsr VENESS | U | 31 | F | Patient | General Servant | Battle, Sussex | |
| William VENESS | U | 60 | M | Patient | Labourer | Bexhill, Sussex | |
| William VIDLER | W | 78 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Battle, Sussex | |
| David WAITE | W | 71 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Catsfield, Sussex | |
| Emma WATERS | 11 | F | Inmate | None | Battle, Sussex | ||
| Rhoda WATERS | U | 19 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Battle, Sussex | |
| Sarah WATERS | U | 47 | F | Inmate | General Servant | Crowhurst, Sussex | |
| Henry WELLER | U | 64 | M | Patient | Labourer | Northiam, Sussex | |
| Leonard WHITE | W | 81 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Westfield, Sussex | |
| Sarah WISE | W | 79 | F | Patient | Labourers Wife | Brede, Sussex | |
| Caroline YORK | U | 54 | F | Patient | Sempstress | Dallington, Sussex | |
| William J. YORK | 11 | M | Inmate | Dallington, Sussex |
Total residents: 139
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