1881 Census: Residents of Newark Union Workhouse
| Name | Mar | Age | Sex | Relation | Occupation | Handicap | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | |||||||
| Edwin A. BAXTER | M | 45 | M | Head | Master Of Workhouse (Munic) | Newark, Nottingham | |
| Mary E. BAXTER | M | 43 | F | Wife | Matron Of Workhouse (Munic) | Mansfield, Nottingham | |
| Gertrude M. BAXTER | U | 9 | F | Daur | Scholar | Claypole, Lincoln | |
| Harry L.J. BAXTER | U | 6 | M | Son | Scholar | Claypole, Lincoln | |
| Edith E. BAXTER | U | 4 | F | Daur | Claypole, Lincoln | ||
| Richard SHARPE | U | 32 | M | Porter | Workhouse Porter | Elston, Nottingham | |
| Inmates | |||||||
| Alfred BACON | U | 5 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Nt Collingham, Nottingham | |
| Annie BACON | U | 8 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Nt Collingham, Nottingham | |
| Fanny BACON | U | 9 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Nt Collingham, Nottingham | |
| Lavina BACON | U | 1 | F | Inmate | Nt Collingham, Nottingham | ||
| Louisa BACON | U | 3 | F | Inmate | Nt Collingham, Nottingham | ||
| Walter BACON | U | 7 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Nt Collingham, Nottingham | |
| Mary BAXTER | U | 19 | F | Inmate | No Occupation | Blind | Newark, Nottingham |
| Edward BEAUMONT | U | 46 | M | Inmate | No Occupation | Idiot | Bassingham, Lincoln |
| Sarah BISHELL | U | 12 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Caythorpe, Lincoln | |
| William BISHELL | U | 2 | M | Inmate | Caythorpe, Lincoln | ||
| Catherine BISHOP | W | 60 | F | Inmate | Lace Maker | London, Middlesex | |
| George BOSWITH | U | 73 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Staunton, Nottingham | |
| Ellen BOWLING | U | 11 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Southwell, Nottingham | |
| Thomas BOWLING | U | 6 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Claypole, Lincoln | |
| Eliza BROWN | U | 45 | F | Inmate | Dressmaker | Lunatic | Newark, Nottingham |
| James BULLMAN | M | 33 | M | Inmate | Coach Builder Artisan | Idiot | Wisbech, Cambridge |
| William CAUNT | U | 65 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | Swinderby, Lincoln | |
| Dixon COLBY | W | 69 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Beckingham, Lincoln | |
| Jas. COOPER | W | 77 | M | Inmate | Railway Lab | Purbrook, Hampshire | |
| Henry EDWARDS | U | 35 | M | Inmate | Bricklayer | Wolverhampton, Warwick | |
| Christopher ELSE | W | 70 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | Beckingham, Lincoln | |
| Elizebeth ELSE | U | 63 | F | Inmate | No Occupation | Idiot | Stapleford, Lincoln |
| Priscila ELSE | U | 41 | F | Inmate | No Occupation | Idiot | Stapleford, Lincoln |
| Ellen FELSTEAD | U | 51 | F | Inmate | No Occupation | Idiot | Foston, Lincoln |
| Frank FINCHAM | U | 24 | M | Inmate | Iron Foundry Lab | Newark, Nottingham | |
| Mary FITCHETT | W | 69 | F | Inmate | Chair Woman | Trowill, Nottingham | |
| Joseph FLECHER | W | 68 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Newark, Nottingham | |
| John FOSTER | W | 60 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Foston, Lincoln | |
| Joseph FOSTER | W | 77 | M | Inmate | Taylor | Carlton Moreland, Lincoln | |
| Sarah GEARY | U | 75 | F | Inmate | Chairwoman | Newark, Nottingham | |
| John GOODIEAR | W | 78 | M | Inmate | Taylor | Leeston, Leicester | |
| Alfred GREGORY | U | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Gainsboro, Lincoln | |
| Alice HALL | U | 11 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Claypole, Lincoln | |
| Ann HALL | W | 45 | F | Inmate | No Occupation | Idiot | Fulbeck, Lincoln |
| Beatrice HALL | U | 8 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Doddington, Lincoln | |
| Abel HALLOWS | W | 75 | M | Inmate | Blacksmith | Glossop, Derby | |
| William HARTLEY | U | 1 | M | Inmate | Newark, Nottingham | ||
| Frank HARVEY | U | 6 | M | Inmate | Manchester, Lancashire | ||
| Phebe HARVEY | U | 28 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant (Housemaid) | Lunatic | Bassingham, Lincoln |
| Frederick HEATH | U | 60 | M | Inmate | Shoe Maker | Newark, Nottingham | |
| Mary HODSON | U | 52 | F | Inmate | No Occupation | Idiot | Syston, Lincoln |
| William HORSPOOL | U | 60 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Bingham, Nottingham | |
| Elizebeth HUTCHINSON | U | 59 | F | Inmate | No Occupation | Idiot | Westboro, Lincoln |
| James JACKSON | U | 52 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Sedbrook, Lincoln | |
| John JACKSON | W | 80 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Hougham, Lincoln | |
| Robert JOHNSON | W | 67 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Claypole, Lincoln | |
| William JOHNSON | U | 61 | M | Inmate | Railway Lab | Collingham, Nottingham | |
| Ernest KETLEY | U | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | St Leonards, Sussex | |
| Nelly KETLEY | U | 3 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Newark, Nottingham | |
| Perci KETLEY | U | 6 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Newark, Nottingham | |
| William KETLEY | U | 16 | M | Inmate | No Occupation (No Occ) | Idiot | |
| John KEY | U | 22 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Idiot | Newark, Nottingham |
| William KIRK | W | 74 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Balderton, Nottingham | |
| Ann E. KIRTON | U | 1 | F | Inmate | Barkson, Lincoln | ||
| Betsy KIRTON | M | 23 | F | Inmate | No Occupation | Barkson, Lincoln | |
| Mary A. LACY | U | 40 | F | Inmate | No Occupation | Deaf & Dumb | Newark, Nottingham |
| Sarah MARRIOT | U | 12 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Carlton Moorland, Lincoln | |
| Sarah MARSHALL | W | 71 | F | Inmate | No Occupation | Hull, York | |
| John MASDEN | U | 22 | M | Inmate | General Lab | Newark, Nottingham | |
| Matthew MAYFIELD | M | 67 | M | Inmate | Gardener Lab | Winthorpe, Nottingham | |
| Alfred MORTON | U | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Leicester, Leicester | |
| Ann MORTON | U | 33 | F | Inmate | No Occupation | Newark, Nottingham | |
| Bengamin MORTON | U | 6 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Claypole, Lincoln | |
| Joseph MORTON | U | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Claypole, Lincoln | |
| Mary A. MORTON | M | 40 | F | Inmate | Chair Woman | Falkingham, Lincoln | |
| Mary J. NEWTON | U | 44 | F | Inmate | No Occupation | Idiot | Bennington, Lincoln |
| Sarah A. NICHOLS | U | 23 | F | Inmate | No Occupation | Winthorpe, Nottingham | |
| Elizebeth NICHOLSON | U | 73 | F | Inmate | Needle Woman | Newark, Nottingham | |
| Thomas OVERING | W | 73 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Newark, Nottingham | |
| Thomas PEARSON | W | 85 | M | Inmate | Stonemasson | Ropsley, Lincoln | |
| Thomas PRESTON | U | 55 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Holbeach, Lincoln | |
| Lucy A. PROCTOR | U | 10 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Newark, Nottingham | |
| Mary PROCTOR | W | 39 | F | Inmate | Domestic Serv | North Clifton, Nottingham | |
| Robert PROCTOR | U | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Newark, Nottingham | |
| Sarah A. PROCTOR | U | 6 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Baseford, Nottingham | |
| Thomas PROWN | M | 69 | M | Inmate | Joiner | Newark, Nottingham | |
| Richard RANWORTH | U | 66 | M | Inmate | Working Gardener | Nt Collingham, Nottingham | |
| William REVILL | U | 70 | M | Inmate | Whitesmith | Fiskerton, Nottingham | |
| Harriet ROBINSON | U | 42 | F | Inmate | No Occupation | Claypole, Lincoln | |
| Mary ROBINSON | U | 59 | F | Inmate | No Occupation | Newark, Nottingham | |
| William ROBINSON | U | 70 | M | Inmate | General Lab | North Collingham, Nottingham | |
| Edward SALMON | W | 62 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Beckingham, Lincoln | |
| Mary SANDY | U | 40 | F | Inmate | General Serv | Friston, Lincoln | |
| James SAVAGE | U | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Beckingham, Lincoln | |
| Thomas SAXILBY | W | 69 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Hougham, Lincoln | |
| George SEALS | W | 78 | M | Inmate | Boatman | Newark, Nottingham | |
| Elizebeth SHARP | U | 52 | F | Inmate | No Occupation | Idiot | N Collingham, Nottingham |
| John SINGLETON | W | 63 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Stoke, Nottingham | |
| Samuel SMITH | M | 77 | M | Inmate | Blacksmith | Syston, Leicester | |
| George STEVENSON | U | 75 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Beesthorpe, Nottingham | |
| Alice THURLBY | U | 22 | F | Inmate | Domestic Serv | Stubton, Lincoln | |
| Charles THURLBY | U | 3m | M | Inmate | Newark, Nottingham | ||
| Hannah VALE | W | 61 | F | Inmate | Chair Woman | Newark, Nottingham | |
| Elizebeth WAINER | W | 73 | F | Inmate | Needlewoman | Newark, Nottingham | |
| Eliza WAKEFIELD | W | 70 | F | Inmate | Needle Woman | Newark, Nottingham | |
| Howard WELCH | U | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Newark, Nottingham | |
| George WETHRILL | U | 54 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | Caythorpe, Lincoln | |
| Tobias WILKINSON | U | 62 | M | Inmate | Blacksmith | Claypole, Lincoln | |
| Ann WOOD | U | 40 | F | Inmate | No Occupation | Blind | Brant Broughton, Lincoln |
| John R. WOOD | U | 3 | M | Inmate | Claypole, Lincoln | ||
| Louisa WOOD | U | 5 | F | Inmate | Long Bennington, Lincoln | ||
| William WOOLEY | U | 45 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | South Clifton, Nottingham | |
| John WORTHINGTON | W | 63 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Westboro, Lincoln | |
| Ann WRIGHT | U | 54 | F | Inmate | No Occupation | Idiot | Claypole, Lincoln |
| Ephraim WRIGHT | U | 5 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Derby, Derby | |
| Harriet WRIGHT | M | 26 | F | Inmate | No Occupation | Thorpe On Hill, Lincoln | |
| John WRIGHT | U | 3 | M | Inmate | Grimsby, Lincoln | ||
| John WRIGHT | M | 35 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | Stratton, Northampton |
Total residents: 114
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