1881 Census: Residents of Clitheroe Union Workhouse
| Name | Mar | Age | Sex | Relation | Occupation | Handicap | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | |||||||
| Young LOFTHOUSE | M | 41 | M | Head | Master Of Workhouse(M) | Rorcliffe, York | |
| Catherine LOFTHOUSE | 38 | F | Wife | Matron Of Workhouse (Nurse) | Bishops Monkton, York | ||
| Alice LOFTHOUSE | 10 | F | Daur | Scholar | Aighton, Lancashire | ||
| Arthur LOFTHOUSE | 8 | M | Son | Scholar | Aighton, Lancashire | ||
| John W. LOFTHOUSE | 7 | M | Son | Scholar | Clitheroe, Lancashire | ||
| Catherine LOFTHOUSE | 5 | F | Daur | Scholar | Clitheroe, Lancashire | ||
| James F. LOFTHOUSE | 4 | M | Son | Clitheroe, Lancashire | |||
| Harry LOFTHOUSE | 3 | M | Son | Clitheroe, Lancashire | |||
| Laura LOFTHOUSE | 1 | F | Daur | Clitheroe, Lancashire | |||
| Rose LOFTHOUSE | 1m | F | Daur | Clitheroe, Lancashire | |||
| Sarah BURLANDS | W | 42 | F | Serv (Head) | Hospital Nurse | Chester, Cheshire | |
| Edward BURLANDS | 15 | M | Visitor | Assistant In Print Works | Rock Ferry, Cheshire | ||
| Inmates | |||||||
| John ALTHAM | U | 59 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Holden, York | |
| Thomas ALTY | W | 61 | M | Inmate | Blind | Clitheroe, Lancashire | |
| Hugh BAILDON | M | 60 | M | Inmate | Lunatic | Gisburne, York | |
| Joseph BAXTER | M | 41 | M | Inmate | Bolton By Bowland, York | ||
| Charles BIRCH | U | 33 | M | Inmate | Lunatic | Clitheroe, Lancashire | |
| William BIRCH | U | 65 | M | Inmate | Lunatic | Clitheroe, Lancashire | |
| Betty BOND | U | 73 | F | Inmate | Deaf & Dumb | Sawley, York | |
| John BOOTHMAN | U | 67 | M | Inmate | Imbecile | Wiswell, Lancashire | |
| John BRATTON | U | 44 | M | Inmate | Printer | Newport, Shropshire | |
| Richard BRIGGS | U | 45 | M | Inmate | Sawley, York | ||
| James BROW | U | 29 | M | Inmate | General Lab | Plymouth, Devon | |
| Mary Jane BROWN | U | 12 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Clitheroe, Lancashire | |
| John BULCOCK | W | 70 | M | Inmate | Whalley, Lancashire | ||
| Margaret CALVERLEY | U | 11 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Chatburn, Lancashire | |
| John CARR | U | 36 | M | Inmate | Masons Lab | Oldham, Lancashire | |
| James CATLOW | U | 46 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Clitheroe, Lancashire | |
| Ellen CLAYTON | U | 16 | F | Inmate | Manchester, Lancashire | ||
| Henry CLAYTON | W | 82 | M | Inmate | Blind | Whalley, Lancashire | |
| Mary CLAYTON | U | 45 | F | Inmate | Birkenhead, Cheshire | ||
| John COATES | U | 42 | M | Inmate | Blind | Bolton By Bowland, York | |
| Elizabeth COOK | 7 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Clitheroe, Lancashire | ||
| Lindiana COOK | U | 14 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Clitheroe, Lancashire | |
| Robert COOK | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Clitheroe, Lancashire | ||
| William FITZGERALD | U | 82 | M | Inmate | Masons Lab | Ireland | |
| James FLETCHER | U | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Clitheroe, Lancashire | |
| John James FLETCHER | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Clitheroe, Lancashire | ||
| John FOSTER | U | 42 | M | Inmate | Lunatic | Sabden, Lancashire | |
| Nancy FOSTER | U | 79 | F | Inmate | Idiot | Wiswell, Lancashire | |
| James FRASER | 7 | M | Inmate | Scholar | |||
| Walter FRASER | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | |||
| William FRASER | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | |||
| Ann GELDARD | U | 51 | F | Inmate | Lunatic | Bolton By Bowland, York | |
| Mary GORNALL | 12 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Clitheroe, Lancashire | ||
| Prick GREEN | M | 18 | M | Inmate | Lab In Ironworks | Preston, Lancashire | |
| Rhoda GREENWOOD | U | 64 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Gisburne, York | |
| Ellen GUY | 13 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Clitheroe, Lancashire | ||
| John GUY | W | 80 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Clitheroe, Lancashire | |
| Edward HARGREAVES | U | 78 | M | Inmate | Lunatic | Gisburne, York | |
| Jacob HARGREAVES | W | 73 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Clitheroe, Lancashire | |
| Helen HERD | U | 57 | M | Inmate | Bolton By Bowland, York | ||
| James HITCHEN | U | 74 | M | Inmate | Lunatic | Sawley, York | |
| James HOPE | U | 72 | M | Inmate | Imbecile | Pendleton, Lancashire | |
| Joseph HORSFALL | U | 51 | M | Inmate | Woollen Sorter | Bradford, York | |
| William IRVING | W | 77 | M | Inmate | Lunatic | Sabden, Lancashire | |
| Thomas ISHERWOOD | U | 72 | M | Inmate | Lunatic | Whalley, Lancashire | |
| Thomas JONES | U | 37 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Manchester, Lancashire | |
| Richard LAKELAND | M | 61 | M | Inmate | Highton, Lancashire | ||
| Peter LITTLE | W | 90 | M | Inmate | |||
| John LOYND | U | 47 | M | Inmate | Chatburn, Lancashire | ||
| John MADDEN | U | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Burnley, Lancashire | |
| William MALLORY | U | 34 | M | Inmate | Bricklayers Lab | Filey, York | |
| George MARSDEN | W | 32 | M | Inmate | Lab In Ironworks | Bolton, Lancashire | |
| Robert MILAND | W | 63 | M | Inmate | Ireland | ||
| David MOORHOUSE | U | 41 | M | Inmate | Lunatic | Wales | |
| John MURREY | M | 27 | M | Inmate | Core Maker (Iron) | Sheffield, York | |
| George H. NEWHAVEN | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Barnoldswick, York | ||
| John NEWHAVEN | 3 | M | Inmate | Clitheroe, Lancashire | |||
| Sarah E. NEWHAVEN | U | 25 | F | Inmate(Head) | Clitheroe, Lancashire | ||
| John OPENSHAW | M | 62 | M | Inmate | Prestwich, Lancashire | ||
| James PARKINSON | W | 45 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Bentham, York | |
| Martin PENDARGRAST | W | 37 | M | Inmate | Farm Lab | Liverpool, Lancashire | |
| Christopher READ | W | 75 | M | Inmate | Easington, York | ||
| Anthony RILEY | M | 51 | M | Inmate | Warper (Fht) | Keighley, York | |
| Joseph ROBINSON | 3 | M | Inmate | Settle, York | |||
| Robert ROBINSON | U | 71 | M | Inmate | Idiot | Gisburne, York | |
| John ROGERS | U | 62 | M | Inmate | Lab In Ironworks | Dudley, Warwick | |
| William SCOTT | U | 38 | M | Inmate | Farm Lab | Manchester, Lancashire | |
| Ann SEATON | W | 73 | F | Inmate | Ireland | ||
| John SEEDALL | W | 80 | M | Inmate | Waddington, York | ||
| James SEEDS | U | 29 | M | Inmate | Idiot | Bowland Little, Lancashire | |
| Eliza SHARP | M | 71 | F | Inmate | Milnthorpe, Westmorland | ||
| Mary SLATER | W | 49 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Slater, York | |
| William T. SLATER | U | 19 | M | Inmate | Aighton, Lancashire | ||
| Ellen SLINGER | U | 84 | F | Inmate | Lunatic | Sawley, York | |
| John SMITH | U | 82 | M | Inmate | Downham, Lancashire | ||
| William WALKER | U | 29 | M | Inmate | Printer | Liverpool, Lancashire | |
| James WALSH | U | 43 | M | Inmate | Woollen Sorter | Keighley, York | |
| William WARNER | U | 36 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Clitheroe, Lancashire | |
| John WATSON | W | 46 | M | Inmate | Boiler Maker | Whittle Springs, Lancashire | |
| John WHITTAKER | W | 76 | M | Inmate | Imbecile | Clitheroe, Lancashire | |
| William WHITTAKER | U | 58 | M | Inmate | Clitheroe, Lancashire | ||
| James WILKINSON | W | 69 | M | Inmate | Idiot | Sabden, Lancashire | |
| William WILKINSON | W | 54 | M | Inmate | Highton, Lancashire | ||
| Thomas WILSON | U | 35 | M | Inmate | Masons Lab | Clerkenwell, Middlesex | |
| Christopher WOOD | W | 84 | M | Inmate | Rimmington, York | ||
| Mary WRIGHT | U | 57 | F | Inmate | Lunatic | Gisburne, York |
Total residents: 98
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