1881 Census: Residents of Madeley Union Workhouse
| Name | Mar | Age | Sex | Relation | Occupation | Handicap | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | |||||||
| Richard A. BURDON | M | 33 | M | Govenor (Head) | Workhouse Master (Muni) | Dorchester, Dorset | |
| Alice C. BURDON | M | 31 | F | Matron | Workhouse Matron (Muni) | Lynstead, Kent | |
| Ellen WALKER | U | 27 | F | Nurse | Workhouse Nurse (Muni) | Claires, Worcester | |
| Inmates | |||||||
| Mary A. BAILEY | U | 36 | F | Pauper | Tile | Madeley, Shropshire | |
| Thomas BARKER | W | 63 | M | Pauper | Tailor (N/O) | Imbecile | Much Wenlock, Shropshire |
| Margaret BATES | 2 | F | Daur | Madeley, Shropshire | |||
| Margaret BATES | U | 29 | F | Pauper (Head) | Coal Miner | Imbecile Deaf & Dumb | Dawley, Shropshire |
| Mark BAUGH | M | 71 | M | Pauper | Bricklayer (N/O) | Imbecile | Madeley, Shropshire |
| Emmanuel BENNETT | 11 | M | Son | Madeley, Shropshire | |||
| Matilda BENNETT | M | 39 | F | Pauper (Head) | Housewife | Bridgnorth, Shropshire | |
| William BENYON | M | 77 | M | Pauper | Tailor (N/O) | Shrewsbury, Shropshire | |
| John BLAKEWAY | 5 | M | Pauper | ||||
| Joseph BROWN | U | 18 | M | Pauper | Ag La (No) | Wellington, Shropshire | |
| William BROWN | U | 18 | M | Casual Pauper | General La | Dudley, Worcester | |
| Hannah BURCH | U | 37 | F | Pauper | Imbecile | Dawley, Shropshire | |
| John BURGESS | M | 53 | M | Pauper | Stone Mason | Harrogate, York | |
| George CLAY | U | 36 | M | Pauper | Coal Miner | Madeley, Shropshire | |
| Jane CLAY | U | 41 | F | Pauper | - | Madeley, Shropshire | |
| Sarah CLAY | U | 25 | F | Pauper | - | Dawley, Shropshire | |
| James CLAYTON | W | 81 | M | Pauper | Coal Miner (N/O) | Newport, Shropshire | |
| Joseph COLLINS | W | 79 | M | Pauper | China Potter (No) | Brettill Lane, Stafford | |
| William COLLINS | M | 79 | M | Pauper | Farm Servant (N/O) | Much Wenlock, Shropshire | |
| Benjamine CORELESS | W | 71 | M | Pauper | Iron Moulder (N/O) | Madeley, Shropshire | |
| Daniel DALE | M | 54 | M | Pauper | Farm Servant | Foxall, Stafford | |
| Maria DEAKIN | M | 81 | F | Wife | Housewife | Wellington, Shropshire | |
| Thomas DEAKIN | M | 81 | M | Pauper (Head) | Iron Roller (No) | Much Wenlock, Shropshire | |
| Richard DIMKEY | U | 59 | M | Pauper | Coal Miner | Dawley, Shropshire | |
| Charles DYAS | M | 81 | M | Pauper | China Painter (N/O) | Imbecile | Madeley, Shropshire |
| Harriet EDWARDS | U | 26 | F | Pauper (Head) | Housemaid (Dom Serv) | Madeley, Shropshire | |
| Mary EDWARDS | W | 74 | F | Pauper | Housekeeper (Dom Serv) | Dawley, Shropshire | |
| William EDWARDS | 1 | M | Son | Madeley, Shropshire | |||
| John EVANS | M | 83 | M | Pauper | Ag La (No) | Broseley, Shropshire | |
| John EVANS | W | 73 | M | Pauper | Sugar Boiler (No) | Shrewsbury, Shropshire | |
| Matilda EVANS | U | 38 | F | Pauper | Kitchenmaid Dom Serv | Imbecile | Broseley, Shropshire |
| Jane FIDLER | W | 29 | F | Pauper (Head) | Brickmaker | Madeley, Shropshire | |
| John FIDLER | 1 | M | Son | Madeley, Shropshire | |||
| Rebecca FLEET | U | 35 | F | Pauper | Coal Picker (Miner) | Dawley, Shropshire | |
| Henry GARBETT | U | 34 | M | Pauper | Coal Miner | Dawley, Shropshire | |
| Henry GRAINGER | W | 80 | M | Pauper | Shoemaker (N/O) | Wellington, Shropshire | |
| Sarah GREEN | U | 63 | F | Pauper | Laundress | Imbecile | Dawley, Shropshire |
| Thomas GREEN | U | 75 | M | Pauper | General La (No) | Dawley, Shropshire | |
| Robert GRIFFITHS | W | 81 | M | Pauper | No Ag La | Much Wenlock, Shropshire | |
| Thomas GRIFFITHS | M | 77 | M | Pauper | Iron Worker Puddler (No) | Dawley, Shropshire | |
| George GUYNNE | M | 62 | M | Pauper | Basket Maker (No) | Imbecile | Broseley, Shropshire |
| George HARLEY | U | 69 | M | Pauper | Farm Servant (NO) | Kinsale Cork, Ireland | |
| Francis HARRIS | W | 61 | M | Pauper | Ag La (No) | Rushbury Heath, Shropshire | |
| Ellen HARTSHORN | U | 18 | F | Pauper | Housemaid Dom Ser | Jarrow, Northumberland | |
| Francis HARTSHORN | W | 71 | M | Pauper | Farm Servant (No) | Broseley, Shropshire | |
| Benjamine HASSELL | U | 22 | M | Pauper | (No) | Imbecile | Dawley, Shropshire |
| James HAYNES | 2m | M | Son | Madeley, Shropshire | |||
| Jane HAYNES | U | 24 | F | Pauper (Head) | Brickmaker | Madeley, Shropshire | |
| John HAYNES | 3 | M | Son | Madeley, Shropshire | |||
| John HEAD | U | 68 | M | Pauper | Farm Servant (No) | Dawley, Shropshire | |
| Thomas HILL | W | 69 | M | Pauper | General La (No) | Benthall, Shropshire | |
| Thomas HINSLEY | M | 71 | M | Pauper | Coal Miner (No) | Norbury, Shropshire | |
| Rebecca HOPWOOD | U | 57 | F | Pauper | Imbecile | Willey, Shropshire | |
| Isabella HORTON | U | 22 | F | Pauper | Nurse Dom Serv | Madeley, Shropshire | |
| Eliza HUMPAGE | U | 25 | F | Pauper | No Occupation | Imbecile | Madeley, Shropshire |
| Alfred JONES | 7 | M | Pauper | Much Wenlock, Shropshire | |||
| Evan JONES | W | 71 | M | Pauper | Farm Servant (No) | Llanelly, Carmarthen, Wales | |
| James JONES | U | 59 | M | Pauper | Blacksmith | Shifnal, Shropshire | |
| John JONES | U | 77 | M | Pauper | Farm Servant (No) | Much Wenlock, Shropshire | |
| Mary JONES | W | 36 | F | Pauper | Seamstress | Much Wenlock, Shropshire | |
| Mary JONES | U | 81 | F | Pauper | Imbecile | Stourbridge, Worcester | |
| Sarah JONES | U | 36 | F | Pauper | Imbecile | Dawley, Shropshire | |
| William JONES | W | 77 | M | Pauper | Iron Moulder (N/O) | Madeley, Shropshire | |
| Ann KENDRICK | U | 61 | F | Pauper | Whampton, Stafford | ||
| Benjamine LEACH | U | 63 | M | Pauper | General La | Dawley, Shropshire | |
| George LEWIS | M | 74 | M | Pauper (Head) | Coke Burner (No) | Wem, Shropshire | |
| John LEWIS | W | 70 | M | Pauper | Farm Servant (No) | Wellington, Shropshire | |
| Mary LEWIS | M | 75 | F | Wife | Housewife | Wellington, Shropshire | |
| Emma LITTLEHALES | 3 | F | Daur | Madeley, Shropshire | |||
| Hannah LITTLEHALES | U | 28 | F | Pauper (Head) | Genl Serv Domestic | Madeley, Shropshire | |
| Thomas LYNNASON | U | 61 | M | Pauper | Ag La (No) | Broseley, Shropshire | |
| Elizabeth MASON | W | 69 | F | Pauper | Housekeeper Dom Serv | Bridgnorth, Shropshire | |
| Mary MOLYNEAUX | U | 51 | F | Pauper | China Potter | Madeley, Shropshire | |
| William MORGAN | U | 69 | M | Pauper | Tailor (N/O) | Madeley, Shropshire | |
| Thomas MORRIS | U | 64 | M | Pauper | Ag La (N/O) | Broseley, Shropshire | |
| Peter MC NULBY | U | 50 | M | Pauper | Ag La (Ag Lab) | Much Wenlock, Shropshire | |
| Catherine OAKS | W | 64 | F | Pauper | China Potter | Madeley, Shropshire | |
| John PAGE | U | 20 | M | Pauper | Imbecile | Dawley, Shropshire | |
| Thomas PARRY | U | 21 | M | Pauper | Genl La | Imbecile | Much Wenlock, Shropshire |
| Edward PARTON | M | 43 | M | Pauper | General La | Dawley, Shropshire | |
| Letitia PARTON | U | 63 | F | Pauper | Laundress | Deaf & Dumb | Little Wenlock, Shropshire |
| Bertha POTTS | U | 24 | F | Pauper | Kitchenmaid (Dom Serv) | Madeley, Shropshire | |
| Eliza POTTS | 5 | F | Daur | Dawley, Shropshire | |||
| Maria POTTS | M | 26 | F | Wife | Housewife | Dawley, Shropshire | |
| Samuel POTTS | 2 | M | Son | Madeley, Shropshire | |||
| William POTTS | M | 27 | M | Pauper (Head) | Tile Moulder | Broseley, Shropshire | |
| William POTTS | 3 | M | Son | Madeley, Shropshire | |||
| Richard POYNTON | M | 81 | M | Pauper | Iron Worker Puddler | Shifnal, Shropshire | |
| John PREECE | U | 61 | M | Pauper | Ag La (No) | Bridgnorth, Shropshire | |
| Richard PUGH | U | 82 | M | Pauper | No Carpenter | Madeley, Shropshire | |
| Emily RHODES | U | 23 | F | Pauper | Dawley, Shropshire | ||
| Mary ROBERTS | M | 66 | F | Pauper | Housekeeper (Dom Serv) | Dawley, Shropshire | |
| William RUFF | W | 80 | M | Pauper | Farm Servant (No) | Broseley, Shropshire | |
| John SHAW | U | 71 | M | Pauper | Ag La (N/O) | Broseley, Shropshire | |
| Sarah SMALL | M | 24 | F | Pauper | Housewife | Madeley, Shropshire | |
| Herbert STREET | W | 58 | M | Pauper | China Potter | Madeley, Shropshire | |
| Joseph TAYLAR | M | 59 | M | Pauper | Warehouse Manager Tile Works | Broseley, Shropshire | |
| Richard TAYLOR | U | 69 | M | Pauper | Coal Miner (N/o) | Little Wenlock, Shropshire | |
| William TAYLOR | M | 79 | M | Pauper | Farm Servant (N/O) | Madeley, Shropshire | |
| Henry WAGOR (TAYLOR) | ... | M | Coal Miner (N/O) | Madeley, Shropshire | |||
| Richard WAGOR (TAYLOR) | U | 69 | M | Pauper | Coal Miner (N/O) | Madeley, Shropshire | |
| Rebeca TINSLEY | U | 39 | F | Pauper | Shrewsbury, Shropshire | ||
| Thomas TODD | U | 71 | M | Pauper | Ag La (No) | Much Wenlock, Shropshire | |
| Edward TRANTER | U | 35 | M | Pauper | Coal Miner | Madeley, Shropshire | |
| Emma TROW | M | 41 | F | Pauper | Housewife | Much Wenlock, Shropshire | |
| Elizabeth TUDAR | U | 61 | F | Pauper | Farm Serv | Imbecile | Much Wenlock, Shropshire |
| Isaac TURNER | U | 63 | M | Pauper | Coal Miner (No) | Dawley, Shropshire | |
| Evan WILCOX | U | 79 | M | Pauper | Ag La (No) | Shrewsbury, Shropshire | |
| John YATES | U | 41 | M | Pauper | Farm Servant | Much Wenlock, Shropshire | |
| William YATES | W | 53 | M | Pauper | Blacksmith | Much Wenlock, Shropshire |
Total residents: 115
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