1861 Census: Residents of Berwick-upon-Tweed Union Workhouse

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  - Bedfordshire
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    - Faringdon
    - Hungerford (& Ramsbury)
    - Maidenhead
    - Newbury
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    - Reading & Wokingham SD
    - Wallingford
    - Wantage
    - Windsor
    - Wokingham
  - Buckinghamshire
    - Amersham
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    - Eton
    - Newport Pagnell
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    - Cambridge
    - Caxton & Arrington
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    - Ely
    - Linton
    - Newmarket
    - North Witchford
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    - Wisbech
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  - Cheshire
    - Altrincham
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    - Bucklow
    - Chester
    - Congleton
    - Great Boughton
    - Macclesfield
    - Nantwich
    - Northwich
    - Runcorn
    - Stockport
    - Tarvin
    - Wirral
  - Cornwall
    - Bodmin
    - Camelford
    - Falmouth
    - Helston
    - Launceston
    - Liskeard
    - Penzance
    - Redruth
    - St Austell
    - St Columb Major
    - St Germans
    - Stratton
    - Truro
  - Cumberland
    - Alston with Garrigill
    - Bootle
    - Brampton
    - Carlisle
    - Cockermouth
    - Longtown
    - Penrith
    - Whitehaven
    - Wigton
  - Derbyshire
    - Ashbourne
    - Bakewell
    - Belper
    - Chapel-en-le-Frith
    - Chesterfield
    - Derby
    - Glossop
    - Hayfield
    - Shardlow
  - Devon
    - Axminster
    - Barnstaple
    - Bideford
    - Crediton
    - Devonport
    - East Stonehouse
    - Exeter
    - Holsworthy
    - Honiton
    - Kingsbridge
    - Newton Abbot
    - Okehampton
    - Plymouth
    - Plympton St Mary
    - South Molton
    - St Thomas
    - Stoke Damerel
    - Tavistock
    - Tiverton
    - Torrington
    - Totnes
  - Dorset
    - Beaminster
    - Blandford
    - Bridport
    - Cerne
    - Cranborne
    - Dorchester
    - Poole
    - Purbeck
    - Shaftesbury
    - Sherborne
    - Sturminster
    - Wareham & Purbeck
    - Weymouth
    - Wimborne & Cranborne
  - County Durham
    - (Bishop) Auckland
    - Chester-le-Street
    - Darlington
    - Durham
    - Easington
    - Gateshead
    - Hartlepool
    - Houghton-le-Spring
    - Lanchester
    - Sedgefield
    - South Shields
    - Stockton-on-Tees
    - Sunderland
    - Teesdale
    - Weardale
  - Essex
    - Billericay
    - Braintree
    - Chelmsford
    - Colchester
    - Dunmow
    - Epping
    - Halstead
    - Lexden & Winstree
    - Maldon
    - Ongar
    - Orsett
    - Rochford
    - Romford
    - Saffron Walden
    - Tendring
    - West Ham
    - Witham
  - Gloucestershire
    - Barton Regis
    - Bristol Incorporation
    - Cheltenham
    - Chipping Sodbury
    - Cirencester
    - Clifton
    - Dursley
    - Gloucester
    - Newent
    - Northleach
    - Stow-on-the-Wold
    - Stroud
    - Tetbury
    - Tewkesbury
    - Thornbury
    - Westbury-on-Severn
    - Wheatenhurst
    - Winchcomb
  - Hampshire
    - Aldershot GP
    - Alresford
    - Alton
    - Alverstoke GP
    - Andover
    - Basingstoke
    - Bournemouth
    - Catherington
    - Christchurch
    - Droxford
    - Eastleigh
    - Fareham
    - Farnborough GU
    - Farnham & Hartley Wintney SD
    - Fordingbridge
    - Hartley Wintney
    - Havant
    - Headley GU
    - Hursley
    - Isle of Wight
    - Kingsclere
    - Lymington
    - New Forest
    - Petersfield
    - Portsea Island
    - Portsmouth
    - Ringwood
    - Romsey
    - South Stoneham
    - Southampton
    - Stockbridge
    - Whitchurch
    - New Winchester
  - Herefordshire
    - Bromyard
    - Dore
    - Hereford
    - Kington
    - Ledbury
    - Leominster
    - Ross
    - Weobley
  - Hertfordshire
    - Barnet
    - Berkhampstead
    - Bishop's Stortford
    - Buntingford
    - Hatfield
    - Hemel Hempstead
    - Hertford
    - Hitchin
    - Royston
    - St Albans
    - Ware
    - Watford
    - Welwyn
  - Huntingdonshire
    - Huntingdon
    - St Ives
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  - Isle of Man
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    - Blean
    - Bridge
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    - Cranbrook
    - Dartford
    - Dover
    - East Ashford
    - Eastry
    - Elham
    - Faversham
    - Gravesend & Milton
    - Hollingbourne
    - Hoo
    - Isle of Thanet
    - Maidstone
    - Malling
    - Medway
    - Milton Regis
    - North Aylesford
    - Penshurst
    - River
    - Romney Marsh
    - Sevenoaks
    - Sheppey
    - Strood
    - Tenterden
    - Tonbridge
    - West Ashford
  - Lancashire
    - Ashton-under-Lyne
    - Barrow-in-Furness
    - Barton-upon-Irwell
    - Blackburn
    - Bolton
    - Burnley
    - Bury
    - Caton GU
    - Chorley
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    - Leigh
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    - Oldham
    - Ormskirk
    - Prescot
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    - Rochdale
    - Salford
    - Todmorden
    - Toxteth Park
    - Ulverston
    - Warrington
    - West Derby
    - Wigan
  - Leicestershire
    - Ashby-de-la-Zouch
    - Barrow-upon-Soar
    - Billesdon
    - Blaby
    - Hinckley
    - Leicester
    - Loughborough
    - Lutterworth
    - Market Bosworth
    - Market Harborough
    - Melton Mowbray
  - Lincolnshire
    - Boston
    - Bourne
    - Caistor
    - Gainsborough
    - Glanford Brigg
    - Grantham
    - Grimsby
    - Holbeach
    - Horncastle
    - Lincoln
    - Louth
    - Sleaford
    - Spalding
    - Spilsby
    - Stamford
  - London: Kent
    - Greenwich
    - Lewisham
    - Woolwich
  - London: Middlesex
    - Bethnal Green (St Matthew)
    - Bloomsbury (St Giles & St George)
    - Chelsea (St Luke)
    - City of London
    - City of Westminster
    - Clerkenwell (St James & St John)
    - East London
    - Fulham
    - Hackney
    - Hammersmith
    - Hampstead (St John)
    - Holborn
    - Islington (St Mary)
    - Kensington
    - Mile End Old Town
    - Paddington
    - Poplar
    - St George's
    - St George in the East
    - St George Hanover Square
    - St Luke's
    - St Martin-in-the-Fields
    - St Marylebone
    - St Pancras
    - St Sepulchre
    - Shoreditch (St Leonard's)
    - Stepney
    - Strand
    - West London
    - Westminster (St James)
    - Westminster (St Margaret & St John)
    - Westminster Union
    - Whitechapel
  - London: Surrey
    - Bermondsey (St Mary Magdalen)
    - Camberwell (St Giles)
    - Lambeth (St Mary)
    - Newington (St Mary)
    - Rotherhithe (St Mary)
    - Southwark (St George the Martyr)
    - St Olave
    - St Saviour's
    - Wandsworth & Clapham
  - London SDs
    - Brentwood SD
    - Central London SD
    - Finsbury SD
    - Forest Gate SD
    - Kensington & Chelsea SD
    - North Surrey SD
    - South Metropolitan SD
    - West London SD
  - London SADs
    - Central London SAD
    - Finsbury SAD
    - Kensington SAD
    - Newington SAD
    - Poplar & Stepney SAD
    - Rotherhithe SAD
  - Middlesex
    - Brentford
    - Edmonton
    - Hendon
    - Staines
    - Uxbridge
    - Willesden
  - Norfolk
    - Acle GU
    - Aldborough GU
    - Aylsham
    - Bawdeswell GU
    - Blofield
    - Booton GU
    - Brinton and Melton Constable GU
    - Depwade
    - Docking
    - Downham
    - Erpingham
    - East & West Flegg
    - Forehoe
    - Freebridge Lynn
    - Gimingham GU
    - (Great) Yarmouth
    - Guiltcross
    - Hackford GU
    - Henstead
    - King's Lynn
    - Loddon & Clavering
    - Mitford & Launditch
    - Norwich
    - Oulton GU
    - St Faith's
    - Swaffham
    - Thetford
    - Tunstead & Happing (Smallburgh)
    - Walsingham
    - Wayland
  - Northamptonshire
    - Brackley
    - Brixworth
    - Daventry
    - Hardingstone
    - Kettering
    - Northampton
    - Oundle
    - Peterborough
    - Potterspury
    - Thrapston
    - Towcester
    - Wellingborough
  - Northumberland
    - Alnwick
    - Belford
    - Bellingham
    - Berwick-upon-Tweed
    - Castle Ward
    - Glendale
    - Haltwhistle
    - Hexham
    - Morpeth
    - Newcastle-upon-Tyne
    - Northern Counties JC
    - Rothbury
    - Tynemouth
  - Nottinghamshire
    - Basford
    - Bingham
    - East Retford
    - Mansfield
    - Newark
    - Nottingham
    - Radford
    - Southwell
    - Thurgarton Incorporation
    - Worksop
  - Oxfordshire
    - Banbury
    - Bicester
    - Chipping Norton
    - Headington
    - Henley
    - Oxford
    - Thame
    - Witney
    - Woodstock
  - Rutland
    - Oakham
    - Uppingham
  - Shropshire (Salop)
    - Atcham (& Shrewsbury)
    - Bridgnorth
    - Church Stretton
    - Cleobury Mortimer
    - Clun
    - (Market) Drayton
    - Ellesmere
    - Ludlow
    - Madeley
    - Newport
    - Oswestry
    - Shifnal
    - Shrewsbury
    - South-East Shropshire SD
    - Wellington
    - Wem
    - Whitchurch
  - Somerset
    - Axbridge
    - Bath
    - Bedminster
    - Bridgwater
    - Chard
    - Clutton
    - Dulverton
    - Frome
    - Keynsham
    - Langport
    - Long Ashton
    - Shepton Mallet
    - Taunton
    - Wellington
    - Wells
    - Williton
    - Wincanton
    - Yeovil
  - Staffordshire
    - Alstonfield GU
    - Burton Upon Trent
    - Cannock
    - Cheadle
    - Leek
    - Lichfield
    - Newcastle-under-Lyme
    - Penkridge
    - Seisdon
    - Stafford
    - Stoke-upon-Trent
    - Stone
    - Tamworth
    - Uttoxeter
    - Walsall
    - Walsall & West Bromwich JC
    - Walsall & West Bromwich SD
    - West Bromwich
    - Wolstanton & Burslem
    - Wolverhampton
  - Suffolk
    - Blything
    - Bosmere & Claydon
    - Bury St Edmunds
    - Colneis & Carlford
    - Cosford
    - Hartismere
    - Hoxne
    - Ipswich
    - Loes and Wilford
    - Mildenhall
    - Mutford & Lothingland
    - Plomesgate
    - Risbridge
    - Samford
    - Stow
    - Sudbury
    - Thingoe
    - Wangford
    - Woodbridge
  - Surrey
    - Ash GU
    - Chertsey
    - Croydon
    - Dorking
    - Epsom
    - Farnham
    - Godstone
    - Guildford
    - Hambledon
    - Kingston
    - Reigate
    - Richmond
  - Sussex
    - Arundel
    - Battle
    - Brighton
    - Chailey
    - Chichester
    - Cuckfield
    - East Grinstead
    - East Preston
    - Eastbourne
    - Hailsham
    - Hastings
    - Horsham
    - Lewes
    - Midhurst
    - Newhaven
    - Petworth
    - Rye
    - Steyning
    - Sutton GU
    - Thakeham
    - Ticehurst
    - Uckfield
    - Westbourne
    - West Firle
    - Westhampnett
  - Warwickshire
    - Alcester
    - Aston
    - Atherstone
    - Bedworth GU
    - Birmingham
    - Coventry
    - Foleshill
    - Meriden
    - Nuneaton
    - Rugby
    - Shipston-on-Stour
    - Solihull
    - Southam
    - Stratford-on-Avon
    - Warwick
  - Westmorland
    - East Ward
    - Kendal
    - West Ward
  - Wiltshire
    - Alderbury (Salisbury)
    - Amesbury
    - Bradford on Avon
    - Calne
    - Chippenham
    - Cricklade & Wootton Bassett
    - Devizes
    - Highworth & Swindon
    - Malmesbury
    - Marlborough
    - Melksham
    - Mere
    - Pewsey
    - Salisbury
    - Tisbury
    - Trowbridge
    - Warminster
    - Westbury & Whorwellsdown
    - Wilton
  - Worcestershire
    - Bromsgrove
    - Droitwich
    - Dudley
    - Evesham
    - Kidderminster
    - King's Norton
    - Martley
    - Pershore
    - Shipston-on-Stour
    - Stourbridge
    - Tenbury
    - Upton-upon-Severn
    - Worcester
  - Yorkshire, E. Riding
    - Beverley
    - Bridlington
    - Driffield
    - Howden
    - Kingston upon Hull
    - Patrington
    - Pocklington
    - Sculcoates
    - Skirlaugh
    - York
  - Yorkshire, N. Riding
    - Aysgarth
    - Bainbridge GU
    - Bedale
    - Easingwold
    - Guisborough
    - Helmsley
    - Kirkby Moorside
    - Leyburn
    - Malton
    - Middlesbrough
    - Northallerton
    - Pickering
    - Reeth
    - Richmond
    - Scarborough
    - Stokesley
    - Thirsk
    - Whitby
  - Yorkshire, W. Riding
    - Barnsley
    - Barwick-in-Elmet GU
    - Bradford
    - Bramley
    - Carlton GU
    - Dewsbury
    - Doncaster
    - Ecclesall Bierlow
    - Goole
    - Great Ouseburn
    - Great Preston GU
    - Halifax
    - Hemsworth
    - Holbeck
    - Huddersfield
    - Hunslet
    - Keighley
    - Knaresborough
    - Leeds
    - North Bierley
    - Pateley Bridge
    - Penistone
    - Pontefract
    - Ripon
    - Rotherham
    - Saddleworth
    - Sedbergh
    - Selby
    - Settle
    - Sheffield
    - Skipton
    - Tadcaster
    - Thorne
    - Todmorden
    - Wakefield
    - Wetherby
    - Wharfedale
    - Wortley
- Welsh Poor Law Unions
  - Welsh Workhouse History
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  - Anglesey
    - Anglesey
    - Holyhead
  - Brecknock (Breconshire)
    - Brecknock
    - Builth
    - Crickhowell
    - Hay
  - Cardiganshire
    - Aberayron
    - Aberystwyth
    - Cardigan
    - Lampeter
    - Tregaron
  - Carmarthenshire
  - Carnarvonshire
  - Denbighshire
    - Llanrwst
    - Ruthin
    - Wrexham
  - Flintshire
  - Glamorgan
    - Bridgend & Cowbridge
    - Cardiff
    - Gower
    - Merthyr Tydfil
    - Neath
    - Pontardawe
    - Pontypridd
    - Swansea
  - Merionethshire
    - Bala
    - Corwen
    - Dolgelley
    - Festiniog
  - Monmouthshire
    - Abergavenny
    - Bedwellty
    - Chepstow
    - Monmouth
    - Newport
    - Pontypool
  - Montgomeryshire
  - Pembrokeshire
  - Radnorshire
- Irish Poor Law Unions
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  - Co. Antrim
    - Antrim
    - Ballycastle
    - Ballymena
    - Ballymoney
    - Belfast
    - Larne
    - Lisburn
  - Co. Armagh
    - Armagh
    - Lurgan
  - Co. Carlow
    - Carlow
  - Co. Cavan
    - Bailieborough
    - Bawnboy
    - Cavan
    - Cootehill
  - Co. Clare
    - Ballyvaughan
    - Corofin
    - Ennis
    - Ennistymon
    - Kildysart (Killadysert)
    - Kilrush
    - Scariff
    - Tulla
  - Co. Cork
    - Bandon
    - Bantry
    - Castletownbere
    - Clonakilty
    - Cork
    - Dunmanway
    - Fermoy
    - Kanturk
    - Kinsale
    - Macroom
    - Mallow
    - Midleton
    - Millstreet
    - Mitchelstown
    - Schull (Skull)
    - Skibbereen
    - Youghal
  - Co. Donegal
    - Ballyshannon
    - Donegal
    - Dunfanaghy
    - Glenties
    - Inishowen
    - Letterkenny
    - Milford
    - Stranorlar
  - Co. Down
    - Banbridge
    - Downpatrick
    - Kilkeel
    - Newry
    - Newtownards
  - Co. Dublin
    - Balrothery
    - Dublin North
    - Dublin South
    - Rathdown
  - Co. Fermanagh
    - Enniskillen
    - Lisnaskea
    - Lowtherstown
  - Co. Galway
    - Ballinasloe
    - Clifden
    - Galway
    - Glenamaddy
    - Gort
    - Loughrea
    - Mountbellew
    - Oughterard
    - Portumna
    - Tuam
  - Co. Kerry
    - Cahirciveen
    - Dingle
    - Kenmare
    - Killarney
    - Listowel
    - Tralee
  - Co. Kildare
    - Athy
    - Celbridge
    - Naas
  - Co. Kilkenny
    - Callan
    - Castlecomer
    - Kilkenny
    - Thomastown
    - Urlingford
  - Co. Laois (Queen's)
    - Abbeyleix
    - Donaghmore
    - Mountmellick
  - Co. Leitrim
    - Carrick-on-Shannon
    - Manorhamilton
    - Mohill
  - Co. Limerick
    - Croom
    - Glin
    - Kilmallock
    - Limerick
    - Newcastle
    - Rathkeale
  - Co. Londonderry
    - Coleraine
    - Londonderry
    - Magherafelt
    - Newtown Limavady
  - Co. Longford
    - Ballymahon
    - Granard
    - Longford
  - Co. Louth
    - Ardee
    - Drogheda
    - Dundalk
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    - Ballina
    - Ballinrobe
    - Belmullet
    - Castlebar
    - Claremorris
    - Killala
    - Newport
    - Swineford
    - Westport
  - Co. Meath
    - Dunshaughlin
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    - Navan
    - Oldcastle
    - Trim
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    - Clones
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    - Edenderry
    - Parsonstown
    - Tullamore
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    - Boyle
    - Castlerea
    - Roscommon
    - Strokestown
  - Co. Sligo
    - Dromore West
    - Sligo
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    - Cashel
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    - Nenagh
    - Roscrea
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    - Castlederg
    - Clogher
    - Cookstown
    - Dungannon
    - Gortin
    - Omagh
    - Strabane
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    - Dungarvan
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    - Lismore
    - Waterford
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    - Athlone
    - Castletowndelvin
    - Mullingar
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    - New Ross
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1861 Census: Residents of Berwick-upon-Tweed Union Workhouse

Surname	First_name	Relation	Condition	Age	Occupation	Where born	Comments
Staff
Mitchell	Thomas Hood	Head	Mar	42	Master	Scotland
Mitchell	Jane	Wife	Mar	46	Matron	Berwick
Nesbit	William	Schoolmaster	Mar	45	Schoolmaster	Northumberland, Chatton
Nesbit	Isabella	Schoolmistress	Mar	42	Schoolmistress	Northumberland, Kirknewton
Harle	Mary	Nurse	Mar	42	Nurse	Northumberland, Tweedmouth
Harle	Thomas	Porter	Mar	59	Porter	Berwick
Foreman	Jane	Pupil Teacher	Un	17	Pupil Teacher	Berwick
Thompkins	Mary Ann	Kitchen Maid	Mar	34	Kitchen Maid	Gloster, Bristol
Inmates
Alexander	Alice	Pauper	Widow	60	Domestic Servant	Scotland
Allan	John	Pauper	Widower	74	Ostler	Northumberland, Wooler
Allan	Margaret	Pauper	Un	91	Domestic Servant	Berwick
Allan	Elizabeth	Pauper	Mar	35	Seamstress	Northumberland, Ovingham
Allan	Elizabeth	Pauper		3		Northumberland, Newcastle
Allan	Ellen	Pauper		11 mo		Durham, Gateshead
Anderson	James	Pauper	Un	78	Tailor	Scotland
Angus	George	Pauper	Widower	83	Blacksmith	Scotland
Baxter	George	Pauper	Scholar	12	Scholar	Berwick
Bertram	Sarah	Pauper	Widow	37	Washerwoman	Middlesex, St Lukes
Bertram	Joseph	Pauper	Scholar	6	Scholar	Middlesex, Limehouse
Bowers	Edward	Pauper	Mar	66	Ship carpenter	Devon
Brown	Alice	Pauper	Un	68	Ag Servant	Berwick
Burn	Joseph	Pauper	Un	54	Labourer	Northumberland, Holy Island
Burn	Alice	Pauper	Scholar	13	Scholar	Berwick
Carton	Margaret	Pauper	Un	68	Ag Servant	Northumberland, Twizel
Christal	Rachel	Pauper	Scholar	12		Northumberland, Tweedmouth
Chrystal	Marjory	Pauper	Un	52	Ag Servant	Northumberland, Tweedmouth
Chrystal	Margaret	Pauper	Widow	57	Bait Gatherer	Northumberland, Tweedmouth
Crewther	James	Pauper	Scholar	11	Scholar	Berwick
Crisp	Margaret	Pauper	Widow	58	Washerwoman	Northumberland, Belford
Dexter	Thomas	Pauper	Widower	72	Mariner	Norfolk, Lynn
Dixon	John	Pauper	Dv	56	Ostler	Berwick
Edminson	Ann	Pauper	Un	24	Domestic Servant	Northumberland, Tweedmouth
Elliott	Elizabeth	Pauper	Widow	71	Washerwoman	Northumberland, Wooler
Filbin	James	Pauper	Un	23	Moulder	Ireland
Ford	Patrick	Pauper	Un	23	Labourer	Ireland
Fraser	John	Pauper	Un	44	House carpenter	Berwick
Gillan	Andrew	Pauper		14	Labourer	Scotland
Gladston	Robert	Pauper	Mar	55	Bookseller	Berwick
Gray	John	Pauper	Mar	52	Mariner	Berwick
Guthrie	Grace	Pauper	Un	44	Domestic Servant	Berwick
Hay	Alice	Pauper	Un	39	Domestic Servant	Northumberland, Tweedmouth
How	Mary	Pauper	Mar	74	Domestic Servant	Gilbralter
Irwin	James	Pauper		1		Berwick
Johnson	Sophia	Pauper	Un	59	Ag Servant	Berwick
Johnson	Ann	Pauper	Widow	67	Domestic Servant	Berwick
Johnson	Hannah	Pauper	Scholar	15		Berwick
Joy	Sarah	Pauper	Widow	71	Grocer	Norfolk, Felby
Joy	Sarah	Pauper	Scholar	11	Scholar	Berwick
Kenneth	Hugh	Pauper	Widower	79	Farm Servent	Scotland
Kent	Mary	Pauper	Scholar	13	Scholar	Northumberland, Newcastle
Lee	William	Pauper	Un	68	Fisher	Northumberland, Tweedmouth
Liddle	Margaret	Pauper	Un	65	Domestic Servant	Northumberland, Kyloe	Blind 3 years
Livingston	Alexander	Pauper	Scholar	9	Scholar	Northumberland, Newcastle
Lough	Mary	Pauper	Mar	66	Domestic Servant	Northumberland, Alanton
Macfarlane	Andrew	Pauper	Widower	82	Hawker	Ireland
McClaren	Margaret	Pauper	Scholar	12	Scholar	Berwick
McLean	Alexander	Pauper	Un	48	Lame from birth	Berwick
McNeil	William	Pauper	Mar	72	Labourer	Ireland
McNeil	Mary	Pauper	Mar	67	Seamstress	Ireland
Middlemiss	John	Pauper	Widower	75	Mariner	Northumberland, Twizel
Moor	John	Pauper	Un	62	Cooper	Berwick
Morton	James	Pauper	Widower	81	Farm Servent	Northumberland, Ancroft
Nicholson	Robert	Pauper	Un	52	Mariner	Berwick
Palmer	Mary	Pauper	Scholar	14	Scholar	Berwick
Patterson	John	Pauper	Un	60	Imbecile	Northumberland, Kyloe
Pattson	John	Pauper	Scholar	11	Scholar	Northumberland, Newcastle
Pringle	Robert	Pauper	Widower	80	Mariner	Northumberland, Lowick
Rowland	Ann	Pauper	Un	51	Dressmaker	Berwick
Shannon	William	Pauper	Un	43	Ag Lab	Northumberland, Tweedmouth
Smith	George	Pauper	Widower	78	Coal miner	Northumberland, Ford
Smith	John	Pauper		14	Labourer	Scotland
Stevens	Jane	Pauper	Mar	43	Washerwoman	Northumberland, Tweedmouth
Sutherland	Fanny	Pauper	Un	19	Domestic Servant	Berwick
Sutherland	Margaret	Pauper	Un	21	Washerwoman	Berwick
Sutherland	Frances	Pauper		1 week		Berwick
Todd	James	Pauper	Un	49	Fisher	Berwick
Trainer	Mary Ann	Pauper	Mar	19	Dressmaker	Berwick
Watt	Elizabeth	Pauper	Widow	29	Domestic Servant	Berwick
Watt	Thomas Henry	Pauper		2		Berwick
Weatherby	Matthew	Pauper	Un	54?	Labourer	Berwick
White	Margaret	Pauper	Widow	65	Charring woman	Berwick
White	Elizabeth	Pauper	Mar	44	Deserted wife of a sailor	Berwick
White	Robert	Pauper		1		Berwick
Wood	John	Pauper	Widower	86	Farm Servent	Scotland
Young	Jane	Pauper	Widow	85	Washerwoman	Northumberland, Ford
Young	Mary Ann	Pauper	Scholar	9	Scholar	Berwick

Total residents: 86

Acknowledgment

Thanks to Jo Marsh for contributing this transcription.

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