1881 Census: Residents of Keighley Union Workhouse
| Name | Mar | Age | Sex | Relation | Occupation | Handicap | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | |||||||
| Greenwood MIDGLEY | M | 56 | M | Master (Head) | Workhouse Master | Bingley, York | |
| Martha MIDGLEY | M | 59 | F | Matron | Workhouse Matron | Thornton, Leicester | |
| Mary Grace MIDGLEY | U | 22 | F | Daur | Keighley, York | ||
| John RILEY | M | 27 | M | Officer | Workhouse Porter | Keighley, York | |
| Martha RILEY | M | 28 | F | Officers Wife | Barnoldswick, York | ||
| Benjamin BINNS | M | 55 | M | Officer | Nurse At Workhouse | Haworth, York | |
| Esther BINNS | M | 56 | F | Officers Wife | Nurse At Workhouse | Haworth, York | |
| Inmates | |||||||
| William ABRAHAMS | M | 40 | M | Inmate | Stonemason | Lunatic | Ireland |
| John ADEROYD | W | 70 | M | Inmate | Wool Comber (Wd) | Keighley, York | |
| Samuel ARCHER | U | 56 | M | Inmate | Soldier | Imbecile | Middlesex |
| Benjamin BANCROFT | M | 62 | M | Inmate | Wood Turner | Bingley, York | |
| Thomas BARTLE | W | 71 | M | Inmate | Earth Excavator Navvy | Downham, Norfolk | |
| Allan BEAMISH | U | 69 | M | Inmate | Wool Comber In Factory | Ireland | |
| George BEANLAND | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Keighley, York | ||
| Jane BEANLAND | 11 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Bradford, York | ||
| Mary BEANLAND | M | 56 | F | Inmate | Spinner In Worsted Factory | Noddington, Westmorland | |
| Tom BEANLAND | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Bradford, York | ||
| Clara Ellen BENNETT | 10 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | |||
| John BIRCH | W | 83 | M | Inmate | Worsted Weaver | Hull, York | |
| Richard BLAND | U | 48 | M | Inmate | Imbecile | Keighley, York | |
| Elizabeth BOOTHMAN | W | 79 | F | Inmate | Pocklington, York | ||
| Henry BRADSHAW | W | 71 | M | Inmate | Engine Minder For Worsted Mill | Haworth, York | |
| John BRIGG | U | 55 | M | Inmate | Carter | Skipton, York | |
| Martha BRIGGS | U | 35 | F | Inmate | Worsted Weaver | Keighley, York | |
| Martha Ann BRIGGS | 1 | F | Inmate | Keighley, York | |||
| Sarah Ellen BRIGGS | 9 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Keighley, York | ||
| Mary BRISTA | U | 34 | F | Inmate | No Occupation | Imbecile | Bingley, York |
| Samuel BROAD | M | 68 | M | Inmate | Bolt Maker In Iron Works | Liverpool, Lancashire | |
| Eli BROWN | U | 53 | M | Inmate | Imbecile | Cullingworth, York | |
| Ellen BROWN | M | 40 | F | Inmate | Rover In Worsted Mill | Keighley, York | |
| Susannah BURNS | U | 12 | F | Inmate | Drawer In Worsted Factory | Ireland | |
| Ann CALLAGHAN | M | 61 | F | Inmate | Lathe Woman In Pottery | Ireland | |
| Thomas CANE | U | 54 | M | Inmate | Spinner In Worsted Mill | Imbecile | Newcastle, Northumberland |
| Margaret CARR | U | 16 | F | Inmate | Spinner In Worsted Mill | Ireland | |
| Mary CARR | 1m | F | Inmate | Keighley, York | |||
| William CLARKSON | U | 27 | M | Vagrant | Moulders Labourer Iron | Manchester, Lancashire | |
| Hannah CLAYTON | 12 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Cone, Lancashire | ||
| Priscilla CLAYTON | W | 55 | F | Inmate | Worsted Weaver | Salterforth, York | |
| Hugh CONNOR | U | 17 | M | Vagrant | Moulders Labourer Iron | Ireland | |
| Hannah COULTON | W | 65 | F | Inmate | Keighley, York | ||
| Isabella CRABTREE | M | 65 | F | Inmate | Cook Domestic Servant | Scotland | |
| Lucy CREET | U | 30 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Market Deeping, Lincoln | |
| Mary Jane CROMWELL | 12 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Keighley, York | ||
| Thomas DEE | 3 | M | Inmate | Keighley, York | |||
| William DEWHIRST | U | 62 | M | Inmate | Wool Comber (Wd) | Halifax, York | |
| Christopher DOBSON | U | 46 | M | Inmate | Imbecile | Skipton, York | |
| John William DRIVER | U | 32 | M | Inmate | Imbecile | Keighley, York | |
| Katie DUNN | 4 | F | Inmate | Keighley, York | |||
| William EGGLESTON | W | 52 | M | Inmate | Labourer In Iron Works | Pontefract, York | |
| Esther FEATHER | U | 60 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Bingley, York | |
| Joseph FEATHER | M | 56 | M | Inmate | Comb Machine Maker Spg | Keighley, York | |
| Thomas FEATHER | U | 58 | M | Inmate | Woollen Comber At Factory | Haworth, York | |
| William FEATHER | U | 47 | M | Inmate | No Occupation | Imbecile | Keighley, York |
| Alice Ann FELL | 5m | F | Inmate | Keighley, York | |||
| Mary Elizabeth FELL | U | 24 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Drigg, Cumberland | |
| Sarah FENWICK | W | 50 | F | Inmate | Worsted Weaver | Hyde, Cheshire | |
| Esther FIRTH | U | 45 | F | Inmate | Worsted Weaver | Bingley, York | |
| John FIRTH | M | 55 | M | Inmate | Engine Minder At Factory | Lunatic | Wilsden, York |
| John FIRTH | U | 37 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer Ag Lab | Imbecile | Bingley, York |
| Bridget FLANAGHAN | U | 74 | F | Inmate | Ireland | ||
| Richard Rushton FOULDS | U | 39 | M | Inmate | Imbecile From Birth | Colne, Lancashire | |
| Mary Ellen GARNETT | 6 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Bradford, York | ||
| Sarah Ann GARNETT | U | 32 | F | Inmate | Worsted Weaver | Keighley, York | |
| William GARNETT | U | 40 | M | Inmate | Imbecile | Keighley, York | |
| Ann MC GEE | U | 21 | F | Inmate | Spinner In Worsted Factory | Keighley, York | |
| Elizabeth Ann MC GEE | 2 | F | Inmate | Keighley, York | |||
| Margaret GELDARD | M | 48 | F | Inmate | Laundress Domestic Servant | Ireland | |
| Arabella GODFREY | U | 20 | F | Inmate | Twister In Wosted Factory | Liverpool, Lancashire | |
| Charles GREENWOOD | W | 75 | M | Inmate | Engine Fitter In Iron Works | Barnsley, York | |
| William GREENWOOD | U | 38 | M | Inmate | Wool Comber (Wd) | Lunatic | Keighley, York |
| William Thomas GREENWOOD | M | 42 | M | Inmate | Labourer In Iron Works | Keighley, York | |
| Bridget GROGAN | W | 83 | F | Inmate | Ireland | ||
| Margaret MC GUINNESS | M | 24 | F | Inmate | Spinner In Worsted Mill | Keighley, York | |
| Joseph HAINSWORTH | W | 72 | M | Inmate | Wool Comber In Factory | Armley, York | |
| Mary HALEY | W | 53 | F | Inmate | Reeler Worsted Mill | Ireland | |
| Martha HALL | U | 51 | F | Inmate | Cotton Weaver | Keighley, York | |
| William HARKER | U | 37 | M | Inmate | Labourer In Worsted Factory | Bingley, York | |
| Henry HARTLEY | M | 24 | M | Inmate | Labourer In Spinning Factory | Trawden, Lancashire | |
| Joseph HARTLEY | U | 34 | M | Inmate | Worsted Weaver | Trawden, Lancashire | |
| Joseph HARTLEY | W | 69 | M | Inmate | Plumber | Huddersfield, York | |
| Margaret HARTLEY | M | 23 | F | Inmate | Twister At Worsted Factory | Armley, York | |
| Enoch Foulds HEATON | U | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Keighley, York | |
| James HEATON | U | 43 | M | Inmate | Worsted Weaver | Keighley, York | |
| Charles HEFFORD | W | 75 | M | Inmate | Machine Wool Comber | Saddington, Northampton | |
| Margaret HEWITT | W | 68 | F | Inmate | Hawker | Ireland | |
| Mary HEWITT | U | 26 | F | Inmate | Drawer In Worsted Factory | Lunatic | Dewsbury, York |
| Richard HEY | U | 70 | M | Inmate | No Occupation | Imbecile | Bingley, York |
| Albert Redman HILL | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Keighley, York | ||
| James HIRTH | M | 70 | M | Inmate | Machine Wool Comber | Haworth, York | |
| Charles HODGSON | W | 63 | M | Inmate | Fitter In Iron Works | Keighley, York | |
| Joseph HOLDSWORTH | U | 49 | M | Inmate | Carter | Keighley, York | |
| John HOLLINGS | W | 74 | M | Inmate | Reed Maker (Spg) | Haworth, York | |
| John HOLMES | W | 67 | M | Inmate | Worsted Weaver | Haworth, York | |
| Sarah HOLMES | W | 79 | F | Inmate | Keighley, York | ||
| Selina HOLT | M | 38 | F | Inmate | Worsted Weaver | Haworth, York | |
| John HOSE | W | 62 | M | Inmate | Labourer In Woollen Factory | (British Subject), At Sea | |
| Lucy HOWGATE | 3 | F | Inmate | Keighley, York | |||
| Sarah HOWGATE | U | 22 | F | Inmate | Spinner In Worsted Factory | Imbecile | Halifax, York |
| Anthony HOWLEY | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Keighley, York | ||
| Bridget HOWLEY | 8 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Keighley, York | ||
| John HOWLEY | M | 50 | M | Inmate | Masons Labourer | Ireland | |
| John HOWLEY | 3 | M | Inmate | Keighley, York | |||
| Thomas HOWLEY | 1 | M | Inmate | Wakefield, York | |||
| Sally HOYLE | U | 72 | F | Inmate | Worsted Weaver | Hebden Bridge, York | |
| John HUDSON | W | 67 | M | Inmate | Wool Comber (Wd) | Haworth, York | |
| George ICKRINGILL | M | 59 | M | Inmate | Wool Comber In Factory (Wd) | Bingley, York | |
| John Robert MC IVER | 3 | M | Inmate | Keighley, York | |||
| Mary MC IVER | M | 34 | F | Inmate | Hawker | Ireland | |
| Mary MC IVER | 4 | F | Inmate | Keighley, York | |||
| Patrick MC IVER | 1 | M | Inmate | Keighley, York | |||
| James JACKSON | W | 44 | M | Inmate | Wool Comber In Factory | Keighley, York | |
| Richard JACKSON | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | London, Middlesex | ||
| Sarah JACKSON | 2 | F | Inmate | Keighley, York | |||
| Elizabeth JENNINGS | U | 38 | F | Inmate | Twister In Worsted Mill | Haworth, York | |
| Henry JONES | 7 | M | Inmate | Scholar | |||
| Robert KEALING | U | 39 | M | Vagrant | Dock Labourer | Liverpool, Lancashire | |
| John KILGANNON | U | 19 | M | Inmate | Painter | Hartlepool, Durham | |
| Constantine KING | M | 70 | M | Inmate | Quarryman Stone | Pateley Bridge, York | |
| Esther KING | M | 51 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Haworth, York | |
| Thomas LAYCOCK | W | 78 | M | Inmate | Comb Maker In Steel Works (Spg) | Keighley, York | |
| Benjamin LEE | 4 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Keighley, York | ||
| Eliza LEE | M | 27 | F | Inmate | Winder In Worsted Mill | Norton, Hereford | |
| Mary Ann LEE | 7 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Keighley, York | ||
| Thomas LEE | M | 61 | M | Inmate | Imbecile | Halifax, York | |
| Joseph MASHITES | U | 51 | M | Inmate | Wool Comber For Worsted Mill | Lancaster, Lancashire | |
| Patrick MAY | M | 66 | M | Inmate | Pedlar | Ireland | |
| Patrick MAY | M | 58 | M | Inmate | Hawker | Ireland | |
| Hannah Maria METCALF | 4 | F | Inmate | Rockland, Norfolk | |||
| Rosanna METCALF | 1 | F | Inmate | Haworth, York | |||
| Sarah Ann METCALF | M | 27 | F | Inmate | Worsted Weaver | Milden Hall, Suffolk | |
| Walter METCALF | 6 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Rockland, Norfolk | ||
| John MIDGLEY | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Keighley, York | ||
| Mary Ann MIDGLEY | U | 32 | F | Inmate | Worsted Weaver | Keighley, York | |
| Walter MIDGLEY | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Keighley, York | ||
| Betty MOORE | W | 82 | F | Inmate | Colne, Lancashire | ||
| Isabella MOORE | M | 67 | F | Inmate | Hawker | Scotland | |
| Nancy MOORE | U | 41 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Keighley, York | |
| William MOORE | U | 51 | M | Inmate | Masons Labourer | Bingley, York | |
| Mary Ann MORTIMER | U | 29 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Bradford, York | |
| Abraham MURGATROYD | U | 53 | M | Inmate | Labourer On Rail Road | Keighley, York | |
| Thomas NIXON | M | 64 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Skipton, York | |
| Ann NOLAN | M | 54 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Ireland | |
| Ellen NOLAN | 1 | F | Inmate | Keighley, York | |||
| John NOLAN | M | 61 | M | Inmate | Wool Comber (Wd) | Ireland | |
| Rosanna NOLAN | U | 21 | F | Inmate | Spinner In Worsted Factory | Bradford, York | |
| Michael MC NULTY | W | 52 | M | Inmate | Wool Comber (Wd) | Ireland | |
| Thomas MC NULTY | 5 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Keighley, York | ||
| Winifred MC NULTY | 4 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Keighley, York | ||
| Mary O'CONNOR | M | 27 | F | Inmate | Drawer In Worsted Factory | Ireland | |
| Rose Ann O'CONNOR | 2 | F | Inmate | Keighley, York | |||
| Thomas O'CONNOR | 1 | M | Inmate | Keighley, York | |||
| Frederick OLDFIELD | W | 48 | M | Inmate | Wool Comber (Wd) | Keighley, York | |
| Janetta PARKER | M | 67 | F | Inmate | Spinner In Worsted Mill | Imbecile | Keighley, York |
| Greenwood PICKLES | U | 46 | M | Inmate | Twister In Worsted Mill | Keighley, York | |
| John PICKLES | U | 65 | M | Inmate | Wool Comber In Factory | Haworth, York | |
| William PICKLES | M | 45 | M | Inmate | Worsted Weaver | Foulridge, Lancashire | |
| Elizabeth REDMAN | U | 32 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Pateley Bridge, York | |
| John REDMAN | W | 79 | M | Inmate | Hawker | Skipton, York | |
| John RILEY | W | 72 | M | Inmate | Worsted Weaver | Colne, Lancashire | |
| Thomas ROBINSON | U | 68 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Deaf & Dumb | Bingley, York |
| Ann RODDY | U | 32 | F | Inmate | Spinner In Worsted Mill | Ireland | |
| John ROGERSON | 5 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Keighley, York | ||
| Job ROSS | U | 51 | M | Inmate | Plasters Labourer | Haworth, York | |
| Annie RUSHWORTH | 4 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Keighley, York | ||
| Mary RUSHWORTH | 6 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Keighley, York | ||
| Mary SALT | W | 75 | F | Inmate | Seamstress | Newcastle, Northumberland | |
| William Henry SHAW | U | 18 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | Bingley, York | |
| James SHELLOND | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | |||
| Miles SIMPSON | W | 76 | M | Inmate | Machine Wool Comber (Wd) | Lothersdale, York | |
| Mary SLATER | U | 55 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Earby, York | |
| Alfred SMITH | U | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Keighley, York | |
| Bridget SMITH | U | 59 | F | Inmate | Pedlar | Ireland | |
| Dinah SMITH | U | 47 | F | Inmate | Keighley, York | ||
| John SMITH | U | 22 | M | Inmate | Imbecile | Keighley, York | |
| John SMITH | M | 45 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer (Ag Lab) | Keighley, York | |
| William SMITH | W | 80 | M | Inmate | Canal Boatman | Skipton, York | |
| Margaret SPENCER | U | 52 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Kildwick, York | |
| Wilson SPENCER | M | 57 | M | Inmate | Tailor | Manchester, Lancashire | |
| John STANSFIELD | U | 55 | M | Inmate | Imbecile | Keighley, York | |
| John STORES | M | 34 | M | Inmate | Railway Pointsman | Imbecile | Derby, Derby |
| James Walter SUNDERLAND | 3 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Keighley, York | ||
| John SUNDERLAND | M | 38 | M | Inmate | Stoker At Gas Works | Keighley, York | |
| Sarah SUNDERLAND | W | 65 | F | Inmate | Lunatic | Keighley, York | |
| Sarah SUNDERLAND | U | 56 | F | Inmate | Hand Loom Worsted Weaver | Imbecile | Keighley, York |
| Bridget SYMONDS | 7m | F | Inmate | Huddersfield, York | |||
| Mary Ann SYMONDS | >1 | F | Inmate | Huddersfield, York | |||
| Mary Ann SYMONDS | M | 30 | F | Inmate | Hawker | Preston, Lancashire | |
| Ann TAYLOR | W | 70 | F | Inmate | Dressmaker | Manchester, Lancashire | |
| David TEMPEST | 1 | M | Inmate | Keighley, York | |||
| Rebecca TEMPEST | U | 25 | F | Inmate | Worsted Weaver | Skipton, York | |
| William TERRY | U | 64 | M | Inmate | Tailor | Keighley, York | |
| Harriet THORNTON | W | 70 | F | Inmate | Farmer | Addingham, York | |
| Thomas TOOTHILL | W | 70 | M | Inmate | Wool Comber | Keighley, York | |
| James WADDINGTON | W | 69 | M | Inmate | Wool Comber (Wd) | Haworth, York | |
| Susannah WADDINGTON | U | 55 | F | Inmate | No Occupation | Keighley, York | |
| Sarah Elizabeth WARD | 15 | F | Inmate | Spinner In Worsted Factory | Imbecile | Weston, Lincoln | |
| Robert WATERHOUSE | W | 56 | M | Inmate | Joiner | Keighley, York | |
| John WATSON | W | 59 | M | Inmate | Currier Leather | Ormsby, York | |
| Harry WELSH | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Keighley, York | ||
| James WELSH | 15 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Keighley, York | ||
| John WELSH | 2 | M | Inmate | Keighley, York | |||
| Joseph WELSH | 3 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Keighley, York | ||
| Mary WELSH | U | 28 | F | Inmate | Reeler In Worsted Factory | Keighley, York | |
| Matthew WELSH | M | 69 | M | Inmate | Pedlar | Ireland | |
| Thomas WELSH | U | 39 | M | Inmate | Masons Labourer | Keighley, York | |
| Elizabeth WHALLEY | U | 30 | F | Inmate | No Occupation | Imbecile | Bingley, York |
| George WHITAKER | W | 60 | M | Inmate | Quarry Man | Thornton In Craven, York | |
| Charles WHITLEY | M | 53 | M | Inmate | Wool Comber In Factory (Wd) | Otley, York | |
| Annie WIGGLESWORTH | 9 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Keighley, York | ||
| Arthur WIGGLESWORTH | 4 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Keighley, York | ||
| Edwin WIGGLESWORTH | 6 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Keighley, York | ||
| James WIGGLESWORTH | W | 67 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Silsden, York | |
| Jane WIGGLESWORTH | 29 | F | Inmate | Worsted Spinner | Embsay, York | ||
| Joseph WILDMAN | W | 66 | M | Inmate | Wool Comber (Wd) | Keighley, York | |
| John WILKINSON | W | 58 | M | Inmate | Worsted Weaver | Trawden, Lancashire | |
| Ann WILSON | U | 31 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Imbecile | Exeter, Devon |
| George WILSON | U | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Exeter, Devon | |
| Mary WILSON | M | 45 | F | Inmate | Colne, Lancashire | ||
| Joseph WOOD | W | 59 | M | Inmate | Barber | Bradford, York | |
| Clara WOODHOUSE | 1 | F | Inmate | Keighley, York | |||
| Ellen WOODHOUSE | M | 31 | F | Inmate | Worsted Spinner | Bingley, York | |
| Sarah WORD | U | 47 | F | Inmate | No Occupation | Bingley, York | |
| George WRIGHT | M | 46 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer (Ag) | Sudbury, Northampton |
Total residents: 223
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