1881 Census: Residents of Penrith Union Workhouse
| Name | Mar | Age | Sex | Relation | Occupation | Handicap | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | |||||||
| Richard BANNISTER | W | 65 | M | Master | Master Of Workhouse (Muni) | Lancaster St Andrews, Lancashire | |
| Ann CRAYSTON | U | 53 | F | Matron | Matron Of Workhouse | Witherslack, Westmorland | |
| Sarah Ann PEARSON | U | 31 | F | Assist Matron | Assist Matron Of Workhouse | Carlisle, Cumberland | |
| Ann FARRER | U | 42 | F | Teacher | Teacher (School) Of Workhouse | Crosby Ravensworth, Westmorland | |
| James BELL | M | 59 | M | Porter | Porter Of Workhouse (Muni) | Penrith, Cumberland | |
| Inmates | |||||||
| Jane ABDELL | W | 63 | F | Pauper | Penrith, Cumberland | ||
| William ASKEW | U | 83 | M | Pauper | Formerly Hairdresser | Penrith, Cumberland | |
| Elizabeth ATKINSON | U | 32 | F | Pauper | Little Salkeld, Cumberland | ||
| Thomas ATKINSON | W | 65 | M | Pauper | Formerly Groom | Penrith, Cumberland | |
| John BALMER | U | 13 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Penrith, Cumberland | |
| Jane BARNES | W | 75 | F | Pauper | Hayton, Cumberland | ||
| Sarah BAXTER | W | 70 | F | Pauper | Penrith, Cumberland | ||
| Frances BELL | U | 57 | F | Pauper | Mosedale, Cumberland | ||
| Jane BELL | U | 33 | F | Pauper | Threlkeld, Cumberland | ||
| Sarah BELL | U | 49 | F | Pauper | Penrith, Cumberland | ||
| Edward BILSTON | W | 68 | M | Vagrant | Tailor | Leicester, Leicester | |
| Robert BIRD | U | 20 | M | Vagrant | Labourer | Southampton, Hampshire | |
| Thomas BLACKETT | U | 11 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Penrith, Cumberland | |
| Peter BURNS | U | 86 | M | Pauper | Farm Labourer | Scotland | |
| Thomas J. BURROW | U | 11 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Hesket, Cumberland | |
| Margaret CAMPBELL | W | 68 | F | Pauper | Ireland | ||
| Mary CAMPBELL | U | 14 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Penrith, Cumberland | |
| Jane A. CLARK | U | 2 | F | Pauper | Penrith, Cumberland | ||
| Margaret CLARK | U | 5 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Penrith, Cumberland | |
| Sarah CLARK | U | 28 | F | Pauper | Penrith, Cumberland | ||
| John COX | U | 37 | M | Vagrant | Labourer | Willington, Shropshire | |
| Thomas CRELLIN | U | 65 | M | Pauper | Farm Labourer | Hackthorpe, Westmorland | |
| John CROSBY | M | 52 | M | Pauper | Farm Servant | Newby, Westmorland | |
| John CROSBY | U | 14 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Penrith, Cumberland | |
| William CROSBY | U | 11 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Penrith, Cumberland | |
| George DAVIDSON | M | 64 | M | Pauper | Farm Servant | Scotland | |
| Jane DAVIDSON | M | 64 | F | Pauper | Brampton, Cumberland | ||
| Thomas DENT | U | 62 | M | Pauper | Farm Servant | Shap, Westmorland | |
| William DIXON | U | 14 | M | Pauper | Farm Servant | Penrith, Cumberland | |
| Hannah DODD | U | 4 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Langwathby, Cumberland | |
| John DODD | U | 67 | M | Pauper | Saddler | Penrith, Cumberland | |
| Margaret DODD | U | 8 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Langwathby, Cumberland | |
| George DOUGLAS | U | 36 | M | Pauper | Penrith, Cumberland | ||
| William EDMONDSON | U | 77 | M | Pauper | Formerly Joiner | Watermillock, Cumberland | |
| Mary ELLIOTT | W | 52 | F | Pauper | Hesket In Forest, Cumberland | ||
| George FALLOWFIELD | U | 10 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Penrith, Cumberland | |
| Margaret FALLOWFIELD | U | 6 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Penrith, Cumberland | |
| Thomas FALLOWFIELD | U | 8 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Penrith, Cumberland | |
| Mary J. FAWCETT | U | 4 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Penrith, Cumberland | |
| John FOSTER | U | 67 | M | Pauper | Labourer | Watermillock, Cumberland | |
| George GORDON | U | 11 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Skelton, Cumberland | |
| William GORDON | U | 9 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Skelton, Cumberland | |
| Robert GOULDING | U | 64 | M | Pauper | Farm Labourer | Culgaith, Cumberland | |
| William GREENHALL | U | 50 | M | Pauper | Greystoke, Cumberland | ||
| William GRISEDALE | W | 81 | M | Pauper | Joiner | Lancaster, Lancashire | |
| Jane HARRISON | U | 42 | F | Pauper | Penrith, Cumberland | ||
| Sarah E. HARRISON | U | 12 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Penrith, Cumberland | |
| Richard HARTLEY | U | 23 | M | Pauper | Penrith, Cumberland | ||
| Robert HEAFF | U | 37 | M | Vagrant | Labourer | Keighley, York | |
| Edward HILL | U | 72 | M | Pauper | Gardener (N D) | Bolton, Lancashire | |
| John HODGSON | U | 80 | M | Pauper | Farm Labourer | Orton, Westmorland | |
| Margaret HODGSON | M | 66 | F | Pauper | Gt Salkeld, Cumberland | ||
| Frances HOPE | U | 27 | F | Pauper | Domestic Servant | Armathwaite, Cumberland | |
| John P. HOSSA | U | 7 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Carlisle, Cumberland | |
| William HOSSA | U | 5 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Carlisle, Cumberland | |
| John IVISON | U | 59 | M | Pauper | Carter | Plumpton, Cumberland | |
| Jane JAKSON | W | 60 | F | Pauper | Penrith, Cumberland | ||
| Robert JONES | U | 40 | M | Vagrant | Labourer | Leeds, York | |
| Edith JORDAN | U | 10 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Penrith, Cumberland | |
| Ellen JORDAN | U | 6 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Penrith, Cumberland | |
| Esther JORDAN | M | 30 | F | Pauper | Penrith, Cumberland | ||
| Jonathan KING | U | 41 | M | Pauper | Nailmaker | Haltwhistle, Cumberland | |
| John KIRKPATRICK | U | 66 | M | Pauper | Labourer | Penrith, Cumberland | |
| John LAITHES | W | 75 | M | Pauper | Shoemaker | Brampton, Cumberland | |
| James LAWSON | U | 31 | M | Pauper | Bricklayer | Scotland | |
| Elizabeth LINCOLN | U | 8 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Penrith, Cumberland | |
| Margaret LINCOLN | M | 37 | F | Pauper | Ireland | ||
| Jane LITTLE | U | 2 | F | Pauper | Newton, Cumberland | ||
| Joseph LITTLE | U | 4 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Newton, Cumberland | |
| Pearson LITTLE | U | 5 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Newton, Cumberland | |
| Sarah LITTLE | U | 1 | F | Pauper | Newton, Cumberland | ||
| John LONG | U | 51 | M | Pauper | Farm Labourer | Skelton, Cumberland | |
| Lancelot LOY | U | 76 | M | Pauper | Saddler | Dufton, Westmorland | |
| David LUME | M | 52 | M | Vagrant | Labourer | Liverpool, Lancashire | |
| Thomas MATTINSON | U | 7 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Penrith, Cumberland | |
| James MCGARR | U | 52 | M | Pauper | Labourer | Penrith, Cumberland | |
| John MILLINGHAM | U | 8 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Penrith, Cumberland | |
| Jonathan MORRISON | W | 75 | M | Pauper | Farm Labourer | Dalston, Cumberland | |
| William MURPHY | U | 12 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Penrith, Cumberland | |
| Andrew NICHOLSON | U | 55 | M | Pauper | Farm Labourer | Castlesowerby, Cumberland | |
| Thomas NICHOLSON | U | 60 | M | Pauper | Shoemaker | Gt Salkeld, Cumberland | |
| William NICHOLSON | U | 70 | M | Pauper | Clogger (M F) | Skelton, Cumberland | |
| Frances OUSBY | U | 56 | F | Pauper | Hesket, Cumberland | ||
| Thomas PARKER | U | 55 | M | Pauper | Ainstable St Andrews, Cumberland | ||
| John PATRICKSON | U | 79 | M | Pauper | Labourer | Penrith, Cumberland | |
| George PEARSON | W | 61 | M | Pauper | Farm Labourer | Tirril, Westmorland | |
| George PORTHOUSE | U | 21 | M | Vagrant | Gardener N D | Rowcliff, Cumberland | |
| John QUIN | U | 20 | M | Vagrant | Labourer | Ireland | |
| John RELPH | U | 50 | M | Pauper | Penrith, Cumberland | ||
| Ann ROBINSON | U | 33 | F | Pauper | Domestic Servant | Sowerby Row, Cumberland | |
| John ROBINSON | M | 57 | M | Pauper | Farm Labourer | Skelton, Cumberland | |
| Hannah ROGERSON | U | 53 | F | Pauper | Greystoke, Cumberland | ||
| John ROUTLEDGE | U | 68 | M | Pauper | Butcher | Penrith, Cumberland | |
| Joseph RUDD | U | 48 | M | Pauper | Farm Servant | Glassonby, Cumberland | |
| Robert SCOTT | U | 13 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Penrith, Cumberland | |
| Henry SHANNON | M | 57 | M | Pauper | Ireland | ||
| William SIMPSON | U | 14 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Penrith, Cumberland | |
| Jane SMITH | W | 71 | F | Pauper | Penrith, Cumberland | ||
| Samuel SOWERBY | U | 29 | M | Pauper | Penrith, Cumberland | ||
| Robert STALKER | U | 41 | M | Pauper | Cooper | Penrith, Cumberland | |
| James STEEL | U | 33 | M | Vagrant | Labourer | Manchester, Lancashire | |
| Robert STEWARDSON | U | 49 | M | Pauper | Shoemaker | Penrith, Cumberland | |
| William THOMPSON | U | 23 | M | Pauper | Dacre, Cumberland | ||
| Ann TODD | U | 60 | F | Pauper | Domestic Servant | Rylands, Cumberland | |
| Isaac TODD | U | 70 | M | Pauper | Gardener (No Oc) | Lunatic | Penrith, Cumberland |
| Isaac TURNER | W | 72 | M | Pauper | Labourer | Skelton, Cumberland | |
| Isaac VARTY | U | 58 | M | Pauper | Carter | Penrith, Cumberland | |
| William VEITCH | U | 68 | M | Pauper | Clogger (M) | Penrith, Cumberland | |
| Sarah VICKERS | W | 74 | F | Pauper | Penrith, Cumberland | ||
| John L. WATSON | U | 4 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Penrith, Cumberland | |
| Mary J. WATSON | U | 9 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Penrith, Cumberland | |
| Thomas WATSON | U | 11 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Penrith, Cumberland | |
| William WATSON | U | 10 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Skirwith, Cumberland | |
| Christiania WATTS | W | 39 | F | Pauper | Penrith, Cumberland | ||
| William WAUGH | U | 86 | M | Pauper | Horse Breaker | Scotland | |
| Charles WHITE | W | 61 | M | Vagrant | Painter | London, Middlesex | |
| Thomas J. WHITE | U | 10 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Penrith, Cumberland | |
| Isabella WILKINSON | U | 26 | F | Pauper | Penrith, Cumberland | ||
| Joseph WOODHOUSE | U | 68 | M | Pauper | Farm Labourer | Ive Gill, Cumberland | |
| Mary WORKMAN | U | 37 | F | Pauper | Greystoke, Cumberland |
Total residents: 125
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