1881 Census: Residents of Meriden Union Workhouse
| Name | Mar | Age | Sex | Relation | Occupation | Handicap | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | |||||||
| Frederick BRETTELL | M | 37 | M | Head | Master Of Workhouse | Birmingham, Warwick | |
| Emma BRETTELL | M | 26 | F | Wife | Matron Of Workhouse | Fillongley, Warwick | |
| Inmates | |||||||
| George ADAMS | U | 59 | M | Inmate | Tailor | Coleshill, Warwick | |
| Ann BALDOCK | U | 29 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Whitacre, Warwick | |
| Richard BARBER | U | 76 | M | Inmate | 8/Ostler | Ansley, Warwick | |
| John BATES | W | 79 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Allesley, Warwick | |
| Benjamin BEASLEY | U | 72 | M | Inmate | Gardener (N D) | Whitacre, Warwick | |
| Thomas BLOXHAM | U | 58 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Allesley, Warwick | |
| Emma BOLTON | U | 32 | F | Inmate | Dumb Idiot | Coleshill, Warwick | |
| John BROMWICH | U | 66 | M | Inmate | Sawyer | Shustoke, Warwick | |
| Mary CLARKE | W | 76 | F | Inmate | Berkeswell, Warwick | ||
| Sarah CLAYTON | W | 83 | F | Inmate | Hawker | Coventry, Warwick | |
| Thomas COTTRILL | U | 62 | M | Inmate | Drover | Packington Magna, Warwick | |
| William DAVIS | U | 23 | M | Inmate | Farm Lab | London, Middlesex | |
| Elizabeth DILLON | U | 38 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Coleshill, Warwick | |
| John DOCKER | W | 61 | M | Inmate | Lab Ag | Allesley, Warwick | |
| Elizabeth EARP | W | 70 | F | Inmate | Henley, Warwick | ||
| William HASTILOW | W | 80 | M | Inmate | Farm Lab | Whitacre, Warwick | |
| Catherine HAYES | U | 32 | F | Inmate | Sheldon, Warwick | ||
| Sarah HERDMAN | U | 26 | F | Inmate | Idiot | Sheldon, Warwick | |
| Abel HIGGINSON | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Meriden, Warwick | ||
| George HIGGINSON | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Meriden, Warwick | ||
| Thomas HIGGINSON | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Meriden, Warwick | ||
| Elizabeth HODGKINS | W | 86 | F | Inmate | Hampton In Arden, Warwick | ||
| Emma HOLLICK | U | 27 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Fillongley, Warwick | |
| Walter HOLLICK | 4 | M | Inmate | Meriden, Warwick | |||
| William HOLLICK | 2 | M | Inmate | Meriden, Warwick | |||
| John HUNT | U | 70 | M | Inmate | Farm Lab | Hampton In Arden, Warwick | |
| Betsy LEE | U | 22 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Warwick | |
| Mary E. LINFORTH | W | 76 | F | Inmate | Needlewoman | Coleshill, Warwick | |
| William LINNEY | W | 77 | M | Inmate | Lab | Fillongley, Warwick | |
| John MELLOR | U | 32 | M | Inmate | Labourer (G) | (B S B), Germany | |
| Mary MILLER | U | 51 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Shustoke, Warwick | |
| Henry MILLS | W | 80 | M | Inmate | Woodman | Bristol, Gloucester | |
| Charles MOORE | U | 66 | M | Inmate | Farm Lab | Coleshill, Warwick | |
| John MOSELEY | U | 35 | M | Inmate | Farm Lab | Berkeswell, Warwick | |
| Henry NEWBOLD | 1 | M | Inmate | Corley, Warwick | |||
| Rebecca NEWBOLD | M | 46 | F | Inmate | Leamington, Warwick | ||
| Frederick W. NOBLE | 6 | M | Inmate | Meriden, Warwick | |||
| Jane NOBLE | U | 50 | F | Inmate | Warwick | ||
| Thomas NOBLE | 3 | M | Inmate | Meriden, Warwick | |||
| Louisa ORTON | W | 87 | F | Inmate | Northampton, Northampton | ||
| William PAGE | W | 65 | M | Inmate | Farm Lab | Fillongley, Warwick | |
| Charles PARKER | U | 63 | M | Inmate | Farm Lab | Berkeswell, Warwick | |
| William PARKER | W | 54 | M | Inmate | Market Gardener | Berkeswell, Warwick | |
| John PAYNE | M | 76 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Meriden, Warwick | |
| Elizabeth PINN | U | 45 | F | Inmate | Sempstress | Somerset | |
| Samuel PRITCHARD | U | 41 | M | Inmate | Idiot | Fillongley, Warwick | |
| Thomas PROCTOR | U | 66 | M | Inmate | Woodman | Fillongley, Warwick | |
| William RODEN | U | 23 | M | Inmate | Riveter (Boot) | Shifnal, Shropshire | |
| Mary E. ROGERS | U | 16 | F | Inmate | Henley In Arden, Warwick | ||
| John ROSS | U | 62 | M | Inmate | Farm Lab | Donegal, Ireland | |
| James SMITH | W | 95 | M | Inmate | Cordwainer | Hampton In Arden, Warwick | |
| James SMITH | U | 70 | M | Inmate | Farm Lab | Knowle, Warwick | |
| Joseph SMITH | W | 66 | M | Inmate | Farm Lab | Hampton In Arden, Warwick | |
| Maria SMITH | U | 60 | F | Inmate | Sheldon, Warwick | ||
| Sarah A. SMITH | U | 22 | F | Inmate | Aston, Warwick | ||
| Henry SMYTHE | U | 54 | M | Inmate | Lab | (B S B), Switzerland | |
| Rebecca SPARKES | U | 20 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Meriden, Warwick | |
| Emma STRETTON | U | 40 | F | Inmate | Lunatic | Coundon, Warwick | |
| John TAYLOR | W | 51 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Allesley, Warwick | |
| William TAYLOR | U | 55 | M | Inmate | Iron Castor | Birmingham, Warwick | |
| Henry TERHAGE | U | 66 | M | Inmate | Farm Lab | Packington Magna, Warwick | |
| William UPTON | W | 81 | M | Inmate | Drover | Newton, Leicester | |
| John WATSON | U | 52 | M | Inmate | Iron Worker | Chatham, Kent |
Total residents: 65
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