1881 Census: Residents of Union Workhouse, Bishop Stortford, Hertford, England
| Name | Mar | Age | Sex | Relation | Occupation | Handicap | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | |||||||
| William R. WILLCOCKS | M | 51 | M | Master | Master Union House | Landport, Hampshire | |
| Sarah J. WILLCOCKS | M | 49 | F | Wife Matron | Matron Union House | St Albans, Hertford | |
| Evelina J. WILLCOCKS | U | 21 | F | Daughter | Schoolmistress | Hastings, Sussex | |
| William C. WILLCOCKS | U | 17 | M | Son | Clerk | London Kingsland, London, Middlesex | |
| Edward H. WILLCOCKS | U | 13 | M | Son | Scholar | Colchester, Essex | |
| William CARTER | U | 23 | M | Officer | Schoolmaster | Barningham, Suffolk | |
| Allen GATWARD | M | 30 | M | Officer | Porter (Inst Serv) | Therfield, Hertford | |
| Louisa GATWARD | M | 32 | F | Officer | Nurse (Inst Serv) | Barkway, Hertford | |
| Eliza SIMMONS | U | 20 | F | Officer | Laundress (Inst Serv) | Great Chishall, Essex | |
| Inmates | |||||||
| Ann AMEY | U | 69 | F | Inmate | Nurse | Great Hadham, Hertford | |
| John ANDREWS | U | 38 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Chersey, Surrey | |
| Mary ANSELL | U | 24 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Henham, Essex | |
| John ANSON | U | 66 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Great Hadham, Hertford | |
| John BALLARD | U | 74 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Thorley, Hertford | |
| Sarah BALLARD | U | 82 | F | Inmate | Nil | Thorley, Hertford | |
| William BARRELL | M | 70 | M | Inmate | Bricklayer | Little Hallingbury, Essex | |
| Charles BARRON | W | 56 | M | Inmate | Blacksmith | Manuden, Essex | |
| Mary BAYFORD | U | 74 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Bishop Stortford | |
| Charles BIRD | 3 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Bishop Stortford | ||
| Jane BIRD | M | 40 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Great Hadham, Hertford | |
| William BIRD | M | 70 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Roxton, Bedford | |
| James BLACKABY | U | 69 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Sawbridgeworth, Hertford | |
| Henry BLAKE | U | 48 | M | Inmate | Plasterer | Bishop Stortford | |
| Thomas BLAKE | U | 60 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Sawbridgeworth, Hertford | |
| Rose BLILL | 4 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Bishop Stortford | ||
| William BOATMAN | U | 44 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Great Hadham, Hertford | |
| William BONES | U | 69 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | Little Hadham, Hertford | |
| George BRADFORD | W | 49 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Bishop Stortford | |
| Charlotte BRETT | U | 42 | F | Inmate | Furneux Pelham, Hertford | ||
| William BREWER | W | 72 | M | Inmate | Carpenter | Little Hadham, Hertford | |
| William BREWER | 15 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Little Hadham, Hertford | ||
| Eliza BRIGHT | W | 66 | F | Inmate | Castle Hedingham, Essex | ||
| Charles BROOKS | W | 56 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Henham, Essex | |
| Caroline BROWN | W | 62 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | London Bethnal Green, London, Middlesex | |
| Eliza BULL | U | 32 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Bishop Stortford | |
| John BULL | U | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Bishop Stortford | |
| Mary BULL | 8 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Bishop Stortford | ||
| William BULL | U | 37 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Bishop Stortford | |
| Thomas BUSH | U | 42 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Manuden, Essex | |
| James CATON | W | 71 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Elsenham, Essex | |
| Jane CHAMPNESS | W | 69 | F | Inmate | Blind | Takeley, Essex | |
| James CHAPMAN | U | 69 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Bishop Stortford | |
| James CHAPPEL | U | 63 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Stansted, Essex | |
| James CHIFFIN | W | 69 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Furneux Pelham, Hertford | |
| Thomas CHILD | W | 78 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Elsenham, Essex | |
| Charles CLARK | W | 73 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Sawbridgeworth, Hertford | |
| Eliza CLARK | 8 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Dunmow, Essex | ||
| James CLARK | U | 17 | M | Inmate | Imbecile | Thorley, Hertford | |
| George CLARKE | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Bishop Stortford | ||
| Henry CLARKE | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Bishop Stortford | ||
| Henry CLAYTON | U | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Braughing, Hertford | |
| Caroline COX | U | 24 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Bishop Stortford | |
| Edward COX | 3 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Bishop Stortford | ||
| Eliza COX | 5 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Bishop Stortford | ||
| Gertrude COX | 4 | F | Inmate | Bishop Stortford | |||
| Susan CRACKNELL | W | 54 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Great Hallingbury, Essex | |
| William CRACKNELL | U | 23 | M | Inmate | Lunatic | Great Hallingbury, Essex | |
| Joseph CULVER | U | 84 | M | Inmate | Gardener | Sawbridgeworth, Hertford | |
| Ellen DALEY | 3 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Chelmsford, Essex | ||
| Eliza DARBY | U | 48 | F | Inmate | Lunatic | Ware, Hertford | |
| Ann DELLOW | U | 29 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Bishop Stortford | |
| William DELLOW | W | 76 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Albury, Hertford | |
| James DRAKE | U | 57 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Gilston, Hertford | |
| Emma EDWARDS | W | 47 | F | Inmate | Blind | Manuden, Essex | |
| John ELDRED | W | 80 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Great Hallingbury, Essex | |
| Ebenezer FIELD | W | 44 | M | Inmate | Schoolmaster | Hertford, Hertford | |
| Rachel FISHER | W | 66 | F | Inmate | Monthly Nurse | Bishop Stortford | |
| John FLETCHER | U | 62 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | Furneux Pelham, Hertford | |
| Alfred FROST | 14 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Henham, Essex | ||
| Jonas FROST | W | 81 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Farnham, Essex | |
| George FULLER | W | 60 | M | Inmate | Bargeman | Bishop Stortford | |
| William FULLER | U | 23 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Bishop Stortford | |
| William GILBEY | W | 66 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Birchanger, Essex | |
| Mary Ann GINN | 12 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Little Hadham, Hertford | ||
| Henry GOLDING | U | 55 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Boxford, Suffolk | |
| Levi GOODSON | U | 60 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Great Hadham, Hertford | |
| William GRAY | W | 69 | M | Inmate | Gardener | Stansted, Essex | |
| Mary GRIFFIN | W | 74 | F | Inmate | Needlewoman | London Lambeth, London, Middlesex | |
| Charles GRIGGS | U | 57 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Stansted, Essex | |
| William GUIVER | W | 82 | M | Inmate | Tailor | Ugley, Essex | |
| Joseph HAMMOND | W | 78 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Berden, Essex | |
| Samuel HAMMOND | U | 19 | M | Inmate | Bishop Stortford | ||
| James HARDING | U | 53 | M | Inmate | Sawbridgeworth, Hertford | ||
| Joseph HARDY | W | 87 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Furneux Pelham, Hertford | |
| Eliza HARRIS | U | 40 | F | Inmate | Dressmaker | Thorley, Hertford | |
| William HARVEY | W | 69 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Berden, Essex | |
| George HENREY | W | 71 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Great Hadham, Hertford | |
| Alice HILLS | 4 | F | Inmate | Scholar | London Lambeth, London, Middlesex | ||
| Eleanor HILLS | M | 33 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Dunmow, Essex | |
| Henry HOUSDEN | M | 63 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Bishop Stortford | |
| Robert HUTLEY | U | 84 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Stansted, Essex | |
| Eliza INSKIP | M | 39 | F | Inmate | Nurse (S M S) | Bishop Stortford | |
| Elizabeth JACKSON | U | 57 | F | Inmate | Needlewoman | Deaf And Dumb | Bishop Stortford |
| Faith KIMPTON | 10 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Bishop Stortford | ||
| George KIMPTON | U | 18 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Bishop Stortford | |
| Sarah KIMPTON | 13 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Bishop Stortford | ||
| Ann KING | M | 36 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Dewsbury, York | |
| John KING | M | 38 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Norwich, Norfolk | |
| Thomas KING | U | 21 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Berden, Essex | |
| Ann KNIGHT | W | 69 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Berden, Essex | |
| George LEVEY | U | 57 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Ugley, Essex | |
| William LEVEY | U | 62 | M | Inmate | Cooper | Stansted, Essex | |
| John LILLY | W | 80 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Ware, Hertford | |
| Charles LOVEDAY | 2 | M | Inmate | Bishop Stortford | |||
| Edward LOVEDAY | 2 | M | Inmate | Bishop Stortford | |||
| Harriett LOVEDAY | U | 31 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Elmdon, Essex | |
| Charles LUCK | U | 18 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Stansted, Essex | |
| James LUCK | M | 68 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Stansted, Essex | |
| Joseph LUCK | W | 66 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Stansted, Essex | |
| John LYON | U | 34 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Elsworth, Cambridge | |
| William LYONS | U | 22 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Liverpool | |
| Ann MANSFIELD | M | 66 | F | Inmate | Field Work | Henham, Essex | |
| John MANSFIELD | M | 76 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Henham, Essex | |
| Thomas MARSHALL | W | 56 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Sawbridgeworth, Hertford | |
| James MASON | W | 69 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Thaxted, Essex | |
| Joseph MILLA | U | 70 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Sawbridgeworth, Hertford | |
| Maria MILLER | U | 75 | F | Inmate | Needlewoman | Stansted, Essex | |
| Jerry MONK | U | 73 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Farnham, Essex | |
| John MUMFORD | W | 84 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Sawbridgeworth, Hertford | |
| Sarah MUMFORD | U | 19 | F | Inmate | Servant | Waltham, Essex | |
| William MYSON | M | 63 | M | Inmate | Bargeman | Blind | Bishop Stortford |
| Charles NASH | U | 60 | M | Inmate | Idiot | Little Hallingbury, Essex | |
| Charles NEWMAN | 1 | M | Inmate | Furneux Pelham, Hertford | |||
| Ellen NEWMAN | M | 33 | F | Inmate | Furneux Pelham, Hertford | ||
| George NEWMAN | M | 31 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Furneux Pelham, Hertford | |
| Walter NEWMAN | 5 | M | Inmate | Furneux Pelham, Hertford | |||
| William NEWMAN | 4 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Furneux Pelham, Hertford | ||
| William NOAKES | W | 75 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Birchanger, Essex | |
| Henry NOTTAGE | U | 66 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Albury, Hertford | |
| William NOTTAGE | U | 77 | M | Inmate | Gardener | Harlow, Essex | |
| William OSBORNE | W | 72 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Farnham, Essex | |
| William OSBORNE | M | 63 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Little Hadham, Hertford | |
| Rose PALMER | U | 46 | F | Inmate | Deaf And Dumb | Stansted, Essex | |
| John PATEMAN | M | 68 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Standon, Hertford | |
| Alice PAYNE | 5 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Bishop Stortford | ||
| Charles PAYNE | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Bishop Stortford | ||
| Jane PAYNE | 7 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Bishop Stortford | ||
| Rebecca PAYNE | W | 49 | F | Inmate | Needlewoman | Bishop Stortford | |
| Richard PAYNE | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Bishop Stortford | ||
| George PERRY | U | 61 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Great Hadham, Hertford | |
| George PERRY | U | 71 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Sawbridgeworth, Hertford | |
| Jane PERRY | U | 25 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Bishop Stortford | |
| William PETTS | W | 70 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Brent Pelham, Hertford | |
| Charles PIGRAM | M | 49 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Bishop Stortford | |
| Emily PIGRUM | 6 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Bishop Stortford | ||
| Jane PIGRUM | 7 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Bishop Stortford | ||
| Mary PIGRUM | M | 30 | F | Inmate | Field Work (Ag Lab) | Stansted, Essex | |
| Stephen PIGRUM | 3 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Bishop Stortford | ||
| William POPE | U | 29 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Bishop Stortford | |
| Caroline PRIOR | W | 65 | F | Inmate | Field Work | Ware, Hertford | |
| Ephraim PRIOR | U | 75 | M | Inmate | Blacksmith | Great Hallingbury, Essex | |
| Mary PRIOR | U | 49 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Great Hallingbury, Essex | |
| Reuben PRIOR | W | 79 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Great Hallingbury, Essex | |
| William PRIOR | U | 74 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Great Hallingbury, Essex | |
| Alice REED | U | 14 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Great Hallingbury, Essex | |
| Eliza REED | U | 31 | F | Inmate | Lunatic | Stansted, Essex | |
| Harriett REED | M | 42 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Great Hallingbury, Essex | |
| Mary REED | 9 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Idiot | Bishop Stortford | |
| Samuel REED | M | 52 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Aveley, Essex | |
| Allen RICKETT | U | 30 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Henham, Essex | |
| James RICKETT | U | 76 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Henham, Essex | |
| Ann RUDOR | U | 61 | F | Inmate | Lunatic | Elsenham, Essex | |
| Henry SAGE | U | 81 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Henham, Essex | |
| Andrew SALTMARSH | U | 18 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Great Hallingbury, Essex | |
| Mary SALTMARSH | 9 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Bishop Stortford | ||
| Sarah SALTMARSH | 5 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Bishop Stortford | ||
| Susannah SALTMARSH | 49 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Great Hallingbury, Essex | ||
| George SANDERS | U | 28 | M | Inmate | Labourer | London Bethnal Green, London, Middlesex | |
| Fredrick SAPSFORD | 4 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Bishop Stortford | ||
| Henry SAPSFORD | 6 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Bishop Stortford | ||
| James SAPSFORD | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Bishop Stortford | ||
| Laura SAPSFORD | 12 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Bishop Stortford | ||
| Rose SAPSFORD | 9 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Little Hallingbury, Essex | ||
| Emma SAVILL | M | 43 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Stansted, Essex | |
| John SAVILL | W | 82 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Furneux Pelham, Hertford | |
| Jane SCOTNEY | U | 28 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Bishop Stortford | |
| Alfred SEALEY | U | 45 | M | Inmate | Grocers Porter | Stansted, Essex | |
| Elizabeth SHAW | U | 81 | F | Inmate | Hawker | Sotfold, Bedford | |
| Ellen SMITH | U | 21 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Bishop Stortford | |
| Sophia SMITH | U | 79 | F | Inmate | Needlewoman | Woodford, Essex | |
| Walter SMITH | 1 | M | Inmate | Bedford, Bedford | |||
| Thomas SNOW | U | 63 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Elsenham, Essex | |
| Susan STONE | U | 52 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Berden, Essex | |
| Emily STUBBS | 8 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Bishop Stortford | ||
| Martha STUBBS | 3 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Bishop Stortford | ||
| Matilda STUBBS | U | 33 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Farnham, Essex | |
| Nathan TANT | M | 73 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Stansted, Essex | |
| Arthur THEAR | 3 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Bishop Stortford | ||
| Emma THEAR | U | 37 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Sawbridgeworth, Hertford | |
| John THOMAS | U | 25 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Leicester | |
| Joseph THURGOOD | W | 74 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Farnham, Essex | |
| Selina TINSLEY | 12 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Great Hadham, Hertford | ||
| Alfred TOTT | U | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Braughing, Hertford | |
| Alice TOTT | U | 9 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Braughing, Hertford | |
| Martha TOTT | U | 14 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Braughing, Hertford | |
| Harry TRIGG | U | 38 | M | Inmate | Little Hadham, Hertford | ||
| Alfred TURNER | U | 48 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Stansted, Essex | |
| Jane TURNER | W | 70 | F | Inmate | Bishop Stortford | ||
| Jane TURNER | 12 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Bishop Stortford | ||
| John TURNER | 14 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Bishop Stortford | ||
| Charles WALKER | U | 63 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Sawbridgeworth, Hertford | |
| Edward WALLING | U | 62 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Great Hadham, Hertford | |
| Fredrick WALLING | U | 64 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Great Hadham, Hertford | |
| Thomas WALLING | U | 71 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Great Hadham, Hertford | |
| James WARWICK | U | 74 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Farnham, Essex | |
| Peter WARWICK | W | 68 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Stansted, Essex | |
| Albert WATTS | 6 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Little Hadham, Hertford | ||
| Julia WATTS | 12 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Little Hadham, Hertford | ||
| Lizzie WATTS | 8 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Little Hadham, Hertford | ||
| John WEAL | U | 71 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Sawbridgeworth, Hertford | |
| Ellen WESTWOOD | W | 57 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Farnham, Essex | |
| Sarah WESTWOOD | 13 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Bishop Stortford | ||
| William WESTWOOD | U | 69 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Sawbridgeworth, Hertford | |
| Daniel WHITBY | M | 78 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Great Hallingbury, Essex | |
| Fanny WHITBY | M | 79 | F | Inmate | Little Hallingbury, Essex | ||
| Dainel WHITE | U | 65 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Little Hadham, Hertford | |
| Jane WHITE | W | 71 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Gilston, Hertford | |
| Owen WHITE | U | 33 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Little Hallingbury, Essex | |
| Henry WIFFEN | W | 89 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Broadfield, Essex | |
| Joshua WILLIAMS | U | 74 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Birchanger, Essex | |
| George WOODLEY | U | 63 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Braughing, Hertford | |
| John WORMAN | W | 72 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Manuden, Essex | |
| Elizabeth WRIEDON | W | 51 | F | Inmate | Needlewoman | Sawbridgeworth, Hertford | |
| George WYBIRD | 5 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Bishop Stortford | ||
| John WYBIRD | U | 69 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Albury, Hertford | |
| Mary WYBIRD | U | 28 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Furneux Pelham, Hertford | |
| Thomas WYBREW | U | 74 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Elsenham, Essex | |
| Daniel YARDLEY | W | 78 | M | Inmate | Road Labourer | Sawbridgeworth, Hertford |
Total residents: 228
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