1881 Census: Residents of Kettering Union Workhouse
| Name | Mar | Age | Sex | Relation | Occupation | Handicap | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | |||||||
| John MOORE | M | 60 | M | Head | Master Of Workhouse | Cransley, Northampton | |
| Elizabeth MOORE | M | 58 | F | Wife Matron | Matron | Thorpe Malsor, Northampton | |
| Fanny E. MOORE | U | 15 | F | Daur | Scholar | Kettering, Northampton | |
| Sarah CLARKE | W | 51 | F | Serv | Nurse | Rothwell, Northampton | |
| Ada WOODBRIDGE | U | 23 | F | Serv | Schoolmistress (Munic) | Brierly Hill, Stafford | |
| William SIMCOE | W | 55 | M | Serv | Porter (Munic) | Kettering, Northampton | |
| Inmates | |||||||
| Joseph AGER | M | 50 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Geddington, Northampton | |
| Martha ALEXANDER | W | 47 | F | Inmate | Rag & Bone Collector | Weldon, Northampton | |
| Caroline ASBERRY | U | 17 | F | Inmate | Gen Serv Domestic | Cransley, Northampton | |
| Mary ASHBY | W | 47 | F | Inmate | None | Kettering, Northampton | |
| Alice ASHLEY | 2 | F | Inmate | Geddington, Northampton | |||
| Gertrude BAILEY | U | 60 | F | Inmate | Errand Woman | Denford, Northampton | |
| Hannah BAILEY | U | 31 | F | Inmate | None | Cranford St John, Northampton | |
| Isaac BAILEY | 5 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Corby, Northampton | ||
| John BAILEY | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Corby, Northampton | ||
| Mary BAILEY | U | 48 | F | Inmate | Formerly Fieldwoman | Imbecile | Cranford St John, Northampton |
| Annie BALL | U | 28 | F | Inmate | None | Idiot | Burton Latimer, Northampton |
| Richard BAMFORD | W | 66 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Rushton, Northampton | |
| Bira BARRINGTON | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Kettering, Northampton | ||
| Clare BETTS | M | 19 | F | Inmate | Lace Maker | Broughton, Northampton | |
| Levi J. BETTS | 2m | M | Inmate | ||||
| Sarah BIGGS | W | 74 | F | Inmate | Laundress | Kettering, Northampton | |
| Frances BOON | 12 | F | Inmate | Scholar | London, London, Middlesex | ||
| Harry BOON | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | London, London, Middlesex | ||
| Annie BRADFORD | W | 39 | F | Inmate | Needlewoman | Cottingham, Northampton | |
| Florence BRADFORD | 9 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Cottingham, Northampton | ||
| Goodwin BRADFORD | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Cottingham, Northampton | ||
| Harry BRADFORD | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Cottingham, Northampton | ||
| John BRADSHAW | W | 68 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Kettering, Northampton | |
| Samuel BRAMPTON | M | 67 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Geddington, Northampton | |
| Elizabeth BULL | 56 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Gt Linford, Buckingham | ||
| Elizabeth BUTLER | W | 69 | F | Inmate | Pytchley, Northampton | ||
| Mary BUTLER | U | 40 | F | Inmate | Domestic Serv | Pytchley, Northampton | |
| Samuel CARVELL | W | 79 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Naseby, Northampton | |
| Frederick CLARK | U | 50 | M | Inmate | None | Idiot | Kettering, Northampton |
| Eliza CLEADON | M | 36 | F | Inmate | None | Kettering, Northampton | |
| Martha COE | 12 | F | Inmate | Domestic Serv | Rothwell, Northampton | ||
| Henry CROSS | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Geddington, Northampton | ||
| Hilda CROSS | 8 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Geddington, Northampton | ||
| Lilly CROSS | 6 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Geddington, Northampton | ||
| William CUNNINGTON | W | 76 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Pytchley, Northampton | |
| Mary DALBY | W | 70 | F | Inmate | Cottingham, Northampton | ||
| Nathaniel DENTON | U | 61 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Kettering, Northampton | |
| George DICKERSON | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Burton Latimer, Northampton | ||
| Austin DICKS | 6 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Burton Latimer, Northampton | ||
| George DICKS | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Burton Latimer, Northampton | ||
| Mary DICKS | 8 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Burton Latimer, Northampton | ||
| William DYAS | W | 68 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Geddington, Northampton | |
| Samuel DYER | U | 60 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Geddington, Northampton | |
| Emma ELLIOTT | M | 31 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Brightlingsea, Essex | |
| Frederick ELLIOTT | 2 | M | Inmate | Kettering, Northampton | |||
| James ELMORE | W | 68 | M | Inmate | Shoe Maker | Kettering, Northampton | |
| Albert ENFIELD | 15 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Northampton, Northampton | ||
| Charles ENFIELD | M | 58 | M | Inmate | Chelsea Pensioner | Kettering, Northampton | |
| Harriet ENFIELD | M | 27 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Jersey, Channel Islands | |
| Elizabeth FELLOWES | W | 64 | F | Inmate | Braybrook, Northampton | ||
| Eliza FOX | M | 55 | F | Inmate | London Islington, London, Middlesex | ||
| Frederick FOX | 5 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Kettering, Northampton | ||
| Hannah FOX | 3 | F | Inmate | Kettering, Northampton | |||
| John FOX | 9m | M | Inmate | Peterboro, Northampton | |||
| Joseph FOX | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Kettering, Northampton | ||
| Peter FOX | M | 35 | M | Inmate | Tailor | Peterboro, Northampton | |
| Richard FOX | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Boston, Lincoln | ||
| William FOX | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Boston, Lincoln | ||
| James GARLEY | 64 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Pytchley, Northampton | ||
| Christopher GARNER | U | 30 | M | Casual | Cabinet Maker | Godmanchester, Huntingdon | |
| John GARRATT | W | 76 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Barton Seagrave, Northampton | |
| Dalby GEORGE | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Cottingham, Northampton | ||
| Charles GIBBS | U | 39 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Kettering, Northampton | |
| Eliza GIBBS | 60 | F | Inmate | None | Kettering, Northampton | ||
| Thomas GOODE | U | 67 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Broughton, Northampton | |
| Joseph GOODMAN | W | 76 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Thorpe Malsor, Northampton | |
| John HALL | W | 58 | M | Casual | Railway Laborer | Newmarket, Cambridge | |
| Joseph HALL | W | 77 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Burton Latimer, Northampton | |
| Elizabeth HARDING | W | 70 | F | Inmate | None | Kettering, Northampton | |
| Elizabeth HAWTHORN | W | 82 | F | Inmate | None | Dover, Kent | |
| HODSON | 1m | F | Inmate | Kettering, Northampton | |||
| Hannah HODSON | U | 19 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Cranford St John, Northampton | |
| Lucy HOLDING | U | 64 | F | Inmate | None | Geddington, Northampton | |
| Joseph HUBBARD | 56 | M | Inmate | Weaver | Warwick, Warwick | ||
| David INGRAM | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Northampton, Northampton | ||
| Harry INGRAM | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Northampton, Northampton | ||
| Charles ISETT | 5 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Kettering, Northampton | ||
| William JACKLIN | W | 70 | M | Inmate | Formerly Schoolmaster | Deanethorpe, Northampton | |
| Ann JAMES | 47 | F | Inmate | None | Imbecile | Kettering, Northampton | |
| Julia JOHNSON | 14 | F | Inmate | Scholar | London Nottinghill, London, Middlesex | ||
| William JOHNSON | W | 75 | M | Inmate | Chelsea Pensioner (Stet) | Desboro, Northampton | |
| Eva KNIGHT | U | 11 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Broughton, Northampton | |
| Charles KNOWLES | 60 | M | Inmate | Carpenter | Weekley, Northampton | ||
| Mary LATTIMER | W | 81 | F | Inmate | Fineshade, Northampton | ||
| Sarah LENTON | U | 57 | F | Inmate | None | Imbecile | Broughton, Northampton |
| William LOVEDAY | W | 76 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Middleton, Northampton | |
| Giles MARLOW | W | 66 | M | Inmate | Masons Laborer | Desboro, Northampton | |
| George MAYES | U | 55 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Portsmouth, Hampshire | |
| Thomas MEAKINS | 60 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Kettering, Northampton | ||
| John MITCHELL | W | 72 | M | Inmate | Maltster | Kettering, Northampton | |
| Emma NORTHERN | 10 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Burton Latimer, Northampton | ||
| Catherine OAKLEY | W | 65 | F | Inmate | Hawker | Oundle, Northampton | |
| William ORAM | U | 18 | M | Casual | Railway Laborer | London, London, Middlesex | |
| Samuel PANTHER | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Kettering, Northampton | ||
| Sarah A. PANTHER | 9 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Kettering, Northampton | ||
| Thomas PELL | U | 16 | M | Inmate | Tailor (Apprentice) | Northampton, Northampton | |
| Ruth PENDLEBURY | 12 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Ellingham, Northampton | ||
| James PERKINS | M | 61 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | Kettering, Northampton | |
| William ROBINSON | U | 60 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Rushton, Northampton | |
| James ROGERS | U | 21 | M | Casual | Blacksmith | Hertford, Hertford | |
| Robert ROWLETT | W | 75 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Corby, Northampton | |
| Charles SANSOM | U | 71 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Desborough, Northampton | |
| Elizabeth SARRINGTON | M | 32 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Dunchurch, Warwick | |
| Florence SARRINGTON | 4 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Cottingham, Northampton | ||
| John H. SARRINGTON | 6 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Cottingham, Northampton | ||
| Annie SERGEANT | 2 | F | Inmate | Rothwell, Northampton | |||
| James SIMCOE | U | 48 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Kettering, Northampton | |
| Caroline SMITH | 3 | F | Inmate | Kettering, Northampton | |||
| Caroline SMITH | W | 27 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | London, London, Middlesex | |
| Edward SMITH | M | 66 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Desborough, Northampton | |
| George W. SMITH | 6 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Derby, Derby | ||
| George SMITH | W | 36 | M | Inmate | Painters Lab | Yardley Gobion, Northampton | |
| John SMITH | M | 58 | M | Inmate | Sawyer | Moulton, Northampton | |
| Louisa SMITH | 14 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Kettering, Northampton | ||
| Margaret SMITH | 10 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Kettering, Northampton | ||
| Samuel SMITH | W | 55 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | Kettering, Northampton | |
| William STANYON | W | 76 | M | Inmate | Carpenter | Cottingham, Northampton | |
| Thomas STURGESS | U | 67 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Burton Latimer, Northampton | |
| Ann TALBOTT | 11 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Geddington, Northampton | ||
| Mary TALBOTT | W | 44 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Geddington, Northampton | |
| Stephen TALBOTT | 7 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Geddington, Northampton | ||
| George TAYLOR | U | 6 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Broughton, Northampton | |
| Lewis TAYLOR | U | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Broughton, Northampton | |
| Thomas THOMPSON | U | 70 | M | Inmate | Carpenter | Broughton, Northampton | |
| William THOMPSON | U | 55 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Cransley, Northampton | |
| John TILLEY | 46 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Cottingham, Northampton | ||
| George TOSELAND | W | 71 | M | Inmate | Butcher | Geddington, Northampton | |
| Lydia TOSELAND | W | 81 | F | Inmate | Geddington, Northampton | ||
| Joseph TRAVELL | W | 67 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Houghton, Bedford | |
| James TURNER | U | 33 | M | Casual | Grocer | Leeds, York | |
| Samuel TYRRELL | U | 50 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Inbecile | Rothwell, Northampton |
| Sarah VELLENOR | W | 80 | F | Inmate | None | Geddington, Northampton | |
| Benjamin WALKER | U | 30 | M | Inmate | Painter | West Bromwich, Stafford | |
| George WALLIS | U | 40 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | Geddington, Northampton | |
| Walter WELSH | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | N K | ||
| Eliza WEST | U | 31 | F | Inmate | Domestic Serv | Cottingham, Northampton | |
| George WEST | 7 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Cottingham, Northampton | ||
| William WEST | 2 | M | Inmate | Kettering, Northampton | |||
| Elizabeth WHITE | 2 | F | Inmate | Kettering, Northampton | |||
| John WHITE | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Burton Latimer, Northampton | ||
| Joseph WHITE | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Geddington, Northampton | ||
| Margaret WHITE | 1 | F | Inmate | Kettering, Northampton | |||
| Susan WHITE | U | 28 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Plymouth, Devon | |
| Samuel WHITNEY | W | 69 | M | Inmate | Mason | Burton Latimer, Northampton | |
| Charles WILLIAMS | U | 36 | M | Casual | Stoker | Nottingham, Nottingham | |
| Richard WILLIAMSON | W | 72 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Pytchley, Northampton | |
| Maria WILLIS | W | 76 | F | Inmate | None | Pytchley, Northampton | |
| Jonathan YEOMANS | W | 70 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Desboro, Northampton | |
| Charles YORK | 11 | M | Inmate | None | Idiot | Kettering, Northampton | |
| William YORK | U | 46 | M | Casual | Shoemaker | Chesham, Buckingham |
Total residents: 156
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