1881 Census: Residents of Bridport Union Workhouse, Barrack St, Bradpole, Dorset
| Name | Mar | Age | Sex | Relation | Occupation | Handicap | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | |||||||
| Benjamin AMES | W | 71 | M | Head | Master Of Union | Beaminster, Dorset | |
| Martha GREGORY | U | 64 | F | Matron | Matron Of Union | Crediton, Devon | |
| Elizabeth GIBBS | U | 21 | F | School Mistress | School Mistress | Bradpole, Dorset | |
| Susan PALMER | W | 61 | F | Officer | Nurse | Dorchester, Dorset | |
| David STEVENS | M | 46 | M | Officer | House Porter | Allington, Dorset | |
| Jane STEVENS | M | 32 | F | Officer | Cook | Lunatic | Bradpole, Dorset |
| Benjamin WILLIAMS | W | 61 | M | Servant | Servant | Burton Bradstock, Dorset | |
| Inmates | |||||||
| William ACKERMAN | U | 29 | M | Pauper | Labourer | Sherborne, Dorset | |
| Ellen ADAMS | U | 30 | F | Pauper | Burton, Dorset | ||
| Martha ANDERSON | W | 75 | F | Pauper | Servant | Burton, Dorset | |
| Isaac BARTLETT | W | 75 | M | Pauper | Farm Labourer | Shipton, Dorset | |
| John BEATER | W | 68 | M | Pauper | Flax Comber | Bradpole, Dorset | |
| Ann BISHOP | U | 73 | F | Pauper | Bridport, Dorset | ||
| Samuel BISHOP | M | 34 | M | Pauper | Shoemaker | Bridport, Dorset | |
| Mary A. BRAGGE | W | 73 | F | Pauper | Spinner | Bridport, Dorset | |
| John BRAKE | W | 84 | M | Pauper | Masons Labourer | Allington, Dorset | |
| Ann BRIDLE | W | 77 | F | Pauper | Labourer | Whitchurch, Dorset | |
| Charles BROWING | U | 40 | M | Pauper | Mason | London St Pancras, London, Middlesex | |
| Anne CHRISTMAS | W | 60 | F | Pauper | Servant | Stoke Wareham, Dorset | |
| William CLEAL | 5 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Bradpole, Dorset | ||
| William COOMBS | W | 79 | M | Pauper | Labourer | Symondsbury, Dorset | |
| Henry CORNICK | W | 71 | M | Pauper | Twine Spinner | Bridport, Dorset | |
| Jane COUSINS | W | 87 | F | Pauper | Servant | Loders, Dorset | |
| Mary COUSINS | W | 80 | F | Pauper | Labourer | Allington, Dorset | |
| George CRABB | U | 23 | M | Pauper | Idiot | Loders, Dorset | |
| Robert CROOK | U | 65 | M | Pauper | Labourer | Whitchurch, Dorset | |
| Robert DAVEY | W | 55 | M | Pauper | Farmer | Netherbury, Dorset | |
| Anne DUNFORD | W | 78 | F | Pauper | Washerwoman | Loders, Dorset | |
| Christopher ELLERY | W | 70 | M | Pauper | Postillion | Bridport, Dorset | |
| John ELLERY | 13 | M | Pauper | Bridport, Dorset | |||
| Ellen ELLIOT | U | 10 | F | Pauper | Bridport, Dorset | ||
| Ellen ELLIOT | U | 28 | F | Pauper (Head) | Factory Hand (Twine) | Bridport, Dorset | |
| Ellen FOOKS | 9 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Bridport, Dorset | ||
| Frederick FOOKS | W | 60 | M | Pauper | Baker | Whitchurch, Dorset | |
| John FORSEY | M | 69 | M | Pauper | Labourer | Symondsbury, Dorset | |
| Ann Cox FRANCIS | W | 60 | F | Pauper | Bridport, Dorset | ||
| Alfred FRY | 3 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Chesterton, Cambridge | ||
| Harriet FRY | W | 26 | F | Pauper (Head) | Laundress | Chesterton, Cambridge | |
| James FRY | 1 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Bradpole, Dorset | ||
| Sarah FRY | U | 47 | F | Pauper | Dairy Maid | Litton Cheney, Dorset | |
| William FRY | 5 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Chesterton, Cambridge | ||
| Eliza GALE | M | 31 | F | Pauper | Dressmaker | Shipton Gorge, Dorset | |
| Matthew GEAR | U | 34 | M | Pauper | Mariner | Chideock, Dorset | |
| Jane GIBBS | U | 41 | F | Pauper | Formerly Spinner | Lunatic | Bridport, Dorset |
| William HAINES | 10 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Loders, Dorset | ||
| Ann HALLETT | M | 40 | F | Pauper | Rope Factory Hand | Bridport, Dorset | |
| Annie HALLETT | 1 | F | Pauper | Bridpot, Dorset | |||
| Frederick HALLETT | 10 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Bridpot, Dorset | ||
| Joseph HALLETT | M | 65 | M | Pauper | Labourer | ||
| Henry HANSFORD | 55 | M | Pauper | Whitchurch, Dorset | |||
| John HANSFORD | 50 | M | Pauper | Whitchurch, Dorset | |||
| William HANSFORD | U | 22 | M | Pauper | Bradpole, Dorset | ||
| Emma HARVEY | U | 20 | F | Pauper | Factory Hand | Bridport, Dorset | |
| John HEDNEY | W | 71 | M | Pauper | Weaver | Beaminster, Dorset | |
| Samuel HOCKS | U | 32 | M | Pauper | Labourer | Lichfield, Stafford | |
| William HODDER | U | 70 | M | Pauper | Baker | Bridport, Dorset | |
| Ann HULL | W | 75 | F | Pauper | Hawker | Honiton, Devon | |
| Ebenezer HUNT | U | 7 | M | Pauper | Bridport, Dorset | ||
| George HUNT | 4 | M | Pauper | Bridport, Dorset | |||
| Ruben HUNT | U | 10 | M | Pauper | Bridport, Dorset | ||
| Joseph JOHNSON | W | 64 | M | Pauper | Leather Dresser | Stoke Under Ham | |
| John KEECH | U | 58 | M | Pauper | Flax Dresser | ||
| James KEEPING | U | 64 | M | Pauper | Hairdresser | Bridport, Dorset | |
| James KELLY | U | 39 | M | Pauper | Labourer | Bristol, Gloucester | |
| Emily LARCOMBE | U | 7 | F | Pauper | Bradpole, Dorset | ||
| Emily LARCOMBE | U | 32 | F | Pauper | Factory Hand | Whitchurch, Dorset | |
| Frederick LARCOMBE | U | 11 | M | Pauper | Bradpole, Dorset | ||
| Edward LAWRENCE | U | 24 | M | Pauper | Labourer | Allington, Dorset | |
| Elizabeth LAWRENCE | 15 | F | Pauper | Allington, Dorset | |||
| William LEIFF OR LUFF | W | 76 | M | Pauper | Mariner | Bridport, Dorset | |
| Elizabeth MABB | U | 60 | F | Pauper | Formerly Spinner | Bridport, Dorset | |
| Mary A. MARSH | W | 85 | F | Pauper | Servant | Allington, Dorset | |
| Mark MORE | M | 40 | M | Pauper | Labourer | Honiton, Devon | |
| Jonathan MORRIS | W | 70 | M | Pauper | Glover | Allington, Dorset | |
| Henry NEALE | M | 55 | M | Pauper | Labourer | Kingston Russell, Dorset | |
| Edwin NICHOLS | U | 9 | M | Pauper | Scholar | ||
| Herbert NICHOLS | U | 12 | M | Pauper | Scholar | ||
| Arthur NORMAN | W | 60 | M | Pauper | Labourer | Whitchurch, Dorset | |
| Jane NORMAN | U | 40 | F | Pauper (Head) | Factory Hand | Bradpole, Dorset | |
| Robert NORMAN | U | 34 | M | Pauper | Labourer | Bradpole, Dorset | |
| Rosa NORMAN | 1 | F | Pauper | Bradpole, Dorset | |||
| William NORMAN | 4 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Bradpole, Dorset | ||
| John ORCHARD | W | 76 | M | Pauper | Farm Labourer | Chideock, Dorset | |
| Elizabeth PEARCE | W | 70 | F | Pauper | Formerly Spinner | Allington, Dorset | |
| James PHILIPS | W | 84 | M | Pauper | Flax Comber | Chard, Somerset | |
| John PIKE | W | 84 | M | Pauper | Hair Dresser | Bridport, Dorset | |
| James POWELL | U | 34 | M | Pauper | Labourer | Bradpole, Dorset | |
| Mary REED | W | 68 | F | Pauper | Glove Maker | Beaminster, Dorset | |
| John RUSSELL | M | 70 | M | Pauper | Flax Comber | Broadwindsor, Dorset | |
| Elizabeth RUTLAND | W | 76 | F | Pauper | Weaver | Bridport, Dorset | |
| Fred SALISBURY | U | 20 | M | Pauper | Labourer | Guernsey, Channel Islands | |
| Louise SALISBURY | U | 60 | F | Pauper | Laundress | Guernsey, Channel Islands | |
| Merina SHINER | 14 | M | Pauper | Whitchurch, Dorset | |||
| Rose SHINER | 7 | F | Pauper | Whitchurch, Dorset | |||
| William SIMMS | M | 45 | M | Pauper | Labourer | Whitchurch, Dorset | |
| James SLADE | U | 50 | M | Pauper | Labourer | Bradpole, Dorset | |
| William SMITH | W | 63 | M | Pauper | Mariner | Burton, Dorset | |
| William SMITH | W | 62 | M | Pauper | Shoemaker | Shipton Gorge, Dorset | |
| Julia SQUIRES | U | 20 | F | Pauper | Servant | Bridport, Dorset | |
| Thomas SQUIRES | 2 | M | Pauper | Bradpole, Dorset | |||
| James STAPLES | W | 60 | M | Pauper | Masons Labourer | Whitchurch, Dorset | |
| David STEVENS | U | 60 | M | Pauper | Labourer | Whitchurch, Dorset | |
| David STEVENS | 3 | M | Visitor | Bradpole, Dorset | |||
| James STONE | U | 11 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Bridport, Dorset | |
| John SYMES | W | 77 | M | Pauper | Labourer | Loders, Dorset | |
| Richard FOOKS OR TOOK | U | 53 | M | Pauper | Carpenter | Whitchurch, Dorset | |
| Agnes TOULMAN | 8 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Loders, Dorset | ||
| Charles TOULMAN | 11 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Loders, Dorset | ||
| Eli TOULMAN | 10 | M | Loders, Dorset | ||||
| Robert TOULMAN | 5 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Loders, Dorset | ||
| Thomas TOULMAN | 2 | M | Pauper | Loders, Dorset | |||
| James TOWLEY | U | 45 | M | Pauper | Tailor | Ulster Londonderry, Ireland | |
| Harry TREVETT | 4 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Litton Cheney, Dorset | ||
| Jane TREVETT | U | 36 | F | Pauper (Head) | Farm Servant | Litton Cheney, Dorset | |
| Jane TREVETT | U | 2 | F | Pauper | Litton Cheney, Dorset | ||
| Phoebe TREVETT | U | 30 | F | Pauper | Labourer | Litton Cheney, Dorset | |
| Thomas TWIN | W | 80 | M | Pauper | Farm Labourer | Symondsbury, Dorset | |
| George UDALL | U | 5 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Bridport, Dorset | |
| John UDALL | U | 8 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Bridport, Dorset | |
| Benjamin VICENT | W | 37 | M | Pauper | Labourer | Bradpole, Dorset | |
| Agnes VINCENT | U | 55 | F | Pauper | Spinner In Factory (Twine) | Bradpole, Dorset | |
| Harry WALTERS | U | 60 | M | Pauper | Labourer | Bothenhampton, Dorset | |
| May WALTERS | 7 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Askerswell, Dorset | ||
| Sydney WALTERS | 11 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Askerswell, Dorset | ||
| Mary WARR | U | 39 | F | Pauper | Servant | Symondsbury, Dorset | |
| William WELLER | U | 40 | M | Pauper | Labourer | Whitchurch, Dorset | |
| Robert WHEADEN | W | 68 | M | Pauper | Brickmaker | Allington, Dorset | |
| George WILLIAMS | U | 10 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Bridport, Dorset | |
| Henry WILLIAMS | U | 18 | M | Pauper | Bricklayer | Poole, Dorset | |
| Simeon WILLIAMS | U | 16 | M | Pauper | Formerly Spinner | Bridport, Dorset | |
| Sarah WINSOR | U | 46 | F | Pauper | Twine - | Lunatic | Allington, Dorset |
Total residents: 131
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