1881 Census: Residents of Horsham Union Workhouse
| Name | Mar | Age | Sex | Relation | Occupation | Handicap | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | |||||||
| Henry BLACKMAN | M | 57 | M | Head | Master Of Workhouse | Catsfield, Sussex | |
| Catherine BLACKMAN | U | 33 | F | Daur | Matron | Catsfield, Sussex | |
| Elizabeth H. BAKER | U | 24 | F | Serv | Head Housemaid | Westbourne, Sussex | |
| Charles MILES | W | 59 | M | Serv | Porter | Aldershot, Hampshire | |
| Elizabeth R. PREES | U | 36 | F | Serv | Industrial Trainer (Teacher) | Arundel, Sussex | |
| Hannah LONGSHEARS | U | 21 | F | Serv | Housemaid | Thornbury, Gloucester | |
| Inmates | |||||||
| Francis AGATE | U | 34 | F | Inmate | None | Imbecile | Lower Beeding, Sussex |
| Daniel ATTWATER | W | 73 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Itchingfield, Sussex | |
| Maria AWOOD | W | 70 | F | Inmate | Billingshurst, Sussex | ||
| Henry AYLWARD | M | 26 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | Slinfold, Sussex | |
| Elizabeth BAKER | W | 76 | F | Inmate | None | Horsham, Sussex | |
| Eunice (Amies) BAKER | U | 64 | F | Inmate | None | Imbecile | Slinfold, Sussex |
| James BAKER | U | 24 | M | Vagrant Ward | General Labourer | Lamborn, Berkshire | |
| John BAKER | U | 32 | M | Vagrant Ward | Painter | Croydon, Surrey | |
| Thomas BEVIS | W | 75 | M | Inmate | Bricklayer | Rudgwick, Sussex | |
| Annie BOOKER | U | 8 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Horsham, Sussex | |
| George BOOKER | U | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Horsham, Sussex | |
| Henry BOOKER | U | 75 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Horsham, Sussex | |
| Mary BOOKER | U | 31 | F | Inmate | None | Horsham, Sussex | |
| Minnie BOOKER | U | 3 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Horsham, Sussex | |
| William BOOKER | U | 6 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Horsham, Sussex | |
| Isaac BRANDLEY | U | 72 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Slinfold, Sussex | |
| Ellen BRIGGS | M | 49 | F | Inmate | None | Horsham, Sussex | |
| Emily BRIGGS | 8 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Horsham, Sussex | ||
| James BRIGGS | W | 80 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | Horsham, Sussex | |
| Catherine BROOK | W | 76 | F | Inmate | None | Blind | Horsham, Sussex |
| John BROOK | U | 50 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Horsham, Sussex | |
| John BUCKMAN | U | 4 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Horsham, Sussex | |
| Albert BUSS | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Warnham | ||
| Elsie BUSS | M | 32 | F | Inmate | None | Warnham | |
| Thomas BUSS | 7 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Warnham | ||
| George BUTCHER | U | 52 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Rudgwick, Sussex | |
| Henry CARTER | M | 60 | M | Inmate | Formerly Grocer | Billingshurst, Sussex | |
| Catherine CHARLWOOD | 13 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Horsham, Sussex | ||
| Frederick CHARLWOOD | U | 82 | M | Inmate | Formerly Letter Carrier | Ifield, Sussex | |
| Sarah CHARLWOOD | 10 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Horsham, Sussex | ||
| Eliza CLARK | 10m | F | Inmate | Slinfold, Sussex | |||
| Elizabeth CLARK | M | 30 | F | Inmate | Slinfold, Sussex | ||
| George CLARK | M | 73 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Ifield, Sussex | |
| George CLARK | W | 69 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Slinfold, Sussex | |
| Harriet CLARK | W | 59 | F | Inmate | None | Horsham, Sussex | |
| John A. CLARK | 5 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Slinfold, Sussex | ||
| Ellen CLARKE | U | 22 | F | Inmate | None | Horsham, Sussex | |
| Fanny CLARKE | 1 | F | Inmate | None | Horsham, Sussex | ||
| James COLEBROOK | U | 65 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Horsham, Sussex | |
| William COLES | U | 74 | M | Inmate | Sailor | Horsham, Sussex | |
| Robert COLLETT | U | 33 | M | Vagrant Ward | General Labourer | Oxford City | |
| Caroline COOMBS | 6 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Nuthurst, Sussex | ||
| Elizabeth COOMBS | U | 34 | F | Inmate | Nuthurst, Sussex | ||
| Mary COOMBS | 10 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Nuthurst, Sussex | ||
| Peter COOMBS | 7 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Nuthurst, Sussex | ||
| Joseph CRIBBS | U | 78 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Shipley, Sussex | |
| William DALE | U | 52 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Ifield, Sussex | |
| George DAVIS | U | 25 | M | Vagrant Ward | Tailor | Reading, Berkshire | |
| James DEAN | U | 63 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Shipley, Sussex | |
| William DEAN | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Billingshurst, Sussex | ||
| John DELAINS | U | 86 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | West Grinstead, Sussex | |
| John DENMAN | W | 69 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Horsham, Sussex | |
| Jordan DINNAGE | W | 77 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Horsham, Sussex | |
| Frederick EASTERS | U | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Horsham, Sussex | |
| Joseph EASTERS | W | 64 | M | Inmate | General Labourer (Gl) | Horsham, Sussex | |
| Susan EASTERS | U | 38 | F | Inmate | None | Ifield, Sussex | |
| Hannah EDWARD | W | 93 | F | Inmate | None | Horsham, Sussex | |
| James EDWARDS | U | 47 | M | Vagrant Ward | General Labourer | London, Middlesex | |
| Elizabeth ELSEE | W | 82 | F | Inmate | None | Ifield, Sussex | |
| Mary FARLEY | W | 69 | F | Inmate | Slinfold, Sussex | ||
| Henry FORCE | U | 55 | M | Vagrant Ward | General Labourer | Cheam, Surrey | |
| Sarah FUTTERS | W | 94 | F | Inmate | None | Horsham, Sussex | |
| Geirge GARMAN | W | 74 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Warnham | |
| Stephen GARMAN | W | 74 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Warnham | |
| Allen GOLDSMITH | U | 47 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Lower Beeding, Sussex | |
| William GOODER | U | 61 | M | Inmate | General Labourer (Gl) | Horsham, Sussex | |
| Amy GORCHER | U | 16 | F | Inmate | Shipley, Sussex | ||
| Ellen GORCHER | U | 9 | F | Inmate | Shipley, Sussex | ||
| Elsa GORCHER | U | 6 | F | Inmate | Shipley, Sussex | ||
| Mary Ann GORCHER | U | 12 | F | Inmate | Shipley, Sussex | ||
| Robert GORDON | U | 62 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Horsham, Sussex | |
| William GORING | W | 70 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Ifield, Sussex | |
| Charlotte GRANT | M | 34 | F | Vagrant Ward | Portsmouth, Hampshire | ||
| William GRANT | M | 41 | M | Vagrant Ward | General Labourer | Portsmouth, Hampshire | |
| John GREENFIELD | U | 52 | M | Inmate | General Labourer (Gl) | Horsham, Sussex | |
| Adelaide GRINSTEAD | U | 50 | F | Inmate | None | Imbecile | Shipley, Sussex |
| John HARDING | U | 48 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Horsham, Sussex | |
| Mary HARWOOD | W | 75 | F | Inmate | None | Horsham, Sussex | |
| George HAYLER | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Horsham, Sussex | ||
| John HEATHFIELD | W | 67 | M | Inmate | Farrier | Crawley, Sussex | |
| Jesse HELLMAN | W | 62 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | Horsham, Sussex | |
| Harriett HILL | W | 86 | F | Inmate | West Grinstead, Sussex | ||
| Ellen HILLMAN | U | 48 | F | Inmate | Blind | West Grinstead, Sussex | |
| Hannah HOAR | U | 18 | F | Inmate | Rudgwick, Sussex | ||
| James HOLLAND | W | 51 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Horsham, Sussex | |
| John HUMPHREY | U | 70 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Horsham, Sussex | |
| Henry MC JEAN | U | 61 | M | Vagrant Ward | General Labourer | Hertford, Hertford | |
| Peter JOHNSON | W | 80 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Shipley, Sussex | |
| Richard JOHNSON | U | 35 | M | Vagrant Ward | General Labourer | Croydon, Surrey | |
| Bessie A. JUPP | 1 | F | Inmate | Haywards Heath, Sussex | |||
| Mary JUPP | M | 72 | F | Inmate | None | Nuthurst, Sussex | |
| William JUPP | U | 70 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | Horsham, Sussex | |
| Alice KEARNS | 3 | F | Inmate | Shipley, Sussex | |||
| James KENT | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Horsham, Sussex | ||
| James KING | U | 50 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Horsham, Sussex | |
| Morris KING | W | 69 | M | Inmate | Gardener | Billingshurst, Sussex | |
| Amy LAKER | W | 76 | F | Inmate | West Grinstead, Sussex | ||
| Sarah LAKER | U | 50 | F | Inmate | West Grinstead, Sussex | ||
| John LANGFORD | W | 82 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Horsham, Sussex | |
| John LEDBEATER | U | 66 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Nuthurst, Sussex | |
| Job LOCKEN | U | 53 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | Billingshurst, Sussex | |
| William LONGHURST | U | 75 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Rusper, Sussex | |
| George MARSHALL | U | 49 | M | Vagrant Ward | General Labourer | Leamington, Warwick | |
| John MARTERS | U | 50 | M | Vagrant Ward | General Labourer | Farnham, Hampshire | |
| Thomas MILLER | W | 61 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Horsham, Sussex | |
| Ann MITCHELL | W | 77 | F | Inmate | None | Lower Beeding, Sussex | |
| George PANNETT | W | 65 | M | Inmate | Gardener | Imbecile | Horsham, Sussex |
| Peter PENFOLD | W | 81 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Itchingfield, Sussex | |
| Edwin PENNICOTT | W | 45 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Crawley, Sussex | |
| John PETERS | W | 67 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Horsham, Sussex | |
| Mary PLEDGE | W | 74 | F | Inmate | Nuthurst, Sussex | ||
| Isaac POTTER | M | 55 | M | Inmate | Painter | Horsham, Sussex | |
| James F. PRIGG | 10m | M | Inmate | Horsham, Sussex | |||
| Mary PRIGG | M | 26 | F | Inmate | Slinfold, Sussex | ||
| Emma REED | U | 20 | F | Inmate | Billingshurst, Sussex | ||
| Joseph REED | W | 76 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Horsham, Sussex | |
| Caroline RHODES | U | 20 | F | Inmate | Shipley, Sussex | ||
| Lavine RICHARDSON | W | 79 | F | Inmate | Hawker | Horsham, Sussex | |
| Minnie RIVERS | 7 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Ifield, Sussex | ||
| James SAGER | U | 79 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Ifield, Sussex | |
| George SAUNDERS | U | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Lower Beeding, Sussex | |
| William H. SCUTT | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Horsham, Sussex | ||
| James SENDAL | W | 73 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | Horsham, Sussex | |
| Daniel SHAW | W | 84 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Horsham, Sussex | |
| William SHEMENS | W | 52 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Rudgwick, Sussex | |
| Henry SHERLOCK | W | 64 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Ifield, Sussex | |
| James SHOEBRIDGE | W | 62 | M | Inmate | Bricklayers Labourer | Horsham, Sussex | |
| Richard SHOEBRIDGE | U | 53 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Horsham, Sussex | |
| Henry SMITH | U | 28 | M | Vagrant Ward | General Labourer | Battersea, Surrey | |
| William SMITH | U | 30 | M | Vagrant Ward | General Labourer | Gloster, Gloucester | |
| John STEER | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Billingshurst, Sussex | ||
| George STEERS | W | 68 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Warnham | |
| Joanna STEMP | W | 96 | F | Inmate | Rudgwick, Sussex | ||
| Jesse TOURLE | U | 71 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Rusper, Sussex | |
| Caius TULLETT | U | 57 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Imbecile | Rusper, Sussex |
| Fanny TULLETT | U | 41 | F | Inmate | None | Blind | Rusper, Sussex |
| Thomas TURNER | U | 74 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Horsham, Sussex | |
| Charles VOICE | U | 53 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Billingshurst, Sussex | |
| John VOICE | U | 61 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Billingshurst, Sussex | |
| Catherine WALLER | U | 50 | F | Inmate | Cook Domestic Servant | Horsham, Sussex | |
| Charlotte WALLER | W | 74 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Rudgwick, Sussex | |
| John WARD | U | 35 | M | Vagrant Ward | General Labourer | Wisbeach, Cambridge | |
| George WELLER | U | 63 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Horsham, Sussex | |
| Susannah WELLER | W | 69 | F | Inmate | None | Horsham, Sussex | |
| William WELLER | U | 48 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Imbecile From Birth | Rusper, Sussex |
| John WHITE | U | 55 | M | Vagrant Ward | Groom | Ireland | |
| William WILKINS | U | 45 | M | Inmate | General Labourer (Gl) | Ifield, Sussex | |
| Agnes WILLIAMS | 2 | F | Vagrant Ward | London, Middlesex | |||
| Ann WILLIAMS | M | 31 | F | Vagrant Ward | Leeds, York | ||
| Dunston WILLIAMS | 11 | M | Vagrant Ward | Nuthurst, Sussex | |||
| Ellen WILLIAMS | 7 | F | Vagrant Ward | London, Middlesex | |||
| Emma WILLIAMS | M | 26 | F | Inmate Vagrant | Guildford, Surrey | ||
| George WILLIAMS | M | 31 | M | Inmate Vagrant | General Labourer | Guildford, Surrey | |
| George WILLIAMS | M | 34 | M | Vagrant Ward | Bricklayer | London, Middlesex | |
| Mary WILLIAMS | 9 | F | Vagrant Ward | Emsworth, Sussex | |||
| James WOOD | W | 61 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | Horsham, Sussex | |
| Charles YOHUNT | U | 63 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Horsham, Sussex |
Total residents: 163
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