1881 Census: Residents of Lexden &Winstree Union Workhouse
| Name | Mar | Age | Sex | Relation | Occupation | Handicap | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | |||||||
| Alfred GOSLING | M | 39 | M | Head | Workhouse Master | Dedham, Essex | |
| Hannah GOSLING | M | 37 | F | Wife | Workhouse Matron | Bergholt, Suffolk | |
| Amanda GOSLING | 4 | F | Dau | Stanway, Essex | |||
| Amy GOSLING | 3 | F | Dau | Stanway, Essex | |||
| Percy GOSLING | 1 | M | Son | Stanway, Essex | |||
| Arthur GOSLING | 2 m | M | Son | Stanway, Essex | |||
| William ASHBY | U | 29 | M | Schoolmaster (Munic) | Colchester, Essex | ||
| Sarah GODFREY | U | 33 | F | School Mistress | Bergholt West, Essex | ||
| Donald DAY | U | 40 | M | Porter (Union) | Colchester, Essex | ||
| Martha HOULDING | U | 62 | F | Nurse | Ardleigh, Essex | ||
| Lucy BISHOP | W | 60 | F | Servant | Cook Dom Servant | Kettleburgh, Suffolk | |
| Mary CANT | W | 62 | F | Visitor (Head) | Aldham, Essex | ||
| Inmates | |||||||
| Alice ? | 10 | F | Scholar Pauper | Layer De La Haye, Essex | |||
| Alfred ALLEN | 12 | M | Scholar Pauper | East Donyland, Essex | |||
| Harry ALLEN | 6 | M | Scholar Pauper | East Donyland, Essex | |||
| Lucy APPLETON | 11 | F | Pauper | Idiot | Tollesbury, Essex | ||
| Rachael ASHBY | W | 70 | F | Pauper | Earls Colne, Essex | ||
| Samuel ATKINSON | U | 60 | M | Lab Pauper | W Bergholt, Essex | ||
| Charles AVIS | W | 74 | M | Labourer Pauper | West Mersey, Essex | ||
| Sarah BACON | W | 74 | F | Pauper | Langham, Essex | ||
| Joseph BAILEY | W | 72 | M | Labourer Pauper | Fordham, Essex | ||
| Sarah BAILEY | U | 50 | F | Washer Woman Pauper | Layer De La Haye, Essex | ||
| Catherine BAKER | M | 66 | F | Pauper | Abberton, Essex | ||
| Philip BARRETT | W | 84 | M | Labourer Pauper | Layer De La Haye, Essex | ||
| Nethemsah BATTERHAM | W | 72 | M | Lab Pauper | Birch, Essex | ||
| Anna BEARD | U | 50 | F | Pauper | Imbecile | Inworth, Essex | |
| Rhoda BELL | W | 74 | F | Pauper | Layer Marney, Essex | ||
| Richard BENNETT | W | 76 | M | Lab Pauper | Thornham, Suffolk | ||
| Maria BLACKWELL | W | 76 | F | Pauper | East Donyland, Essex | ||
| George BLOOMFIELD | U | 72 | M | Shoemaker Pauper | Dedham, Essex | ||
| John BLOOMFIELD | 11 | M | Scholar Pauper | Boxted, Essex | |||
| George BONES | 13 | M | Scholar Pauper | Wivenhoe, Essex | |||
| Philip BONES | 10 | M | Scholar Pauper | Imbecile | Wivenhoe, Essex | ||
| Ada BRAZIER | 10 | F | Scholar Pauper | West Bergholt, Essex | |||
| Emma BREWER | U | 40 | F | Formerly Serv Pauper | Birch, Essex | ||
| Emma BROWN | U | 38 | F | Mother (Head) | Pauper | West Bergholt, Essex | |
| Eva BROWN | 3m | F | Dau | Pauper | Stanway, Essex | ||
| Ellen BROWN | 9 | F | Dau | Scholar Pauper | West Bergholt, Essex | ||
| Walter BROWN | 6 | M | Son | Scholar Pauper | West Bergholt, Essex | ||
| Mary BROWN | W | 80 | F | Pauper | East Donyland, Essex | ||
| John BUSH | U | 74 | M | Shoemaker Pauper | Wormingford, Essex | ||
| Ellen CANT | U | 18 | F | Pauper | Copford, Essex | ||
| Prudence CANT | 7 | M | Scholar Pauper | Copford, Essex | |||
| Zachariah CANT | W | 60 | M | Labourer Pauper | Fordham, Essex | ||
| Charles CARTER | U | 22 | M | Labourer G Lab Pauper | Stanway, Essex | ||
| Abraham CARVER | U | 72 | M | Labourer Pauper | Inworth, Essex | ||
| George CHAPLIN | U | 65 | M | Labourer Pauper | Feering, Essex | ||
| Christeanna CHIGNALL | U | 24 | F | Mother (Head) | Pauper | Messing, Essex | |
| Emma CHIGNAL | 3 | F | Dau | Pauper | Messing, Essex | ||
| William CHIGNAL | 7m | M | (Son) | Pauper | Messing, Essex | ||
| George CHIGNELL | W | 71 | M | Labourer Pauper | Blind | Bures Hamlet, Essex | |
| John CHIPPINGTON | U | 67 | M | Painter Pauper | Fingringhoe, Essex | ||
| Maria CHIPPINGTON | W | 71 | F | Pauper | Stoke, Suffolk | ||
| Eva CLARK | 10 | F | Dau | Scholar Pauper | Salcot, Essex | ||
| Isaiah CLARK | 6 | M | Son | Scholar Pauper | Salcot, Essex | ||
| John CLARK | W | 68 | M | Labourer Pauper | Messing, Essex | ||
| Susannah CLARK | W | 43 | F | Mother (Head) | Pauper | Salcot, Essex | |
| Robert CLARK | 9 | M | Son | Scholar Pauper | Salcot, Essex | ||
| David CLAYDEN | U | 65 | M | Lab Pauper | West Bergholt, Essex | ||
| Isabella CLOKE | U | 19 | F | Pauper | Dedham, Essex | ||
| Charles COLE | U | 62 | M | Pauper | Fingringhoe, Essex | ||
| Enock COLE | U | 63 | M | Lab Pauper | Boxted, Essex | ||
| Jesse COLE | U | 55 | M | Boxted, Essex | |||
| Sarah COOKE | U | 44 | F | Pauper | Imbecile | East Donyland, Essex | |
| Joseph COPSEY | 13 | M | Scholar Pauper | Fingringhoe, Essex | |||
| Daniel CUDMORE | U | 23 | M | Pauper | Imbecile From Birth | Mount Bures, Essex | |
| Henry CUDMORE | U | 37 | M | Pauper | Imbecile From Birth | Mount Bures, Essex | |
| John CUDMORE | U | 44 | M | Pauper | Imbecile From Birth | Mount Bures, Essex | |
| Samuel CURTIS | W | 71 | M | Labourer Pauper | Dedham, Essex | ||
| Lucy DEEKS | W | 80 | F | Pauper | Lexden, Essex | ||
| William DINES | W | 67 | M | Labourer Pauper | Gt Horkesley, Essex | ||
| Elizabeth EADY | W | 80 | F | Pauper | Great Tey, Essex | ||
| Elenezin EATON | W | 64 | M | Labourer Pauper | Wivenhoe, Essex | ||
| Daw EDWARD | U | 23 | M | Ag Lab Lab Pauper | Imbecile | Stanway, Essex | |
| John ENGLISH | W | 86 | M | Lab Pauper | W Bergholt, Essex | ||
| Alfred EVERETT | 10 | M | Scholar Pauper | Wakes Colne, Essex | |||
| Alfred EVERETT | 10 | M | Scholar Pauper | Chapel, Essex | |||
| John EVERETT | W | 80 | M | Labourer Pauper | Easthorpe, Essex | ||
| Susannah FISHER | U | 16 | F | Pauper | West Mersey, Essex | ||
| Ada FRANCES | 10 | F | Scholar Pauper | Wivenhoe, Essex | |||
| Frederick FRANCES | 16 | M | Scholar Pauper | Wivenhoe, Essex | |||
| Henry FRANCES | 9 | M | Scholar Pauper | Wivenhoe, Essex | |||
| Joseph GENTRY | W | 83 | M | Labourer Pauper | Colchester, Essex | ||
| John GORDEN | W | 72 | M | Shoemaker Pauper | Dedham, Essex | ||
| William HAMMOND | M | 63 | M | Lab Pauper | Thorington, Essex | ||
| Hannah HARVEY | U | 43 | F | Pauper | Imbecile | Wivenhoe, Essex | |
| Henry HOBROW | M | 72 | M | Labourer Pauper | Wivenhoe, Essex | ||
| William HOWARD | U | 61 | M | Gen Lab Pauper | Messing, Essex | ||
| Sarah HUBBARD | W | 76 | F | Pauper | Blind | St Osyth, Essex | |
| John HULL | U | 62 | M | Gen Lab Pauper | Gt Wigborough, Essex | ||
| Alice JACKSON | U | 30 | F | Pauper | Gt Horkesley, Essex | ||
| Joseph JACKSON | W | 68 | M | Labourer Pauper | Layer De La Haye, Essex | ||
| John JARVIS | M | 72 | M | Lab Pauper | Birch, Essex | ||
| James KEEBLE | W | 71 | M | Labourer Pauper | Coggeshall, Essex | ||
| Samuel KING | U | 65 | M | Labourer Pauper | Fordham, Essex | ||
| Elizabeth LAPPAGE | M | 80 | F | Pauper | Edwardstone, Suffolk | ||
| John LAURENCE | M | 71 | M | Labourer Pauper | Boxted, Essex | ||
| James LILLY | W | 84 | M | Labourer Pauper | Colchester, Essex | ||
| Mary MANN | U | 20 | F | Pauper | Imbecile | Higham, Suffolk | |
| Harry MATHEWS | 6 | M | Scholar Pauper | Layer De La Haye, Essex | |||
| William MOSS | W | 71 | M | Lab Pauper | Layer De La Haye, Essex | ||
| Lydia MOWLING | U | 40 | F | Pauper | Imbecile | Gt Wigborough, Essex | |
| William NEVILL | U | 54 | M | Labourer Pauper | Stanway, Essex | ||
| Emma NICE | U | 32 | F | Pauper | Imbecile | Copford, Essex | |
| Sarah OAKLEY | U | 24 | F | Mother (Head) | Pauper | Wivenhoe, Essex | |
| David OAKLEY | 6m | M | Son | Pauper | Wivenhoe, Essex | ||
| Louisa OSBORNE | 13 | F | Scholar Pauper | Southwark, Surrey | |||
| Minnie PAGE | 12 | F | Scholar Pauper | Ipswich, Suffolk | |||
| Walter PEPPER | 11 | M | Scholar Pauper | Layer De La Haye, Essex | |||
| Catherine POLLEY | 9 | F | Scholar Pauper | Copford, Essex | |||
| Emma POLLEY | 6 | F | Scholar Pauper | Copford, Essex | |||
| Mary POLLEY | U | 14 | F | Mother (Head) | Pauper | East Mersey, Essex | |
| Infant POLLEY | 1m | M | Son | Pauper | Stanway, Essex | ||
| Matilda POLLEY | 13 | F | Scholar Pauper | Copford, Essex | |||
| John PUDNEY | U | 62 | M | Labourer Pauper | Fingringhoe, Essex | ||
| Daniel RADFORD | W | 75 | M | Lab Pauper | Abberton, Essex | ||
| Edward RAND | W | 80 | M | Labourer Pauper | Great Tey, Essex | ||
| Alice RAYMOND | U | 16 | F | Pauper | Idiot From Birth Deaf & Dumb | West Bergholt, Essex | |
| William RINGER | W | 54 | M | Blacksmith Pauper | Great Tey, Essex | ||
| Sarah RUDKIN | W | 76 | F | Pauper | Langham, Essex | ||
| James RUSSELL | M | 70 | M | Husband (Head) | Labourer Pauper | Blind | W Mersey, Essex |
| Lydia RUSSELL | M | 80 | F | Wife | Pauper | Elmstead, Essex | |
| William RUSSELL | W | 74 | M | Labourer Pauper | East Mersey, Essex | ||
| John SADD | W | 60 | M | Father (Head) | Rope Maker Pauper | Wivenhoe, Essex | |
| Eliza SADD | 8 | F | Dau | Scholar Pauper | Wivenhoe, Essex | ||
| Horace SADD | 5 | M | (Son) | Scholar Pauper | Wivenhoe, Essex | ||
| Mary SADD | U | 16 | F | Dau | Pauper | Wivenhoe, Essex | |
| Thomas SADD | 11 | M | Son | Scholar Pauper | Wivenhoe, Essex | ||
| Albert SAINTY | U | 32 | M | Son | Labourer Pauper | Imbecile | Wivenhoe, Essex |
| Edward SAINTY | M | 71 | M | Father (Head) | Shoemaker Pauper | Wivenhoe, Essex | |
| Martha SCOTT | U | 60 | F | Pauper | Idiot From Birth | West Bergholt, Essex | |
| Mary SCOTT | M | 55 | F | Pauper | Imbecile From Birth | Fordham, Essex | |
| Thomas SCOTT | M | 64 | M | Father (Head) | Blacksmith Pauper | Gt Horkesley, Essex | |
| Anna SCOTT | 6 | F | Daur | Scholar Pauper | Wormingford, Essex | ||
| Flora SCOTT | 12 | F | Daur | Scholar Pauper | Wormingford, Essex | ||
| Richard SHADRICK | W | 79 | M | Labourer Pauper | Birch, Essex | ||
| Christopher SHILTON | 11 | M | Scholar Pauper | Birch, Essex | |||
| Kate SHILTON | 10 | F | Scholar Pauper | Birch, Essex | |||
| Sarah SIMMONS | U | 72 | F | Pauper | Imbecile | Wivenhoe, Essex | |
| Henry SMITH | U | 63 | M | Shoemaker Pauper | Capel, Suffolk | ||
| Mary SMITH | W | 82 | F | Pauper | Stanway, Essex | ||
| Rebecca SPOONER | W | 73 | F | Pauper | Birch, Essex | ||
| David STARLING | U | 22 | M | Lab Pauper | Gt Horkesley, Essex | ||
| Frank STEELE | 10 | M | Scholar Pauper | Colchester, Essex | |||
| Henry STEELE | 6 | M | Scholar Pauper | Colchester, Essex | |||
| Albert STUTTERS | 5 | M | Scholar Pauper | Lexden, Essex | |||
| Ernest TAYLOR | 13 | M | Scholar Pauper | Birch, Essex | |||
| Mary TAYLOR | 15 | F | Scholar Pauper | Layer Breton, Essex | |||
| Rosa TAYLOR | 11 | F | Scholar Pauper | Stanway, Essex | |||
| Sarah TAYLOR | W | 84 | F | Pauper | Stanway, Essex | ||
| Elizabeth THEOBALD | W | 34 | F | Mother (Head) | Pauper | Aldham, Essex | |
| Emily THEOBALD | 6 | F | Daur | Scholar Pauper | Stanway, Essex | ||
| Frances THEOBALD | 10 | F | Daur | Scholar Pauper | Aldham, Essex | ||
| Sarah THEOBALD | 13 | F | Daur | Scholar Pauper | Aldham, Essex | ||
| Mary THORP | U | 62 | F | Formerly Cook Serv Pauper | Boxted, Essex | ||
| George TRIFF | U | 38 | M | Soldier Discharged Pauper | Stanway, Essex | ||
| Harriett TURNAGE | U | 34 | F | Pauper | Imbecile | Virley, Essex | |
| William TURRGATT | U | 47 | M | Labourer Pauper | Blind | Colchester, Essex | |
| Frederick UNDERWOOD | 6 | M | Scholar Pauper | Fingringhoe, Essex | |||
| Martha WALKER | W | 83 | F | Pauper | Marks Tey, Essex | ||
| Edward WALSH | W | 66 | M | Labourer Pauper | Wakes Colne, Essex | ||
| Harriet WARREN | M | 66 | F | Pauper | Gt Horkesley, Essex | ||
| Henry WATSON | U | 26 | M | Wayfarer Pauper | Colchester, Essex | ||
| Myra WEBB | W | 90 | F | Pauper | Great Tey, Essex | ||
| William WEBBER | W | 64 | M | Labourer Pauper | Fordham, Essex | ||
| Arthur WHITE | 10 | M | Scholar Pauper | Dedham, Essex | |||
| Frank WHITE | 11 | M | Scholar Pauper | Dedham, Essex | |||
| Frederick WHITE | 8 | M | Scholar Pauper | Dedham, Essex | |||
| Alfred WHYBROW | 10 | M | Scholar Pauper | Birch, Essex | |||
| Richard WHYBROW | 12 | M | Scholar Pauper | Birch, Essex | |||
| John WILKIN | W | 73 | M | Labourer Pauper | Layer De La Haye, Essex | ||
| Ellen WILSHER | 13 | F | Scholar Pauper | Great Tey, Essex | |||
| Samuel WILSHER | W | 75 | M | Labourer Pauper | Virley, Essex | ||
| Sarah WILSON | W | 50 | F | Pauper | Sudbury, Suffolk | ||
| William WIRE | U | 71 | M | Labourer Pauper | Easthorpe, Essex | ||
| Susan WISBEY | U | 68 | F | Pauper | Imbecile From Birth | Gt Horkesley, Essex | |
| John WOODS | W | 78 | M | Labourer Pauper | Peldon, Essex | ||
| James WORTH | U | 35 | M | Lab (Ag Lab) Pauper | W Bergholt, Essex | ||
| Louisa WRIGHT | U | 30 | F | Mother (Head) | Formerly Serv Cook Pauper | Colchester, Essex | |
| Ada WRIGHT | 8m | F | Dau | Pauper | Stanway, Essex | ||
| Florence WRIGHT | 6 | F | Dau | Scholar Pauper | Stanway, Essex | ||
| Henry WRIGHT | 10 | M | Scholar Pauper | Stanway, Essex |
Total residents: 182
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