1881 Census: Residents of Hexham Union Workhouse
| Name | Mar | Age | Sex | Relation | Occupation | Handicap | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | |||||||
| John Ward JAMESON | M | 53 | M | Head | Master Of Workhouse (Munic) | Slaley, Northumberland | |
| Eliza JAMESON | M | 34 | F | Wife | Matron (Munic) | Kirkheaton, Northumberland | |
| Thos.Willm. JAMESON | U | 29 | M | Son | Merchants Clerk | Hexham, Northumberland | |
| John Joseph JAMESON | U | 19 | M | Son | Scholar | Hexham, Northumberland | |
| Jane Lizey JAMESON | 14 | F | Daur | Scholar | Hexham, Northumberland | ||
| Edwin George JAMESON | 2 | M | Son | Hexham, Northumberland | |||
| Fred JAMESON | 5m | M | Son | Hexham, Northumberland | |||
| Mary ROBSON | U | 46 | F | Officer (Head) | Schoolmistress | Newcastle, Northumberland | |
| Joseph COATS | M | 55 | M | Officer (Head) | Schoolmaster | Newcastle, Northumberland | |
| Walter MURRAY | W | 63 | M | Officer (Head) | House Porter (Dom Ind Serv) | Hexhamshire, Northumberland | |
| Frances COATS | M | 43 | F | (Wife) | Shoolmasters Wife | Acomb, Northumberland | |
| Jane AMOS | M | 50 | F | (Head) | Chollerford, Northumberland | ||
| Inmates | |||||||
| Julia ADAMSON | U | 76 | F | Inmate | Farm Servant Agr Labo | Dilston, Northumberland | |
| Robert ADAMSON | U | 73 | M | Inmate | Farm Servant Agr Labo | Dilston, Northumberland | |
| Elizabeth ANGUS | W | 87 | F | Inmate | Lanchester, Durham | ||
| Mary APPLEBY | W | 90 | F | Inmate | Ireland | ||
| William APPLEBY | 4 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Carlisle, Cumberland | ||
| George ARMSTRONG | U | 68 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | Hexham, Northumberland | |
| Joseph ARMSTRONG | W | 78 | M | Inmate | Leather Dresser | Hexham, Northumberland | |
| Mary ARMSTRONG | U | 47 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Allendale, Northumberland | |
| William ARMSTRONG | U | 73 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Milburne, Northumberland | |
| James ARTHUR | U | 14 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Acomb, Northumberland | |
| John ARTHUR | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Hexham, Northumberland | ||
| Joseph ASKEW | U | 20 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Dipton, Durham | |
| Thomas Wm. ASKEW | 7 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Whitechapel Hill, Northumberland | ||
| Thomas Dixon ASKEW | 4 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Ovington, Northumberland | ||
| William ASKEW | W | 29 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Kingswood, Northumberland | |
| Thomas AYDON | W | 75 | M | Inmate | Leather Dresser | Haydon, Northumberland | |
| Margaret AYRE | W | 90 | F | Inmate | (British Subject), France | ||
| Margaret BEAUMONT | W | 50 | F | Inmate | Hexham, Northumberland | ||
| Hannah BELL | U | 58 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Hexham, Northumberland | |
| James BELL | U | 55 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Hexham, Northumberland | |
| James BELL | U | 54 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | Lunatic | Hexham, Northumberland |
| John William BELL | 6 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Stanhope, Durham | ||
| Margaret BELL | U | 33 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Allendale, Northumberland | |
| Robert BELL | U | 22 | M | Inmate | Quack Doctor (Sub Med Serv) | Corbridge, Northumberland | |
| Robert BELL | U | 31 | M | Inmate | Deaf & Dumb | Allendale, Northumberland | |
| William BELL | U | 45 | M | Inmate | Lead Miner | Allendale, Northumberland | |
| Edward BROWN | U | 63 | M | Inmate | Farm Servant Agr Labourer | Newbrough, Northumberland | |
| Isabella BROWN | U | 31 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Hexham, Northumberland | |
| John BROWN | U | 18 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Corbridge, Northumberland | |
| Margaret A. BROWN | 8 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Hexham, Northumberland | ||
| Daniel BULLOCK | W | 61 | M | Casual | Shoemaker | Nantwich, Cheshire | |
| John BULMAN | U | 46 | M | Inmate | Farm Servant Ag Lab | Lunatic | Haydon, Northumberland |
| Benjamin CHAPMAN | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Fin Shenfield, Essex | ||
| Jane Ann CHAPMAN | 6 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Newbrough, Northumberland | ||
| Rose Alice CHAPMAN | 3 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Newbrough, Northumberland | ||
| Sarah Ann CHAPMAN | 11 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Fin Shenfield, Essex | ||
| Thomas CHAPMAN | W | 36 | M | Inmate | Farm Servant Ag Lab | Fin Shenfield, Essex | |
| George CHARLTON | U | 60 | M | Inmate | Coal Miner | Newbrough, Northumberland | |
| Annie COATES | U | 23 | F | Inmate | Servant Domestic | Ovington, Northumberland | |
| Esther COATES | 4 | F | Inmate | Hexham, Northumberland | |||
| Hugh CONLON | W | 63 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Ireland | |
| Thomas Edward CONLON | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Hexham, Northumberland | ||
| John CONROY | U | 50 | M | Casual | General Labourer | Ireland | |
| Nicholas COULSON | 7 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Hexham, Northumberland | ||
| Robert COULSON | U | 44 | M | Inmate | Coachman Dom Servant | Hexham, Northumberland | |
| James COWEN | 6 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Hexham, Northumberland | ||
| Jane Ann COWEN | U | 18 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Sunderland, Durham | |
| Margaret Ann COWEN | 3 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Hexham, Northumberland | ||
| Mary COWEN | 13 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Whitburn, Durham | ||
| Mary COWEN | W | 38 | F | Inmate | Thornbrough, Northumberland | ||
| William COWEN | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Whitburn, Durham | ||
| Alice CRAKE | W | 79 | F | Inmate | Walker, Northumberland | ||
| Margaret DEVLIN | M | 89 | F | Inmate | Hawker | Ireland | |
| Henry DIXON | W | 70 | M | Inmate | Butcher | Hexham, Northumberland | |
| Mary DIXON | W | 60 | F | Inmate | Scotland | ||
| Joseph DOUGLAS | W | 63 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Acomb, Northumberland | |
| Adam EDGAR | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Hexham, Northumberland | ||
| Mary ELLERINGTON | U | 50 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Acomb, Northumberland | |
| James ELLIOTT | W | 66 | M | Inmate | Clogger | Scotland | |
| Ann ELLIS | 2m | F | Inmate | Corbridge, Northumberland | |||
| Mary Ann ELLIS | U | 26 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Scotland | |
| James FAIRISH | U | 46 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Carlisle, Cumberland | |
| John FELTON | W | 75 | M | Inmate | Farm Servant Agr Labo | Wylam, Northumberland | |
| Hugh FORSTER | U | 54 | M | Inmate | Stone Mason | Corbridge, Northumberland | |
| James FORSTER | W | 77 | M | Inmate | Coal Miner | Byker, Northumberland | |
| Ann FRAZIER | M | 69 | F | Inmate | Hawker Wife | Nutsford, Cheshire | |
| William FRAZIER | M | 71 | M | Inmate | Hawker | Scotland | |
| Mary Jane GALLOWAY | 10 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Allendale, Northumberland | ||
| Margaret GIBSON | U | 29 | F | Inmate | Farm Servant | Berwick Upon Tweed | |
| Thomas Wm. GIBSON | 4 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Durham, Durham | ||
| Caroline GLENWRIGHT | U | 24 | F | Inmate | Servant Domestic | Allendale, Northumberland | |
| Mary Jane GLENWRIGHT | U | 30 | F | Inmate | Servant Domestic | Allendale, Northumberland | |
| Willm. Arthur GLENWRIGHT | 7m | M | Inmate | Hexham, Northumberland | |||
| George GRAHAM | 6 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Hexham, Northumberland | ||
| James GRAHAM | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Hexham, Northumberland | ||
| Jane GRAHAM | M | 30 | F | Casual | Scotland | ||
| Joseph GRAHAM | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Hexham, Northumberland | ||
| Mary GRAHAM | W | 69 | F | Inmate | Muggleswick, Durham | ||
| Robert GRAHAM | 4 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Hexham, Northumberland | ||
| Sarah GRAHAM | M | 31 | F | Inmate | Bellingham, Northumberland | ||
| Sarah Ann GRAHAM | 1 | F | Inmate | Hexham, Northumberland | |||
| Henry HAGAN | M | 78 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Ireland | |
| Ann HALL | W | 80 | F | Inmate | Scotland | ||
| Ellen HARKIN | W | 57 | F | Inmate | Ireland | ||
| Hannah P. HAYWOOD | 10 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Hexham, Northumberland | ||
| Sarah P. HAYWOOD | 13 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Hexham, Northumberland | ||
| John HEDLEY | U | 52 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Hexham, Northumberland | |
| Elizabeth HENDERSON | 13 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Haydon, Northumberland | ||
| Thomas HENDERSON | W | 91 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Thornbrough, Northumberland | |
| William HENDERSON | U | 21 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Haydon, Northumberland | |
| William HERDMAN | U | 51 | M | Inmate | Farm Servant Agr Lab | Lunatic | Bardon Mill, Northumberland |
| Jane HETHERINGTON | U | 27 | F | Inmate | Farm Servant Domestic | Haydon, Northumberland | |
| Joseph HIND | W | 81 | M | Inmate | Farm Servant Agr Lab | Horsley, Northumberland | |
| Margaret HUDSON | U | 20 | F | Inmate | Farm Servant Domestic | Corbridge, Northumberland | |
| Mary HUDSON | U | 28 | F | Inmate | Idiot | Corbridge, Northumberland | |
| Alfred HUMPHREY | 6 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Sunderland, Durham | ||
| Jeannie HUMPHREY | 9 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Sunderland, Durham | ||
| John HUMPHREY | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Sunderland, Durham | ||
| Margaret HUMPHREY | 16 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Sunderland, Durham | ||
| Mary HUMPHREY | 14 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Sunderland, Durham | ||
| Robert HUMPHREY | W | 45 | M | Inmate | Grocer | Penshaw, Durham | |
| Jane Ann HUNTER | 4 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Manchester, Lancashire | ||
| Mary Jane HUNTER | U | 24 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Gt Whittington, Northumberland | |
| William A. HUNTER | 1 | M | Inmate | Liverpool, Lancashire | |||
| Robert H. HUTCHINSON | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Hexham, Northumberland | ||
| Margaret IRVING | W | 53 | F | Casual | French Polisher | Scotland | |
| Catherine JOHNSON | U | 21 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Birdfield, Essex | |
| Sarah Ann JOHNSON | 3m | F | Inmate | Hexham, Northumberland | |||
| William KING | U | 56 | M | Casual | General Labourer | Ireland | |
| Albany KIRSOP | U | 79 | M | Inmate | Groom Domestic Servant | Alston, Cumberland | |
| James KIRSOP | 4m | M | Inmate | Hexham, Northumberland | |||
| Mary KIRSOP | U | 21 | F | Inmate | Farm Servant (Domestic) | Hexham, Northumberland | |
| Joseph KIRSOPP | M | 78 | M | Inmate | Farm Servant Ag Lab | Shotley, Northumberland | |
| Thomas LOWES | W | 73 | M | Inmate | Coal Miner | Shap, Westmorland | |
| Thomas MC GUIRE | W | 72 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Ireland | |
| Ellen MADDISON | W | 43 | F | Inmate | Ovingham, Northumberland | ||
| Thomas MALCOLM | U | 16 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Hexham, Northumberland | |
| John MALONE | 14 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Hexham, Northumberland | ||
| Myles MAUGHAN | U | 73 | M | Inmate | Farm Servant Agr Lab | Hexham, Northumberland | |
| John MICHOLSON | W | 87 | M | Inmate | Coal Miner | Greenside, Northumberland | |
| Ann NEWTON | W | 90 | F | Inmate | Glover Seamstress | Hexham, Northumberland | |
| Sarah Jane NICHOLSON | U | 6 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Hexham, Northumberland | |
| Elizabeth NIXON | W | 66 | F | Inmate | Dissington, Northumberland | ||
| Edward PARKER | U | 69 | M | Inmate | Lead Miner | Allendale, Northumberland | |
| William PATTISON | U | 36 | M | Inmate | Farm Servant Agr Labo | Hexham, Northumberland | |
| Stephen PEMBERTON | U | 56 | M | Inmate | Solicitor | Sunderland, Durham | |
| Thomas POTTS | W | 83 | M | Inmate | Groom Domestic Servt | Hexham, Northumberland | |
| James QUEEN | U | 25 | M | Casual | General Labourer | Ireland | |
| John RAGAN | W | 61 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Ireland | |
| Agnes RANKIN | U | 36 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Liverpool, Lancashire | |
| Elizabeth RANKIN | 9 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Scotland | ||
| John RANKIN | 1 | M | Inmate | Brampton, Cumberland | |||
| Pheobe RICHARDSON | U | 65 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Alston, Cumberland | |
| George RICHLEY | W | 75 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Corbridge, Northumberland | |
| Nicholas RICHLEY | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Hexham, Northumberland | ||
| Margaret RIGG | M | 31 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Brampton, Cumberland | |
| Isabella ROBINSON | U | 46 | F | Inmate | Seamstress | Hexham, Northumberland | |
| William ROBINSON | U | 68 | M | Inmate | Agric Labourer | Kirby, York | |
| John ROBSON | W | 42 | M | Inmate | Seaman | Preston, Lancashire | |
| Walter ROBSON | U | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Hexham, Northumberland | |
| William ROBSON | W | 70 | M | Inmate | Farmer | Bywell St Peter, Northumberland | |
| Margaret ROUTLEDGE | W | 73 | F | Inmate | Scotland | ||
| Isabella RUTHERFORD | U | 23 | F | Inmate | Farm Servant | Hexhamshire, Northumberland | |
| Jane Isabella RUTHERFORD | 9m | F | Inmate | Hexhamshire, Northumberland | |||
| John James RUTHERFORD | 4 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Hexhamshire, Northumberland | ||
| Elizabeth SAMS | U | 29 | F | Inmate | Farm Servant Domestic | Finshenfield, Essex | |
| Henry SAMS | 5 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Newbrough, Northumberland | ||
| Henry SAMS | W | 65 | M | Inmate | Stone Quarryman | Finshenfield, Essex | |
| Sarah SCOTT | U | 91 | F | Inmate | Haltwhistle, Northumberland | ||
| Thomas SCOTT | W | 70 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Wark, Northumberland | |
| Thomas SCOTT | U | 15 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Hexham, Northumberland | |
| Henry SHEPPARD | W | 87 | M | Inmate | Farm Servant Agr Lab | Simonburn, Northumberland | |
| John Joseph SHIELD | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Haydon, Northumberland | ||
| Thomas Wm. SHIELD | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Haydon, Northumberland | ||
| John SMITH | U | 45 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Hexham, Northumberland | |
| Mary Ann SMITH | U | 9 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Hexham, Northumberland | |
| William SMITH | U | 77 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Appleby, Cumberland | |
| Charlotte SNOWBALL | W | 85 | F | Inmate | Corbridge, Northumberland | ||
| Mary STAINTHORPE | W | 64 | F | Inmate | Hexham, Northumberland | ||
| George STEEL | U | 65 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Imbecile | Hexham, Northumberland |
| Thomas STRONG | U | 76 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Tiverton, Devon | |
| Mary SUMMERS | W | 93 | F | Inmate | Hexham, Northumberland | ||
| Esther SWINBURNE | W | 73 | F | Inmate | Berwick Upon Tweed | ||
| Isaac TELFORD | M | 69 | M | Inmate | Farm Servant Agr Lab | Acomb, Northumberland | |
| Thomas Anty. THOMPSON | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Haydon, Northumberland | ||
| James TURNBULL | W | 73 | M | Inmate | Joiner | Bellingham, Northumberland | |
| Jacob URWIN | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Newcastle, Northumberland | ||
| John Wm. URWIN | U | 14 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Newcastle, Northumberland | |
| Martha URWIN | U | 17 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Hexham, Northumberland | |
| Edward WALKER | U | 14 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Hexham, Northumberland | |
| William WALKER | U | 24 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Ovingham, Northumberland | |
| William WALKER | W | 69 | M | Inmate | Blacksmith | Hexham, Northumberland | |
| John WARD | U | 21 | M | Casual | General Labourer | Connash Quay, Flint, Wales | |
| Ellen WHITFIELD | U | 16 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Hexham, Northumberland | |
| Christopher WILKINSON | W | 69 | M | Inmate | Farm Servant Agr Lab | Gunnerton, Northumberland | |
| John WILKINSON | W | 74 | M | Inmate | Blacksmith | Shotley Bridge, Durham | |
| William WILKINSON | W | 81 | M | Inmate | Blacksmith | Hexham, Northumberland | |
| William WILKINSON | U | 78 | M | Inmate | Farm Servant Agr Lab | Edmondbyers, Durham | |
| John WILSON | U | 30 | M | Casual | General Labourer | Scotland | |
| Mary WOODMASS | U | 50 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Hexham, Northumberland | |
| William WOODWARD | U | 67 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Ireland | |
| Robert BOYD | U | 25 | M | Casual | General Labourer | Ireland |
Total residents: 195
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