1881 Census: Residents of Cuckfield Union Workhouse
| Name | Mar | Age | Sex | Relation | Occupation | Handicap | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | |||||||
| Thomas Thorston RICHES | M | 34 | M | Officer (Head) | Master Of Workhouse | Sheffield, York | |
| Edith Jane RICHES | M | 33 | F | Wife | Matron Of Workhouse | Burnage, Cheshire | |
| Frank Maplestone RICHES | 4 | M | Son | None | Cuckfield | ||
| Thomas Thorston RICHES | 1 | M | Son | None | Cuckfield | ||
| Phillis Mary RICHES | 5m | F | Daur | None | Cuckfield | ||
| Frank Maplestone RICHES | U | 23 | M | Brother | Assistant Workhouse Master | Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk | |
| Kate JUSTEN | U | 28 | F | Officer | Workhouse School Mistress | Merton, Surrey | |
| Thomas HOPPER | U | 28 | M | Officer | Workhouse Porter | Lewes, Sussex | |
| Paul MEASON | M | 59 | M | Officer | Workhouse Tailor & Industrial Trainer | Brighton, Sussex | |
| Caroline TAYLOR | M | 55 | F | Officer | Infants Nurse | Chelsea, Middlesex | |
| Joseph KING | M | 36 | F | Officer (Head) | Gardener | Bolney, Sussex | |
| Ann KING | M | 36 | F | Wife | Superintendent Of Vagrants | Slaugham, Sussex | |
| Annie DANCEY | U | 14 | F | Niece | Scholar | Cuckfield | |
| Charlotte BRICKNELL | U | 29 | F | Officer | Infant Nurse | Turnpike, Surrey | |
| Mary Ann COPE | U | 45 | F | Officer | Infirmary Nurse | New Radford, Nottingham | |
| Agnes BOONE | M | 42 | F | Serv | Infirmary Serv | Horsham, Sussex | |
| Inmates | |||||||
| Mary ANDERSON | M | 40 | F | Inmate | Laundress | London, Middlesex | |
| Thomas ANDERSON | M | 44 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | London, Middlesex | |
| Harry ANSCOMBE | U | 28 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Cowfold, Sussex | |
| William ANSCOMBE | W | 68 | M | Inmate | Scavenger | Cuckfield | |
| William ANSDELL | W | 85 | M | Inmate | Musician | London, Middlesex | |
| George ATKINS | U | 46 | M | Inmate | Bricklayers Labourer | Walworth, Surrey | |
| Henry AUSTEN | U | 34 | M | Inmate | Carpenter | Yapton, Sussex | |
| Frederick BAILEY | U | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Cuckfield | |
| Sarah BAILEY | W | 75 | F | Inmate | Laundress | Slaugham, Sussex | |
| Abraham BAKER | W | 81 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Horsted Keynes, Sussex | |
| Ellen BARNETT | M | 39 | F | Inmate | Field Work (Pauper) | Cuckfield | |
| George BATCHELOR | U | 2 | M | Inmate | None | Cuckfield | |
| Henry BATCHELOR | U | 33 | M | Inmate | Ostler | Hurstpierpoint, Sussex | |
| Sarah BATCHELOR | U | 39 | F | Inmate | None | Bolney, Sussex | |
| Florence BEALE | U | 12 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Cuckfield | |
| William BEARD | W | 69 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Linfield, Sussex | |
| William BEARD | W | 62 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Linfield, Sussex | |
| George BEECHING | U | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Keymer, Sussex | |
| Ann BOTTING | U | 54 | F | Inmate | None | Hurstpierpoint, Sussex | |
| Florence BOTTING | U | 13 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Balcombe, Sussex | |
| George BOTTING | W | 63 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Linfield, Sussex | |
| John BOTTING | U | 55 | M | Inmate | None | Hurstpierpoint, Sussex | |
| Francis BOWDLER | U | 68 | M | Inmate | Navvy | Leicester, Leicester | |
| George BOWRING | U | 47 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Liverpool, Lancashire | |
| Charles BREDEN | U | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Balcombe, Sussex | |
| Eliza BREDEN | W | 47 | F | Inmate | Laundress | Cuckfield | |
| Erneny BREDEN | U | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Red Hill, Surrey | |
| James BREDEN | U | 1 | M | Inmate | None | Cuckfield | |
| Robert BREDEN | U | 5 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Cuckfield | |
| Thomas BREDEN | U | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Red Hill, Surrey | |
| William BREDEN | U | 15 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Balcombe, Sussex | |
| Emily BRICKNELL | U | 12 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Petersfield, Hampshire | |
| Henry BRICKNELL | W | 70 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Petersfield, Hampshire | |
| Louisa BROOKER | U | 16 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Keymer, Sussex | |
| Thomas BROWN | U | 60 | M | Inmate | Navvy | Mount Sorrel, Leicester | |
| George BULL | U | 45 | M | Inmate | Dock Labourer | Dartford, Kent | |
| William BURT | W | 76 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Clayton, Sussex | |
| Charles BURTENSHAW | U | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Hurstpierpoint, Sussex | |
| James BURTENSHAW | U | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Cuckfield | |
| John BURTENSHAW | U | 14 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Hurstpierpoint, Sussex | |
| Richard BURTENSHAW | W | 67 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Cuckfield | |
| Elizabeth CARTER | M | 41 | F | Inmate | Laundress | Brighton, Sussex | |
| John CARTER | M | 43 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Dover, Kent | |
| John MC CARTHY | U | 59 | M | Inmate | Dock Labourer | Cork, Ireland | |
| Timothy MC CARTHY | U | 49 | M | Inmate | Bricklayers Labourer | Cork, Ireland | |
| Alice COLLINS | U | 8 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Slaugham, Sussex | |
| Henry COLLINS | U | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Slaugham, Sussex | |
| Jane COLLINS | M | 37 | F | Inmate | Hawker | Slaugham, Sussex | |
| Sarah COLLINS | U | 6 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Slaugham, Sussex | |
| Amon CONSTABLE | U | 16 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Cuckfield | |
| Herbert CONSTABLE | U | 14 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Cuckfield | |
| Robert CONSTABLE | U | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Cuckfield | |
| William CRONK | U | 46 | M | Inmate | Ivory Turner | Ardingley, Sussex | |
| David DAVEY | M | 53 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Cuckfield | |
| William EASTMOND | U | 36 | M | Inmate | Marble Mason | Jersey, Channel Islands | |
| George ELSEY | U | 75 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Lindfield, Sussex | |
| James FREEMAN | U | 41 | M | Inmate | Blacksmith | Horsham, Sussex | |
| Rebecca FULLER | W | 81 | F | Inmate | Laundress | Cuckfield | |
| Frances GAMMON | U | 49 | F | Inmate | None | Balcombe, Sussex | |
| William GAMMON | W | 81 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | Balcombe, Sussex | |
| Stephen GATFORD | U | 46 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Cuckfield | |
| Ann GIBSON | W | 84 | F | Inmate | School Mistress | Keymer, Sussex | |
| John GILL | U | 24 | M | Inmate | Dock Labourer | London, Middlesex | |
| Joseph GILLAM | U | 58 | M | Inmate | Carpenter | Cowfold, Sussex | |
| Frank GODSMACK | U | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Cuckfield | |
| Henry GODSMACK | U | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Cuckfield | |
| James GOODCHILD | U | 16 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Horsham, Sussex | |
| Stephen HAWKINS | U | 60 | M | Inmate | Painter | South Molton, Devon | |
| Caroline HAYNES | U | 20 | F | Inmate | None | Haywards Heath, Sussex | |
| George HAYNES | W | 76 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Lindfield, Sussex | |
| William HEASMAN | W | 91 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Slaugham, Sussex | |
| Alice HENLEY | U | 1 | F | Inmate | None | Cuckfield | |
| Sarah HENLEY | U | 28 | F | Inmate | Laundress | Hurstpierpoint, Sussex | |
| Henry HENTY | W | 79 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Hurstpierpoint, Sussex | |
| Mary HIGHLANDS | W | 74 | F | Inmate | Cook Dom Serv | Framfield, Sussex | |
| William HILL | W | 77 | M | Inmate | Carpenter | Slaugham, Sussex | |
| Thomas HILLS | M | 71 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Hurstpierpoint, Sussex | |
| Ann HOBDEN | U | 51 | F | Inmate | None | Cuckfield | |
| James HOLE | U | 75 | M | Inmate | Blacksmith | Keymer, Sussex | |
| Henry HUNTLEY | W | 70 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | Cuckfield | |
| Thomas JAPP | W | 75 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Slaugham, Sussex | |
| Edward JOHNSON | U | 44 | M | Inmate | Painter | Calcutta, East Indies | |
| William JOHNSON | U | 14 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Hurstpierpoint, Sussex | |
| Jane JONES | W | 74 | F | Inmate | Laundress (Pauper) | (B S), Gibraltar | |
| Mark JOYES | U | 56 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Cuckfield | |
| John KEEFE | U | 56 | M | Inmate | Carpenter | Lambeth, Surrey | |
| Caroline KING | U | 43 | F | Inmate | None | Barnsley, York | |
| George KING | U | 47 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Hurstpierpoint, Sussex | |
| Elizabeth KNAPP | M | 32 | F | Inmate | Laundress | Hurstpierpoint, Sussex | |
| Frederick KNAPP | U | 1 | M | Inmate | None | Cuckfield | |
| Harry KNAPP | U | 7 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Hurstpierpoint, Sussex | |
| James KNAPP | U | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Hurstpierpoint, Sussex | |
| Rose KNAPP | U | 5 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Cuckfield | |
| Florence KNIGHT | U | 17 | F | Inmate | None | London, Middlesex | |
| Alice LEWRY | M | 29 | F | Inmate | None | Liverpool, Lancashire | |
| Frederick LEWRY | U | 1m | M | Inmate | None | Cuckfield | |
| James LEWRY | U | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Liverpool, Lancashire | |
| John LEWRY | M | 39 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Hurstpierpoint, Sussex | |
| John LEWRY | U | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Liverpool, Lancashire | |
| Mary LEWRY | W | 84 | F | Inmate | Cook Dom Serv | Slaugham, Sussex | |
| Rose LEWRY | U | 19 | F | Inmate | Laundress | Hurstpierpoint, Sussex | |
| Stephen LEWRY | U | 6 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Liverpool, Lancashire | |
| William LEWRY | U | 2 | M | Inmate | None | Liverpool, Lancashire | |
| Mary LINDFIELD | U | 15 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Keymer, Sussex | |
| Naomi LINDFIELD | U | 14 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Keymer, Sussex | |
| Sarah LINDFIELD | U | 19 | F | Inmate | Gen Serv Dom | Keymer, Sussex | |
| Jesse MANSBRIDGE | U | 7 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Liverpool, Lancashire | |
| Joseph MANSBRIDGE | U | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Cuckfield | |
| Mary MANSBRIDGE | M | 30 | F | Inmate | Gen Serv Dom Serv | Eybridge, Lincoln | |
| Philip MANSBRIDGE | U | 5 | M | Inmate | Scholar | London, Middlesex | |
| Stephen MANSBRIDGE | U | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Liverpool, Lancashire | |
| Charles MARCHANT | U | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Balcombe, Sussex | |
| Jesse MARCHANT | U | 7 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Balcombe, Sussex | |
| Peter MARCHANT | W | 74 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Linfield, Sussex | |
| William MARCHANT | U | 48 | M | Inmate | Stone Mason | Hurstpierpoint, Sussex | |
| William MAY | U | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Horsted Keynes, Sussex | |
| John MILLER | U | 68 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Keymer, Sussex | |
| Fanny MITCHELL | U | 10 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Cuckfield | |
| Matthew MITCHELL | W | 69 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Slaugham, Sussex | |
| Thomas MITCHELL | U | 74 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Balcombe, Sussex | |
| Thomas MITCHELL | U | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Cuckfield | |
| Esther MOORE | U | 49 | F | Inmate | None | Cowfold, Sussex | |
| Richard NEWMAN | U | 62 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Cowfold, Sussex | |
| Clara NEWNHAM | U | 17 | F | Inmate | Gen Serv Dom | Ardingley, Sussex | |
| Louisa NEWNHAM | U | 5 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Cuckfield | |
| Charles NORTH | U | 43 | M | Inmate | Brickmaker | Clayton, Sussex | |
| George ORAM | W | 78 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Keymer, Sussex | |
| James ORAM | W | 61 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Clayton, Sussex | |
| Peter ORAM | W | 72 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Keymer, Sussex | |
| Henry PACKHAM | W | 76 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Cuckfield | |
| Eliza PARSONS | W | 40 | F | Inmate | Gen Serv Dom | London, Middlesex | |
| John PARSONS | U | 6 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Cuckfield | |
| Robert PARSONS | U | 2 | M | Inmate | None | Cuckfield | |
| John PENFOLD | W | 54 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Linfield, Sussex | |
| Thomas PICKNELL | U | 17 | M | Inmate | None | Brighton, Sussex | |
| Charles PIERCE | W | 70 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Cowfold, Sussex | |
| John PIERCE | W | 78 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Horsted Keynes, Sussex | |
| Alexander REECE | U | 7 | M | Inmate | Scholar | London, Middlesex | |
| Louisa REECE | M | 40 | F | Inmate | Laundress | London, Middlesex | |
| Rebecca RICHARDSON | M | 48 | F | Inmate | None | Hurstpierpoint, Sussex | |
| Richard RICHARDSON | M | 70 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Hurstpierpoint, Sussex | |
| James ROBERT | U | 48 | M | Inmate | Bricklayers Labourer | Glasgow, Scotland | |
| Alfred SCUTT | M | 21 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Bolney, Sussex | |
| Alexander SHERLOCK | U | 75 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Horsted Keynes, Sussex | |
| Prudence SHERLOCK | U | 37 | F | Inmate | Gen Serv Dom | Clayton, Sussex | |
| Susan SHORT | W | 73 | F | Inmate | Laundress | Cuckfield | |
| John SMITH | M | 41 | M | Inmate | Tanner | Gt Coggeshall, Essex | |
| Mary SMITH | M | 40 | F | Inmate | Laundress | Dublin, Ireland | |
| William SMITH | U | 48 | M | Inmate | Bricklayers Labourer | London, Middlesex | |
| James SMITHERS | U | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Cuckfield | |
| Ruth SMITHERS | U | 13 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Clayton, Sussex | |
| John SOLLEY | M | 51 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Ramsgate, Kent | |
| William SRATCHELL | W | 67 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Slaugham, Sussex | |
| Peter STARLEY | U | 56 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | Bolney, Sussex | |
| Alfred STEDMAN | U | 6 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Balcombe, Sussex | |
| Amelia STEDMAN | U | 27 | F | Inmate | Gen Serv Dom | Balcombe, Sussex | |
| Caroline STEDMAN | U | 3 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Balcombe, Sussex | |
| Grace STEDMAN | U | 1 | F | Inmate | None | Balcombe, Sussex | |
| Joseph STEDMAN | W | 41 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Horsted Keynes, Sussex | |
| Ann STEER | W | 55 | F | Inmate | None | Slaugham, Sussex | |
| William STREETER | W | 77 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Cuckfield | |
| Thomas STRINGER | W | 79 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab (Pauper) | Cuckfield | |
| George SYKES | U | 30 | M | Inmate | Bricklayers Labourer | London, Middlesex | |
| Owen TESTER | U | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Horsted Keynes, Sussex | |
| Richard TESTER | U | 76 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Balcombe, Sussex | |
| Annie THOMAS | U | 15 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Cuckfield | |
| Edward THOMPSON | U | 52 | M | Inmate | Navvy | Munby Cum Shappel, Lincoln | |
| Albert THORPE | U | 39 | M | Inmate | Bricklayers Labourer | Greenwich, Kent | |
| Amy TREMAINE | W | 72 | F | Inmate | Gen Serv Dom | Allerden, Kent | |
| Louisa TULLET | U | 18 | F | Inmate | None (Pauper) | Cuckfield | |
| Ellen TULLEY | U | 27 | F | Inmate | None | Bolney, Sussex | |
| Peter TUNELL | W | 77 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Slaugham, Sussex | |
| Charles TURNER | U | 4 | M | Inmate | Scholar | West Hallam, Derby | |
| Eliza TURNER | W | 37 | F | Inmate | Laundress | Brighton, Sussex | |
| Frederick TURNER | U | 4 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Brighton, Sussex | |
| George TURNER | U | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Bristol, Gloucester | |
| Louisa TURNER | W | 25 | F | Inmate | None | Exmouth, Devon | |
| William TURNER | U | 3 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Kettering, Northampton | |
| Stephen VIRGO | U | 69 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Twineham, Sussex | |
| John WALLER | W | 85 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Horsted Keynes, Sussex | |
| Sidney WARD | U | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Keymer, Sussex | |
| William WENHAM | W | 75 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Slaugham, Sussex | |
| David WHITE | U | 71 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Clayton, Sussex | |
| Mary WICKHAM | U | 42 | F | Inmate | None | Clayton, Sussex | |
| John WILSON | U | 32 | M | Inmate | Bricklayers Labourer | Lambeth, Surrey | |
| Amelia WOOD | U | 8 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Twineham, Sussex | |
| Elizabeth WOOD | M | 33 | F | Inmate | None | Twineham, Sussex | |
| Elizabeth WOOD | U | 10 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Twineham, Sussex | |
| George WOOD | M | 55 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Twineham, Sussex | |
| Henry WOOD | U | 3 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Cuckfield | |
| John WOOD | U | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Twineham, Sussex | |
| John WOOD | U | 62 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Balcombe, Sussex | |
| Mary WOOD | W | 75 | F | Inmate | Laundress | Keymer, Sussex | |
| William WOOD | U | 5 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Cuckfield | |
| Abraham WOOLGAR | U | 77 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Horsted Keynes, Sussex | |
| Edmond WOOLGAR | U | 31 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Horsted Keynes, Sussex | |
| Thomas WOOLGAR | W | 84 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Horsted Keynes, Sussex | |
| Thomas WRIGHT | U | 40 | M | Inmate | Bricklayer | Dublin, Ireland |
Total residents: 214
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