1881 Census: Residents of Crediton Union Workhouse
| Name | Mar | Age | Sex | Relation | Occupation | Handicap | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | |||||||
| William VANSTONE | M | 51 | M | Head | Workhouse Master (Munic) | Woolsery, Devon | |
| Elizabeth VANSTONE | M | 51 | F | Wife | Workhouse Matron | Alwington, Devon | |
| Maud W. VANSTONE | 13 | F | Dau | Bideford, Devon | |||
| Beatrice M. HUNT | 3 | F | Visitor | Hittisleigh, Devon | |||
| Elizabeth BRAGG | U | 29 | F | School Mistress | Sandford, Devon | ||
| Maria M. FAWCETT | 41 | F | - | Nurse | Crediton, Devon | ||
| Peter FRIEND | U | 29 | M | - | Carter (Munic) | Hatherleigh, Devon | |
| Edith E. WESTCOTT | 3 | F | Visitor | Morchard Bishop, Devon | |||
| Inmates | |||||||
| Ann ALFORD | U | 57 | F | Pauper | Bow, Devon | ||
| Thomas BAKER | W | 62 | M | Pauper | Crediton, Devon | ||
| Annie C.J. BAMSEY | 1 | F | Inmate | Crediton, Devon | |||
| Ellen BAMSEY | U | 33 | F | Inmate | Zeal Monachorum, Devon | ||
| Ellen BAMSEY | 3 | F | Inmate | Crediton, Devon | |||
| Elizabeth BEEK | W | 89 | F | Pauper | Plymouth, Devon | ||
| Charles BEER | U | 69 | M | Inmate | Stoodleigh, Devon | ||
| Albert BENNELLICK | 8 | M | Pauper | Crediton, Devon | |||
| Bessie BENNELLICK | 5 | F | Pauper | Crediton, Devon | |||
| Frederick BENNELLICK | 9 | M | Pauper | Crediton, Devon | |||
| William BENNELLICK | 19 | M | Pauper | Crediton, Devon | |||
| James BENNETT | U | 25 | M | Pauper | Idiot | Crediton, Devon | |
| Joseph BOLT | U | 38 | M | Inmate | Idiot | Kennerleigh, Devon | |
| Richard BOLT | U | 40 | M | Inmate | Idiot | Kennerleigh, Devon | |
| William BOLT | U | 31 | M | Inmate | Idiot | Kennerleigh, Devon | |
| John BRIGHT | M | 78 | M | Inmate | Colebrook, Devon | ||
| Louise BRIGHT | 11 | F | Inmate | Bow, Devon | |||
| Thomas BRINE | U | 62 | M | Inmate | Exeter, Devon | ||
| Amelia BURRIDGE | U | 26 | F | Inmate | London St Pancras, London, Middlesex | ||
| Richard BURRIDGE | 8 | M | Inmate | London St Pancras, London, Middlesex | |||
| John BUTT | M | 80 | M | Inmate | Stockleigh Pomeroy, Devon | ||
| Abraham CANN | U | 67 | M | Inmate | Sandford, Devon | ||
| Annie CANN | U | 30 | F | Pauper | Chawleigh, Devon | ||
| Florence M. CANN | 2 | F | Pauper | London St Pancras, London, Middlesex | |||
| Willie CANN | 5 | M | Pauper | Crediton, Devon | |||
| James CLARKE | 10 | M | Pauper | Crediton, Devon | |||
| James COCKRAM | U | 41 | M | Inmate | Crediton, Devon | ||
| Ann COLE | W | 75 | F | Pauper | Cork, Ireland | ||
| Mark CROSSMAN | U | 16 | M | Inmate | Crediton, Devon | ||
| William CROSSMAN | U | 85 | M | Inmate | Sandford, Devon | ||
| John CURRALL | U | 66 | M | Pauper | Idiot | Cheriton Fitzpaine, Devon | |
| Beatrice DAVEY | 8m | F | Inmate | Crediton, Devon | |||
| Elizabeth DAVEY | 6 | F | Inmate | Crediton, Devon | |||
| Emma DAVEY | 4 | F | Inmate | Down St Mary, Devon | |||
| Frederick DAVEY | 9 | M | Inmate | Lapford, Devon | |||
| Maria DAVEY | M | 30 | F | Inmate | Chawleigh, Devon | ||
| Mary DAVEY | U | 55 | F | Inmate | Morchard Bishop, Devon | ||
| Richard DAVEY | 7 | M | Inmate | Lapford, Devon | |||
| William DAVEY | 2 | M | Inmate | Down St Mary, Devon | |||
| Thomas ELSTONE | U | 66 | M | Inmate | Idiot | Morchard Bishop, Devon | |
| John EMBERY | 11 | M | Inmate | Newton St Cyres, Devon | |||
| James EWINGS | U | 70 | M | Inmate | Sandford, Devon | ||
| Elizabeth FOLLY | W | 59 | F | Inmate | Zeal Monachorum, Devon | ||
| Sydney FRY | 10 | M | Inmate | Deaf & Dumb | Shobrook((e)), Devon | ||
| Mary GIBBINGS | U | 57 | F | Pauper | Coldridge, Devon | ||
| Charles GILLARD | 3 | M | Pauper | Cheriton Fitzpaine, Devon | |||
| Mary A. GILLARD | U | 32 | F | Pauper | Cheriton Fitzpaine, Devon | ||
| Ann GRACE | W | 83 | F | Pauper | Chudleigh, Devon | ||
| Walter GREENSLADE | 10 | M | Inmate | Crediton, Devon | |||
| Mary HAMMETT | W | 89 | F | Inmate | Crediton, Devon | ||
| Richard HARVEY | U | 65 | M | Inmate | Crediton, Devon | ||
| Elizabeth HENRI | U | 51 | F | Pauper | Idiot | Crediton, Devon | |
| Alfred HOPPER | 4m | M | Inmate | Crediton, Devon | |||
| Harriet HOPPER | U | 25 | F | Inmate | Plymouth, Devon | ||
| Christopher INCH | M | 68 | M | Inmate | Winkleigh, Devon | ||
| Bessie JANS | 3 | F | Inmate | Crediton, Devon | |||
| Chares JONES | 4m | M | Pauper | Crediton, Devon | |||
| Phoebe JONES | U | 23 | F | Pauper | Coldridge, Devon | ||
| William JONES | 3 | M | Pauper | Coldridge, Devon | |||
| William H. LAKE | 9 | M | Inmate | Roughill, Devon | |||
| Bessie LEACH | 3 | F | Inmate | Morchard Bishop, Devon | |||
| Edith LEACH | 7 | F | Inmate | Morchard Bishop, Devon | |||
| Edwin LEACH | 8 | M | Inmate | Morchard Bishop, Devon | |||
| Eliza LEACH | 11 | F | Inmate | Morchard Bishop, Devon | |||
| Emma LEACH | 4 | F | Inmate | Morchard Bishop, Devon | |||
| William LEACH | 10 | M | Inmate | Morchard Bishop, Devon | |||
| James LETHBRIDGE | W | 77 | M | Pauper | Crediton, Devon | ||
| Stephen LEWORTHY | U | 79 | M | Inmate | Bishops Nympton, Devon | ||
| Samuel LOCK | U | 31 | M | Inmate | Idiot | Sandford, Devon | |
| George LUXTON | U | 79 | M | Inmate | Baushford, Devon | ||
| William LUXTON | 11 | F | Inmate | Romford, Essex | |||
| George MARLEY | W | 64 | M | Inmate | Cheriton Fitzpaine, Devon | ||
| John MARSDEN | U | 16 | M | Inmate | Liverpool | ||
| William MARSH | U | 54 | M | Inmate | Upton, Somerset | ||
| George MELHUISH | W | 64 | M | Inmate | Crediton, Devon | ||
| Robert MELHUISH | W | 88 | M | Inmate | Woolsery, Devon | ||
| Charlotte MUGFORD | U | 50 | F | Inmate | Idiot | Shobrook, Devon | |
| Bessie NEWCOMB | 10 | F | Pauper | Crediton, Devon | |||
| John NICHOLS | U | 71 | M | Pauper | Crediton, Devon | ||
| Joseph NORTHCOTT | U | 84 | M | Inmate | Lappford, Devon | ||
| Mary NORTHCOTT | U | 32 | F | Inmate | Bow, Devon | ||
| Sydney NORTHCOTT | 6 | M | Inmate | Crediton, Devon | |||
| William NORTHCOTT | 12 | M | Inmate | Crediton, Devon | |||
| William OLIVER | W | 73 | M | Inmate | Cheriton Fitzpaine, Devon | ||
| John PACKER | U | 43 | M | Inmate | Cheriton Fitzpaine, Devon | ||
| Robert PACKER | U | 52 | M | Pauper | Stockleigh Pomeroy, Devon | ||
| Sarah PALMER | U | 23 | F | Inmate | Crediton, Devon | ||
| James PASSMORE | U | 73 | M | Pauper | Crediton, Devon | ||
| Maria PIPER | W | 61 | F | Inmate | Idiot | Coldridge, Devon | |
| Alfred RING | U | 39 | M | Inmate | Tunbridge, Kent | ||
| John ROWDON | U | 30 | M | Inmate | Bow, Devon | ||
| John SALTER | U | 59 | M | Inmate | Morchard Bishop, Devon | ||
| Sarah SHARLAND | U | 16 | F | Inmate | Puddington, Devon | ||
| Sophia SHARLAND | 4m | F | Inmate | Crediton, Devon | |||
| Thomas SLOMAM | W | 73 | M | Pauper | Eggesford, Devon | ||
| Elizabeth SLOMAN | U | 41 | F | Inmate | Burrington, Devon | ||
| Susan SLOMAN | 6 | F | Inmate | Crediton, Devon | |||
| William SLOMAN | 9 | M | Inmate | Crediton, Devon | |||
| Emma SMALE | U | 36 | F | Pauper | Crediton, Devon | ||
| Andrew SPARKS | 11 | M | Inmate | Barnstaple, Devon | |||
| James STAPLETON | U | 50 | M | Pauper | Bondleigh, Devon | ||
| Ann THORNE | W | 52 | F | Pauper | Colebrooke, Devon | ||
| John TOLLEY | 11 | M | Pauper | Bow, Devon | |||
| William TOWNSEND | U | 63 | M | Inmate | Colebrooke, Devon | ||
| Robert TWEEDLE | W | 77 | M | Pauper | London St Giles, London, Middlesex | ||
| Sarah UPHAM | W | 77 | F | Inmate | Crediton, Devon | ||
| Elizabeth VENNER | U | 58 | F | Inmate | Stoodleigh, Devon | ||
| Eliza VIENY | U | 24 | F | Pauper | Idiot | Crediton, Devon | |
| Eliza WEBBER | 8m | F | Inmate | Crediton, Devon | |||
| Eliza WEBBER | U | 36 | F | Pauper | Pembrooke, Wales | ||
| Elizabeth WEBBER | 8 | F | Pauper | Newton Bushel, Devon | |||
| John WEBBER | 8m | M | Inmate | Crediton, Devon | |||
| Martha WEBBER | 5 | F | Pauper | Kingskerswell, Devon | |||
| Sarah WEBBER | 9 | F | Pauper | Devonport, Devon | |||
| Arthur E. WELLACOTT | 4m | M | Inmate | Exeter, Devon | |||
| Fanny WELLACOTT | U | 20 | F | Inmate | Creiditon, Devon | ||
| William WESTCOTT | W | 81 | M | Pauper | Nymet Rowland, Devon | ||
| William WOOD | 30 | M | Pauper | Crediton, Devon | |||
| Mary WOOLSWAY | U | 69 | F | Pauper | Idiot | Chawleigh, Devon | |
| Alice WRIGHT | 5 | F | Pauper | Crediton, Devon | |||
| George WRIGHT | 7 | M | Pauper | Crediton, Devon | |||
| Laura B. WRIGHT | 9 | F | Pauper | Crediton, Devon | |||
| Sarah WRIGHT | 11 | F | Pauper | Crediton, Devon | |||
| Mary A. YARD | U | 33 | F | Pauper | Newton St Cyres, Devon | ||
| Mary A. YARD | 3 | F | Pauper | Crediton, Devon | |||
| William YARD | 11 | M | Pauper | Crediton, Devon |
Total residents: 134
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