1881 Census: Residents of Langport Union Workhouse
| Name | Mar | Age | Sex | Relation | Occupation | Handicap | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | |||||||
| Charles F. FLACK | M | 44 | M | Head | Master (Munic) | Lintire, Cambridge | |
| FLACK | M | 40 | F | Officer | Matron | Bishop Sutton, Somerset | |
| Gertrude FLACK | 14 | F | Dau | Scholar | Houghton, Huntingdon | ||
| John Steward FLACK | 11 | M | Son | Scholar | High Ham, Somerset | ||
| Annie QUINN | U | 22 | F | Officer | Scholl Mistress | Old Bury, Stafford | |
| Harriet HOLLAND | W | 51 | F | Officer | Nurse | Long Sutton, Somerset | |
| Alfred BOARD | W | 51 | M | Officer | Porter (Munic) | Dalwood, Devon | |
| Inmates | |||||||
| Joseph ASHLEY | W | 73 | M | Pauper | Agril Labourer | Somerton, Somerset | |
| James BARBER | W | 75 | M | Pauper | Stone Cutter | Butleigh, Somerset | |
| George BARBER | U | 44 | M | Pauper | Stone Mason | Blind | Keenton Mandivile, Somerset |
| Thomas BARRETT | 12 | M | Pauper | Scholar | West Port, Somerset | ||
| Jephtha BELGRIN | M | 63 | M | Pauper | Blacksmith | Kingsbury, Somerset | |
| Charles BLACKER | M | 62 | M | Pauper | Carpenter | Aller, Somerset | |
| Thomas BURFORD | 7 | M | Pauper | Scholar | High Ham, Somerset | ||
| Jane BURFORD | U | 26 | F | Pauper (Head) | Field Worker | Somerton, Somerset | |
| William BURFORD | 12 | M | Pauper | Scholar | High Ham, Somerset | ||
| Ann BURROWS | U | 49 | F | Pauper | Dairy Maid (Domestic) | High Ham, Somerset | |
| Eliza BURROWS | U | 30 | F | Pauper (Head) | Dairy Maid (Domestic) | High Ham, Somerset | |
| Ellen BURROWS | 10 | F | Pauper (Daur) | Scholar | High Ham, Somerset | ||
| Florance BURROWS | 3 | F | Pauper (Daur) | Scholar | High Ham, Somerset | ||
| Earnest BURROWS | 6 | M | Pauper (Son) | Scholar | High Ham, Somerset | ||
| John BUTTLE | U | 75 | M | Pauper | Shoe Maker | Curry Rivell Kingsbury, Somerset | |
| Henry COOMBS | M | 35 | M | Pauper (Head) | Agril Labour | Bradninch, Devon | |
| William COOMBS | 12 | M | Pauper (Son) | Scholar | Somerton, Somerset | ||
| Rosa COOMBS | 6 | F | Pauper (Son) | Scholar | Somerton, Somerset | ||
| Eli COOMBS | 10 | M | Pauper (Son) | Scholar | Somerton, Somerset | ||
| George DAMPIER | 12 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Wincanton, Somerset | ||
| William DAMPIER | 8 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Wincanton, Somerset | ||
| Simon FRY | U | 64 | M | Pauper | Boat Man Waterman | Kingsbury, Somerset | |
| James GAGE | M | 74 | M | Pauper | Shoe Maker | Devonport, Devon | |
| George GIBBS | U | 44 | M | Tramp | Cabinet Maker | Nottingham, Nottingham | |
| Ellen GRINHAM | 12 | F | (Pauper) | Scholar | Charlton Adam, Somerset | ||
| Grace GRINHAM | 7 | F | (Pauper) | Scholar | Street, Somerset | ||
| Mary GRINHAM | 9 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Street, Somerset | ||
| Jesse HARVEY | W | 76 | M | Pauper | Agril Labourer | Widmoor, Somerset | |
| Ellen HILLBORN | W | 80 | F | North Barrow, Somerset | |||
| Joseph HOGERS | W | 80 | M | Pauper | Agril Labourer | Long Sutton, Somerset | |
| George HOLLARD | U | 74 | M | Pauper | Agril Labourer | Charlton Mackrell, Somerset | |
| William HORKEY | M | 85 | M | Pauper | Farmer | Lydford, Somerset | |
| Esther HOUSE | W | 72 | F | Pauper (Wife) | Plain Sewer | Curry Rivel, Somerset | |
| Octavius HOUSE | U | 76 | M | Pauper (Head) | Lime Burner | Curry Rivel, Somerset | |
| Samuel HOWARD | W | 76 | M | Pauper | Shepherd | Pitney, Somerset | |
| Edwin HUCKER (HAWKER) | M | 56 | M | Pauper | Agril Labour | Kingsbury, Somerset | |
| Susan HUMPHRY | U | 60 | F | Pauper | House Maid (Domestic) | Curry Mallett, Somerset | |
| Charles HUNT | 11 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Charlton Mackrell, Somerset | ||
| William JEANS | 5 | M | Pauper (Son) | Scholar | Langport Union, Somerset | ||
| Amelia JEANS | U | 23 | F | Pauper (Head) | Dairy Maid | Barton St David, Somerset | |
| Annie JEANS | 6 | F | Pauper (Daur) | Scholar | High Ham, Somerset | ||
| Elizabeth KEATS | U | 50 | F | Pauper | Glover | Fivehead, Somerset | |
| Ellen LANDFORD | U | 20 | F | Pauper | General Sevt Domestic | Muchelney, Somerset | |
| Walter LAURENCE | W | 82 | M | Pauper | (No oc)) ((Mason)) | Somerton, Somerset | |
| Edwin LEWIS | U | 17 | M | Pauper | Agril Labourer | Somerton, Somerset | |
| Sarah LOCK | U | 71 | F | Pauper | General Sevt Domestic | Imbecile | Wick Curry Rivell ((Drayton)), Somerset |
| Emma LOUCH | 7 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Hambridge, Somerset | ||
| Arthur LOUCH | 5 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Hambridge, Somerset | ||
| Florance LOUCH | 11 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Hambridge, Somerset | ||
| John LUCAS | M | 64 | M | Pauper | Carpenter | Wincanton, Somerset | |
| Samuel MALE | 9 | M | Pauper | Scholar | East Lambrook Kingsbury Episcopi, Somerset | ||
| Walter MANSFIELD | M | 54 | M | Pauper | Stone Breaker Road Lab | Curry Rivel, Somerset | |
| Elizabeth MARTIN (LOCK) | 12 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Drayton, Somerset | ||
| Jessie MARTIN | 10 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Drayton, Somerset | ||
| William MATTHEWS | U | 57 | M | Pauper | Iron Moulder Mason Stone Breaker Road Lab | Huish Episcopi, Somerset | |
| William NORRIS | U | 62 | M | Pauper | Thather | Pitney, Somerset | |
| Mary OVERD | U | 23 | F | Pauper (Head) | Dairy Maid (I Y) | Wick, Somerset | |
| Walter John OVERD | 1 | M | Pauper (Son) | Wick, Somerset | |||
| Mary PERRIS | U | 30 | F | Pauper (Head) | House Maid (Domestic) | Curry Mallett, Somerset | |
| Theophilus PERRIS | 4 | M | Pauper (Son) | Scholar | Langport Union, Somerset | ||
| Martha RAISON | U | 52 | F | Pauper | Glover | Puckington, Somerset | |
| William REED | U | 28 | M | Pauper | Agril Labourer | Langport, Somerset | |
| Jane RICHARDS | U | 43 | F | Pauper | Nil | Imbecile | Langport, Somerset |
| Charles ROBERTS | W | 84 | M | Pauper | Plasterer Agril Labourer | Langport, Somerset | |
| James RUSSELL | M | 73 | M | Pauper (Head) | Agri Labourer | Charlton Adam, Somerset | |
| Geo.Henry RUSSELL | 8m | M | Pauper (Son) | Charlton Mackrell, Somerset | |||
| Jane RUSSELL | M | 78 | F | Pauper (Wife) | Somerton, Somerset | ||
| Livinia RUSSELL | U | 23 | F | Pauper (Head) | General Sevt (Domestic) | Langport Union, Somerset | |
| Jonah SAMS | W | 66 | M | Pauper | Waterman Boat Man | Curry Rivel, Somerset | |
| Charles Hy. SANDFORD | 2 | M | Langport Union, Somerset | ||||
| Robert SATHERLY | U | 79 | M | Pauper | Stone Breaker Road Lab | Imbecile | Kingsbury, Somerset |
| Charles SAWTELL | U | 64 | M | Pauper | Currier | Huish Episcopi, Somerset | |
| Samuel SEAL | W | 78 | M | Pauper | Agril Labourer | Kingsdon, Somerset | |
| John SIMMS | W | 66 | M | Pauper | Agril Labourer | Compton Dundon, Somerset | |
| Sydney STENSON | 1 | M | Pauper (Son) | Langport Union, Somerset | |||
| Thomas STENSON | 6 | M | Pauper (Son) | Scholar | High Ham, Somerset | ||
| Florence STENSON | U | 3 | F | Pauper (Son) | Scholar | Langport Union, Somerset | |
| Carolin STINSON | U | 33 | F | Pauper (Head) | General Sevt Domestic | Swell, Somerset | |
| James STINSON | 9 | M | Pauper (Son) | Scholar | Swell, Somerset | ||
| Southby SUMMERS | U | 63 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Labourer | Charlton Mackrell, Somerset | |
| Jane TAYLOR | 8 | F | Pauper (Daur) | Scholar | Aller, Somerset | ||
| Albert TAYLOR | 3m | M | Pauper (Daur) | High Ham, Somerset | |||
| Susan TAYLOR | U | 16 | F | Pauper (Daur) | General Sevt Domestic | Aller, Somerset | |
| James TAYLOR | W | 61 | M | Pauper (Head) | Agricultural Labour | Aller, Somerset | |
| Eliza TAYLOR | 10 | F | Pauper (Daur) | Scholar | Aller, Somerset | ||
| John THOMPSON | U | 30 | M | Tramp | Iron Molder | Leeds, York | |
| Thomas TUTTETT | U | 51 | M | Pauper | None | Imbecile | Somerton, Somerset |
| James VICKERY | U | 58 | M | Pauper | Gardener (Dom) | Langport, Somerset | |
| Beatrice VOISEY | 5 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Barton St David, Somerset | ||
| Frederick WAGLAND | 8 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Babcary, Somerset | ||
| Edwin WAGLAND | 3 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Babcary, Somerset | ||
| Richard WAGLAND | 9 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Babcary, Somerset | ||
| Charles WEAVER | W | 78 | M | Pauper | Agrl Labourer | Curry Rivel, Somerset | |
| Jimima WEBBER | U | 31 | F | Pauper | Needle Woman | Imbecile | Guernsey, Channel Islands |
| John WEECH | W | 72 | M | Pauper | Agril Labourer | Somerton, Somerset | |
| W. WHEADON | W | 95 | M | Pauper | (No Oc) | High Ham, Somerset | |
| Jane WHELLER | U | 48 | F | Pauper (Head) | Plain Needle Woman | Bath, Somerset | |
| Alice WHELLER | 10 | F | Pauper (Daur) | Scholar | Somerton, Somerset | ||
| John WHITEHOUSE | W | 70 | M | Pauper | Iron Moulder | Langport Curry Rivel, Somerset | |
| Richard WILLMENT | 8 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Aller, Somerset | ||
| Henry WILLMENT | 12 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Plymouth, Devon | ||
| Thos. WITCOMBE | W | 89 | M | Pauper | Agril Labourer | Compton Dundon, Somerset |
Total residents: 109
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