1901 Census: Residents of Melton Mowbray Union Workhouse

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    - Reading & Wokingham SD
    - Wallingford
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  - Cornwall
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    - Stratton
    - Truro
  - Cumberland
    - Alston with Garrigill
    - Bootle
    - Brampton
    - Carlisle
    - Cockermouth
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    - Penrith
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    - Wigton
  - Derbyshire
    - Ashbourne
    - Bakewell
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    - Torrington
    - Totnes
  - Dorset
    - Beaminster
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  - County Durham
    - (Bishop) Auckland
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    - Sunderland
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  - Essex
    - Billericay
    - Braintree
    - Chelmsford
    - Colchester
    - Dunmow
    - Epping
    - Halstead
    - Lexden & Winstree
    - Maldon
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    - Orsett
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    - Romford
    - Saffron Walden
    - Tendring
    - West Ham
    - Witham
  - Gloucestershire
    - Barton Regis
    - Bristol Incorporation
    - Cheltenham
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    - Cirencester
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    - Stroud
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    - Thornbury
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    - Wheatenhurst
    - Winchcomb
  - Hampshire
    - Aldershot GP
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    - Alton
    - Alverstoke GP
    - Andover
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    - Droxford
    - Eastleigh
    - Fareham
    - Farnborough GU
    - Farnham & Hartley Wintney SD
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    - Hartley Wintney
    - Havant
    - Headley GU
    - Hursley
    - Isle of Wight
    - Kingsclere
    - Lymington
    - New Forest
    - Petersfield
    - Portsea Island
    - Portsmouth
    - Ringwood
    - Romsey
    - South Stoneham
    - Southampton
    - Stockbridge
    - Whitchurch
    - New Winchester
  - Herefordshire
    - Bromyard
    - Dore
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    - Ross
    - Weobley
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    - Elham
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    - Isle of Thanet
    - Maidstone
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    - Penshurst
    - River
    - Romney Marsh
    - Sevenoaks
    - Sheppey
    - Strood
    - Tenterden
    - Tonbridge
    - West Ashford
  - Lancashire
    - Ashton-under-Lyne
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    - Toxteth Park
    - Ulverston
    - Warrington
    - West Derby
    - Wigan
  - Leicestershire
    - Ashby-de-la-Zouch
    - Barrow-upon-Soar
    - Billesdon
    - Blaby
    - Hinckley
    - Leicester
    - Loughborough
    - Lutterworth
    - Market Bosworth
    - Market Harborough
    - Melton Mowbray
  - Lincolnshire
    - Boston
    - Bourne
    - Caistor
    - Gainsborough
    - Glanford Brigg
    - Grantham
    - Grimsby
    - Holbeach
    - Horncastle
    - Lincoln
    - Louth
    - Sleaford
    - Spalding
    - Spilsby
    - Stamford
  - London: Kent
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    - Woolwich
  - London: Middlesex
    - Bethnal Green (St Matthew)
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    - City of London
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    - East London
    - Fulham
    - Hackney
    - Hammersmith
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    - Holborn
    - Islington (St Mary)
    - Kensington
    - Mile End Old Town
    - Paddington
    - Poplar
    - St George's
    - St George in the East
    - St George Hanover Square
    - St Luke's
    - St Martin-in-the-Fields
    - St Marylebone
    - St Pancras
    - St Sepulchre
    - Shoreditch (St Leonard's)
    - Stepney
    - Strand
    - West London
    - Westminster (St James)
    - Westminster (St Margaret & St John)
    - Westminster Union
    - Whitechapel
  - London: Surrey
    - Bermondsey (St Mary Magdalen)
    - Camberwell (St Giles)
    - Lambeth (St Mary)
    - Newington (St Mary)
    - Rotherhithe (St Mary)
    - Southwark (St George the Martyr)
    - St Olave
    - St Saviour's
    - Wandsworth & Clapham
  - London SDs
    - Brentwood SD
    - Central London SD
    - Finsbury SD
    - Forest Gate SD
    - Kensington & Chelsea SD
    - North Surrey SD
    - South Metropolitan SD
    - West London SD
  - London SADs
    - Central London SAD
    - Finsbury SAD
    - Kensington SAD
    - Newington SAD
    - Poplar & Stepney SAD
    - Rotherhithe SAD
  - Middlesex
    - Brentford
    - Edmonton
    - Hendon
    - Staines
    - Uxbridge
    - Willesden
  - Norfolk
    - Acle GU
    - Aldborough GU
    - Aylsham
    - Bawdeswell GU
    - Blofield
    - Booton GU
    - Brinton and Melton Constable GU
    - Depwade
    - Docking
    - Downham
    - Erpingham
    - East & West Flegg
    - Forehoe
    - Freebridge Lynn
    - Gimingham GU
    - (Great) Yarmouth
    - Guiltcross
    - Hackford GU
    - Henstead
    - King's Lynn
    - Loddon & Clavering
    - Mitford & Launditch
    - Norwich
    - Oulton GU
    - St Faith's
    - Swaffham
    - Thetford
    - Tunstead & Happing (Smallburgh)
    - Walsingham
    - Wayland
  - Northamptonshire
    - Brackley
    - Brixworth
    - Daventry
    - Hardingstone
    - Kettering
    - Northampton
    - Oundle
    - Peterborough
    - Potterspury
    - Thrapston
    - Towcester
    - Wellingborough
  - Northumberland
    - Alnwick
    - Belford
    - Bellingham
    - Berwick-upon-Tweed
    - Castle Ward
    - Glendale
    - Haltwhistle
    - Hexham
    - Morpeth
    - Newcastle-upon-Tyne
    - Northern Counties JC
    - Rothbury
    - Tynemouth
  - Nottinghamshire
    - Basford
    - Bingham
    - East Retford
    - Mansfield
    - Newark
    - Nottingham
    - Radford
    - Southwell
    - Thurgarton Incorporation
    - Worksop
  - Oxfordshire
    - Banbury
    - Bicester
    - Chipping Norton
    - Headington
    - Henley
    - Oxford
    - Thame
    - Witney
    - Woodstock
  - Rutland
    - Oakham
    - Uppingham
  - Shropshire (Salop)
    - Atcham (& Shrewsbury)
    - Bridgnorth
    - Church Stretton
    - Cleobury Mortimer
    - Clun
    - (Market) Drayton
    - Ellesmere
    - Ludlow
    - Madeley
    - Newport
    - Oswestry
    - Shifnal
    - Shrewsbury
    - South-East Shropshire SD
    - Wellington
    - Wem
    - Whitchurch
  - Somerset
    - Axbridge
    - Bath
    - Bedminster
    - Bridgwater
    - Chard
    - Clutton
    - Dulverton
    - Frome
    - Keynsham
    - Langport
    - Long Ashton
    - Shepton Mallet
    - Taunton
    - Wellington
    - Wells
    - Williton
    - Wincanton
    - Yeovil
  - Staffordshire
    - Alstonfield GU
    - Burton Upon Trent
    - Cannock
    - Cheadle
    - Leek
    - Lichfield
    - Newcastle-under-Lyme
    - Penkridge
    - Seisdon
    - Stafford
    - Stoke-upon-Trent
    - Stone
    - Tamworth
    - Uttoxeter
    - Walsall
    - Walsall & West Bromwich JC
    - Walsall & West Bromwich SD
    - West Bromwich
    - Wolstanton & Burslem
    - Wolverhampton
  - Suffolk
    - Blything
    - Bosmere & Claydon
    - Bury St Edmunds
    - Colneis & Carlford
    - Cosford
    - Hartismere
    - Hoxne
    - Ipswich
    - Loes and Wilford
    - Mildenhall
    - Mutford & Lothingland
    - Plomesgate
    - Risbridge
    - Samford
    - Stow
    - Sudbury
    - Thingoe
    - Wangford
    - Woodbridge
  - Surrey
    - Ash GU
    - Chertsey
    - Croydon
    - Dorking
    - Epsom
    - Farnham
    - Godstone
    - Guildford
    - Hambledon
    - Kingston
    - Reigate
    - Richmond
  - Sussex
    - Arundel
    - Battle
    - Brighton
    - Chailey
    - Chichester
    - Cuckfield
    - East Grinstead
    - East Preston
    - Eastbourne
    - Hailsham
    - Hastings
    - Horsham
    - Lewes
    - Midhurst
    - Newhaven
    - Petworth
    - Rye
    - Steyning
    - Sutton GU
    - Thakeham
    - Ticehurst
    - Uckfield
    - Westbourne
    - West Firle
    - Westhampnett
  - Warwickshire
    - Alcester
    - Aston
    - Atherstone
    - Bedworth GU
    - Birmingham
    - Coventry
    - Foleshill
    - Meriden
    - Nuneaton
    - Rugby
    - Shipston-on-Stour
    - Solihull
    - Southam
    - Stratford-on-Avon
    - Warwick
  - Westmorland
    - East Ward
    - Kendal
    - West Ward
  - Wiltshire
    - Alderbury (Salisbury)
    - Amesbury
    - Bradford on Avon
    - Calne
    - Chippenham
    - Cricklade & Wootton Bassett
    - Devizes
    - Highworth & Swindon
    - Malmesbury
    - Marlborough
    - Melksham
    - Mere
    - Pewsey
    - Salisbury
    - Tisbury
    - Trowbridge
    - Warminster
    - Westbury & Whorwellsdown
    - Wilton
  - Worcestershire
    - Bromsgrove
    - Droitwich
    - Dudley
    - Evesham
    - Kidderminster
    - King's Norton
    - Martley
    - Pershore
    - Shipston-on-Stour
    - Stourbridge
    - Tenbury
    - Upton-upon-Severn
    - Worcester
  - Yorkshire, E. Riding
    - Beverley
    - Bridlington
    - Driffield
    - Howden
    - Kingston upon Hull
    - Patrington
    - Pocklington
    - Sculcoates
    - Skirlaugh
    - York
  - Yorkshire, N. Riding
    - Aysgarth
    - Bainbridge GU
    - Bedale
    - Easingwold
    - Guisborough
    - Helmsley
    - Kirkby Moorside
    - Leyburn
    - Malton
    - Middlesbrough
    - Northallerton
    - Pickering
    - Reeth
    - Richmond
    - Scarborough
    - Stokesley
    - Thirsk
    - Whitby
  - Yorkshire, W. Riding
    - Barnsley
    - Barwick-in-Elmet GU
    - Bradford
    - Bramley
    - Carlton GU
    - Dewsbury
    - Doncaster
    - Ecclesall Bierlow
    - Goole
    - Great Ouseburn
    - Great Preston GU
    - Halifax
    - Hemsworth
    - Holbeck
    - Huddersfield
    - Hunslet
    - Keighley
    - Knaresborough
    - Leeds
    - North Bierley
    - Pateley Bridge
    - Penistone
    - Pontefract
    - Ripon
    - Rotherham
    - Saddleworth
    - Sedbergh
    - Selby
    - Settle
    - Sheffield
    - Skipton
    - Tadcaster
    - Thorne
    - Todmorden
    - Wakefield
    - Wetherby
    - Wharfedale
    - Wortley
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  - Anglesey
    - Anglesey
    - Holyhead
  - Brecknock (Breconshire)
    - Brecknock
    - Builth
    - Crickhowell
    - Hay
  - Cardiganshire
    - Aberayron
    - Aberystwyth
    - Cardigan
    - Lampeter
    - Tregaron
  - Carmarthenshire
  - Carnarvonshire
  - Denbighshire
    - Llanrwst
    - Ruthin
    - Wrexham
  - Flintshire
  - Glamorgan
    - Bridgend & Cowbridge
    - Cardiff
    - Gower
    - Merthyr Tydfil
    - Neath
    - Pontardawe
    - Pontypridd
    - Swansea
  - Merionethshire
    - Bala
    - Corwen
    - Dolgelley
    - Festiniog
  - Monmouthshire
    - Abergavenny
    - Bedwellty
    - Chepstow
    - Monmouth
    - Newport
    - Pontypool
  - Montgomeryshire
  - Pembrokeshire
  - Radnorshire
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    - Larne
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  - Co. Armagh
    - Armagh
    - Lurgan
  - Co. Carlow
    - Carlow
  - Co. Cavan
    - Bailieborough
    - Bawnboy
    - Cavan
    - Cootehill
  - Co. Clare
    - Ballyvaughan
    - Corofin
    - Ennis
    - Ennistymon
    - Kildysart (Killadysert)
    - Kilrush
    - Scariff
    - Tulla
  - Co. Cork
    - Bandon
    - Bantry
    - Castletownbere
    - Clonakilty
    - Cork
    - Dunmanway
    - Fermoy
    - Kanturk
    - Kinsale
    - Macroom
    - Mallow
    - Midleton
    - Millstreet
    - Mitchelstown
    - Schull (Skull)
    - Skibbereen
    - Youghal
  - Co. Donegal
    - Ballyshannon
    - Donegal
    - Dunfanaghy
    - Glenties
    - Inishowen
    - Letterkenny
    - Milford
    - Stranorlar
  - Co. Down
    - Banbridge
    - Downpatrick
    - Kilkeel
    - Newry
    - Newtownards
  - Co. Dublin
    - Balrothery
    - Dublin North
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    - Rathdown
  - Co. Fermanagh
    - Enniskillen
    - Lisnaskea
    - Lowtherstown
  - Co. Galway
    - Ballinasloe
    - Clifden
    - Galway
    - Glenamaddy
    - Gort
    - Loughrea
    - Mountbellew
    - Oughterard
    - Portumna
    - Tuam
  - Co. Kerry
    - Cahirciveen
    - Dingle
    - Kenmare
    - Killarney
    - Listowel
    - Tralee
  - Co. Kildare
    - Athy
    - Celbridge
    - Naas
  - Co. Kilkenny
    - Callan
    - Castlecomer
    - Kilkenny
    - Thomastown
    - Urlingford
  - Co. Laois (Queen's)
    - Abbeyleix
    - Donaghmore
    - Mountmellick
  - Co. Leitrim
    - Carrick-on-Shannon
    - Manorhamilton
    - Mohill
  - Co. Limerick
    - Croom
    - Glin
    - Kilmallock
    - Limerick
    - Newcastle
    - Rathkeale
  - Co. Londonderry
    - Coleraine
    - Londonderry
    - Magherafelt
    - Newtown Limavady
  - Co. Longford
    - Ballymahon
    - Granard
    - Longford
  - Co. Louth
    - Ardee
    - Drogheda
    - Dundalk
  - Co. Mayo
    - Ballina
    - Ballinrobe
    - Belmullet
    - Castlebar
    - Claremorris
    - Killala
    - Newport
    - Swineford
    - Westport
  - Co. Meath
    - Dunshaughlin
    - Kells
    - Navan
    - Oldcastle
    - Trim
  - Co. Monaghan
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    - Castleblayney
    - Clones
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  - Co. Offaly (King's)
    - Edenderry
    - Parsonstown
    - Tullamore
  - Co. Roscommon
    - Boyle
    - Castlerea
    - Roscommon
    - Strokestown
  - Co. Sligo
    - Dromore West
    - Sligo
    - Tubbercurry
  - Co. Tipperary
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    - Cashel
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    - Nenagh
    - Roscrea
    - Thurles
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  - Co. Tyrone
    - Castlederg
    - Clogher
    - Cookstown
    - Dungannon
    - Gortin
    - Omagh
    - Strabane
  - Co. Waterford
    - Dungarvan
    - Kilmacthomas
    - Lismore
    - Waterford
  - Co. Westmeath
    - Athlone
    - Castletowndelvin
    - Mullingar
  - Co. Wexford
    - Enniscorthy
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    - New Ross
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1901 Census: Residents of Union Workhouse, Thorpe Road, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire

Name	Rel	Mar	Age	Occupation	Birthplace	Handicap
Staff
Thomas Charles Alcock	Head	M	35	Workhouse Master	Prescot, Lancashire
Ida Mary Alcock	Wife	M	36	Workhouse Matron	Wansford, Northamptonshire
John Raymond Alcock	Son	S	6	Not Any	Barrow in Furness, Lancashire
Alice Ellen Matthews	Officer	S	24	Workhouse Assistant Matron	Waltham, Leicestershire
Martha Ann Pegg	Officer	S	27	Hospital Nurse	Leicester, Leicestershire
Charles Dixon Preston	Officer	S	25	Workhouse Porter	Beeby, Leicestershire
Elizabeth Walton	Officer	S	25	Workhouse Children's Caretaker	Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire
Inmates
Alice Asher	Pauper	S	44	Formerly General Servant - Domestic	Asfordby, Leicestershire
John Bamford	Pauper	S	60	Former Butler (Domestic)	Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire
Thomas Barker	Pauper	S	60	Formerly Butcher	Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire
Eliza Barnard	Pauper	S	26	Formerly General Servant - Domestic	Abb Kettleby, Leicestershire
Frederick Barnard	Pauper	S	6	Not Any	Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire
George Barson	Pauper	W	76	Formerly General Labourer	Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire
Eli Baxter	Pauper	M	51	Formerly General Labourer	Ravenstone, Leicestershire
Thomas Beech	Pauper	S	80	Formerly Gardener	Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire
Ernest Beet	Pauper		6	Not Any	Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire
Edith Beet	Pauper		8	Not Any	Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire
Emily Beet	Pauper	S	33	Formerly General Servant	Dalby Parva, Leicestershire
Joseph Bilson	Pauper	W	63	Formerly General Labourer	Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire
Edward Black	Pauper	S	64	Formerly Blacksmith	Twyford, Leicestershire
Mary Blackwell	Pauper	W	84	Not Any	Grafton Underwood, Northamptonshire
Elizabeth Blount	Pauper	M	27	Not Any	Syston, Leicestershire
Annie Blount	Pauper		2	Not Any	Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire
James Bollans	Pauper	S	40	Formerly General Labourer	Wymondham, Leicestershire
Henry Bonser	Pauper	W	71	Formerly Joiner	Dalby Super Wolds, Leicestershire
William Brewtnall	Pauper	M	75	Formerly Farmer	Leicester, Leicestershire
Robert Burbeck	Pauper	M	70	Formerly General Labourer	Edmondthorpe, Leicestershire
Rose Amelia Cross	Pauper		8	Not Any	Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire
Mary Jane Cross	Pauper	S	35	Not Any	Long Clawson, Leicestershire	Cripple from Birth
Jane Dale	Pauper	W	79	Not Any	Grimstone, Leicestershire
Catherine Dann	Pauper	M	52	Not Any	Kirby Bellairs, Leicestershire
Richard Davis	Pauper	W	63	Formerly General Labourer	Wymondham, Leicestershire
James Davis	Pauper	M	72	Formerly General Labourer	Hatherop, Gloucestershire
John Durrance	Pauper	S	12	Not Any	Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire
Albert Durrance	Pauper		5	Not Any	Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire
George Henry Durrance	Pauper	S	11	Not Any	Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire
James Elinor	Pauper	S	19	Formerly General Labourer	Upper Broughton, Nottinghamshire
George Elliott	Pauper	W	73	Formerly General Labourer	East Leake, Nottinghamshire
Jane Evans	Pauper	M	34	Not Any	Sewstern, Leicestershire
Sidney Evans	Pauper		11	Not Any	Sewstern, Leicestershire
Nellie Evans	Pauper		8	Not Any	Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire
Dennis Farrow	Pauper	S	59	Formerly Stableman	Long Clawson, Leicestershire
Henry Featherstone	Pauper	S	67	Formerly General Labourer	Buckminster, Leicestershire
Sarah Felstead	Pauper	S	70	Formerly Lace Maker	Stathern, Leicestershire
Frederick Fenton	Casual Pauper	S	42	General Labourer	Romford, Essex
Mary Finkler	Pauper	S	25	Formerly General Servant (Domestic)	Codnor, Derbyshire
William Arthur Finkler	Pauper		5	Not Any	Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire
James Flint	Pauper	W	76	Formerly General Labourer	Abb Kettleby, Leicestershire
Wrath Frederick	Pauper		5	Not Any	Not Known
George Freestone	Pauper	S	62	Formerly General Labourer	Drayton, Leicestershire
George Garner	Casual Pauper	S	54	Market Gardener	Sibbertoft, Northamptonshire
Phillip Gascoigne	Pauper	W	66	Formerly General Labourer	Waltham, Leicestershire
Maria George	Pauper	W	65	Not Any	Branstone, Leicestershire
Samuel Gilbert	Pauper	M	67	Formerly General Labourer	South Croxton, Leicestershire
Emma Goodburn	Pauper	W	42	Not Any	Long Clawson, Leicestershire
Elsie Goodburn	Pauper		5	Not Any	Nether Broughton, Leicestershire
Maria Goodburn	Pauper		10	Not Any	Nether Broughton, Leicestershire
James Goodburn	Pauper	S	11	Not Any	Nether Broughton, Leicestershire
Lucy Goodburn	Pauper		6	Not Any	Nether Broughton, Leicestershire
Jane Graley	Pauper	S	42	Formerly General Servant (Domestic)	Wymondham, Leicestershire
Fanny Grice	Pauper	S	44	Formerly General Servant (Domestic)	Hoby, Leicestershire	Blind
John Grocott	Pauper	W	77	Formerly General Labourer	Saltby, Leicestershire
Thomas Groves	Pauper	M	61	Formerly Canal Boatman	Stoke Upon Trent, Staffordshire
Ellen Hack	Pauper	S	70	Formerly Nurse (Domestic)	Burton Lazars, Leicestershire
Hannah Hall	Pauper	W	78	Not Any	Gaddesby, Leicestershire
Mary Harby	Pauper	W	80	Not Any	Not Known	Feeble Minded
Ellen Hawley	Pauper	W	80	Not Any	Long Clawson, Leicestershire
Joseph Haylewood	Pauper	S	64	Formerly Stableman	Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire
Tobias Hewerdine	Pauper	S	62	Formerly Blacksmith	Scalford, Leicestershire
Thomas Hickling	Pauper	S	28	Not Any	Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire	Cripple
Eliza Hill	Pauper	W	82	Not Any	Buckminster, Leicestershire
Harriet Hinkins	Pauper	W	58	Not Any	North Luffenham, Rutland
George Hinkins	Pauper	S	23	Not Any	Buckminster, Leicestershire	Cripple
Frederick Holmes	Pauper	S	76	Formerly Stableman	Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Alexandra Hornby	Pauper	M	37	Not Any	Pendleton, Lancashire
Eleanor Hornby	Pauper	S	13	Not Any	Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire
Thomas Howard	Pauper	S	66	Formerly Farmer	Hose, Leicestershire
Otho Hubbard	Pauper	S	44	Formerly General Labourer	Eaton, Leicestershire
Thomas Jackson	Pauper	W	63	Formerly General Labourer	Saltby, Leicestershire
Henry Johnson	Pauper	S	77	Formerly General Labourer	Upper Broughton, Nottinghamshire
Charlotte Kettle	Pauper	S	27	Formerly General Servant (Domestic)	Market Overton, Leicestershire
Charlotte Killingley	Pauper	S	33	Not Any	Stonesby, Leicestershire	Epileptic
Mary Lewin	Pauper	W	86	Not Any	Sproxton, Leicestershire
Sarah Line	Pauper	S	76	Formerly General Servant (Domestic)	Abb Kettleby, Leicestershire
Elizabeth Marriott	Pauper	S	91	Formerly Inn Keeper	Dalby Super Wolds, Leicestershire
Thomas Needham Martin	Pauper	W	72	Formerly Journeyman Tailor	Marfield, Leicestershire
Joel Matthews	Pauper	S	76	Formerly General Servant (Domestic)	Somerby, Leicestershire
Henry Matts	Pauper	W	73	Formerly General Labourer	Aylestone, Leicestershire
Richard May	Pauper	S	73	Formerly General Labourer	Tavistock, Devon
John Osborne	Pauper	S	72	Formerly General Labourer	Stathern, Leicestershire
Arthur Osborne	Pauper	S	31	Not Any	Eastwell, Leicestershire	Imbecile
Ellen Osborne	Pauper	S	64	Not Any	Waltham, Leicestershire	Epileptic
William Paling	Pauper	S	71	Formerly General Servant (Domestic)	Saltby, Leicestershire
Thomas Pears	Pauper	S	69	Formerly General Labourer	Dalby Magna, Leicestershire
Fanny Picaver	Pauper	M	50	Not Any	Waltham, Leicestershire
Frederick Pick	Pauper	W	80	Formerly General Labourer	Manthorpe, Lincolnshire
Thomas Pickard	Pauper	W	89	Formerly General Labourer	Long Clawson, Leicestershire
Elizabeth Preston	Pauper	S	88	Formerly Dressmaker	Burton Lazars, Leicestershire
Robert Pykett	Pauper	S	71	Formerly General Labourer	Eaton, Leicestershire
Ann Richardson	Pauper	W	74	Not Any	Dalby Parva, Leicestershire
William Rick	Pauper		1	Not Any	Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire
Frank Rick	Pauper		1	Not Any	Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire
Elizabeth Rick	Pauper	S	22	Formerly General Servant (Domestic)	Skillington, Lincolnshire
Annie Riley	Pauper	W	51	Not Any	Ireland	Imbecile
Sarah Rippin	Pauper	S	73	Not Any	Not Known	Deaf and Blind
Samuel Sharpe	Pauper	S	68	Formerly General Labourer	Abb Kettleby, Leicestershire
William Shilcock	Pauper	S	60	Formerly Railway Clerk	Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire
James Short	Pauper	M	72	Formerly General Labourer	Gunnerby Hill Foot, Lincolnshire
Edward Smith	Pauper	S	60	Formerly Butcher	Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire
James Smith	Pauper	S	71	Formerly General Labourer	Branstone, Leicestershire
Thomas Smith	Pauper	S	68	Formerly General Labourer	Stoke Brewin, Northamptonshire
Thomas Steele	Pauper	W	80	Formerly Joiner	Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire
Caroline Todd	Pauper	S	30	Formerly General Servant (Domestic)	Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire
Dorothy Todd	Pauper		1	Not Any	Birmingham, Warwickshire
Joseph Tuckwood	Pauper	S	78	Formerly General Labourer	Abb Kettleby, Leicestershire
(Female Child) Ward	Pauper		under 1m	Not Any	Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire
(Female Child) Ward	Pauper		Under 1m	Not Any	Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire
Sarah Ward	Pauper	S	26	Formerly General Servant (Domestic)	Scalford, Leicestershire
John Edward Maubry Ward	Pauper		2	Not Any	Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire
William Watchorn	Pauper	W	76	Formerly General Labourer	Harby, Leicestershire
Sarah Ann Whitaker	Pauper	S	58	Formerly General Servant (Domestic)	Nether Broughton, Leicestershire
Sarah Wilbourne	Pauper	W	84	Not Any	Not Known
Winifred Williamson	Pauper		3	Not Any	Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire
William Williamson	Pauper	S	17	Not Any	Not Known	Epileptic
George Wood	Pauper	S	61	Formerly Painter	Barrow Upon Soar, Leicestershire
Lily Woodcock	Pauper		7	Not Any	Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire
Percy Arthur Woodcock	Pauper		11	Not Any	Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire
Eliz Woodcock	Pauper	S	25	Formerly General Servant (Domestic)	Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire
William Wormall	Pauper	W	71	Formerly General Labourer	Sewstern, Leicestershire
Arthur Wortley	Pauper	S	41	Formerly General Labourer	Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire
Prior Wright	Pauper	S	60	Formerly General Labourer	Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire

Total residents: 131

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