1881 Census: Residents of Biggleswade Union Workhouse
| Name | Mar | Age | Sex | Relation | Occupation | Handicap | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | |||||||
| Harry LANCY | M | 48 | M | Head | Master | Hampshire | |
| Jessy M. LANCY | M | 48 | F | Wife | Matron (Munci) | London, London, Middlesex | |
| Francis J. LANCY | 15 | M | Son | (No Occ) | Biggleswade, Bedford | ||
| Elizabeth A. LANCY | 12 | F | Daur | Scholar | Biggleswade, Bedford | ||
| Jessy H. LANCY | 10 | F | Daur | Scholar | Biggleswade, Bedford | ||
| Marie J. LANCY | 6 | F | Daur | Scholar | Biggleswade, Bedford | ||
| Eliza J. KING | U | 28 | F | Teacher | Teacher (School) | Bombay, India | |
| Emma STEED | U | 25 | F | Serv | Nurse Domestic Servant | St Ives, Huntingdon | |
| Ann GIGGLE | U | 26 | F | Serv | Cook Domestic Servant | Sutton, Bedford | |
| George HILLS | U | 40 | M | Serv | Porter Domestic Servant | Blunham, Bedford | |
| Inmates | |||||||
| Beatrice ANGELL | U | 25 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Henlow, Bedford | |
| Thomas ARNOLD | W | 72 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Dunton, Bedford | |
| Mary A. AUSTIN | U | 40 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Wrestlingworth, Bedford | |
| Wallace AUSTIN | W | 81 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Dunton, Bedford | |
| Mary BALDOCK | U | 72 | F | Inmate | Tempsford, Bedford | ||
| Jonathan BALDWIN | M | 70 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Sandy, Bedford | |
| Sarah BALDWIN | M | 72 | F | Inmate | Sandy, Bedford | ||
| Mary BARRETT | U | 49 | F | Inmate | Biggleswade, Bedford | ||
| William BARRETT | W | 76 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Shefford, Bedford | |
| George BIRD | U | 60 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Potton, Bedford | |
| Rebecca BLAND | W | 70 | F | Inmate | Shefford, Bedford | ||
| Susan BOTTOMS | W | 81 | F | Inmate | Biggleswade, Bedford | ||
| Eliza BRADSHAW | M | 60 | F | Inmate | Tempsford, Bedford | ||
| John BRADSHAW | M | 78 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Tempsford, Bedford | |
| Hannah BRAYBROOKES | W | 78 | F | Inmate | Henlow, Bedford | ||
| Elizabeth BREED | U | 20 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Biggleswade, Bedford | |
| Emma BREED | U | 20 | F | Inmate | Biggleswade, Bedford | ||
| John BRITTAIN | W | 76 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Potton, Bedford | |
| Anne BROOKS | W | 78 | F | Inmate | Edworth, Bedford | ||
| John BRYANT | M | 62 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Edworth, Bedford | |
| John BURNAGE | W | 83 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Biggleswade, Bedford | |
| John BURR | W | 72 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Blunham, Bedford | |
| William CHERRY | M | 32 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Clifton, Bedford | |
| Ann CHESSUM | U | 43 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Biggleswade, Bedford | |
| John CHESSUM | U | 41 | M | Inmate | Imbecile | Biggleswade, Bedford | |
| Edward CLARK | U | 41 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Imbecile | Eyeworth, Bedford |
| Frank CLARK | U | 88 | M | Inmate | Hawker | Doncaster, York | |
| John CLARKE | U | 60 | M | Inmate | Grocer | Sandy, Bedford | |
| John COLE | W | 78 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Biggleswade, Bedford | |
| Charles COOPER | 12 | M | Inmate | Arlesey, Bedford | |||
| Emma COOPER | 4 | F | Inmate | Henlow, Bedford | |||
| James COOPER | U | 60 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Stotfold, Bedford | |
| John COOPER | U | 66 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Henlow, Bedford | |
| Mary COOPER | M | 28 | F | Inmate | Arlesey, Bedford | ||
| Robert COOPER | W | 80 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Sandy, Bedford | |
| William COWLAND | U | 60 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Imbecile | Southill, Bedford |
| Benjamin COX | M | 57 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Arlesey, Bedford | |
| Harriet DANIELS | W | 66 | F | Inmate | Sandy, Bedford | ||
| Ebenezer DAY | U | 65 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Potton, Bedford | |
| David DEACON | U | 35 | M | Vagrant | Bootmaker | Boston, Lincoln | |
| Sarah DEAR | U | 31 | F | Inmate | Biggleswade, Bedford | ||
| William DEAR | 4m | M | Inmate | Biggleswade Union, Bedford | |||
| George EDWARDS | W | 70 | M | Inmate | Harness Maker | Potton, Bedford | |
| Ann ELLIS | M | 63 | F | Inmate | Biggleswade, Bedford | ||
| William ELLIS | M | 66 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Biggleswade, Bedford | |
| Sarah FARLEY | M | 38 | F | Inmate | Biggleswade, Bedford | ||
| James FOWLER | W | 69 | M | Inmate | Biggleswade, Bedford | ||
| Alfred FRANCIS | 10 | M | Inmate | Sandy, Bedford | |||
| Jesse FRANCIS | W | 50 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Sandy, Bedford | |
| William FULLER | U | 16 | M | Inmate | Biggleswade, Bedford | ||
| David GARNER | W | 70 | M | Inmate | Gardener | Shefford, Bedford | |
| Mary GARNER | U | 20 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Northill, Bedford | |
| Rebecca GAYLOR | W | 79 | F | Inmate | Sandy, Bedford | ||
| William GOODSHIP | W | 74 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Shefford, Bedford | |
| Mary GOODWIN | W | 76 | F | Inmate | Northill, Bedford | ||
| David HALL | W | 74 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Warden, Bedford | |
| James HAMMOND | W | 68 | M | Inmate | Scissor Grinder | St Ives, Huntingdon | |
| Lydia HARRIS | W | 83 | F | Inmate | Southill, Bedford | ||
| James HATTON | W | 74 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Stotfold, Bedford | |
| Sarah HEDGES | U | 52 | F | Inmate | Biggleswade, Bedford | ||
| James HEWITT | W | 67 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Stotfold, Bedford | |
| William HILLY | M | 66 | M | Inmate | Biggleswade, Bedford | ||
| Thomas HOWE | 12 | M | Inmate | Biggleswade Union, Bedford | |||
| Charles HUCKLE | W | 72 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Biggleswade, Bedford | |
| Robert HUMBERSTON | U | 54 | M | Inmate | Butler | Biggleswade, Bedford | |
| William JACKSON | U | 62 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Henlow, Bedford | |
| Henry JACOBS | U | 45 | M | Vagrant | Tailor | Paris | |
| William JENKINS | W | 79 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Southill, Bedford | |
| William JOHNSON | W | 66 | M | Vagrant | Labourer | Preston | |
| Emmanuel KILBY | W | 72 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Langford, Bedford | |
| Joseph KNOTT | U | 16 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Potton, Bedford | |
| James LAW | W | 75 | M | Inmate | Bricklayer | Shefford, Bedford | |
| Frederick LEE | 5 | M | Inmate | Dunton, Bedford | |||
| James LEGGETT | W | 68 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Henlow, Bedford | |
| John LINCOLN | U | 60 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Potton, Bedford | |
| Henry LOW | U | 27 | M | Vagrant | Labourer | London, London, Middlesex | |
| Sarah MAYS | W | 70 | F | Inmate | Henlow, Bedford | ||
| Thomas MAYS | U | 50 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Henlow, Bedford | |
| William MILLIARD | W | 76 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Stotfold, Bedford | |
| Issac MILLINER | U | 65 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Biggleswade, Bedford | |
| William MILLINER | U | 72 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Biggleswade, Bedford | |
| William MORGAN | W | 73 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Northill, Bedford | |
| Joseph MORNINGTON | M | 70 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Northill, Bedford | |
| John ODELL | W | 78 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Sandy, Bedford | |
| John OWEN | W | 68 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Langford, Bedford | |
| Samuel PEARSON | U | 78 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Langford, Bedford | |
| Amy PECK | W | 76 | F | Inmate | Northill, Bedford | ||
| Thomas PECK | U | 66 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Northill, Bedford | |
| Elizabeth PESTELL | W | 35 | F | Inmate | London, Middlesex | ||
| Minnie PESTELL | 12 | F | Inmate | London, Middlesex | |||
| Ann PICARD | U | 20 | F | Inmate | Sandy, Bedford | ||
| Henry PRATT | U | 56 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Clifton, Bedford | |
| Annie PRESLAND | 11 | F | Inmate | Biggleswade, Bedford | |||
| George PRESLAND | W | 50 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Biggleswade, Bedford | |
| John PRESTON | U | 50 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Northill, Bedford | |
| Elizabeth RAISLEY | U | 43 | F | Inmate | Arlesey, Bedford | ||
| George RAISLEY | 8 | M | Inmate | Biggleswade Union, Bedford | |||
| Harry RAISLEY | 10 | M | Inmate | Biggleswade Union, Bedford | |||
| John RAWLINS | U | 74 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Edworth, Bedford | |
| John REED | U | 32 | M | Vagrant | Labourer | Spalding | |
| Albert ROBERTS | 5 | M | Inmate | Potton, Bedford | |||
| Biddy ROBERTS | 7 | F | Inmate | Potton, Bedford | |||
| David ROBERTS | 12 | M | Inmate | Potton, Bedford | |||
| Egbert ROBERTS | 10 | M | Inmate | Potton, Bedford | |||
| Harriet ROBERTS | U | 15 | F | Inmate | Potton, Bedford | ||
| John RUTH | W | 40 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Langford, Bedford | |
| Robert SELLEY | W | 70 | M | Inmate | Drover | Shefford, Bedford | |
| John SHEARMAN | W | 70 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Potton, Bedford | |
| John SIMMS | W | 72 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Langford, Bedford | |
| Sarah SINGLE | U | 32 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Biggleswade Union, Bedford | |
| Benjamin SMITH | U | 60 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Shefford, Bedford | |
| William SMITH | W | 84 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Astwick, Bedford | |
| William SMITH | W | 74 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Sandy, Bedford | |
| John SQUIRES | W | 76 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Shefford, Bedford | |
| James STANTON | M | 55 | M | Inmate | Baker | Shefford, Bedford | |
| Elizabeth STEVENS | U | 55 | F | Inmate | Straw Plaiter | Campton, Bedford | |
| Ellen STEVENS | 10 | F | Inmate | Campton, Bedford | |||
| Mercy STEVENS | 7 | F | Inmate | Biggleswade Union, Bedford | |||
| Thomas STOKES | M | 28 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Northill, Bedford | |
| Henry STRATTON | U | 54 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Stotfold, Bedford | |
| George STREET | W | 70 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Langford, Bedford | |
| Samuel SUTTON | U | 50 | M | Inmate | Blind | Sandy, Bedford | |
| Alice TATMAN | 7 | F | Inmate | Northampton | |||
| Lewis TATMAN | 9 | M | Inmate | Northampton | |||
| James TAYLOR | M | 55 | M | Inmate | Butler | Shefford, Bedford | |
| John TIBBLES | W | 81 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Wrestlingworth, Bedford | |
| Sarah UNDERLIN | U | 42 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Stotfold, Bedford | |
| Joseph WARD | U | 66 | M | Vagrant | Labourer | Croydon, Surrey | |
| Ann WATSON | M | 74 | F | Inmate | Biggleswade, Bedford | ||
| George WATSON | M | 76 | M | Inmate | Basket Maker | Biggleswade, Bedford | |
| John WATTS | W | 64 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Henlow, Bedford | |
| George WHITFIELD | W | 61 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Biggleswade, Bedford | |
| George WILSON | U | 40 | M | Vagrant | Labourer | Manchester | |
| Thomas YOUNG | U | 24 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Sandy, Bedford |
Total residents: 144
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