1881 Census: Residents of Oswestry Incorporation Workhouse
| Name | Mar | Age | Sex | Relation | Occupation | Handicap | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | |||||||
| George FULCHER | M | 52 | M | Officer | Master Of Workhouse | Thetford, Norfolk | |
| Mary FULCHER | M | 45 | F | Officer | Matron Of Workhouse | Stoke Poges, Buckingham | |
| Elizabeth HUGHES | U | 33 | F | Officer | Schoolmistress | Llanarmon, Denbigh, Wales | |
| Ann Elizabeth HALE | U | 18 | F | Officer | Girls Industrial Teacher | Stoke Poges, Buckingham | |
| Mary Ann MOORE | W | 62 | F | Officer | Girls Nurse | Latchford, Cheshire | |
| Elijah SMITH | M | 61 | M | Officer | Porter | Highworth, Wiltshire | |
| Elizabeth THOMAS | W | 36 | F | Officer | Cook | Whixall, Shropshire | |
| Margaret SMITH | M | 56 | F | Officers Wife | Porters Wife | Selattyn, Shropshire | |
| Margaret Ann Lydia SMITH | U | 17 | F | Officers Daughter | Photographers Assistant | Oswestry, Shropshire | |
| Inmates | |||||||
| John ADAMS | U | 74 | M | Inmate | Farm Laborer | Oswestry, Shropshire | |
| Kate BARRATT | 11 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Kinnerley, Shropshire | ||
| Margaret BARRATT | M | 54 | F | Inmate | Cook Domestic Servant | West Felton, Shropshire | |
| William BARRATT | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Shrewsbury, Shropshire | ||
| Eliza BIRCH | W | 77 | F | Inmate | Kinnerley, Shropshire | ||
| John BLOSS | W | 53 | M | Inmate | Tailor | Woodbridge, Suffolk | |
| Arthur BOWLES | 3 | M | Inmate | Whitley, Worcester | |||
| Clara BOWLES | 7 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Whitley, Worcester | ||
| Edward BOWLES | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Brecon, Brecknock, Wales | ||
| Margaret BRASSGIRDLE | U | 17 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Oswestry, Shropshire | |
| Thomas BRASSGIRDLE | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Oswestry, Shropshire | ||
| John BREEZE | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Oswestry, Shropshire | ||
| William BROMLEY | U | 64 | M | Inmate | Butcher | Llanyblodwell, Shropshire | |
| Samuel BROWN | W | 91 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Kinnerley, Shropshire | |
| Richard BURKE | W | 87 | M | Inmate | Hawker Of Small Wares | Ireland | |
| John CASH | U | 20 | M | Inmate | Idiot | Chirk, Denbigh, Wales | |
| Louisa CASH | U | 61 | F | Inmate | Idiot | St Martins, Shropshire | |
| Billy CHETWOOD | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Ellesmere, Shropshire | ||
| Ellen CHETWOOD | 7 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Ellesmere, Shropshire | ||
| George Arthur CHETWOOD | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Ellesmere, Shropshire | ||
| Henry COBBE | M | 50 | M | Inmate | Groom Domestic Servant | Weston Under Lizard, Stafford | |
| Henry COBBE | 14 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Welshpool, Montgomery, Wales | ||
| James COBBE | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Welshpool, Montgomery, Wales | ||
| Ann DARCY | M | 76 | F | Inmate | Llansaintffraid, Montgomery, Wales | ||
| Charles DAVIES | M | 69 | M | Inmate | Tailor | Whittington, Shropshire | |
| David DAVIES | W | 77 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Oswestry, Shropshire | |
| Eliza Ann DAVIES | U | 16 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Trefonen, Shropshire | |
| Jane DAVIES | W | 88 | F | Inmate | Llanrhiadr, Denbigh, Wales | ||
| John DAVIES | W | 68 | M | Inmate | Millwright | Bolton, Lancashire | |
| James DERRICKS | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Oswestry, Shropshire | ||
| Sarah Jane DERRICKS | U | 13 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Oswestry, Shropshire | |
| Mary DICKENSON | W | 80 | F | Inmate | Ulverstone, Lancashire | ||
| Albert DICKIN | 4 | M | Inmate | Chirk, Denbigh, Wales | |||
| William Henry DICKIN | 6 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Chirk, Denbigh, Wales | ||
| Abraham EDWARDS | U | 67 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Lunatic | Whittington, Shropshire |
| Edward EDWARDS | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Oswestry, Shropshire | ||
| Hannah EDWARDS | W | 89 | F | Inmate | Selattyn, Shropshire | ||
| John EDWARDS | W | 63 | M | Inmate | Stonemason | Blind | Ruyron XI Towns, Shropshire |
| Margaret EDWARDS | U | 16 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Oswestry, Shropshire | |
| Thomas EDWARDS | W | 72 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Ruyton XI Towns, Shropshire | |
| David EVANS | W | 80 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | Llanfyllin, Montgomery, Wales | |
| Margaret EVANS | U | 45 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Llanyblodwell, Shropshire | |
| Mary Jane EVANS | U | 21 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | St Martins, Shropshire | |
| Robert EVANS | U | 69 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Trefonen, Shropshire | |
| Robert EVANS | W | 76 | M | Inmate | Laborer In Rocks | Blind | Llanyblodwell, Shropshire |
| Sarah EVANS | 1m | F | Inmate | Oswestry, Shropshire | |||
| Sarah EVANS | U | 63 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Kinnerley, Shropshire | |
| Jane Ann FEATHERSTONE | U | 33 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Liverpool, Lancashire | |
| Jane Ann FEATHERSTONE | 4 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Trefonen, Shropshire | ||
| Mary Augusta FFOULKES | M | 49 | F | Inmate | Labourers Wife | London, Middlesex | |
| Ann FRANCIS | U | 34 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Oswestry, Shropshire | |
| John FRANCIS | W | 74 | M | Inmate | Coal Miner | Trefonen, Shropshire | |
| John FRY | 7 | M | Inmate | Darlaston, Stafford | |||
| Mary FRY | M | 31 | F | Inmate | Wife Of General Laborer | Derby, Derby | |
| Samuel FRY | M | 37 | M | Inmate | General Laborer | Derby, Derby | |
| Thomas GLOVER | U | 78 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Kinnerley, Shropshire | |
| Elizabeth GORDON | W | 68 | F | Inmate | Formerly An Innkeeper | Lunatic | Oswestry, Shropshire |
| Andrew GRICE | W | 65 | M | Inmate | Paper Maker | Thrapston, Northampton | |
| Elizabeth GRIFFITHS | 13 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Ellesmere, Shropshire | ||
| John GRIFFITHS | U | 22 | M | Inmate | Blacksmith | Dudley, Stafford | |
| Thomas GRIFFITHS | U | 71 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Ruyton XI Towns, Shropshire | |
| William GRIFFITHS | W | 76 | M | Inmate | Farm Servant | Kinnerley, Shropshire | |
| Benjamin HARTSHORN | U | 47 | M | Inmate | Railway Laborer Tipper | Brecon, Brecknock, Wales | |
| George HEAD | W | 52 | M | Inmate | Butcher | Bridgnorth, Shropshire | |
| Mary Jane HEATH | 11 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Ellesmere, Shropshire | ||
| Hannah HILL | U | 19 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Oswestry, Shropshire | |
| Edward HODGKISS | W | 60 | M | Inmate | Coal Miner | St Martins, Shropshire | |
| Harriette HODGKISS | U | 24 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Wolverhampton, Stafford | |
| Charlotte HUGHES | W | 65 | F | Inmate | Kinnerley, Shropshire | ||
| Henry HUGHES | U | 21 | M | Inmate | Tailor | Llansilin, Denbigh, Wales | |
| Robert HUGHES | U | 63 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Oswestry, Shropshire | |
| Samuel HUGHES | M | 34 | M | Inmate | Book Binder | Berriew, Montgomery, Wales | |
| Thomas HUGHES | U | 70 | M | Inmate | Castrator | Selattyn, Shropshire | |
| William HUGHES | U | 70 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | West Felton, Shropshire | |
| Edward HUMPHREYS | 6 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Oswestry, Shropshire | ||
| Martha HUMPHREYS | 10 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Oswestry, Shropshire | ||
| Thomas HUMPHREYS | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Trefonen, Shropshire | ||
| William HUMPHREYS | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Trefonen, Shropshire | ||
| William HUMPHREYS | W | 65 | M | Inmate | Sawyer | Moreton, Shropshire | |
| William JOHNSON | U | 36 | M | Inmate | General Laborer | Northampton, Northampton | |
| Alfred JONES | 2 | M | Inmate | Oswestry, Shropshire | |||
| Charles JONES | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Ruyton XI Towns, Shropshire | ||
| David JONES | W | 77 | M | Inmate | Pavior (No Occ) | Oswestry, Shropshire | |
| Edward JONES | m | ||||||
| Edward JONES | 9m | M | Inmate | Oswestry, Shropshire | |||
| Edward JONES | M | 62 | M | Inmate | Drapers Assistant | Kinnerley, Shropshire | |
| Eliza JONES | W | 31 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Ruyton XI Towns, Shropshire | |
| Elizabeth JONES | 5 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Oswestry, Shropshire | ||
| Elizabeth JONES | U | 28 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Llanyblodwell, Shropshire | |
| Elizabeth JONES | U | 26 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Chirk, Denbigh, Wales | |
| Elizabeth JONES | U | 30 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Meifod, Montgomery, Wales | |
| Evan JONES | W | 68 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Oswestry, Shropshire | |
| Jane JONES | M | 71 | F | Inmate | Trefonen, Shropshire | ||
| John JONES | W | 60 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Llansilin, Denbigh, Wales | |
| John JONES | W | 66 | M | Inmate | Saddler | Oswestry, Shropshire | |
| John JONES | 4 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Baschurch, Shropshire | ||
| John JONES | 3 | M | Inmate | Llanfyllin, Montgomery, Wales | |||
| John JONES | W | 77 | M | Inmate | Slater | St Martins, Shropshire | |
| Letitia JONES | U | 17 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | St Martins, Shropshire | |
| Maria JONES | 4m | F | Inmate | Oswestry, Shropshire | |||
| Maria JONES | U | 70 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Oswestry, Shropshire | |
| Mary Ellen JONES | 11 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Oswestry, Shropshire | ||
| Matthew JONES | U | 63 | M | Inmate | Limestone Quarry Laborer | Llanyblodwell, Shropshire | |
| Miriam JONES | U | 42 | F | Inmate | Idiot | Llansilin, Denbigh, Wales | |
| Richard JONES | W | 66 | M | Inmate | Bricklayer | Oswestry, Shropshire | |
| Richard JONES | W | 81 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Llansilin, Denbigh, Wales | |
| Rosina JONES | 9 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Welshampton, Shropshire | ||
| Sarah JONES | W | 56 | F | Inmate | Lunatic | Dudleston, Shropshire | |
| Thomas JONES | W | 61 | M | Inmate | Coal Miner | St Martins, Shropshire | |
| William JONES | W | 63 | M | Inmate | Coal Miner | Whittington, Shropshire | |
| William JONES | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Oswestry, Shropshire | ||
| William JONES | 3 | M | Inmate | Oswestry, Shropshire | |||
| William KENDRICK | U | 75 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Oswestry, Shropshire | |
| Edward LEEKE | U | 63 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | Oswestry, Shropshire | |
| Thomas LEEKE | W | 68 | M | Inmate | Tailor | West Felton, Shropshire | |
| Edward LEWIS | 7 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Selattyn, Shropshire | ||
| Elizabeth LLOYD | W | 70 | F | Inmate | Staymaker | Wem, Shropshire | |
| Robert LLOYD | W | 76 | M | Inmate | Gardener Domestic Servant | Oswestry, Shropshire | |
| Jane LYNDUM | W | 84 | F | Inmate | Lunatic | Llanrhaiadr, Denbigh, Wales | |
| Edward MANNING | U | 43 | M | Inmate | Rag & Bone Collector | Imbecile | Ireland |
| John MCDONALD | W | 63 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Scotland | |
| Annie MINTON | 2 | F | Inmate | Oswestry, Shropshire | |||
| Elizabeth MORGAN | U | 54 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Kinnerley, Shropshire | |
| Martha Ann MORGAN | 11 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Chirk, Denbigh, Wales | ||
| Mary MORGAN | W | 47 | F | Inmate | Oswestry, Shropshire | ||
| Richard MORGAN | U | 54 | M | Inmate | Tailor | Whittington, Shropshire | |
| Edward MORRIS | U | 51 | M | Inmate | House Painter | Selattyn, Shropshire | |
| Enoch MORRIS | U | 64 | M | Inmate | Canal Boatman (Ind T) | St Martins, Shropshire | |
| John MORRIS | W | 68 | M | Inmate | Gardener Domestic Servant | St Martins, Shropshire | |
| Joseph MORRIS | U | 64 | M | Inmate | Coal Miner | Trefonen, Shropshire | |
| Mary MORRIS | W | 79 | F | Inmate | Llansilin, Denbigh, Wales | ||
| Mary MORRIS | W | 76 | F | Inmate | Llanyblodwell, Shropshire | ||
| Thomas MORRIS | U | 15 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Madeley, Shropshire | |
| William MORRIS | W | 65 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Leighton, Shropshire | |
| Elizabeth MYATT | U | 40 | F | Inmate | Idiot | Whittington, Shropshire | |
| Fanny OAKLEY | U | 27 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Manchester, Lancashire | |
| Thomas OAKLEY | M | 80 | M | Inmate | Blacksmith | Shrewsbury, Shropshire | |
| Thomas OLIVER | U | 66 | M | Inmate | Carpenter | Goodwood, Sussex | |
| Gwen OWEN | 12 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Llansilin, Denbigh, Wales | ||
| John OWEN | U | 26 | M | Inmate | Imbecile | Oswestry, Shropshire | |
| Thomas OWEN | W | 62 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | Llanfyllin, Montgomery, Wales | |
| David OWENS | M | 60 | M | Inmate | House Painter | Llanfyllin, Montgomery, Wales | |
| Alfred PARKER | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Ellesmere, Shropshire | ||
| Jane PARKER | 9 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Wrexham, Denbigh, Wales | ||
| George PARRY | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Wem, Shropshire | ||
| Walter PEATE | 7 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Ellesmere, Shropshire | ||
| Charles PERKINS | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Hengoed, Shropshire | ||
| David PERKINS | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Hengoed, Shropshire | ||
| Robert PERKINS | 7 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Hengoed, Shropshire | ||
| Ann PHILLIPS | 7 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Oswestry, Shropshire | ||
| Emma PHILLIPS | 12 | F | Inmate | Scholar | St Martins, Shropshire | ||
| Margaret PHILLIPS | U | 38 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Chirk, Denbigh, Wales | |
| Thomas PHILLIPS | U | 70 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Blind | Ardleen, Montgomery, Wales |
| Ernest PIEVOR | 7 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Liverpool, Lancashire | ||
| Rebekah Ann PIKE | M | 29 | F | Inmate | Bricklayers Laborers Wife | Wem, Shropshire | |
| William PIKE | 4m | M | Inmate | Oswestry, Shropshire | |||
| William PIKE | m | ||||||
| Edward POLLETT | 6 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Ellesmere, Shropshire | ||
| Agnes POWELL | 7 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Ellesmere, Shropshire | ||
| John POWELL | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Ellesmere, Shropshire | ||
| John PRICE | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Cefn, Denbigh, Wales | ||
| Richard PRICE | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Oswestry, Shropshire | ||
| Alfred PRITCHARD | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Oswestry, Shropshire | ||
| John PRITCHARD | W | 60 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Whittington, Shropshire | |
| William PRITCHARD | U | 65 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Llandisilio, Montgomery, Wales | |
| James PROBERT | 5 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Oswestry, Shropshire | ||
| William PRODGER | M | 54 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Llansaintffraid, Montgomery, Wales | |
| Robert RANDLES | U | 75 | M | Inmate | Excavator | Selattyn, Shropshire | |
| Hannah REEVES | U | 23 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Kinnerley, Shropshire | |
| William REEVES | m | ||||||
| William REEVES | 1 | M | Inmate | Oswestry, Shropshire | |||
| Jane RICHARDS | W | 69 | F | Inmate | Oswestry, Shropshire | ||
| Peter RILEY | U | 38 | M | Inmate | Boiler Maker | Chester, Cheshire | |
| David ROBERTS | W | 54 | M | Inmate | Nail Maker | Llangollen, Denbigh, Wales | |
| Edward ROBERTS | U | 51 | M | Inmate | Coal Miner | Chirk, Denbigh, Wales | |
| Evan ROBERTS | U | 48 | M | Inmate | Plasterers Laborer | Ruabon, Denbigh, Wales | |
| John ROBERTS | U | 59 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Oswestry, Shropshire | |
| Robert ROBERTS | W | 64 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer | Ruthin, Denbigh, Wales | |
| William ROBERTS | U | 46 | M | Inmate | Coachman Domestic Servant | West Felton, Shropshire | |
| Ann ROGERS | U | 54 | F | Inmate | Idiot | Oswestry, Shropshire | |
| William ROGERS | U | 44 | M | Inmate | Stone Masons Laborer | Imbecile | Trefonen, Shropshire |
| Mary Elizabeth RUSCOE | U | 53 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | West Felton, Shropshire | |
| Richard RUSSELL | 73 | M | Inmate | Coachbuilder Wheeler (No Occ) | Ireland | ||
| George SCHOFIELD | U | 27 | M | Inmate | Coal Miner | Hurst, Lancashire | |
| Henry SMITH | U | 53 | M | Inmate | Excavator | (Naturalized British Subject), Germany | |
| John STOCKER | U | 72 | M | Inmate | Groom Domestic Servant | Chirk, Denbigh, Wales | |
| Mary Eliza STOKES | 12 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Oswestry, Shropshire | ||
| Hannah STONE | U | 28 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Shottisham, Norfolk | |
| John SUMMERFIELD | U | 26 | M | Inmate | Bricklayers Laborer | Oswestry, Shropshire | |
| Fanny THOMAS | 9 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Oswestry, Shropshire | ||
| Frederick THOMAS | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Hordley, Shropshire | ||
| Henry THOMAS | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Ellesmere, Shropshire | ||
| Margaret THOMAS | U | 78 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Guilsfield, Montgomery, Wales | |
| Maria THOMAS | W | 70 | F | Inmate | Oswestry, Shropshire | ||
| Thomas THOMAS | W | 83 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | Oswestry, Shropshire | |
| William THOMAS | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Ellesmere, Shropshire | ||
| Rebekah TUCKER | M | 66 | F | Inmate | Bristol, Gloucester | ||
| John TURNER | U | 54 | M | Inmate | Tanner | Bramley, Surrey | |
| Margaret TURNER | W | 89 | F | Inmate | Meifod, Montgomery, Wales | ||
| Richard VAUGHAN | W | 88 | M | Inmate | Sawyer | Llanrhaiadr, Montgomery, Wales | |
| Evan WILLIAMS | U | 72 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Laborer (No Occ) | Llansilin, Denbigh, Wales | |
| Thomas WILLIAMS | W | 80 | M | Inmate | Sawyer | Llandisilio, Montgomery, Wales | |
| William WILLIAMS | 7 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Ellesmere, Shropshire | ||
| Thomas WILSON | U | 36 | M | Inmate | General Laborer | Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland | |
| Alice WOODS | 7 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Ellesmere, Shropshire | ||
| Sarah WOODS | 9 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Ellesmere, Shropshire |
Total residents: 215
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