1881 Census: Residents of North Witchford Union Workhouse
| Name | Mar | Age | Sex | Relation | Occupation | Handicap | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | |||||||
| William ARMSTRONG | M | 49 | M | Head of Family Husband | Master of Workhouse (Munic) | Woolwich, Kent | |
| Emily Hannah ARMSTRONG | M | 40 | F | Wife | Matron of Workhouse (Munic) | Shorne, Kent | |
| George Barnett Nickson ARMSTRONG | 6 | M | Son | Scholar | Doddington, Cambridge | ||
| Tom HARTLEY | U | 29 | M | Schoolmaster | Schoolmaster of Workhouse | Manea, Cambridge | |
| Mary Ann HUSTWAITE | U | 41 | F | Schoolmistress | Schoolmistress of Workhouse (Munic) | Doddington, Cambridge | |
| Josiah SELBY | M | 31 | M | Husband (Head) | Porter of Workhouse (Munic) | Manea, Cambridge | |
| Sarah Ann SELBY | M | 28 | F | Wife | Cook of Workhouse | Manea, Cambridge | |
| Mary JACKSON | W | 58 | F | Nurse | Nurse of Workhouse (Munic) | Leverington, Cambridge | |
| Inmates | |||||||
| James ALLEN | U | 85 | M | Pauper | Shoe Maker | Maidstone, Kent | |
| James ALPRESS | W | 78 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Laborer | Upwood, Huntingdon | |
| John ANDERSON | U | 66 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Laborer | Balcombe, Sussex | |
| Catharine ASHBY | U | 31 | F | Pauper | Agricultural Laborer | Newmarket, Cambridge | |
| Julia ASHBY | 8 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Chatteris, Cambridge | ||
| James BAKER | W | 74 | M | Pauper | Blacksmith | Upwell, Norfolk | |
| Sarah BAKER | U | 44 | F | Pauper | Agricultural Laborer | Imbecile | March, Cambridge |
| Charles BARKER | 9 | M | Pauper | Scholar | March, Cambridge | ||
| Fredrick BARKER | 7 | M | Pauper | Scholar | March, Cambridge | ||
| George BARKER | 5 | M | Pauper | Scholar | March, Cambridge | ||
| Jane BARKER | 13 | F | Pauper | Scholar | March, Cambridge | ||
| Elizabeth BASSETT | W | 76 | F | Pauper | Agricultural Laborer | Chatteris, Cambridge | |
| Emily BEDFORD | U | 18 | F | Pauper | Agricultural Laborer | Chatteris, Cambridge | |
| John BEHAGGE | W | 86 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Laborer | Wistow, Huntingdon | |
| William BELL | U | 35 | M | Pauper | No Occupation | Imbecile | Manea, Cambridge |
| Isaac BENT | U | 77 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Laborer | Ely, Cambridge | |
| John BLACKMAN | W | 73 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Laborer | Sutton In The Isle, Cambridge | |
| Harry BOOTH | U | 24 | M | Pauper | Laborer | March, Cambridge | |
| Sarah BRADSHAW | W | 81 | F | Pauper | Agricultural Laborer | Welney, Cambridge | |
| Fredrick BRAY | U | 23 | M | Pauper | Laborer | Imbecile | Swaffam, Norfolk |
| William BRETT | U | 41 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Laborer | Coates, Cambridge | |
| George BROUGHTON | W | 76 | M | Pauper | Shoemaker | Wimblington, Cambridge | |
| Alfred Whatford BURROWS | M | 53 | M | Pauper | Tailor | March, Cambridge | |
| Ann Sophia BURROWS | M | 54 | F | Pauper | March, Cambridge | ||
| Robert BURROWS | W | 78 | M | Pauper | Tailor | March, Cambridge | |
| Mary BUTCHER | U | 65 | F | Pauper | Agricultural Laborer | Imbecile | Chatteris, Cambridge |
| Isaac CANHAM | U | 20 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Laborer | Mepal, Cambridge | |
| John CHANDLER | W | 74 | M | Pauper | Shepherd | Connington, Cambridge | |
| John Henry CHAPMAN | 6 | M | Pauper | Deaf and Dumb | March, Cambridge | ||
| Edward CHARITY | W | 74 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Laborer | Manea Toll, Cambridge | |
| John Samuel CLAMP | 13 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Yarmouth, Norfolk | ||
| George CLAMPS | 4 | M | Pauper | Scholar | March, Cambridge | ||
| Lucy CLAMPS | 9 | F | Pauper | Scholar | March, Cambridge | ||
| Spencer CLAMPS | 5 | M | Pauper | Scholar | March, Cambridge | ||
| Arthur CLARKE | 11 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Doddington, Cambridge | ||
| Edward CLARKE | 13 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Doddington, Cambridge | ||
| Emma CLARKE | 9 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Doddington, Cambridge | ||
| Mary Ann CLARKE | M | 54 | F | Pauper | Huntingdon, Huntingdon | ||
| Mary Ann CLARKE | M | 53 | F | Pauper | March, Cambridge | ||
| Richard (Senior) CLARKE | M | 87 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Laborer | Chatteris, Cambridge | |
| Richard (Junior) CLARKE | M | 53 | M | Pauper | Tramping Musician | Blind | Chatteris, Cambridge |
| Sarah Ann CLARKE | U | 16 | F | Pauper | Domestic Servant | Doddington, Cambridge | |
| Mary Ann COLLINS | W | 49 | F | Pauper | Housekeeper | Wimblington, Cambridge | |
| Elizabeth CORNISH | 12 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Doddington, Cambridge | ||
| Ellen CORNISH | W | 38 | F | Pauper | Agricultural Laborer | Chatteris, Cambridge | |
| John CORNISH | 8 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Doddington, Cambridge | ||
| Elizabeth COULSON | U | 54 | F | Pauper | No Occupation | Imbecile | Manea, Cambridge |
| James CROFT | W | 62 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Laborer | Whittlesea, Cambridge | |
| Eliza Ann CROOT | 5 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Chatteris, Cambridge | ||
| Sarah CROOT | W | 41 | F | Pauper | Charwoman | Imbecile | Coates, Cambridge |
| George CURTIS | U | 67 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Laborer | Warboys, Huntingdon | |
| Rose DARNELL | 14 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Chatteris, Cambridge | ||
| John Ebenezer DENHAM | 12 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Chatteris, Cambridge | ||
| Edward DICKERSON | U | 62 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Laborer | Wimblington, Cambridge | |
| George DIDDELL | 9 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Manea, Cambridge | ||
| John DIDDELL | 11 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Manea, Cambridge | ||
| Peter DONOGHUE | W | 77 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Laborer | Kilglass Roscommon Co, Ireland | |
| Edward DRIVER | W | 83 | M | Pauper | Bricklayers Laborer | March, Cambridge | |
| Mary ELSE | W | 81 | F | Pauper | Charwoman | March, Cambridge | |
| William ELSE | M | 39 | M | Pauper | Shoe Maker | Imbecile | March, Cambridge |
| John Crick FARR | W | 62 | M | Pauper | Farrier | Helions Bumpstead, Essex | |
| Roberts FIELDS | U | 35 | M | Pauper | Laborer | March, Cambridge | |
| William FISHER | M | 70 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Laborer | Wimblington, Cambridge | |
| Emma Jane FRANKLYN | 6m | F | Pauper | Chatteris, Cambridge | |||
| Mary Ann FRANKLYN | M | 38 | F | Pauper | Agricultural Laborer | Fenstanton, Huntingdon | |
| Mary Ann FRANKLYN | 15 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Chatteris, Cambridge | ||
| Susannah FRANKLYN | 14 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Chatteris, Cambridge | ||
| Thomas William FRANKLYN | 11 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Doddington, Cambridge | ||
| Charles FURNELL | 1m | M | Pauper | Doddington, Cambridge | |||
| Fredrick FURNELL | 2 | M | Pauper | Doddington, Cambridge | |||
| Louisa FURNELL | U | 26 | F | Pauper | Sewing Machinist | Wistow, Huntingdon | |
| Charles GALE | W | 67 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Laborer | St Neots, Huntingdon | |
| Harriett GARDENER | W | 55 | F | Pauper | Agricultural Laborer | Bugden, Huntingdon | |
| Thomas Russell GARNER | 10 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Lynn, Norfolk | ||
| Mary GEE | W | 73 | F | Pauper | Charwoman | March, Cambridge | |
| John Thomas GREEN | 2 | M | Pauper | Son of Agricultural Laborer | Chatteris, Cambridge | ||
| Kate GREEN | M | 22 | F | Pauper | Agricultural Laborer | Fenstanton, Huntingdon | |
| Thomas GREEN | U | 70 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Laborer | Imbecile | Doddington, Cambridge |
| Elizabeth GUNTON | M | 40 | F | Pauper | Ramsey, Huntingdon | ||
| Elizabeth GUNTON | 10 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Chatteris, Cambridge | ||
| Emma Jane GUNTON | 6 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Chatteris, Cambridge | ||
| George GUNTON | W | 81 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Laborer | Chatteris, Cambridge | |
| Rose GUNTON | 5 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Chatteris, Cambridge | ||
| Thomas GUNTON | 3 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Chatteris, Cambridge | ||
| Joseph HALL | W | 80 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Laborer | Kings Ripton, Huntingdon | |
| Alice HART | U | 18 | F | Pauper | Domestic General Servant | Doddington, Cambridge | |
| Charles HART | 1 | M | Pauper | Son | Doddington, Cambridge | ||
| Caroline HOBOURN | U | 25 | F | Pauper | Agricultural Laborer | Imbecile | Upwell, Cambridge |
| Charles HOLIDAY | W | 77 | M | Pauper | Gardener | March, Cambridge | |
| Susan HOLLETT | W | 77 | F | Pauper | Agricultural Laborer | Chatteris, Cambridge | |
| Sarah HOLLIN | W | 67 | F | Pauper | Straw Plaiter | Arrington, Cambridge | |
| Ann HURST | W | 75 | F | Pauper | Agricultural Laborer | March, Cambridge | |
| Caroline INGE | 13 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Long Sutton, Cambridge | ||
| Julia INGLE | U | 18 | F | Pauper | Domestic Servant | Chatteris, Cambridge | |
| Ann JACKSON | M | 68 | F | Pauper | Agricultural Laborer | Doddington, Cambridge | |
| John JACKSON | U | 79 | M | Pauper | Laborer | March, Cambridge | |
| John JACKSON | U | 68 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Laborer | Doddington, Cambridge | |
| Mary KADEN | M | 80 | F | Pauper | Agricultural Laborer | Roscommon Co. Kilbride, Ireland | |
| Owen KADEN | M | 81 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Laborer | Roscommon Co Kilbride, Ireland | |
| Richard KAY | M | 70 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Laborer | Huntingdon, Huntingdon | |
| Ann KELLY | U | 28 | F | Vagrant | Flax Weaver | York City of, York | |
| Alice Ann KIMPTON | 6 | F | Pauper | Scholar | March, Cambridge | ||
| Sarah KIMPTON | W | 82 | F | Pauper | Nurse | Wimblington, Cambridge | |
| John KING | U | 42 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Laborer | Dover, Kent | |
| John KINGWOOD | W | 86 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Laborer | March, Cambridge | |
| Edward LAMB | 6 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Bradford, York | ||
| John William LAMB | 10 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Bradford, York | ||
| Charles LAXON | 11 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Lynn, Norfolk | ||
| Eliza Ann LAXON | 6 | F | Pauper | Scholar | March, Cambridge | ||
| Emma LAXON | 9 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Chatteris, Cambridge | ||
| Samuel LEEDEN | W | 69 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Laborer | Needingworth, Huntingdon | |
| John LEPLA | U | 44 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Laborer | March, Cambridge | |
| John LORD | U | 73 | M | Pauper | Hawker | Needingworth, Huntingdon | |
| John LUCAS | U | 57 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Laborer | Chatteris, Cambridge | |
| Mary MAILE | U | 33 | F | Pauper | No Occupation | Imbecile | March, Cambridge |
| Eleanor Jane MEEKS | U | 31 | F | Pauper | Domestic General Servant | Mepal, Cambridge | |
| Ellen MEEKS | 5 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Chatteris, Cambridge | ||
| John William MEEKS | 8 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Chatteris, Cambridge | ||
| Walter MEEKS | 10m | M | Pauper | Doddington, Cambridge | |||
| Sarah MELBOURN | M | 58 | F | Pauper | Domestic General Servant | Mepal, Cambridge | |
| Mary Ann MIDDLETON | U | 38 | F | Pauper | Domestic General Servant | Imbecile | London Holborn, Middlesex |
| James MILLARD | W | 80 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Laborer | Chatteris, Cambridge | |
| Henry MURPHY | U | 21 | M | Pauper | Laborer | Doddington, Cambridge | |
| Charles NEAL | 1 | M | Pauper | Son | Doddington, Cambridge | ||
| George NEAL | 13 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Doddington, Cambridge | ||
| John NEAL | W | 77 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Laborer | Wimblington, Cambridge | |
| John NEAL | 4 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Wimblington, Cambridge | ||
| Naomi NEAL | U | 38 | F | Pauper | Agricultural Laborer | March, Cambridge | |
| Henry NEALE | 10 | M | Pauper | Scholar | March, Cambridge | ||
| Joseph NEALE | 7 | M | Pauper | Scholar | March, Cambridge | ||
| John NOBLE | W | 73 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Laborer | Ramsey, Huntingdon | |
| Christopher OLDFIELD | W | 85 | M | Pauper | Beer House Keeper | Saham Toney, Norfolk | |
| Ann PAYNE | W | 77 | F | Pauper | Beer House Keeper | Chatteris, Cambridge | |
| Charles PAYNE | W | 72 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Laborer | Elm, Cambridge | |
| Daniel PECK | W | 84 | M | Pauper | Auctioneer | Imbecile | Saint Ives, Huntingdon |
| Mary PEDLEY | U | 54 | F | Pauper | Domestic Servant General | March, Cambridge | |
| Thomas PENNELL | U | 80 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Laborer | March, Cambridge | |
| Christopher PORTER | 4 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Benwick, Cambridge | ||
| Eliza Ann PORTER | 5m | F | Pauper | Agricultural Laborers Daughter | Doddington, Cambridge | ||
| John PORTER | 5 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Wimblington, Cambridge | ||
| Mary Anne PORTER | W | 27 | F | Pauper | Agricultural Laborer | March, Cambridge | |
| Sarah Ann PORTER | 9 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Doddington, Cambridge | ||
| William POWELL | U | 85 | M | Pauper | Groom | Cambridge, Cambridge | |
| James PRIOR | 13 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Little Downham, Cambridge | ||
| Joseph PRIOR | 9 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Little Downham, Cambridge | ||
| John RATLEY | U | 86 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Laborer | Chatteris, Cambridge | |
| Robert RISBY | W | 79 | M | Pauper | Carpenter | Peterboro, Northampton | |
| Julia ROE | 7 | F | Pauper | Scholar | March, Cambridge | ||
| John (1st) ROGERS | W | 85 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Laborer | Olwell, Cambridge | |
| John (2nd) ROGERS | W | 82 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Laborer | Hemingford Grey, Huntingdon | |
| James ROSE | U | 65 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Laborer | Ligget, Suffolk | |
| Allen ROWETH | U | 70 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Laborer | Elm, Cambridge | |
| Joseph ROWETH | U | 74 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Laborer | Wimblington, Cambridge | |
| Rose SEABROOK | 4 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Chatteris, Cambridge | ||
| William SEAMAN | W | 82 | M | Pauper | Shepherd | Wellenham, Norfolk | |
| Ada SEARLE | 7 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Hull, York | ||
| Emma Margaret SEARLE | M | 40 | F | Pauper | D Shoemakers Wife | Allerton, Lancashire | |
| Harriett ((Thomas)) SEARLE | 8 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Abergavenny, Monmouth | ||
| John Henry SEARLE | 5 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Cheltenham, Gloucester | ||
| Julia SEARLE | 9 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Hull, York | ||
| Susannah SEARLE | M | 66 | F | Pauper | March, Cambridge | ||
| Thomas SEARLE | 2 | M | Pauper | Shoemakers Son | Watlington, Oxford | ||
| James SHIPLEY | U | 35 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Laborer | March, Cambridge | |
| Louisa SHIPLEY | M | 61 | F | Pauper | Agricultural Laborer | March, Cambridge | |
| Thomas SHIPLEY | M | 70 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Laborer | March, Cambridge | |
| Abednego SIGGIE | W | 73 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Laborer | Thorney, Cambridge | |
| George Parker SMITH | U | 85 | M | Pauper | Lawyers Clerk | March, Cambridge | |
| Samuel SMITH | W | 80 | M | Pauper | Toll Keeper | Onley, Buckingham | |
| Ellen STOKES | 5 | F | Pauper | Scholar | March, Cambridge | ||
| Florence STOKES | 11 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Cambridge, Cambridge | ||
| Mary Ann STOKES | M | 47 | F | Pauper | Bombay Calabhar, India | ||
| Rosena STOKES | 9 | F | Pauper | Scholar | March, Cambridge | ||
| Sarah STOKES | 8 | F | Pauper | Scholar | March, Cambridge | ||
| William James Fredrick STOKES | 2 | M | Pauper | March, Cambridge | |||
| William TAYLOR | W | 83 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Laborer | Rovel, Norfolk | |
| Webb THORN | U | 47 | M | Pauper | Laborer | Imbecile | Chatteris, Cambridge |
| Fredrick THORPE | W | 62 | M | Pauper | Sawyer | Near Holbeach, Lincoln | |
| John TIBBS | U | 34 | M | Pauper | Laborer | March, Cambridge | |
| Thomas TILLBROOK | W | 65 | M | Pauper | Baker | Chatteris, Cambridge | |
| Samuel TRIPLAW | U | 76 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Laborer | Meldreth, Cambridge | |
| Robert TURNER | W | 84 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Laborer | Brinkley, Cambridge | |
| Samuel TURNER | U | 55 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Laborer | Pidley, Huntingdon | |
| Mary WALLACE | W | 80 | F | Pauper | Charwoman | Great Ravely, Huntingdon | |
| Fredrick WARWICK | 12 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Chatham, Kent | ||
| Eliza WATKINSON | W | 65 | F | Pauper | Agricultural Laborer | Wimblington, Cambridge | |
| Sarah WATKINSON | W | 79 | F | Pauper | Charwoman | Chatteris, Cambridge | |
| Robert WHEATON | W | 82 | M | Pauper | Publican & Butcher | Chatteris, Cambridge | |
| George WHITWELL | 10 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Wimblington, Cambridge | ||
| Alice WILKINSON | 9 | F | Pauper | Scholar | March, Cambridge | ||
| John WILKINSON | W | 33 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Laborer | Manea, Cambridge | |
| Martha WILKINSON | 13 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Long Sutton, Cambridge | ||
| Rebecca WILKINSON | 4 | F | Pauper | Scholar | March, Cambridge | ||
| William WILKINSON | 10 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Wimblington, Cambridge | ||
| Thomas WILSON | W | 66 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Laborer | March, Cambridge | |
| John WING | 10 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Chatteris, Cambridge | ||
| Rebecca WING | 16 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Chatteris, Cambridge | ||
| William Henry WING | 7 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Chatteris, Cambridge | ||
| Richard WOODCOCK | U | 84 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Laborer | Chatteris, Cambridge | |
| John WOODRUFFE | W | 78 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Laborer | Doddington, Cambridge | |
| William WOODRUFFE | W | 71 | M | Pauper | Agricultural Laborer | Doddington, Cambridge | |
| Ann WRIGHT | U | 70 | F | Pauper | Nurse | Imbecile | March, Cambridge |
| Albert Edward YOUNG | 7 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Chatteris, Cambridge | ||
| Charles Augustus YOUNG | 4 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Chatteris, Cambridge | ||
| Florence YOUNG | 6 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Chatteris, Cambridge |
Total residents: 212
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