1881 Census: Residents of Leek Union Workhouse
| Name | Mar | Age | Sex | Relation | Occupation | Handicap | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | |||||||
| Edwd.Richd. MELDRUM | U | 45 | M | Head | Master Of Workhouse | Shoreditch, Middlesex | |
| Harriett BAILEY | W | 76 | F | Matron | Matron Of Workhouse | Congleton, Cheshire | |
| Elizabeth LEWIS | U | 26 | F | School Mistress | Schoolmistress Of Workhouse | Eccleshall, Stafford | |
| Ellen Plant ASH | U | 34 | F | Nurse | Sick Nurse | Litterworth, Stafford | |
| Matthew DAWSON | U | 23 | M | Porter | Workhouse Porter | Wincle, Shropshire | |
| Enoch WOOD | W | 66 | M | Serv | Farm Labourer | Endon, Stafford | |
| Inmates | |||||||
| Mary Ann ALCOCK | U | 36 | F | Inmate | General Serv | Imbecile | Leek, Stafford |
| Solomon ALCOCK | U | 59 | M | Inmate | Brickmaker | Ladderedge, Stafford | |
| Thomas AUSTIN | U | 44 | M | Inmate | Farm Lab | Imbecile | Onecote, Stafford |
| Sarah BADALEY | W | 54 | F | Inmate | Silk Doubler | Leek, Stafford | |
| Benjamin BAILEY | W | 72 | M | Inmate | Forge Lab | Norton, Stafford | |
| Isaac BALL | U | 41 | M | Inmate | Silk Picker | Leek, Stafford | |
| Thomas BALL | U | 48 | M | Vagrant | Iron Moulder | Sunderland, Durham | |
| Joseph BANKS | U | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Cheadle, Stafford | |
| Olave BARBER | U | 76 | F | Inmate | Not Known | Imbecile | Horton, Stafford |
| Margaret BASSETT | M | 64 | F | Inmate | Silk Doubler | Hartington, Derby | |
| Ralph BASSETT | M | 71 | M | Inmate | Wood Turner | Ashbourne, Derby | |
| Thomas BEARD | U | 73 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Leek, Stafford | |
| Sarah BELFIELD | W | 75 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Longnor, Stafford | |
| William BENTLEY | M | 73 | M | Inmate | Silk Weaver | Rugeley, Stafford | |
| James BERISFORD | U | 24 | M | Inmate | None | Imbecile | |
| Mary BIDDULPH | M | 64 | F | Inmate | Silk Piecer | Leek, Stafford | |
| William BIDDULPH | M | 65 | M | Inmate | Silk Weaver | Leek, Stafford | |
| Samuel BILLS | W | 76 | M | Inmate | Silk Twister | Leek, Stafford | |
| Elijah BLORE | U | 21 | M | Inmate | General Lab | Burslem, Stafford | |
| Samuel BOULD | U | 14 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Leek, Stafford | |
| Ellen Jane BOULTON | U | 7 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Norton, Stafford | |
| Hannah BOULTON | U | 28 | F | Inmate | General Serv | Norton, Stafford | |
| Esther BOWYER | U | 13 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Horton, Stafford | |
| Hannah BRADLEY | U | 28 | F | Inmate | Farm Servant Ag | Warslow, Stafford | |
| Mary Elizth. BRADLEY | U | 2m | F | Inmate | None | Leek, Stafford | |
| Florence BRIGGS | 11 | F | Vagrant | General Labourers Daur | Yarmouth, Norfolk | ||
| George BRIGGS | M | 25 | M | Vagrant | General Labourer | Yarmouth, Norfolk | |
| Jane BRIGGS | M | 26 | F | Vagrant | General Labourers Wife | Yarmouth, Norfolk | |
| John BRIGGS | 3 | M | Vagrant | General Labourers Son | Yarmouth, Norfolk | ||
| Matilda BRIGGS | 9 | F | Vagrant | General Labourers Daur | Yarmouth, Norfolk | ||
| Ellen BRINDLEY | U | 40 | F | Inmate | General Serv | Norton, Stafford | |
| Mary Jane BRINDLEY | U | 23 | F | Inmate | General Serv | Imbecile | Rudyard, Stafford |
| Seir BRINDLEY | U | 2 | M | Inmate | None | Leek, Stafford | |
| Ann BRISCOE | W | 66 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Darley Green, Shropshire | |
| George Hy. BROCKLEHURST | U | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Leek, Stafford | |
| Angelina BROOKS | U | 28 | F | Inmate | None | Imbecile | Endon, Stafford |
| Elizabeth BROOKS | U | 45 | F | Inmate | None | Leek, Stafford | |
| Ann BROWN | W | 43 | F | Vagrant | Cotton Spinner | Staleybridge, Lancashire | |
| Jonathan BUFTON | U | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Imbecile | Rushton, Stafford |
| William CADE | U | 44 | M | Inmate | None | Imbecile | Leek, Stafford |
| Edward CLARKE | M | 26 | M | Vagrant | Bricklayers Labr | Diss, Norfolk | |
| Sarah CLARKE | M | 22 | F | Vagrant | Bricklayers Labr Wife | Ely, Cambridge | |
| Caroline CLAYTON | 4 | F | Vagrant | None | Dudley, Stafford | ||
| Catherine CLAYTON | M | 47 | F | Vagrant | Charwoman | Dudley, Stafford | |
| Joseph COPE | W | 72 | M | Inmate | Silk Twister | Leek, Stafford | |
| Thomas CORFIELD | W | 59 | M | Inmate | Hawker | Kilconnel Galway | |
| John COTTON | M | 71 | M | Inmate | Agl Lab | Sandbach, Cheshire | |
| John William CRITCHLOW | U | 4 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Leek, Stafford | |
| Emma CROSSLEY | U | 40 | F | Inmate | General Serv | Imbecile | Quarnford, Stafford |
| Charles DALE | U | 7 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Burslem, Stafford | |
| Jane DALE | M | 31 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Norton, Stafford | |
| Jane DALE | U | 9 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Burslem, Stafford | |
| Thomas DALE | U | 52 | M | Inmate | Baker | Longnor, Stafford | |
| George EATON | W | 77 | M | Inmate | Silk Weaver | Malta | |
| Charles EVANS | U | 64 | M | Inmate | Collier | Broseley, Shropshire | |
| John Thomas EYRES | U | 6 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Leek, Stafford | |
| Samuel EYRES | W | 47 | M | Inmate | Silk Weaver | Leek, Stafford | |
| Thomas FARRELL | W | 79 | M | Inmate | Bricklayers Lab | Clougaignlough Roscommon | |
| James FOGG | W | 80 | M | Inmate | Plasterer | Leek, Stafford | |
| William FOSTER | U | 31 | M | Inmate | General Lab | Litterworth, Stafford | |
| John GARNER | W | 69 | M | Inmate | Silk Weaver | Leek, Stafford | |
| Elizabeth GARRATT | W | 89 | F | Inmate | Needlewoman | Bengeworth, Worcester | |
| Joseph GOODWIN | U | 76 | M | Inmate | Farm Lab | Burton, Derby | |
| Mary Ellen GOULD | U | 6 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Sheen, Stafford | |
| James HALL | U | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Lancashire | |
| George HAMBLETON | U | 57 | M | Inmate | Silk Twister | Leek, Stafford | |
| John HARDMAN | U | 29 | M | Vagrant | General Labourer | Prestwick, Lancashire | |
| William HOPKINS | W | 76 | M | Inmate | Forge Labourer | St Nicholas, Warwick | |
| Ann HUDSON | W | 67 | F | Inmate | Silk Winder | Imbecile | Leek, Stafford |
| Thomas HUGHES | W | 62 | M | Inmate | Silk Twister | Leek, Stafford | |
| Eliza Ann HULME | U | 12 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Leek, Stafford | |
| Ann JOHNSON | U | 80 | F | Inmate | Not Known | Blind | Cavan, Ireland |
| William JOHNSON | U | 48 | M | Vagrant | Joiner | Doncaster, York | |
| Agnes JONES | U | 8 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Norton, Stafford | |
| Albert JONES | U | 5 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Norton, Stafford | |
| Joseph Edward JONES | U | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Norton, Stafford | |
| Thomas Henry JONES | U | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Norton, Stafford | |
| Bridget KELLY | U | 15 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Ireland | |
| Catherine KELLY | U | 13 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Burslem, Stafford | |
| Honoria KELLY | U | 3 | F | Inmate | None | Smallthorne, Stafford | |
| John KELLY | U | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Smallthorne, Stafford | |
| Patrick KELLY | U | 5 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Smallthorne, Stafford | |
| Sarah Ann KELLY | U | 6 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Smallthorne, Stafford | |
| Samuel KIDD | U | 43 | M | Inmate | None | Quarnford, Stafford | |
| Sarah KIDD | U | 20 | F | Inmate | Silk Piecer | Congleton, Cheshire | |
| William KIRKHAM | U | 35 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Imbecile | |
| Elizabeth KNOWLES | M | 42 | F | Inmate | Silk Piecer | Imbecile | Leek, Stafford |
| George LAMBSDALE | U | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Norton, Stafford | |
| Richard LAMBSDALE | U | 7 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Norton, Stafford | |
| David LOVATT | U | 65 | M | Inmate | General Labr | Leek, Stafford | |
| Geo.Hy. LOVATT | U | 16 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Leek, Stafford | |
| John LOVATT | U | 17 | M | Inmate | General Labr | Leek, Stafford | |
| William LOVATT | U | 14 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Leek, Stafford | |
| William MC_CALL | W | 79 | M | Inmate | Silk Twister | Bolton, Lancashire | |
| Mary MELLOR | U | 26 | F | Inmate | Farm Serv Ag | Imbecile | Heathylee, Stafford |
| Thomas MELLOR | U | 64 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Alton, Stafford | |
| Herbert MILLWARD | U | 14 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Congleton, Cheshire | |
| Alice MORRIS | U | 38 | F | Inmate | None | Blind | Bradnip, Stafford |
| Esther MOSS | U | 56 | F | Inmate | None | Imbecile | Coventry, Warwick |
| John MOULD | U | 71 | M | Inmate | Collier | Mow Cop, Stafford | |
| Edna MOUNTFORD | U | 10 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Norton, Stafford | |
| Matthew MULLINS | U | 61 | M | Inmate | General Lab | Leek, Stafford | |
| Jane NADEN | U | 48 | F | Inmate | None | Imbecile | Quarnford, Stafford |
| John NADEN | W | 67 | M | Inmate | Wheelwright | Quarnford, Stafford | |
| Eliza NIXON | U | 4m | F | Inmate | None | Leek, Stafford | |
| Jane NIXON | U | 28 | F | Inmate | Silk Piecer | Leek, Stafford | |
| Ann PERCIVAL | W | 76 | F | Inmate | Farm Servant | Sheen, Stafford | |
| Hannah PERCIVAL | U | 4 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Sheen, Stafford | |
| James PERCIVAL | U | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Sheen, Stafford | |
| Martha POWELL | W | 63 | F | Vagrant | Charwoman | Birmingham, Warwick | |
| Daniel PRINCE | U | 72 | M | Inmate | Quarryman | Onecote, Stafford | |
| Fanny RIDES | U | 22 | F | Inmate | Farm Serv Dom | Meerbrook, Stafford | |
| William SALES | M | 28 | M | Inmate | Silk Picker | Leek, Stafford | |
| Maria SALT | W | 57 | F | Inmate | Silk Piecer | Derby | |
| Albert SMITH | U | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Leek, Stafford | |
| Mary SMITH | W | 44 | F | Inmate | Silk Winder | Salford, Lancashire | |
| William SMITH | U | 74 | M | Inmate | None | Blind | Bilston, Stafford |
| James SPEIGHT | U | 43 | M | Inmate | None | Imbecile | Leek, Stafford |
| John STEVENSON | U | 42 | M | Inmate | Silk Doubler | Derby | |
| Ann STRETTON | W | 39 | F | Inmate | Silk Winder | Kingsley, Stafford | |
| Geo.Hy. STRETTON | U | 2 | M | Inmate | None | Leek, Stafford | |
| Elizabeth STUBBS | U | 64 | F | Inmate | Silk Piecer | Congleton, Cheshire | |
| Ann Eliza TITTERTON | U | 2 | F | Inmate | None | Warslow, Stafford | |
| Ann Eliza TITTERTON | 2 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Warslow, Stafford | ||
| Hannah TITTERTON | U | 42 | F | Inmate | Ag Farm Servant | Onecote, Stafford | |
| John TITTERTON | U | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Butterton, Stafford | |
| Martha Ann TITTERTON | U | 6 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Warslow, Stafford | |
| Ernest TRAFFORD | U | 6 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Leek, Stafford | |
| Jesse TRAFFORD | U | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Leek, Stafford | |
| Mark TRAFFORD | W | 62 | M | Inmate | Silk Twister | Leek, Stafford | |
| James TUNNICLIFFE | W | 63 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Heathylee, Stafford | |
| Thomas TURNOCK | W | 79 | M | Inmate | Stone Mason | Norton, Stafford | |
| Thomas WARREN | W | 69 | M | Inmate | Bricklayers Labr | Kilmore Roscommon | |
| Grace Sybilla WEBBERLEY | U | 64 | F | Inmate | Boarding House Keeper | Imbecile | Leek, Stafford |
| Robert WILLIAMS | M | 77 | M | Inmate | Plasterer | Norwich, Norfolk | |
| George WOOD | U | 39 | M | Vagrant | General Labourer | Stoney Stratford, Buckingham | |
| Anna WORTHINGTON | U | 23 | F | Inmate | Silk Piecer | Leek, Stafford | |
| Thomas WORTHINGTON | U | 69 | M | Inmate | Farm Lab | Morridge, Stafford | |
| Ann WRIGHT | U | 54 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Imbecile | Oakengates, Shropshire |
| Robert WRIGHT | U | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Imbecile | Leek, Stafford |
| John YATES | U | 55 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Stanley, Stafford |
Total residents: 147
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