1881 Census: Residents of Cerne Union Workhouse
| Name | Mar | Age | Sex | Relation | Occupation | Handicap | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | |||||||
| Herbert JACOBS | M | 39 | M | Head | Master Of Workhouse | Bishopstone, Wiltshire | |
| Susanna Phelp JACOBS | M | 28 | F | Wife | Matron Of Workhouse | St Austell, Cornwall | |
| Amy JACOBS | 8m | F | Daur | Cerne, Dorset | |||
| Inmates | |||||||
| George ANTELL | W | 75 | M | Inmate | Formerly Ag Lab Pauper | Cerne, Dorset | |
| Elias BARTLETT | U | 51 | M | Inmate | Formerly Ag Lab Pauper | Frome St Quentin, Dorset | |
| Henry BECK | 14 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Cerne Union, Dorset | ||
| William BOW | W | 84 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab Pauper | Batcombe, Dorset | |
| Jessie BURGESS | 14 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Sydling, Dorset | ||
| Jemima COURTNEY | U | 34 | F | Inmate | Dairymans Daughter Pauper | Blind | Temple Coombe, Somerset |
| Charles CROCKER | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Batcombe, Dorset | ||
| George CROCKER | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Batcombe, Dorset | ||
| Robert CROCKER | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Batcombe, Dorset | ||
| William CROCKER | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Batcombe, Dorset | ||
| Charles CURTIS | U | 76 | M | Inmate | Formerly Blacksmith Pauper | Buckland, Dorset | |
| Richard DOWNTON | 14 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Sherborne, Dorset | ||
| William EDWARDS | W | 73 | M | Inmate | Formerly Baker Pauper | Tolpuddle, Dorset | |
| George FOSTER | U | 38 | M | Casual Inmate | Blacksmith | Frome, Somerset | |
| Benjamin GROVES | U | 58 | M | Inmate | Formerly Tan Yd Lab Pauper | Cerne, Dorset | |
| Samuel KIMBER | U | 52 | M | Casual Inmate | Ag Lab | E Mulbury, Dorset | |
| John LOVELL | W | 88 | M | Inmate | Formerly Ag Lab Pauper | Blind & Deaf | Plush, Dorset |
| Ellen MITCHELL | 14 | F | Inmate | Pauper | Cerne Union, Dorset | ||
| H.F.A. MITCHELL | 9 | M | Inmate | Pauper | Cerne Union, Dorset | ||
| Susanna MITCHELL | U | 42 | F | Inmate | Domestic Serv Pauper | Pulham, Dorset | |
| John MULLETT | W | 59 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab Pauper | Blind | Minterne, Dorset |
| Jane PARTINGTON | U | 24 | F | Inmate | Domestic Serv Pauper | Yetminster, Dorset | |
| Wm.Geo. PARTINGTON | 2m | M | Inmate | Cerne Union, Dorset | |||
| Elizabeth PERRET | U | 34 | F | Inmate | Domestic Serv Pauper | Cerne, Dorset | |
| Kate PERRET | 1 | F | Inmate | Pauper | Cerne, Dorset | ||
| Mary PERRET | W | 83 | F | Inmate | Letter Carrier Pauper | Bamwell, Somerset | |
| Thomas PERRET | 14 | M | Inmate | Cerne, Dorset | |||
| William ROLLS | W | 78 | M | Inmate | Formerly Ag Lab Pauper | Hazelbury, Dorset | |
| John THOMPSON | W | 41 | M | Casual Inmate | Shoemaker | Portsmouth, Hampshire | |
| Solomon WARR | U | 80 | M | Inmate | Formerly Ag Lab Pauper | Wootton Glanville, Dorset |
Total residents: 33
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