1881 Census: Residents of Lanchester Union Workhouse
| Name | Mar | Age | Sex | Relation | Occupation | Handicap | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | |||||||
| Walter BROTHERHOOD | M | 32 | M | Head | Govenor Of Workhouse Munic Off | Sheeps Head, Leicester | |
| Mary BROTHERHOOD | M | 30 | F | Wife | Sheeps Head, Leicester | ||
| Eliza BROOKS | U | 24 | F | Servant | Gen Servt | Collerton, Leicester | |
| Annie PERRIS | W | 29 | F | Nurse | Infirmary Nurse (Dom Servt) | Newcastle On Tyne | |
| Inmates | |||||||
| William ANDREWS | U | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Durham | |
| Mary Ann APPLEBY | 7 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Benfieldside, Durham | ||
| Elizabeth ARMSTRONG | U | 34 | F | Inmate | Winlaton, Northumberland | ||
| Sarah E. ARMSTRONG | U | 7m | F | Inmate | Lanchester, Durham | ||
| Walter BAINBRIDGE | W | 61 | M | Inmate | Coal Miner | West Gate, Durham | |
| Sarah Anne BANKS | U | 71 | F | Inmate | Gen Sert | Laycock, Wiltshire | |
| John BANT | W | 68 | M | Inmate | Coal Miner | N K, Cornwall | |
| Sarah BENISON | M | 19 | F | Inmate | Fellam Down, Northumberland | ||
| John BRITTAN | U | 51 | M | Inmate | Labourer Iron Works | Leeds, York | |
| John BROWN | U | 62 | M | Inmate | Labourer Agricul | Ireland | |
| John BROWN | U | 63 | M | Inmate | Coal Miner | Allendale, Northumberland | |
| Thomas BROWN | U | 25 | M | Inmate | Labourer General | Bedlington, Northumberland | |
| Wm. John BROWN | U | 3 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Consett, Durham | |
| Margaret BROWNLIE | U | 21 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Benfieldside, Durham | |
| William BURNETT | U | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Not Known, Durham | |
| Ann CASSIDY | U | 52 | F | Inmate | Ireland | ||
| Thomas CLIFFORD | U | 61 | M | Inmate | Labr Iron Works | Ireland | |
| Thomas Laurence MC CORMICK | U | 59 | M | Inmate | Gen Labr | Ireland | |
| Daniel MC COUGH | W | 62 | M | Inmate | Gen Lab | Ireland | |
| Sarah COYLE | W | 63 | F | Inmate | Ireland | ||
| Ann CRAIG | W | 64 | F | Inmate | |||
| Peter CRAIG | U | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Newcastle, Northumberland | |
| Ann DAVISON | W | 49 | F | Inmate | Ireland | ||
| Annie DEVINE | U | 16 | F | Inmate | Consett, Durham | ||
| Elizabeth DIXON | U | 25 | F | Inmate | Benfieldside, Durham | ||
| Ellen DIXON | 8 | F | Daugh Inmate | Scholar | Benfieldside, Durham | ||
| Hannah DIXON | 11 | F | Daugh Inmate | Scholar | Benfieldside, Durham | ||
| Joseph DIXON | 5 | M | Son Inmate | Scholar | Benfieldside, Durham | ||
| Thomas DIXON | W | 66 | M | Inmate (Head) | Mason | Shotleyfield, Northumberland | |
| Annie DODDS | U | 5 | F | Inmate | Hexham, Northumberland | ||
| Mary DODDS | U | 21 | F | Inmate | Beamish, Durham | ||
| Thomas DODDS | U | 62 | M | Inmate | Labourer Iron Wks | Newcastle, Northumberland | |
| Mary DUNN | W | 58 | F | Inmate | Ireland | ||
| James EARLE | W | 70 | M | Inmate | Coal Miner | Cornwall | |
| Joseph EDWARDS | U | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | N K, Durham | |
| Edward EWENS | U | 6 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Dipton, Durham | |
| Richard FLEETHAM | U | 52 | M | Inmate | Labourer Iron Wks | Houghton Le Spring, Durham | |
| Hannah FOLDING | U | 27 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | N K, Durham | |
| John GALLON | U | 18 | M | Inmate | Shoe Maker | Gateshead, Durham | |
| Bridget GANNON | U | 21 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Leadgate, Durham | |
| Thomas GANNON | U | 26 | M | Inmate | Gen Labourer | Imbecile | Leadgate, Durham |
| John GREEN | U | 70 | M | Inmate | Road Labourer | Ireland | |
| Catherine GRIEVESON | U | 61 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Cornsay, Durham | |
| Annie GRIFFIN | 10 | F | Inmate Daugh | Scholar | Benfieldside, Durham | ||
| Mary GRIFFIN | 50 | F | Inmate (Head) | Ireland | |||
| Patrick GRIFFIN | 5 | M | Inmate Son | Scholar | Benfieldside, Durham | ||
| Thomas GRIFFIN | 9 | M | Inmate Son | Scholar | Benfieldside, Durham | ||
| Rose Ann MC GUIRE | U | 20 | F | Inmate | Ireland | ||
| Susannah MC GUIRE | U | 16 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Carlisle, Cumberland | |
| Thomas (Jr) HALL | U | 29 | M | Inmate | Gen Labourer | Holmside, Durham | |
| Thomas (Senr) HALL | W | 69 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Holmside, Durham | |
| William HARBOTTLE | W | 74 | M | Inmate | Labourer Iron Wks | Ireland | |
| Anthony HARTLEY | U | 25 | M | Inmate | Imbecile | Pelton Fell, Durham | |
| Catharine HARTNEY | W | 71 | F | Inmate | Ireland | ||
| William HAYWOOD | W | 64 | M | Inmate | Genl Labr | Ovails, Shropshire | |
| Michael HERRON | U | 35 | M | Inmate | Labourer Iron Works | Ireland | |
| James HESTON | W | 57 | M | Inmate | Labr Iron Works | Ireland | |
| Annie HESTOR | U | 17 | F | Inmate | St | Stafford | |
| Peter HESTOR | 10m | M | Inmate | Lanchester, Durham | |||
| Ann HOLLAND | U | 37 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Newcastle On Tyne | |
| Thomas HOWKINS | W | 50 | M | Inmate | Painter | Ruston, Surrey | |
| John HOY | W | 60 | M | Inmate | Labr Iron Works | Ireland | |
| Wm. JOHNSON | W | 73 | M | Inmate | Tailor | Ireland | |
| James JUDGE | U | 64 | M | Inmate | Hawker | Ireland | |
| John KEARNEY | M | 58 | M | Inmate | Labourer Iron Wks | Ireland | |
| John KELLY | U | 26 | M | Inmate | Labourer Iron Wks | Ireland | |
| Thomas KELLY | W | 67 | M | Inmate | Labr Iron Works | Ireland | |
| Mary KENNADY | W | 64 | F | Inmate | Ireland | ||
| Robert KIRKLEY | W | 70 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Northumberland | |
| Mary LAMB | W | 29 | F | Inmate | Carlisle, Cumberland | ||
| Margaret LANCHESTER | 14 | F | Inmate | Scholar | N K, Durham | ||
| Edward LAYCOCK | U | 70 | M | Inmate | Labourer At A Colly | (N K), Cornwall | |
| James LEONARD | W | 41 | M | Inmate | Coal Miner | Ireland | |
| Mary LYNCH | U | 84 | F | Inmate | Ireland | ||
| John MAGEE | U | 42 | M | Inmate | Labourer At A Colliery | Ireland | |
| Mary MALONY | M | 58 | F | Inmate | Ireland | ||
| Matthew MARLEY | U | 74 | M | Inmate | Shoe Maker | Brancepeth, Durham | |
| Peter MCCONVILLE | W | 77 | M | Inmate | Hawker | Ireland | |
| Patrick MCGUIRE | U | 3m | M | Inmate | Lanchester, Durham | ||
| David MITCHELL | W | 66 | M | Inmate | Tailor | Scotland | |
| Annie MORLCOCK | U | 19 | F | Inmate | St Just, Cornwall | ||
| Edward MORLCOCK | 2m | M | Inmate | Lanchester, Durham | |||
| Patrick MULVANEY | U | 66 | M | Inmate | Labourer Navvy | Ireland | |
| James MURPHY | U | 38 | M | Inmate | Blind | Crook, Durham | |
| Matthew NATTRASS | U | 30 | M | Inmate | Labourer (General) | Castle Side, Durham | |
| Mark O'BRIEN | W | 70 | M | Inmate | Labourer (Iron Works) | Ireland | |
| William O'BRIEN | U | 60 | M | Inmate | Labourer Colliery | Ireland | |
| John O'HARA | W | 57 | M | Inmate | Labr Iron Works | Ireland | |
| Hugh O'NEIL | U | 4 | M | Inmate | Consett, Durham | ||
| Edward O'NIEL | U | 6 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Consett, Durham | |
| Henry O'NIEL | U | 26 | M | Inmate | Gen Lab | Collierley, Durham | |
| John O'NIEL | W | 60 | M | Inmate | Genl Labr Iron Works | Ireland | |
| Mary Jane O'NIEL | U | 11 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Consett, Durham | |
| Wm. John O'NIEL | U | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Consett, Durham | |
| John PARKINSON | W | 80 | M | Inmate | Joiner Cartwight | Brandon, Durham | |
| Thomas PERSEY | U | 64 | M | Inmate | Joiner | Blyth, Northumberland | |
| John QUINN | U | 61 | M | Inmate | Labourer (Iron Wks) | Ireland | |
| Thomas RACE | W | 45 | M | Inmate | Coal Miner | West Gate, Durham | |
| Jane RAMSHAW | U | 26 | F | Inmate | Unthank, Durham | ||
| Elizabeth RICHLEY | U | 19 | F | Inmate | Stockton, Durham | ||
| Francis Ernest RICHLEY | U | 1m | M | Inmate | Lanchester, Durham | ||
| Mary RICHMOND | W | 66 | F | Inmate | Hett, Durham | ||
| Thomas RICKABY | U | 70 | M | Inmate | Labr Iron Works | Ireland | |
| James ROBINSON | U | 62 | M | Inmate | Agl Labr | Scotland | |
| John ROBINSON | U | 17 | M | Inmate | Imbecile | N K, Durham | |
| Catherine MC RORY | W | 34 | F | Inmate | Ireland | ||
| Charles MC RORY | U | 3 | M | Inmate | Consett, Durham | ||
| Louisa MC RORY | U | 1 | F | Inmate | Consett, Durham | ||
| John SHERIDAN | U | 68 | M | Inmate | Road Labr | Ireland | |
| Letitia SIMMONS | W | 63 | F | Inmate | Ireland | ||
| James SMALL | U | 72 | M | Inmate | Road Labourer | Ireland | |
| Annie SMILES | U | 17 | F | Inmate | N K, Devon | ||
| Emma J. SMILES | U | 5m | F | Inmate | Lanchester, Durham | ||
| Mary SMILES | U | 38 | F | Inmate | Lanchester, Durham | ||
| Mary Jane SMILES | 1 | F | Inmate | Lanchester, Durham | |||
| George SMITH | U | 74 | M | Inmate | Carpenter | Scotland | |
| Mary SNAITH | M | 50 | F | Inmate | Hexham, Northumberland | ||
| James SNEE | U | 55 | M | Inmate | Gen Lab | Ireland | |
| Geoff SNOWDON | W | 70 | M | Inmate | Agricul Labourer | Whitehaven, Cumberland | |
| Margaret STEEL | 7 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Carlisle, Cumberland | ||
| Martha STEEL | 9 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Carlisle, Cumberland | ||
| Eliza STEWART | U | 20 | F | Inmate | Deaf | Tanfield, Durham | |
| William STOREY | U | 68 | M | Inmate | Labourer Agrical | Cornsay, Durham | |
| Christopher SUTTON | M | 64 | M | Inmate | Labourer Brick W.ks | Gunaby, Lincoln | |
| Jane SUTTON | M | 75 | F | Inmate | Sedgfield, Durham | ||
| Charles TAYLOR | U | 2 | M | Inmate | Chester Le Street, Durham | ||
| Isabella THORNTON | U | 16 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Chester Le Street, Durham | |
| S. Jane THORNTON | U | 11 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Chester Le Street, Durham | |
| Annie TIGHE | U | 6 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Waskerley, Durham | |
| Elizabeth TIGHE | U | 27 | F | Inmate | Dipton, Durham | ||
| Wm. John TIGHE | U | 9m | M | Inmate | Lanchester, Durham | ||
| Mary TOWNSEND | W | 80 | F | Inmate | Ireland | ||
| Peter TUMILTY | W | 69 | M | Inmate | Labr Iron Works | Ireland | |
| Annie TURNER | U | 8 | F | Inmate | Scholar | ||
| John TURNER | 9 | M | Inmate | ||||
| Joseph TURNER | U | 5 | M | Inmate | Scholar | ||
| Thomas WADDLE | W | 83 | M | Inmate | Late Farmer | Marvin, Northumberland | |
| Isabella WALLBOURNE | U | 10 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Durham | |
| Henry WANLESS | W | 71 | M | Inmate | Sadler | Gateshead, Durham | |
| Peter WETHERALL | U | 26 | M | Inmate | Labourer Colliery | Imbecile | Durham |
| John Geo. WHITE | U | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Tanfield, Durham | |
| John WHITE | U | 38 | M | Inmate | Labourer Iron Wks | Manchester, Lancashire | |
| Martha WHITE | U | 11 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Tanfield, Durham | |
| Mary A. WILKINSON | M | 57 | F | Inmate | Bockchurch, Essex | ||
| Thompson WILKINSON | U | 57 | M | Inmate | Coal Miner | Annfield Plain, Durham | |
| James WILSON | 7 | M | Son Inmate | Scholar | Benfieldside, Durham | ||
| Jane WILSON | M | 30 | F | Inmate (Head) | Benfieldside, Durham | ||
| John William WILSON | 8m | M | Son Inmate | Benfieldside, Durham | |||
| Loftus WILSON | 5 | M | Son Inmate | Scholar | Benfieldside, Durham | ||
| Richard WILSON | U | 47 | M | Inmate | Labourer Masons | Cumberland | |
| John YELLOWLEY | W | 70 | M | Inmate | Labourer At A Colly | Hexham, Northumberland | |
| George YOUNG | U | 52 | M | Inmate | Agricul Labourer | Westoe, Durham |
Total residents: 156
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