1881 Census: Residents of Halstead Union Workhouse
| Name | Mar | Age | Sex | Relation | Occupation | Handicap | Birthplace | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | |||||||
| William KNIGHT | M | 46 | M | Head | Workhouse Master Chelsea Pensioner | London Tower Hamlets, London, Middlesex | |
| Isabella KNIGHT | M | 46 | F | Wife | Workhouse Matron | Gt Berkhampstead, Hertford | |
| Emily I. KNIGHT | U | 17 | F | Daur | Pupil Teacher | Shoeburyness, Essex | |
| Alfred W. KNIGHT | 15 | M | Son | Grocers Apprentice | Woolwich, Kent | ||
| Clara E. KNIGHT | 13 | F | Daur | Milliners Apprentice | Woolwich, Kent | ||
| William E. KNIGHT | 10 | M | Son | Scholar | Woolwich, Kent | ||
| William THORNDIKE | M | 49 | M | Officer | Porter (Chelsea Pensioner) | Denham, Suffolk | |
| Sarah C. TENDELL | M | 61 | F | Officer | Workhouse Nurse | Halstead, Essex | |
| Mary A. H. ALLEN | W | 48 | F | Officer | Workhouse Cook | Orsett, Essex | |
| Hannah SHELLEY | U | 32 | F | Officer | Workhouse Caretaker Of Childres | Halstead, Essex | |
| Inmates | |||||||
| Arthur ALLEN | 2m | M | Inmate | Halstead, Essex | |||
| Hannah ALLEN | 9 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Toppesfield, Essex | ||
| Mary ALLEN | U | 46 | F | Inmate | Straw Plaiter | Toppesfield, Essex | |
| Mary A. ALLEN | U | 28 | F | Inmate | Straw Plaiter | Toppesfield, Essex | |
| Thomas ALLEN | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Toppesfield, Essex | ||
| Mary A. ARGENT | U | 39 | F | Inmate | Straw Plaiter | Toppesfield, Essex | |
| Elizabeth ARNOLD | U | 19 | F | Inmate | Straw Plaiter | Imbecile | Halstead, Essex | 
| Thomas BAREHAM | W | 84 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Gt Yeldham, Essex | |
| Lucy BARTHOLOMEW | U | 46 | F | Inmate | Dom Serv | Earls Colne, Essex | |
| John BASHAM | M | 77 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Toppesfield, Essex | |
| John BOWYER | U | 73 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Stamborne, Essex | |
| Joseph BRAGG | W | 77 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Toppesfield, Essex | |
| William BRITTON | W | 84 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | S Hedingham, Essex | |
| Isaac BROWN | M | 61 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Imbecile | Earls Colne, Essex | 
| Charles BROYD | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Gosfield, Essex | ||
| Charlotte BROYD | 13 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Gosfield, Essex | ||
| Christiana BROYD | 5 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Gosfield, Essex | ||
| Robert BROYD | W | 80 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | S Hedingham, Essex | |
| William BROYD | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Gosfield, Essex | ||
| George BUTCHER | W | 73 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Gosfield, Essex | |
| William CARPENTER | U | 26 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Imbecile | Halstead, Essex | 
| Angelina CLARK | 3 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Birdbrook, Essex | ||
| Daniel CLARK | U | 68 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Deaf & Dumb | White Colne, Essex | 
| Eli CLARK | U | 18 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Birdbrook, Essex | |
| Emily CLARK | M | 51 | F | Inmate | Strawplaiter | Birdbrook, Essex | |
| Fanny CLARK | 11 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Birdbrook, Essex | ||
| Moses CLARK | M | 51 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Birdbrook, Essex | |
| Charles CLEMENTS | W | 68 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Halstead, Essex | |
| James COCKERTON | U | 63 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Lt Maplestead, Essex | |
| Mary A. COE | U | 19 | F | Inmate | Straw Palaitter | Dumb | Stambourne, Essex | 
| Sarah COOPER | U | 56 | F | Inmate | Farm Servant | Imbecile | Halstead, Essex | 
| Sarah COOPER | M | 46 | F | Inmate | Seamstress | Maidstone, Kent | |
| Thomas COOPER | M | 63 | M | Inmate | Tailor | Halstead, Essex | |
| William COOPER | W | 63 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Halstead, Essex | |
| Mary Ann DAVEY | W | 62 | F | Inmate | Silk Weaver | Halstead, Essex | |
| Robert ELLIS | W | 84 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Gt Yeldham, Essex | |
| Clara EVERITT | 7 | F | Inmate | Scholar | S Hedingham, Essex | ||
| Hephzibah EVERITT | U | 31 | F | Inmate | Straw Plaiter | S Hedingham, Essex | |
| Rose EVERITT | 4 | F | Inmate | Scholar | S Hedingham, Essex | ||
| William EVES | W | 84 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | White Colme, Essex | |
| Thomas FINCH | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | S Hedingham, Essex | ||
| Thomas GURTEEN | W | 80 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Pattiswick, Essex | |
| Sarah HALLS | U | 36 | F | Inmate | Straw Plaiter | Toppesfield, Essex | |
| William HALLS | U | 65 | M | Inmate | Letter Carrier | S Hedingham, Essex | |
| Joseph HARDING | W | 76 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Gosfield, Essex | |
| Selina HARDY | U | 19 | F | Inmate | Gen Dom Serv | Halstead, Essex | |
| Edward HARRINGTON | 2 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Halstead, Essex | ||
| Susannah HARRINGTON | U | 33 | F | Inmate | Straw Plaiter | S Hedingham, Essex | |
| John JACKSON | U | 70 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Belchamp St Paul, Essex | |
| Walter JACKSON | U | 20 | M | Inmate | Imbecile | Tilbury, Essex | |
| William KIBBLE | W | 81 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Halstead, Essex | |
| Ann KING | U | 21 | F | Inmate | Straw Plaiter | S Hedingham, Essex | |
| Philip LAST | U | 50 | M | Inmate | Dom Serv Gardener | Halstead, Essex | |
| Alice LETCH | 8 | F | Inmate | Scholar | S Hedingham, Essex | ||
| Harriet LETCH | 10 | F | Inmate | Scholar | S Hedingham, Essex | ||
| Louisa LETCH | 6 | F | Inmate | Scholar | S Hedingham, Essex | ||
| Robert LETCH | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | S Hedingham, Essex | ||
| William LETCH | 3 | M | Inmate | Scholar | S Hedingham, Essex | ||
| Philip MANN | U | 45 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Imbecile | Earls Colne, Essex | 
| William MARTIN | W | 80 | M | Inmate | Carpenter & Joiner | Finchingfield, Essex | |
| Joseph MASKEL | M | 66 | M | Inmate | Saddler & Harness Maker | Embecile | Halstead, Essex | 
| William MASON | U | 52 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Kings Lynn, Norfolk | |
| William MOORE | U | 27 | M | Inmate | Gen Lab | Halstead, Essex | |
| John MORTON | U | 18 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Gosfield, Essex | |
| Sarah E. MURDOCH | U | 17 | F | Inmate | S Hedingham, Essex | ||
| William T. MURDOCH | U | 16 | M | Inmate | S Hedingham, Essex | ||
| John NEWTON | W | 78 | M | Inmate | Sawyer | Halstead, Essex | |
| Maria NORMAN | W | 37 | F | Inmate | Straw Plater | Toppesfield, Essex | |
| Sophia ORLIFFE | W | 81 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Ridgewell, Essex | |
| Alice OSBORNE | W | 74 | F | Inmate | Gen Dom Serv | Maidstone, Kent | |
| Henry PAMPLIN | U | 57 | M | Inmate | Gen Lab | Halstead, Essex | |
| Mary PARKER | U | 73 | F | Inmate | Farm Serv | Halstead, Essex | |
| John PARSLEY | U | 24 | M | Inmate | Imbecile | Toppesfield, Essex | |
| Jubal RAWLINGSON | U | 20 | M | Inmate | Stambourne, Essex | ||
| George RAYNER | W | 66 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Halstead, Essex | |
| Hannah RAYNER | W | 82 | F | Inmate | Gen Dom Serv | Gt Maplestead, Essex | |
| Thomas RAYNER | W | 83 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Halstead, Essex | |
| Ann RICHARDSON | W | 36 | F | Inmate | Genl Dom Serv | Toppesfield, Essex | |
| Lydia RICHARDSON | U | 54 | F | Inmate | Straw Plaiter | Stambourne, Essex | |
| Martha RICHARDSON | 12 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Toppesfield, Essex | ||
| Albert RIDGEWELL | 7 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Halstead, Essex | ||
| Thomas RINGER | W | 84 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Colne Engaine, Essex | |
| John RUFFLE | U | 37 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | S Hedingham, Essex | |
| Elizabeth RUGGLES | U | 17 | F | Inmate | Gen Dom Serv | S Hedingham, Essex | |
| Ellen RUGGLES | 3 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Halstead, Essex | ||
| George RUGGLES | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | S Hedingham, Essex | ||
| Edward RULTON | U | 43 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Gt Yeldham, Essex | |
| Sophia SARGENT | U | 42 | F | Inmate | Strawplaiter | Imbecile | Halstead, Essex | 
| John SHELLY | M | 71 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Kirby Le Soken, Essex | |
| Henry SHROWDER | U | 64 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Halstead, Essex | |
| Elizabeth SMART | M | 64 | F | Inmate | Straw Paliter | Gt Yeldham, Essex | |
| James SMART | M | 64 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Lt Yeldham, Essex | |
| Ann SMITH | U | 57 | F | Inmate | Straw Plaiter | Imbecile | S Hedingham, Essex | 
| Robert SMITH | W | 70 | M | Inmate | Boot & Shoe Maker | C Hedingham, Essex | |
| Thomas SMITH | W | 65 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Halstead, Essex | |
| Thomas SMITH | U | 26 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Southend, Essex | |
| William SMITH | W | 62 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Halstead, Essex | |
| Robert SPRINGATE | M | 68 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | S Hedingham, Essex | |
| William SPRINGATE | U | 74 | M | Inmate | Cattle Drover | Halstead, Essex | |
| Charles TURNER | 14 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Stambourne, Essex | ||
| Maria UNWIN | U | 70 | F | Inmate | Genl Dom Serv | Stambourne, Essex | |
| Richard UNWIN | U | 32 | M | Inmate | Blind | Stambourne, Essex | |
| William WALFORD | W | 69 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Pebmarsh, Essex | |
| Richard WICKER | W | 80 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Ireland | |
| Susan WICKS | M | 54 | F | Inmate | Straw Plaiter | Ballingdon, Essex | |
| Edward WILDMAN | W | 63 | M | Inmate | Bricklayer | Halstead, Essex | |
| Frederick WELTON OR WILTON | U | 40 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk | |
| Harriet WRIGHT | W | 76 | F | Inmate | Gen Dom Serv | Reigate, Surrey | |
| James YELDHAM | W | 79 | M | Inmate | Groom Dom Serv | Belchamp Otten, Essex | |
| Sarah YOUNGS | M | 62 | F | Inmate | Seamstress | Pebmarsh, Essex | 
Total residents: 120
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