1881 Census: Residents of Chesterton Union Workhouse
| Name | Mar | Age | Sex | Relation | Occupation | Handicap | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | |||||||
| James MILLER | U | 30 | M | Schoolmaster | School Master of Workhouse | Balsham, Cambridge | |
| Margrett DISBROUGH | U | 26 | F | Mistress | School Mistress of Workhouse (Munic) | Isle of Ely Haddenham | |
| John Price HAYNES | U | 42 | M | Servant | House Porter (Munic) | Birmingham | |
| Charlotte WHITE | U | 42 | F | Servant | Infirmary Nurse (Hosp. Serv) | Witton, Huntingdon | |
| Sarah GOLDING | U | 45 | F | Servant | Cook Dom | Oakington, Cambridge | |
| Inmates | |||||||
| Emma ABBS | 6 | F | Imate | Scholar | Chesterton, Cambridge | ||
| James ABBS | 10 | M | Imate | Scholar | Chesterton, Cambridge | ||
| Emly AMBROSE | 7 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Willingham, Cambridge | ||
| George AMBROSE | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Willingham, Cambridge | ||
| Wright AMBROSE | 14 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Willingham, Cambridge | ||
| Frances AWORTH | U | 66 | M | Inmate | Ag Labourer | Rampton, Cambridge | |
| Richard BALLS | W | 67 | M | Inmate | Ag Labourer | Cherryhinton, Cambridge | |
| George BANGLE | U | 40 | M | Inmate | Ag Labourer Shepperd | Comberton, Cambridge | |
| Ellen BARDELL | 20 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | London Islington, London, Middlesex | ||
| Percy BARDELL | 5m | M | Inmate | Chesterton Union, Cambridge | |||
| Elizabeth Ann BARKER | 8m | F | Inmate | Nil | Chesterton Union, Cambridge | ||
| Elizah BARKER | U | 25 | F | Inmate | Servant Kitchen Maid | Imphington, Cambridge | |
| Nelson Charles BARKER | 6 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Chesterton Workhouse, Cambridge | ||
| John BARRANCE | U | 68 | M | Inmate | Ag Labourer | Waterbeach, Cambridge | |
| Emma BENNETT | W | 52 | F | Inmate | Servant Kitchenmaid | Cottenham, Cambridge | |
| William BONA | W | 63 | M | Imate | Labourer Groom (Not Dom) | Chesterton, Cambridge | |
| David BRADFORD | U | 36 | M | Inmate | Ag Labourer | Landbeach, Cambridge | |
| Mary BRIGGS | U | 14 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Chesterton, Cambridge | |
| Sussan BRIGGS | U | 12 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Chesterton, Cambridge | |
| Benjamin BULL | U | 52 | M | Inmate | Gardener | Cottenham, Cambridge | |
| Sarah BURTON | U | 71 | F | Inmate | Servant Housemaid | Milton, Cambridge | |
| Edwin CAMPS | 5 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Chesterton Workhouse, Cambridge | ||
| Harriett CAMPS | 14 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Waterbeach, Cambridge | ||
| Harriett CAMPS | U | 31 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Waterbeach, Cambridge | |
| William CAMPS | 2 | M | Inmate | Chesterton Workhouse, Cambridge | |||
| Joseph CAWLEY | U | 75 | M | Inmate | Ag Labourer | Histon, Cambridge | |
| Elizabeth CHAPMAN | W | 77 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant (Cook) | Willingham, Cambridge | |
| Fredric CHAPMAN | U | 61 | M | Inmate | Ag Labouer | Chesterton, Cambridge | |
| William CHAPMAN | U | 70 | M | Imate | Shoemaker | Chesterton, Cambridge | |
| James CHARLES | U | 68 | M | Inmate | Ag Labourer | Cherryhinton, Cambridge | |
| Richard CLARK | W | 79 | M | Inmate | Ag Labourer | Fulbourn, Cambridge | |
| Ada CLARKE | 1 | F | Inmate | Doddington Union, Cambridge | |||
| Emma CLARKE | 2 | F | Inmate | Doddington Union, Cambridge | |||
| Mary Jane CLARKE | U | 21 | F | Inmate | General Servant | Doddington Union, Cambridge | |
| Florence Wiseman COLEMAN | 11 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Trumpington, Cambridge | ||
| Sussan COLEMAN | M | 45 | F | Inmate | General Servant | Trumpington, Cambridge | |
| William COTTON | U | 60 | M | Inmate | Ag Labourer | Histon, Cambridge | |
| James CURTIS | W | 82 | M | Inmate | Ag Labourer | West Wratting, Cambridge | |
| John DACE | U | 32 | M | Inmate | Ag Labourer | Gt Shelford, Cambridge | |
| James DOCKERELL | W | 70 | M | Inmate | Ag Labourer | Gt Shelford, Cambridge | |
| William ELBOURN | W | 85 | M | Inmate | Ag Labourer | Cherryhinton, Cambridge | |
| Emily FEW | U | 21 | F | Inmate | Servant Housemaid | Cottenham, Cambridge | |
| William FLACK | U | 72 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Quy, Cambridge | |
| John FORRSON | 16 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Gt Wilbraham, Cambridge | ||
| Thomas FURRSON | U | 20 | M | Inmate | Ag Labourer | Gt Wilbraham, Cambridge | |
| Amelia GAWTHORPE | O | 12 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Histon, Cambridge | |
| Joseph GAWTHORPE | O | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Chesterton Union, Cambridge | |
| Sarah GAWTHORPE | U | 48 | F | Inmate | Laundress | Histon, Cambridge | |
| William GRAVES | U | 73 | M | Inmate | Tailor | Overr, Cambridge | |
| John HANCOCK | W | 81 | M | Inmate | Ag Labourer | Fulbourn, Cambridge | |
| Eliza HART | 15 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Fulbourn, Cambridge | ||
| Thomas HOBBS | W | 78 | M | Inmate | Ag Labourer | Balsham, Cambridge | |
| Ellen HOMONT | 14 | F | Imate | Scholar | Chesterton, Cambridge | ||
| Samuel HOPKINS | W | 79 | M | Inmate | Ag Labourer | Milton, Cambridge | |
| Agnies HOUGHTON | 12 | F | Scholar | Chesterton, Cambridge | |||
| Charles HOUGHTON | 7 | M | Scholar | Chesterton, Cambridge | |||
| Hannah HOUGHTON | 9 | F | Scholar | Chesterton, Cambridge | |||
| William HOUGHTON | 14 | M | Scholar | Chesterton, Cambridge | |||
| Harriett HOWARD | U | 55 | F | Inmate | Nil | Imbecile | Trumpington, Cambridge |
| Robert IND | U | 47 | M | Inmate | Boatmaker | Cambridge, Cambridge | |
| Thomas IVATT | U | 71 | M | Inmate | Brickmaker | Chesterton, Cambridge | |
| Alfred JACKSON | U | 37 | M | Inmate | Ag Labourer | Hauxton, Cambridge | |
| Julia JANUARY | 10 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Hauxton, Cambridge | ||
| Hannah KING | U | 16 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Overr, Cambridge | |
| Heney LAYTON | W | 72 | M | Imate | Carpenter | Cambridge, Cambridge | |
| Sarah LEE | W | 79 | F | Inmate | Dressmaker | St Ives, Huntingdon | |
| James LOVE | W | 72 | M | Inmate | Farm Bailiff | Histon, Cambridge | |
| Philip LOVE | U | 66 | M | Inmate | Ag Labourer | Landbeach, Cambridge | |
| Ellen MACE | 20 | F | Inmate | Servant Housemaid | Harlton, Cambridge | ||
| Richard MANNING | U | 63 | M | Inmate | Ag Labourer | Cherryhinton, Cambridge | |
| John MARSH | M | 83 | M | Husband (Inmate) | Bootmaker (No Occ) | Linton, Cambridge | |
| Mary MARSH | M | 84 | F | (Inmate) Wife | Kitchmaid | West Wratting, Cambridge | |
| William MARSH | W | 81 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | Willingham, Cambridge | |
| James MARSHALL | W | 73 | M | Inmate | Publican | Harlton, Cambridge | |
| Joph MATHEWS | U | 45 | M | Imate | Ag Labourer | Impington, Cambridge | |
| Isabella MATON | U | 31 | F | Imate | Domestic Servant | Chesterton, Cambridge | |
| Lousia MATON | 6m | F | Imate | Chesterton, Cambridge | |||
| Alfred MINNS | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Oxford, Cambridge | ||
| Elizabeth MINNS | U | 39 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Cambridge, Cambridge | |
| Elizabeth MORTIMER | U | 26 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Imbecile | Chesterton, Cambridge |
| James NEWMAN | U | 53 | M | Inmate | Nil | Imbecile | Fulbourn, Cambridge |
| James NEWMAN | W | 73 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | Madingley, Cambridge | |
| May NEWMAN | U | 50 | F | Inmate | Nil | Imbecile | Gt Wilbraham, Cambridge |
| Jessie NUNN | 6 | F | Imate | Scholar | Chesterton, Cambridge | ||
| Lillie NUNN | 8 | F | Imate | Scholar | Chesterton, Cambridge | ||
| William NUNN | 4 | M | Imate | Scholar | Chesterton, Cambridge | ||
| Ann PAPWORTH | M | 29 | F | Inmate | Servant Housemaid | Sawston, Cambridge | |
| Aurthur PAPWORTH | 4 | M | Scholar | Milton, Cambridge | |||
| Charles PAPWORTH | 2 | M | Inmate | Nil | Chesterton Union, Cambridge | ||
| Fredric PAPWORTH | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Milton, Cambridge | ||
| Walter PAPWORTH | 6 | M | Scholar | Milton, Cambridge | |||
| James PARISH | 14 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Milton, Cambridge | ||
| William PARISH | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Chesterton Union, Cambridge | ||
| John PARKIN | W | 85 | M | Inmate | Farmer | Stapleford, Cambridge | |
| John PARMMENTON | U | 54 | M | Inmate | Ag Labourer | Quy, Cambridge | |
| Job PAYNE | W | 80 | M | Inmate | Ag Labourer | Willingham, Cambridge | |
| Thomas PHILIPS | 14 | M | Imate | Scholar | Chesterton, Cambridge | ||
| Thomas PHILIPS | M | 66 | M | Imate | Gardner | Chesterton, Cambridge | |
| William PHILIPS | 8 | M | Imate | Scholar | Chesterton, Cambridge | ||
| Mosses PILGRAM | W | 81 | M | Inmate | Blacksmith | Chesterton, Cambridge | |
| Hannah PINK | W | 80 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Landbeach, Cambridge | |
| Ruth RAYNER | U | 79 | F | Inmate | (Domestic Servant Housemaid) | Fen Stanton, Huntingdon | |
| James RIVETT | W | 73 | M | Inmate | Ag Labourer | Carlton, Cambridge | |
| Emma ROLFE | W | 69 | F | Inmate | Lady's Maid | Shoreditch, Middlesex | |
| John RUNHAM | W | 81 | M | Inmate | Bricklayer | Eynesbury, Huntingdon | |
| Mary Ann RUNHAM | U | 54 | F | Imate | Staymaker | Chesterton, Cambridge | |
| William RYDER | 15 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Chesterton Union, Cambridge | ||
| John SEARLE | U | 71 | M | Inmate | Ag Labourer | Histon, Cambridge | |
| John SEE | U | 32 | M | Inmate | Ag Labourer | Cottenham, Cambridge | |
| Emma SHIPP | U | 38 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Gt Wilbraham, Cambridge | |
| Frances SHIPP | 9 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Gt Wilbraham, Cambridge | ||
| Harrietta SHIPP | 12 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Gt Wilbraham, Cambridge | ||
| Silivans SHIPP | 14 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Gt Wilbraham, Cambridge | ||
| David SIMPKINS | W | 78 | M | Imate | Ag Labourer | Chesterton, Cambridge | |
| Hopkins SMITH | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Rampton, Cambridge | ||
| John SMITH | 6 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Rampton, Cambridge | ||
| John SMITH | W | 76 | M | Inmate | Wheelwright | Eaton Socan, Bedford | |
| Sarah SMITH | W | 73 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant Kitchen Woman | Histon, Cambridge | |
| Whitehead SMITH | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Gt Shelford, Cambridge | ||
| Bertha STEARN | 10 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Gt Shelford, Cambridge | ||
| William STEARN | W | 73 | M | Imate | Bricklayers Labourer | Chesterton, Cambridge | |
| Charles TOLLIDAY | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Chesterton, Cambridge | ||
| Lucy TOLLIDAY | U | 33 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Histon, Cambridge | |
| Anne WALSHAM | 14 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Chesterton, Cambridge | ||
| Jane WALSHAM | 13 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Chesterton, Cambridge | ||
| James WATTS | U | 56 | M | Inmate | Sailor (Sailor) | Cottenham, Cambridge | |
| William WEBB | W | 81 | M | Inmate | Ag Labourer | Watterbeach, Cambridge | |
| John WHITE | U | 27 | M | Inmate | ((Ta..)) Nil | Imbecile | Harlton, Cambridge |
| William WISBY | W | 72 | M | Inmate | Ag Labourer | Gt Shelford, Cambridge | |
| John WISEMAN | W | 78 | M | Inmate | Ag Labourer | Waterbeach, Cambridge | |
| Louise WITT | M | 36 | F | Imate | Needlewoman | Cambridge, Cambridge | |
| Agness WOLFE | 14 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Chesterton Union, Cambridge | ||
| Emma WOLFE | 12 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Chesterton Union, Cambridge | ||
| Melia WOLFE | U | 31 | F | Inmate | Servant Kitchenmaid | Milton, Cambridge | |
| Minnie WOLFE | 5 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Chesterton Union, Cambridge | ||
| Walter WOLFE | U | 19 | M | Inmate | Ag Labourer | Chesterton Workhouse, Cambridge | |
| William WOLFE | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Milton, Cambridge | ||
| Allice WOODS | 1 | F | Imate | Chesterton, Cambridge | |||
| Sarah WOODS | U | 22 | F | Imate | Laundress | Chesterton, Cambridge | |
| French WRIGHT | U | 18 | M | Inmate | Ag Labourer | Milton, Cambridge | |
| Thomas WRIGHT | M | 77 | M | Husband | Gardner | Biringham Town |
Total residents: 146
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