1881 Census: Residents of Hitchin Union Workhouse
| Name | Mar | Age | Sex | Relation | Occupation | Handicap | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | |||||||
| James WAKENELL | W | 65 | M | Head | Master Of Workhouse | East Barnet, Hertford | |
| Agnes Zillah WAKENELL | U | 28 | F | Daughter | Matron Of Workhouse | Hitchin, Hertford | |
| Annette Louisa WAKENELL | U | 26 | F | Daughter | No Occupation | Hitchin, Hertford | |
| Alfred FOWLER | M | 29 | M | Head | Assistant To Master Of Workhouse (Munic) | Faversham, Kent | |
| Mary Ann Elizabeth FOWLER | M | 25 | F | Wife | Schoolmistress At Workhouse | Sheerness Isle Of Sheppey | |
| Gertrude Jane Agnes FOWLER | 3 | F | Daughter | Hitchin, Hertford | |||
| James HILL | U | 21 | M | Porter | Porter & Baker At Workhouse | Kings Walden, Hertford | |
| Dinah MARGRAVE | W | 59 | F | Nurse | Nurse At Workhouse (Inst) | Ippollitts, Hertford | |
| Elizabeth LATCHFORD | W | 49 | F | Cook | Cook At Workhouse | Hitchin, Hertford | |
| William FLETCHER | U | 56 | M | Cook | Cook At Workhouse (Dom) | Kings Walden, Hertford | |
| Inmates | |||||||
| Thomas ADAMS | W | 79 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer Stockman | Flitwick, Bedford | |
| William ALMOND | W | 73 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | Kings Walden, Hertford | |
| Charles ANDREWS | 7 | M | Inmate | Scholar | |||
| Walter ANDREWS | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | |||
| Henry ARNOLD | W | 82 | M | Inmate | Carpenter | Ayott St Lawrence, Hertford | |
| John ARNOLD | W | 76 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer Carman | Pirton, Hertford | |
| Edward BALLY | M | 80 | M | Inmate (Head) | Baker | Fakenham, Norfolk | |
| Jane BALLY | M | 73 | F | Inmate (Wife) | Needlewoman | Marylebone, Middlesex | |
| Margaret BARLEGS | M | 74 | F | Wife | Domestic Servant Dairymaid | Clothall, Hertford | |
| Thomas BARLEGS | M | 68 | M | Husband (Head) | Farm Labourer Woodman | Clothall, Hertford | |
| Levi BARNES | U | 48 | M | Inmate | No Occupation | Idiot | Clothall, Hertford |
| Sarah BENNETT | W | 81 | F | Inmate | Straw Plaiter | Ippollits, Hertford | |
| Elizabeth BIDNELL | W | 60 | F | Inmate | Railway Gate Keeper | St Ives, Huntingdon | |
| Elizabeth BLAZELY | W | 60 | F | Inmate | Landlady Of Public House | Baldock, Hertford | |
| George BOARDER | U | 62 | M | Inmate | No Occupation | Idiot | Codicote, Hertford |
| William BRAY | W | 73 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer Ploughman | Hertford | |
| Caroline BRAYSHAW | W | 70 | F | Inmate | Tailoress | Hitchin, Hertford | |
| James BRICE | M | 75 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer Shepherd | Shefford, Bedford | |
| John BRIERS | U | 63 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Baldock, Hertford | |
| Charles BROWN | W | 60 | M | Inmate | Pensioner 11th Hussars (Army) | Luton, Bedford | |
| William BROWN | U | 65 | M | Inmate | Seaman | Germany | |
| Benjamin BUCKINGHAM | U | 43 | M | Inmate | Tailor | Hitchin, Hertford | |
| William BUCKITT | M | 67 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer Tasker | Pirton, Hertford | |
| George BUNNAGE | U | 61 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer Carman | Stevenage, Hertford | |
| William BURTON | U | 38 | M | Inmate | No Occupation | Idiot | Stosenage, Hertford |
| Charles CASTLE | U | 41 | M | Inmate | No Occupation | Idiot | Baldock, Hertford |
| Benjamin CAWDLE | U | 69 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer Ploughman | Baldock, Hertford | |
| Samuel CHALKLEY | W | 78 | M | Inmate | Lime Burner | Offley, Hertford | |
| William CHALKLEY | W | 70 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer Ploughman | Pauls Walden, Hertford | |
| William CHALKLEY | W | 73 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer Tasker | Weston, Hertford | |
| Thomas CHAMBERS | M | 59 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | Kings Walden, Hertford | |
| Elizabeth CHANCE | 60 | F | Inmate | Needlewoman | Little Gransden, Cambridge | ||
| James CHAPMAN | M | 62 | M | Inmate | Railway Excavator (Lab) | Blind | Clothall, Hertford |
| William CHERRY | M | 65 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Pirton, Hertford | |
| Amos CHORRY | U | 37 | M | Inmate | No Occupation | Idiot | Pirton, Hertford |
| Albert CLARK | 5 | M | Son | Scholar | Gosmore, Hertford | ||
| Ann CLARK | U | 61 | F | Inmate | Straw Plaiter | Imbecile | Shillington, Bedford |
| Annie CLARK | 6 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Gosmore, Hertford | ||
| Elizabeth CLARK | U | 26 | F | Mother (Head) | Straw Plaiter | Hitchin, Hertford | |
| Joseph CLARK | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Hitchin, Hertford | ||
| Rose CLARK | 2 | F | Daughter | Hitchin, Hertford | |||
| Ellen CLEMMENTS | M | 31 | F | Inmate | Straw Plaiter | Imbecile | Stotfold, Bedford |
| William COAWLEY | U | 20 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Baldock, Hertford | |
| George COLLINS | U | 74 | M | Inmate | Gentlemans Groom | Aston, Hertford | |
| John COOPER | U | 69 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer Ploughman | Blind | Clothall, Hertford |
| Moses COOPER | U | 45 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer Thatcher | Baldock, Hertford | |
| Frank COURSE | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Hitchin, Hertford | ||
| Mary Ann COVIN | 9 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Hitchin, Hertford | ||
| George CRAWLEY | U | 43 | M | Inmate | Discharged Soldier F Labour | Hitchin, Hertford | |
| George CREASY | W | 74 | M | Inmate | Carpenter | Hitchin, Hertford | |
| Jane CROFT | U | 33 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Baldock, Hertford | |
| Edmund CUBISS | W | 74 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer Ploughman | Bygrave, Hertford | |
| Samuel CURRELL | U | 75 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer Tasker | Norton, Hertford | |
| Isaac CURTIS | W | 75 | M | Inmate | Blacksmith | Dunton, Bedford | |
| George DAY | W | 82 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Ickleford, Hertford | |
| James DEACON | W | 75 | M | Inmate | Day Labourer | Hitchin, Hertford | |
| Frederick DEAR | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Hitchin, Hertford | ||
| Catherine DEARMER | W | 85 | F | Inmate | Straw Plaiter | ||
| James DEARMER | W | 83 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Wallington, Hertford | |
| Mary DEARMER | W | 71 | F | Inmate | Monthly Nurse | Preston, Hertford | |
| Amy DILLEY | W | 83 | F | Inmate | Washerwoman | Hitchin, Hertford | |
| Margaret DRAPER | W | 77 | F | Inmate | Travelling Gipsy | Warden, Bedford | |
| Martha EARLE | 42 | F | Inmate | Straw Plaiter | Ickleford, Hertford | ||
| Henry EDWARDS | W | 68 | M | Inmate | Baker | London St Clements Danes, London, Middlesex | |
| Emily Mary ELLIS | 3 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Stevenage, Hertford | ||
| James ELLIS | W | 73 | M | Inmate | Wood Dealer | Gravely, Hertford | |
| John FINERALL | W | 74 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer Ploughman | Baldock, Hertford | |
| Jane FISHER | M | 69 | F | Inmate (Wife) | Washerwoman | Cape of Good Hope, South Africa | |
| William FISHER | M | 76 | M | Husband (Head) | Razor Grinder | Hitchin, Hertford | |
| Mary FITZJOHN | W | 68 | F | Inmate | Straw Plaiter | Offley, Hertford | |
| George FLETCHER | W | 77 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Kimpton, Hertford | |
| John FLINT | W | 78 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer Ploughman | Aston, Hertford | |
| Oswald FOLDS | U | 28 | M | Inmate | Day Labourer (Gen) | Kings Walden, Hertford | |
| Charles FOX | U | 63 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer Ploughman | Hitchin, Hertford | |
| James GAYLOR | W | 69 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer Ploughman | Stevenage, Hertford | |
| William GAYLOR | M | 67 | M | Inmate | Brickmaker | Stevenage, Hertford | |
| Charles GILES | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | |||
| John GODFREY | M | 83 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer Ploughman | Shillington, Bedford | |
| Alfred GUNDRILL | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Weston, Hertford | ||
| Arthur GUNDRILL | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Weston, Hertford | ||
| Charles GUNDRILL | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Weston, Hertford | ||
| James HAILEY | W | 55 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Hitchin, Hertford | |
| Joseph HAILEY | W | 78 | M | Inmate | Jobbing Gardener | Hitchin, Hertford | |
| Edmund HAMMETT | W | 68 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer Ploughman | Kimpton, Hertford | |
| Thomas HANCHANT | U | 62 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Shephall, Hertford | |
| Joseph HAWKINS | M | 75 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Kings Walden, Hertford | |
| John HIGGINS | M | 34 | M | Vagrant | Blacksmith | Birmingham | |
| Joseph HUNT | W | 73 | M | Inmate | Malt Maker | Hitchin, Hertford | |
| William HYDE | W | 70 | M | Inmate | Day Labourer | Hitchin, Hertford | |
| Charter JACKSON | W | 79 | M | Inmate | Bricklayer | Litlington, Cambridge | |
| Kitty JAMES | W | 76 | F | Inmate | Straw Plaiter | Norton, Hertford | |
| Ellen JOHNSON | M | 55 | F | Vagrant | Needlewoman | Chesterton, Cambridge | |
| Julia JOHNSON | 5 | F | Vagrant | Scholar | St Bennets Sheffield | ||
| William JOHNSON | M | 59 | M | Vagrant | Cutler | St Bennets Sheffield | |
| Maria KEFFORD | 10 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Baldock, Hertford | ||
| Henry KIDDLE | U | 77 | M | Inmate | No Occupation | Idiot | Shephall, Hertford |
| Sarah KIDDLE | U | 29 | F | Inmate | Straw Plaiter | Imbecile | Shephall, Hertford |
| William KIRBY | U | 44 | M | Inmate | Jobbing Gardener (N D) | Hitchin, Hertford | |
| Daniel KNIGHT | U | 69 | M | Inmate | Day Labourer | Codicote, Hertford | |
| Jesse KNIGHT | U | 53 | M | Inmate | Jobbing Gardener | Hitchin, Hertford | |
| James KNOTT | U | 45 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Stevenage, Hertford | |
| Mary LANE | W | 70 | F | Inmate | Needlewoman | Hitchin, Hertford | |
| Ellen LARMAN | 8 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Hitchin, Hertford | ||
| James LARMAN | U | 61 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer Shepherd | Ickleford, Hertford | |
| Joseph LATCHFORD | 8 | M | Inmate | Idiot | Hitchin, Hertford | ||
| Thomas LATCHFORD | 14 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Hitchin, Hertford | ||
| William LAW | W | 74 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | Hitchin, Hertford | |
| Thomas LAWRENCE | W | 73 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer Shepherd | Offley, Hertford | |
| Jane LEE | 7 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Baldock, Hertford | ||
| Richard LEE | W | 81 | M | Inmate | Malt Maker | Baldock, Hertford | |
| Henry LINES | M | 52 | M | Inmate | Blacksmith | Wheathamstead, Hertford | |
| Elizabeth MACKAY | W | 60 | F | Inmate | Laundress | Bishops Auckland | |
| Augustus MALES | 9 | M | Son | Scholar | Pirton, Hertford | ||
| Charles MALES | 5 | M | Son | Scholar | Pirton, Hertford | ||
| Elizabeth MALES | W | 38 | F | Mother (Head) | Charwoman | Hortonbury, Huntingdon | |
| Kezia MALES | 3 | F | Daughter | Scholar | Pirton, Hertford | ||
| William MALES | 12 | M | Son | Scholar | Pirton, Hertford | ||
| John MANNING | U | 30 | M | Vagrant | Bricklayers Labourer | Marylebone, Middlesex | |
| Hannah MEAD | U | 65 | F | Inmate | No Occupation | Idiot | |
| Herbert MILES | 9 | M | Son | Scholar | Norfolk | ||
| Susannah MILES | M | 38 | F | Mother (Head) | Gt Bircham, Norfolk | ||
| William MILES | 14 | M | Son | Errand Boy | Long Sutton, Lincoln | ||
| James MONK | M | 80 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer Shepherd | ||
| Samuel MUNNS | U | 39 | M | Inmate | General Carman | Southampton, Hampshire | |
| Martha NEWBURY | W | 42 | F | Mother (Head) | Straw Plaiter | Hitchin, Hertford | |
| Thomas NEWBURY | 14 | M | Son | Scholar | Hitchin, Hertford | ||
| James OLIVER | U | 76 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer Ploughman | Hexton, Hertford | |
| Esther PALMER | U | 60 | F | Inmate | Straw Plaiter | Weston, Hertford | |
| Sarah PETERS | 19 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Hitchin, Hertford | ||
| Cecil PHILPOTT | 8 | M | Son | Scholar | Codicote, Hertford | ||
| George PHILPOTT | 4 | M | Son | Scholar | Codicote, Hertford | ||
| Harriet PHILPOTT | W | 35 | F | Mother (Head) | Kent | ||
| Jabez PHILPOTT | W | 66 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer Shepherd | Luton, Bedford | |
| James PHILPOTT | 14 | M | Son | Scholar | Codicote, Hertford | ||
| Noah PHILPOTT | 6 | M | Son | Scholar | Codicote, Hertford | ||
| Richard PHILPOTT | 12 | M | Son | Scholar | Codicote, Hertford | ||
| William PHILPOTT | 1 | M | Son | Hitchin, Hertford | |||
| Mary PRIMMETT | W | 69 | F | Inmate | Nurse | Letchworth, Hertford | |
| George RIX | U | 47 | M | Vagrant | Farm Labourer | Newmarket, Suffolk | |
| Ephraim ROBOTTOM | M | 66 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Ippollitts, Hertford | |
| Alfred SAMMS | 1 | M | Son | Hitchin, Hertford | |||
| George SAMMS | 4m | M | Son | Hitchin, Hertford | |||
| Mary Ann SAMMS | U | 19 | F | Mother (Head) | Domestic Servant | Codicote, Hertford | |
| James SAVAINE | W | 76 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Weston, Hertford | |
| Joseph SAVAINE | W | 74 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer Ploughman | Weston, Hertford | |
| Emma SEYMOUR | U | 41 | F | Straw Plaiter | Hitchin, Hertford | ||
| Francis SHARPE | W | 77 | M | Father (Head) | Farm Labourer | Blind | Pauls Walden, Hertford |
| Francis SHARPE | 12 | M | Son | Scholar | Stevenage, Hertford | ||
| Sarah SHERWOOD | W | 52 | F | Inmate | Straw Plaiter | Bygrave, Hertford | |
| John SIMKINS | W | 76 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer Tasker | Pirton, Hertford | |
| William SISSERMAN | W | 75 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer Ploughman | Hitchin, Hertford | |
| Albert SMITH | 3 | M | Inmate | Scholar | |||
| Ann SMITH | W | 76 | F | Inmate | Needlewoman | Clothall, Hertford | |
| Geo SMITH | 4 | M | Inmate | Scholar | |||
| George SMITH | U | 62 | M | Inmate | No Occupation | Idiot | Graveley, Hertford |
| Harry SMITH | 8 | M | Son | Scholar | Hitchin, Hertford | ||
| Jane SMITH | 13 | F | Inmate | Scholar | |||
| John SMITH | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Hitchin, Hertford | ||
| Mary Ann SMITH | M | 42 | F | Mother (Head) | Charwoman | Hitchin, Hertford | |
| Michael SMITH | U | 26 | M | Vagrant | Farm Labourer | Colne, Essex | |
| Minnie SMITH | 10 | F | Daughter | Hitchin, Hertford | |||
| Thomas SMITH | W | 66 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer Ploughman | Lilley, Hertford | |
| Thomas SPICER | W | 77 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer Tasker | Pauls Walden, Hertford | |
| Thomas SPICER | U | 42 | M | Vagrant | Gentlemans Groom | London Holborn, London, Middlesex | |
| Ada STANTON | 6 | F | Daughter | Scholar | Hitchin, Hertford | ||
| Eliza STANTON | U | 31 | F | Mother (Head) | Domestic Servant Nurse | High Wycombe, Buckingham | |
| Horace John STANTON | 3m | M | Son | Hitchin, Hertford | |||
| Charles STRONG | U | 23 | M | Vagrant | Bricklayers Labourer | London St Pancras, London, Middlesex | |
| Ellen SULLIVAN | U | 50 | F | Vagrant | Garden Worker (N D) | London Holborn, London, Middlesex | |
| Eliza SUMMERFIELD | U | 17 | F | Daughter | Scholar | Islington, Middlesex | |
| James SUMMERFIELD | W | 51 | M | Father (Head) | Coal Porter | Offley, Hertford | |
| George SUTTON | U | 62 | M | Inmate | Bricklayers Labourer | Hitchin, Hertford | |
| Percy TALL | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Ampthill, Bedford | ||
| James TASKER | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Baldock, Hertford | ||
| Mary Ann TASKER | 7 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Baldock, Hertford | ||
| Agnes TAYLOR | 10 | F | Inmate | Scholar | |||
| William TAYLOR | M | 70 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer Shepherd | Stevenage, Hertford | |
| Eliza THOMPSON | W | 73 | F | Inmate | Nurse | Baldock, Hertford | |
| Ann THREADER | 42 | F | Inmate | No Occupation | Imbecile | ||
| Emily THRUSSELL | 11 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Kings Walden, Hertford | ||
| Joshua THRUSSELL | U | 61 | M | Inmate | Jobbing Carpenter | Offley, Hertford | |
| James TURNER | U | 75 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer Ploughman | Weston, Hertford | |
| John TURNER | U | 74 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer Ploughman | Weston, Hertford | |
| Reuben VALENTINE | M | 61 | M | Inmate | Clog Maker | Hitchin, Hertford | |
| James WALKER | M | 68 | M | Husband (Head) | Farm Labourer Tasker | Baldock, Hertford | |
| Margaret WALKER | M | 70 | F | Wife | Straw Plaiter | Shillington, Bedford | |
| Mark WALLER | W | 56 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer Shepherd | Lilley, Hertford | |
| Priscilla WARD | U | 68 | F | Inmate | Straw Plaiter | Pirton, Hertford | |
| George WARREN | U | 80 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer Ploughman | Datchworth, Hertford | |
| Rebecca WARREN | W | 70 | F | Inmate | Housekeeper | Ayott St Lawrence, Hertford | |
| Samuel WATSON | U | 75 | M | Inmate | Labourer Tan Yard | Hitchin, Hertford | |
| Thomas WATSON | U | 80 | M | Inmate | Tailor | Hitchin, Hertford | |
| John WEATHERHEAD | U | 62 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Hitchin, Hertford | |
| George WELCHR | W | 74 | M | Inmate | Post Boy | Stevenage, Hertford | |
| William WEST | M | 73 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer Carman | Streatly, Bedford | |
| Abraham WHITBY | W | 86 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Hitchin, Hertford | |
| Daniel WHITE | W | 78 | M | Father (Head) | Farm Labourer | Redbourn, Hertford | |
| George WHITE | 6 | M | Son | Scholar | Codicote, Hertford | ||
| Harriet WHITE | 9 | F | Daughter | Scholar | Codicote, Hertford | ||
| Rose WHITE | 4 | F | Daughter | Scholar | Hitchin, Hertford | ||
| William WRIGHT | W | 84 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer Thatcher | Blind | Luton, Bedford |
| Amos YOUNG | M | 46 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Kimpton, Hertford |
Total residents: 212
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