1881 Census: Residents of Cosford Union Workhouse
| Name | Mar | Age | Sex | Relation | Occupation | Handicap | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | |||||||
| John Lott ENSOR | M | 64 | M | Head | Governor Of The Cosford Union (Munic Off) | London Goodge St, London, Middlesex, England | |
| Sarah ENSOR | M | 56 | F | Matron | Matron Of The Cosford Union (Munic Off) | St Pancras Bildeston, Suffolk | |
| Charles WHITING | U | 45 | M | Schoolm | Schoolmaster (Mun Off) | Lavenham, Suffolk | |
| Sarah MARTIN | U | 43 | F | Schoolmistress | Schoolmistress (Munic Off) | St Pancras, Middlesex, England | |
| William COUSENS | U | 61 | M | Porter | Porter (Mun Off) | Monks Eleigh, Suffolk | |
| Emily HUNT | W | 56 | F | Nurse | Nurse (Munic Off) | Needham Mkt, Suffolk | |
| Inmates | |||||||
| Ann ALDERTON | U | 37 | F | Inmate | Laundress | Preston, Suffolk | |
| William AVIS | U | 70 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Kersey, Suffolk | |
| John BAILEY | W | 81 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Boxford, Suffolk | |
| Mary BARTON | W | 76 | F | Inmate | No Occn Formerly Ch Woman | Hadleigh, Suffolk | |
| Sarah BEAUMONT | W | 72 | F | Inmate | No Occupation | Monks Eleigh, Suffolk | |
| Thomas BEAUMONT | W | 70 | M | Inmate | Bricklayers Labr | Hadleigh, Suffolk | |
| Elizth. BEDWELL | U | 14 | F | Inmate | Genl Servt Domc | Semer Union House, Suffolk | |
| Maria BEDWELL | U | 42 | F | Inmate | Assistant Nurse (S M S) | Stoke By Nayland, Suffolk | |
| James BIRCH | U | 4 | M | Inmate | Semer Union House, Suffolk | ||
| John BIRCH | M | 47 | M | Inmate | Bricklayers Labr | Nedging, Suffolk | |
| Sarah BIRCH | M | 39 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Shelly, Suffolk | |
| Daniel BORLEY | U | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Semer Union House, Suffolk | |
| Lawrance BORLEY | U | 7 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Monks Eleigh, Suffolk | |
| Sophia BORLEY | M | 44 | F | Inmate | No Occupation | Idiot | Lavenham, Suffolk |
| Ellen BORRETT | U | 19 | F | Inmate | General Servt Domestic | Ipswich, Suffolk | |
| John BOTTOM | M | 64 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Eastbourne, Sussex, England | |
| Susannah BULL | U | 37 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Bildeston, Suffolk | |
| James CARRELL | U | 20 | M | Tramps | General Labourer | Dublin | |
| Elizth. CARTER | W | 74 | F | Inmate | No Occupation | Fort Cumberland, Hampshire, England | |
| Samuel CLARKE | W | 62 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Brent Eleigh, Suffolk | |
| Sarah COLE | W | 73 | F | Inmate | No Occupation Fory Nurse | Elmsett, Suffolk | |
| Ann COLLIS | U | 6 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Hadleigh, Suffolk | |
| Ellen COLLIS | U | 8 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Hadleigh, Suffolk | |
| Frederick COLLIS | U | 3 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Hadleigh, Suffolk | |
| Kate COLLIS | U | 10 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Hadleigh, Suffolk | |
| Patience COLLIS | W | 30 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Hadleigh, Suffolk | |
| William COLLIS | U | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Hadleigh, Suffolk | |
| Hannah CONSTABLE | U | 58 | F | Inmate | Cook | Idiot | Lindsey, Suffolk |
| Sarah A. CRICK | U | 30 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Deaf & Dumb | Thorpe Morieux, Suffolk |
| William CRICK | U | 64 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Thorpe Morieux, Suffolk | |
| William CROSS | W | 64 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer Fory | Hadleigh, Suffolk | |
| Samuel CUTHBERT | W | 76 | M | Inmate | Tailor | Whatfield, Suffolk | |
| John DAWES | U | 53 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Hadleigh, Suffolk | |
| Anna DAY | U | 3 | F | Inmate | Semer Union House | ||
| Emma DAY | U | 29 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Groton, Suffolk | |
| Edward DISNEY | U | 80 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Naughton, Suffolk | |
| William ELEY | W | 72 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Edwardstone, Suffolk | |
| Esther EMERSON | U | 10 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Aldham, Suffolk | |
| Philip EMERSON | U | 14 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Aldham, Suffolk | |
| Sarah EMERSON | U | 12 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Aldham, Suffolk | |
| Elizth. ENNALS | U | 10 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Polstead, Suffolk | |
| Kezia FARROW | U | 52 | F | Inmate | No Occupation | Cockfield, Suffolk | |
| Harriet GARNHAM | U | 26 | F | Inmate | No Occupation | Idiot | Monks Eleigh, Suffolk |
| Charles GOOCH | U | 70 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Semer Un House, Suffolk | |
| Harry GOOCH | U | 40 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Hitcham, Suffolk | |
| Robert GOODCHILD | M | 70 | M | Tramps | General Labourer | Shelton, Norfolk, England | |
| Samuel GOSLING | U | 60 | M | Inmate | Drover | Hadleigh, Suffolk | |
| William GOSLING | U | 50 | M | Inmate | No Occupation | Idiot | Edwardstone, Suffolk |
| Jane GREEN | U | 28 | F | Inmate | General Servt Domc | Layham, Suffolk | |
| Rachel GREEN | U | 1 | F | Inmate | Semer Un House, Suffolk | ||
| Sophia GREEN | W | 74 | F | Inmate | Housekeeper Fory | Hadleigh, Suffolk | |
| Caroline GRIGGS | U | 20 | F | Inmate | No Occupation | Groton, Suffolk | |
| Florance GRIMWOOD | U | 1 | F | Inmate | Hadleigh, Suffolk | ||
| Harriet HARPER | U | 50 | F | Inmate | No Occupn Fory Servant | Hadleigh, Suffolk | |
| Edward HARVEY | U | 28 | M | Tramps | General Labourer | London St Georges Sq, London, Middlesex, England | |
| Elizabeth HASLEAD | U | 9 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Hadleigh, Suffolk | |
| Mary HASLEAD | U | 7 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Hadleigh, Suffolk | |
| Lydia HERBERT | M | 30 | F | Inmate | No Occupation | Idiot | Groton, Suffolk |
| Mary JOHNSON | W | 72 | F | Inmate | No Occupation | Bildeston, Suffolk | |
| Abraham KEEBLE | U | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | London, Middlesex, England | |
| Caroline KEEBLE | W | 51 | F | Inmate | Nurses Help (S M S) | Sudbury, Suffolk | |
| Charles KEEBLE | U | 6 | M | Inmate | Scholar | London, Middlesex, England | |
| Ernest KEEBLE | U | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | London, Middlesex, England | |
| Jane KEEBLE | U | 11 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Hadleigh, Suffolk | |
| Joanna KEEBLE | W | 35 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Stoke By Nayland, Suffolk | |
| Lily A. KEEBLE | U | 3 | F | Inmate | Hadleigh, Suffolk | ||
| Maria Eliz. KEEBLE | U | 1 | F | Inmate | Semer Union House, Suffolk | ||
| Walter KEEBLE | U | 7 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Hadleigh, Suffolk | |
| Daniel KNOCK | W | 43 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Hitcham, Suffolk | |
| Alfred LAST | U | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Semer Union House, Suffolk | |
| Arthur LAST | U | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Semer Union House, Suffolk | |
| Eliza LAST | U | 33 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Hadleigh, Suffolk | |
| George LONG | U | 7 | M | Inmate | No Occupation | Idiot | Thorpe Morieux, Suffolk |
| Hannah LOUSER | U | 29 | F | Inmate | Formerly Charwoman | Cockfield, Suffolk | |
| Flora MANN | U | 13 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Groton, Suffolk | |
| James MANN | U | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Groton, Suffolk | |
| Joseph MANN | U | 4 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Groton, Suffolk | |
| Lamer MANN | U | 6 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Groton, Suffolk | |
| Robert MANN | W | 53 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Idiot | Monks Eleigh, Suffolk |
| Sarah MANN | U | 2 | F | Inmate | Infant | Groton, Suffolk | |
| John MANRIN | U | 46 | M | Tramps | General Labourer | Mildenhall, Suffolk | |
| John MARTIN | U | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Semer Union House, Suffolk | |
| Robert MARTIN | M | 53 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer Formerly | Hadleigh, Suffolk | |
| Thomas MARTIN | U | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Semer Union House, Suffolk | |
| William MARTIN | U | 46 | M | Inmate | Messenger | Hadleigh, Suffolk | |
| William MARTIN | U | 4 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Semer Union House, Suffolk | |
| Richard MATTHEW | M | 48 | M | Inmate | Painter | ||
| Wilm.J. MUSLAND | U | 16 | M | Inmate | Engineer E & M Wkr X/1 | Boxford, Suffolk | |
| Thomas NICE | U | 49 | M | Inmate | Groom (8/-) | Whatfield, Suffolk | |
| Mary A. OFFORD | U | 7 | F | Inmate | Scholar | London, Middlesex, England | |
| Ann PETTIT | U | 31 | F | Inmate | Nurses Assistant (S M S) | Idiot | Hadleigh, Suffolk |
| Arthur (Twin) PITT | U | 1 | M | Inmate | Kettlebaston, Suffolk | ||
| Frances (Twin) PITT | U | 1 | M | Inmate | Kettlebaston, Suffolk | ||
| Hannah PITT | U | 21 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Kettlebaston, Suffolk | |
| Ellen PROCTOR | M | 24 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Kettlebaston, Suffolk | |
| Harriet PROCTOR | U | 1 | F | Inmate | Hitcham, Suffolk | ||
| Robert PROCTOR | U | 3 | M | Inmate | Hitcham, Suffolk | ||
| John RAMSEY | W | 64 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Hadleigh, Suffolk | |
| John RATCLIFF | M | 70 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer Fory | Blind | Hadleigh, Suffolk |
| William RUFFELL | U | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Cockfield, Suffolk | |
| Anna SAGE | U | 8 | F | Inmate | Scholar | London, Middlesex, England | |
| Frederic SAGE | U | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | London, Middlesex, England | |
| Alice SCHOFIELD | U | 12 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Bildeston, Suffolk | |
| George SCHOFIELD | U | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Bildeston, Suffolk | |
| Walter SCHOFIELD | U | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Bildeston, Suffolk | |
| Sarah SCRIVENER | U | 27 | F | Inmate | Servant | Hadleigh, Suffolk | |
| Thomas SEAGER | W | 74 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer Fory | Hadleigh, Suffolk | |
| Harriet SIMPSON | W | 80 | F | Inmate | Charwoman Formerly | Hitcham, Suffolk | |
| Charles SKINNER | M | 32 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Layham, Suffolk | |
| Frederic SKINNER | U | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Hadleigh, Suffolk | |
| Jane SKINNER | U | 7 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Hadleigh, Suffolk | |
| Martha SKINNER | U | 9 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Hadleigh, Suffolk | |
| Jon N. SNELL | U | 64 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Thorpe Morieux, Suffolk | |
| Harry SOUTHGATE | U | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Semer Union House, Suffolk | |
| Thomas SOUTHGATE | U | 6 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Semer Union House | |
| Charles SPOONER | U | 30 | M | Inmate | No Occupation Cripple | Polstead, Suffolk | |
| Emma STRIBLING | U | 63 | F | Inmate | General Dom Servt | Lavenham, Suffolk | |
| Henry TATUM | U | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Cockfield, Suffolk | |
| Joseph TATUM | U | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Cockfield, Suffolk | |
| John TAYLOR | W | 86 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer (None) | Bildeston, Suffolk | |
| Elizabeth TODD | U | 31 | F | Inmate | No Occupation | Imbecile | Cockfield, Suffolk |
| Susannah TODD | U | 1 | F | Inmate | Semer Un House, Suffolk | ||
| Henry WAND | W | 73 | M | Inmate | Farm Labr Formy Soldier (None) | Hadleigh, Suffolk | |
| Jane WHITE | U | 45 | F | Inmate | Formerly Serv | Idiot | Monks Eleigh, Suffolk |
| Sarah WHYATT | U | 51 | F | Inmate | Laundress | Idiot | Elmsett, Suffolk |
Total residents: 131
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