1881 Census: Residents of Bridgnorth Union Workhouse
| Name | Mar | Age | Sex | Relation | Occupation | Handicap | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | |||||||
| Richard COOPER | M | 48 | M | Head | Master Of Workhouse | Ruyton XI Towns, Shropshire | |
| Jane COOPER | M | 49 | F | Wife | Matron Of Workhouse (Mun) | Chirk, Denbigh, Wales | |
| La...d F. COOPER | 15 | F | Daur | Scholar | Birkenhead, Cheshire | ||
| Ruth RUSE | M | 47 | F | Servt | Nurse (Mun) | Kidderminster, Worcester | |
| Elizabeth CLECTON | U | 26 | F | Servt | House Servt (Mun) | Church Stretton, Shropshire | |
| Inmates | |||||||
| Benjamin BA...KER | W | 78 | M | Inmate | Formerly Ag Labourer | Stoke St. Millbrough, Shropshire | |
| Elizabeth BARNFIELD | U | 70 | F | Inmate | Quatford, Shropshire | ||
| John BEESTON | U | 36 | M | Inmate | Formerly Ag Labourer | Imbecile | Morvile, Shropshire |
| Emila F. BENION | 1 | F | Inmate | West Ham W House, Middlesex | |||
| Selina BENION | 6 | F | Inmate | ||||
| Sarah BENTLEY | U | 73 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servt | Imbecile | Worfield, Shropshire |
| Charlotte BIRD | U | 32 | F | Inmate | Domestic (Dom) | Hammersmith, Middlesex | |
| Gertrude H. BIRD | 1 | F | Inmate | Domestic (Dom) | Bridgnorth, Shropshire | ||
| Ann BOUCHER | U | 58 | F | Inmate | Inmate | Imbecile | Alveley, Shropshire |
| Edward BROADFIELD | U | 52 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Eardington, Shropshire | |
| Jane BROOKER | M | 77 | F | Inmate | Bridgnorth, Shropshire | ||
| William BROOKER | M | 85 | M | Inmate | Weaver | Overley, Worcester | |
| Emma BROWN | U | 46 | F | Inmate | Formerly Seamstres | Bridgnorth, Shropshire | |
| William BULL | W | 86 | M | Inmate | Formerly Ag Labourer | Claverley, Shropshire | |
| John BURNS | U | 51 | M | Casual | Ag Labr | Scotland | |
| Lewis BUTLER | U | 53 | M | Casual | Plasterer | London, Middlesex | |
| Rosannah CHEESE | W | 87 | F | Inmate | Birmingham, Warwick | ||
| Elizabeth CHILDS | W | 85 | F | Inmate | Wenlock, Shropshire | ||
| Isaac CLARK | U | 24 | M | Casual | Ag Labourer | Bristol, Gloucester | |
| Joseph W. CLARK | W | 80 | M | Inmate | Carpenter | Acton Round, Shropshire | |
| Thomas CLAYTON | U | 17 | M | Casual | Spinner (Cotton) | Stockport, Cheshire | |
| Ann CORNIOLI | W | 87 | F | Inmate | Worfield, Shropshire | ||
| William B. COX | W | 81 | M | Inmate | Formerly Tailor | Bridgnorth, Shropshire | |
| Jane DAVENPORT | U | 66 | F | Inmate | Formerly Domestic Servt | Claverley, Shropshire | |
| John DEE | M | 73 | M | Inmate | Inmate Ag Labourer | Alveley, Shropshire | |
| Peter DUNBAR | M | 36 | M | Casual | Tailor | Scotland | |
| Clara EDWARDS | 5 | F | Inmate | Worfield, Shropshire | |||
| Emma EDWARDS | U | 29 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servt | Worfield, Shropshire | |
| Hannah EDWARDS | U | 26 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servt | Cleobury Mortimer, Shropshire | |
| Harry EDWARDS | 3m | M | Inmate | Bridgnorth, Shropshire | |||
| George EVANS | U | 51 | M | Inmate | Formerly Ag Labourer | Bridgnorth, Shropshire | |
| William FRANKS | W | 76 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Madeley, Shropshire | |
| James GREEN | U | 21 | M | Inmate | Ag Labourer | Ditton Priors, Shropshire | |
| John GREGORY | U | 53 | M | Inmate | Army Pensioner | Chetton, Shropshire | |
| Eliza GROSVENOR | W | 61 | F | Inmate | Ludlow, Shropshire | ||
| Alfred GWILT | U | 15 | M | Inmate | Imbecile | Astley Abbots, Shropshire | |
| John HACKETT | W | 77 | M | Inmate | Gardener | Cheswardine, Stafford | |
| Martin HALEY | U | 72 | M | Inmate | Formerly Ag Labourer | Ireland | |
| Thomas HAND | U | 61 | M | Inmate | Formerly Bricklayer | Claverley, Shropshire | |
| John HARDWICK | W | 90 | M | Inmate | Inmate Ag Labourer | Upper Arley, Stafford | |
| Peter HARPER | U | 55 | M | Inmate | Formerly Ag Labourer | Claverley, Shropshire | |
| Samuel HARPER | U | 72 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Tasley, Shropshire | |
| William HARPER | W | 61 | M | Inmate | Bricklayer | Bridgnorth, Shropshire | |
| Ann M. HAYES | U | 30 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servt | Wem, Shropshire | |
| John HAYWARD | W | 74 | M | Inmate | Bricklayer | Bridgnorth, Shropshire | |
| Mary HOLDING | U | 57 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servt | Imbecile | Bridgnorth, Shropshire |
| Ellen HOWELL | 3 | F | Inmate | Wolverley, Worcester | |||
| James HOWELL | 5 | M | Inmate | Sudeley, Worcester | |||
| John HOWELL | U | 50 | M | Inmate | Gardener (Dom) | Worfield, Shropshire | |
| William HOWELL | 10m | M | Inmate | Bridgnorth, Shropshire | |||
| Ellen HUGHES | M | 31 | F | Inmate | Sutton Maddock, Shropshire | ||
| Thomas INGRAM | W | 62 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Cullington, Shropshire | |
| Edward JAMES | U | 31 | M | Casual | Ag Labourer | Alderton, Gloucester | |
| Patrick JEFFERIES | U | 70 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Ireland | |
| Edward J. JONES | 3m | M | Inmate | Bridgnorth, Shropshire | |||
| Edward JONES | U | 82 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Hinton, Shropshire | |
| Elizabeth JONES | M | 23 | F | Inmate | Ludlow, Shropshire | ||
| George JONES | U | 59 | M | Inmate | Formerly Ag Labourer | Worfield, Shropshire | |
| Gertrude JONES | 3 | F | Inmate | Birkenhead, Cheshire | |||
| Joseph JONES | M | 24 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Bridgnorth, Shropshire | |
| Thomas JONES | U | 78 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Morville, Shropshire | |
| William JORDAN | W | 69 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Burwarton, Shropshire | |
| Ann LANGLEY | W | 70 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servt | Merthr Tydvil, Wales | |
| Henry LAW | U | 37 | M | Inmate | Formerly Ag Labourer | Claverley, Shropshire | |
| Mary Ann LAY | W | 55 | F | Inmate | Gardener (Dom) | Wribbenhal, Worcester | |
| Mary Ann LAY | U | 19 | F | Inmate | Gardener (Dom) | Imbecile | Bridgnorth, Shropshire |
| Ann LEE | W | 36 | F | Inmate | Church Stoke, Montgomery, Wales | ||
| Charles LEE | 8m | M | Inmate | West Bromwich, Stafford | |||
| John LEE | 4 | M | Inmate | Claverley, Shropshire | |||
| George LEWIS | U | 34 | M | Casual | Ag Labourer | Birmingham, Warwick | |
| John LEWIS | W | 87 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Worfield, Shropshire | |
| William LEWIS | U | 79 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Highley, Shropshire | |
| Alice LOWE | 5 | F | Inmate | Inmate | Bridgnorth, Shropshire | ||
| Mary MADDOCKS | W | 66 | F | Inmate | Bridgnorth, Shropshire | ||
| George MAIDEN | M | 40 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Bridgnorth, Shropshire | |
| James MASSEY | W | 81 | M | Inmate | Formerly Bargeman | Worfield, Shropshire | |
| Alice MEREDITH | 5 | F | Inmate | Astley Abbots, Shropshire | |||
| Elizabeth MEREDITH | M | 43 | F | Inmate | Hanson, Shropshire | ||
| Ellen MEREDITH | 3 | F | Inmate | Astley Abbots, Shropshire | |||
| Frank MEREDITH | 8m | M | Inmate | Astley Abbots, Shropshire | |||
| John MEYRICK | W | 59 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Bridgnorth, Shropshire | |
| Benjamin MILLICHIP | U | 60 | M | Inmate | Mason | Broadstone, Shropshire | |
| Edward MORRIS | U | 43 | M | Inmate | Formerly Ag Labourer | Ditton Priors, Shropshire | |
| Jane NICHOLAS | U | 59 | F | Inmate | Formerly Domestic Servt | Imbecile | Whitchurch, Shropshire |
| William NICHOLLS | U | 75 | M | Inmate | Inmate Formerly Butcher | Alveley, Shropshire | |
| Caroline NOAKES | U | 39 | F | Inmate | Formerly Domestic (D) | Burwarton, Shropshire | |
| Benjamin NORRIS | W | 55 | M | Inmate | Formerly Ag Labourer | Middleton, Shropshire | |
| Charlotte OAKLEY | U | 49 | F | Inmate | Inmate Servt (D) | Alveley, Shropshire | |
| Joseph OSBURN | U | 42 | M | Inmate | Formerly Ag Labourer | Cleve Prior, Worcester | |
| Timothy OVERTON | W | 79 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Rudge, Shropshire | |
| William PAINTER | W | 81 | M | Inmate | Formerly Ag Labourer | Chelmarsh, Shropshire | |
| Sarah PALMER | U | 72 | F | Inmate | Claverley, Shropshire | ||
| Harriet PARDON | U | 32 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servt | Imbecile | Quatt, Shropshire |
| Richard PIPE | W | 81 | M | Inmate | Butcher | Hince, Stafford | |
| Sarah POOLE | W | 71 | F | Inmate | Astley Abbots, Shropshire | ||
| Martha POWELL | M | 47 | F | Inmate | Ironbridge, Shropshire | ||
| John PREECE | U | 71 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Broseley, Shropshire | |
| Elizabeth PRICE | W | 69 | F | Inmate | Whilbourn, Hereford | ||
| John PRICE | W | 80 | M | Inmate | Formerly Ag Labourer | Bridgnorth, Shropshire | |
| Phoeby PRICE | U | 85 | F | Inmate | Formerly Domestic Servt | Stourbridge, Worcester | |
| Ann PRITCHARD | U | 33 | F | Inmate | Formerly Domestic Servt | Worfield, Shropshire | |
| William RANKIN | U | 43 | M | Casual | Tailor | Maidstone, Kent | |
| Mary ROBERTS | U | 27 | F | Inmate | Formerly Domestic Servt | Imbecile | Bridgnorth, Shropshire |
| George ROGERS | U | 38 | M | Casual | Gardener (Dom) | Bath, Somerset | |
| James ROGERS | U | 16 | M | Casual | Ag Labourer | Bath, Somerset | |
| Eliza ROWLEY | W | 64 | F | Inmate | Carpenter | Ludlow, Shropshire | |
| Elizabeth ROWLEY | U | 75 | F | Inmate | Ditton Priors, Shropshire | ||
| John ROWLEY | W | 83 | M | Inmate | Formerly Ag Labourer | Chelmarsh, Shropshire | |
| Samuel ROWLEY | W | 79 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Worfield, Shropshire | |
| William ROWLEY | U | 50 | M | Inmate | Formerly Ag Labourer | Billingsley, Shropshire | |
| Thomas RUDGES | W | 57 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Ireland | |
| Richard SCRIVEN | W | 76 | M | Inmate | Ag Labr | Alveley, Shropshire | |
| Thomas SKITT | W | 71 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Enville, Stafford | |
| Sarah SMITH | U | 76 | F | Inmate | Formerly Domestic | Shipton, Shropshire | |
| Joseph SOUTHWILL | U | 54 | M | Inmate | Bricklayers Labr | Bridgnorth, Shropshire | |
| John SPICER | M | 46 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Barking, Essex | |
| Richard SYSAM | U | 65 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Ireland | |
| Emma TASKER | U | 39 | F | Inmate | Inmate | Blind-Imbecile | Morville, Shropshire |
| Mary TAYLOR | W | 89 | F | Inmate | Shiffnal, Shropshire | ||
| George THATCHER | U | 56 | M | Inmate | Ag Labr | Alveley, Shropshire | |
| William THATCHER | W | 78 | M | Inmate | Inmate Ag Labourer | Alveley, Shropshire | |
| Elizabeth TURNER | U | 36 | F | Inmate | Domestic | Not Known, Shropshire | |
| Amos VEAL | U | 51 | M | Inmate | Formerly Ag Labourer | Bridgnorth, Shropshire | |
| William WALFORD | U | 56 | M | Inmate | Labr | Bridgnorth, Shropshire | |
| John WARD | W | 73 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Astley Abbots, Shropshire | |
| John WEALE | W | 60 | M | Inmate | Nailor | Bridgnorth, Shropshire | |
| Dora WELLINGS | W | 62 | F | Inmate | Ireland | ||
| George WILLIAMS | U | 49 | M | Inmate | Formerly Ag Labourer | West Mouleton, Somerset | |
| John WOOD | U | 73 | M | Inmate | Wheelwright | Little Hereford, Hereford |
Total residents: 134
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