1881 Census: Residents of Peterborough Union Workhouse
| Name | Mar | Age | Sex | Relation | Occupation | Handicap | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | |||||||
| Edwd. Briggs POPPLEWORTH | M | 45 | M | Officer | Master Of Workhouse | Bradford, York | |
| Esther Mary POPPLEWORTH | M | 44 | F | Officer | Matron Of Workhouse | Cotmanbay, Derby | |
| Richard LYLE | M | 27 | M | Officer | Schoolmaster Of Workhouse | Illogan, Cornwall | |
| ? LYLE | M | 26 | F | Officer | Schoolmistress Of Workhouse | Witheriole, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland | |
| Hanah LAWS | U | 55 | F | Officer | Nurse Of Workhouse | Welney, Norfolk | |
| Henry ENGLAND | U | 66 | M | Officer | Nurse Of Workhouse | Crowland, Lincoln | |
| William DRAGE | W | 41 | M | Officer | Porter Of Workhouse | Peterboro, Northampton | |
| Inmates | |||||||
| Charles ADAMS | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Peterboro, Northampton | ||
| Gertrude ADAMS | 7 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Peterboro, Northampton | ||
| William ADAMS | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Peterboro, Northampton | ||
| Edward ALLEN | 6 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Peterboro, Northampton | ||
| William ALLEN | W | 82 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Labourer | Orton Waterville, Huntingdon | |
| John ARNOLD | U | 66 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Labourer | Wingrave, Buckingham | |
| John ASPITLE | W | 80 | M | Inmate | Matmaker | Oundle, Northampton | |
| Edgar BAINES | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Spalding, Lincoln | ||
| Thomas BAINES | W | 65 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Labourer | Thorney, Cambridge | |
| William BARREN | W | 71 | M | Inmate | Joiner | Thorney, Cambridge | |
| Sarah BASLEY | 6 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Peterboro, Northampton | ||
| Ann BATES | W | 70 | F | Inmate | |||
| Lucy BAXTER | U | 67 | F | Inmate | Field Work | Haddon, Huntingdon | |
| Emily Jane BEASLY | 9 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Peterboro, Northampton | ||
| William BECK | W | 71 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Labourer | Thorney, Cambridge | |
| James BEEBY | W | 59 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Labourer | Farcet, Huntingdon | |
| Robert BEULTHAPE | U | 43 | M | Inmate | Imbecile | Peterboro, Northampton | |
| William BIGLEY | U | 65 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Labourer | Dowsdale, Lincoln | |
| Alfred BOND | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Peterboro, Northampton | ||
| Elizabeth BOND | 4 | F | Inmate | Peterboro, Northampton | |||
| Joseph BOTTOMLEY | M | 71 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Labourer | Peterboro, Northampton | |
| Mary Ann BOTTOMLEY | 7 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Peterboro, Northampton | ||
| James BOWKER | U | 56 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Labourer | Walton, Northampton | |
| William BOWLING | W | 82 | M | Inmate | Westerman | Stanground, Huntingdon | |
| Isaac BRAY | W | 74 | M | Inmate | Cabinet Maker | Coster (?), Cambridge | |
| Letitia BRIGHAM | U | 45 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Deeping Gate | |
| Samuel BRITTAIN | U | 70 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Labourer | Blind | Whittlesey, Cambridge |
| John BRYANT | U | 45 | M | Inmate | Imbecile | Stanground, Huntingdon | |
| Robert BUSBY | U | 23 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Labourer | Folksworth, Huntingdon | |
| James CHAMBERS | U | 65 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Labourer | Crowland, Lincoln | |
| William CHAMBERS | W | 65 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Labourer | Wisbech, Cambridge | |
| John CHRISTIAN | U | 65 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Labourer | Empingham, Rutland | |
| Disie CLARIDGE | U | 62 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Labourer | St Neots, Huntingdon | |
| Elizabeth CLARK | W | 62 | F | Inmate | Dressmaker | Peterboro, Northampton | |
| John CLARKE | U | 21 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Labourer | Newboro, Northampton | |
| Stanley COATEN | U | 67 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Labourer | Helpstone, Northampton | |
| Sarah COKER | W | 78 | F | Inmate | March, Cambridge | ||
| Ann COLE | U | 42 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Woodstone, Huntingdon | |
| William COLE | U | 43 | M | Inmate | Imbecile | Eye, Northampton | |
| James COLLINS | 1m | M | Inmate | Peterboro, Northampton | |||
| Rebecca CORPE | U | 50 | F | Inmate | Field Work | Peterboro, Northampton | |
| Jane COX | U | 40 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Fletton, Huntingdon | |
| Benjamin CROWSON | W | 71 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Labourer | Werrington, Northampton | |
| George CUE | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Peterboro, Northampton | ||
| Benjamin CUNNINGTON | U | 45 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Labourer | Chesterton, Huntingdon | |
| Joseph CUR | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Northboro, Northampton | ||
| Henry DAVIES | U | 48 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Labourer Chelsea Pensioner | Peterboro, Northampton | |
| William DAVIES | U | 32 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Labourer | London, Middlesex | |
| James DAY | W | 91 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Labourer | Whittlesey, Cambridge | |
| Ada DOUGHTY | 6 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Peterboro, Northampton | ||
| Albert DOUGHTY | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Peterboro, Northampton | ||
| Ernest DOUGHTY | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Peterboro, Northampton | ||
| Herbert DOUGHTY | 7 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Peterboro, Northampton | ||
| James DOUGHTY | 2 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Peterboro, Northampton | ||
| Ann DREWS | U | 23 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Peterboro, Northampton | |
| William EATON | W | 60 | M | Inmate | Lawyers Clerk | Beverley, York | |
| Mary Ann EGGLESFIELD | 11 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Peterboro, Northampton | ||
| Daniel ELDRED | U | 69 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Labourer | Peterboro, Northampton | |
| Eliza ENGLISH | U | 29 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Peterboro, Northampton | |
| Alice FISH | U | 24 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Werrington, Northampton | |
| Ayer FLETCHER | 6 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Peterboro, Northampton | ||
| William FLETCHER | 7 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Peterboro, Northampton | ||
| Frederick FLODING | U | 61 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Labourer | London, Middlesex | |
| Ann FORTH | M | 93 | F | Inmate | |||
| Mary FOSTER | U | 21 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Crowland, Lincoln | |
| Richard FREEMAN | U | 81 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Labourer | Orton Warterville, Huntingdon | |
| Susan GALE | U | 27 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Haddon, Huntingdon | |
| William GANSBY | U | 71 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Labourer | Farcet, Huntingdon | |
| Samuel GIBBS | U | 43 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Labourer | Offord, Huntingdon | |
| Jane GLEDHILL | U | 18 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Peterboro, Northampton | |
| Robert GOLDSMITH | U | 50 | M | Inmate | Stroke From Birth | Peterboro, Northampton | |
| Marth GOODMAN | 5 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Peterboro, Northampton | ||
| Rebecca GOODMAN | 14 | F | Inmate | Scholar | |||
| Lucy GORDON | 10 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Peterboro, Northampton | ||
| Emma GOUDE | 8 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Peakirk, Northampton | ||
| Isabella GOUDE | 11 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Peakirk, Northampton | ||
| Abraham GOWLER | W | 61 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Labourer | Thorney, Cambridge | |
| Joseph GRAY | W | 80 | M | Inmate | Shepherd | Islip, Northampton | |
| George GUY | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Peterboro, Northampton | ||
| Sarah Jane HADDON | 5 | F | Inmate | Peterboro, Northampton | |||
| Sarah Ann HADDON | U | 23 | F | Inmate | Field Work | Water Newton, Huntingdon | |
| Jestina HAICHCLIFFE | U | 14 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Peterboro, Northampton | |
| William HAICHCLIFFE | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Peterboro, Northampton | ||
| John HALES | U | 47 | M | Inmate | Imbecile | Eye, Northampton | |
| Thomas HALES | W | 69 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Labourer | Whittlesey, Cambridge | |
| Annie HALL | 6 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Farcet, Huntingdon | ||
| Sarah HARBORN | U | 22 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Peterboro, Northampton | |
| John Wilford HARBOUR | 1 | M | Inmate | Peterboro, Northampton | |||
| Mary HARDWICK | U | 18 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Taunton, Somerset | |
| Robert HARDY | W | 67 | M | Inmate | Malster | N K, Ireland | |
| George HARRIS | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Peterboro, Northampton | ||
| William HART | U | 69 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Labourer | Radcorle (?), Bedford | |
| Richard HEAL | W | 70 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Labourer | Eye, Northampton | |
| Elizabeth HENSON | 13 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Godmanchester, Huntingdon | ||
| Susan HENSON | 8 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Peterboro, Northampton | ||
| William HENSON | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Godmanchester, Huntingdon | ||
| William HERMESLEY | W | 81 | M | Inmate | Tailor | Peterboro, Northampton | |
| Thomas HOCKLEY | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Peterboro, Northampton | ||
| George HOLLAND | 7 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Crowland, Lincoln | ||
| John HOLLOWAY | W | 85 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Labourer | Whittlesey, Cambridge | |
| John HOWES | W | 77 | M | Inmate | Gardener | Elton, Huntingdon | |
| Mary IRESON | U | 30 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Alwalton, Huntingdon | |
| Jane JACKSON | W | 69 | F | Inmate | Field Work | St Ives, Huntingdon | |
| Matthew JACKSON | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Peterboro, Northampton | ||
| Alice JOHNSON | 7 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Peterboro, Northampton | ||
| Annie JOHNSON | 9m | F | Inmate | Peterboro, Northampton | |||
| Susan JOHNSON | M | 28 | F | Inmate | Field Work | Peterboro, Northampton | |
| Thomas JOHNSON | U | 48 | M | Inmate | Imbecile | Boro Fen, Northampton | |
| Thomas JOHNSON | M | 33 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Labourer | Leverton, Cambridge | |
| Charlotte KELLEY | U | 16 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Peterboro, Northampton | |
| Fanny KEMP | U | 20 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Bedford, Bedford | |
| Stephen KEMSHED | W | 77 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Labourer | Haddon, Huntingdon | |
| William KETTLE | M | 81 | M | Inmate | Joiner | Northboro, Northampton | |
| John KIRBY | M | 67 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Labourer | Littleport, Cambridge | |
| William KNIGHTON | U | 45 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | Glatton, Huntingdon | |
| Ann LAWRENCE | W | 73 | F | Inmate | Yaxley, Huntingdon | ||
| Elizabeth LAYTON | U | 57 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Thorpe, Northampton | |
| John LEACH | U | 29 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Labourer | Peterboro, Northampton | |
| William LEMON | U | 65 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Labourer | Northboro, Northampton | |
| John LILLEY | 14 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Helpstone, Northampton | ||
| John MADDEN | U | 60 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Labourer Pensioner | Galway, Ireland | |
| Rose MAIOR | 9 | F | Inmate | Scholar | London, Middlesex | ||
| Thomas MEADOWS | W | 85 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Labourer | Werrington, Northampton | |
| Jane MITCHELL | U | 34 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Crowland, Lincoln | |
| Samuel MORRIS | W | 67 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Labourer | Cotterstock, Northampton | |
| Michael MURPHY | W | 70 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Labourer | Dublin, Ireland | |
| Martha NESON | 1 | F | Inmate | Peterboro, Northampton | |||
| George PACEY | 4 | M | Inmate | Peterboro, Northampton | |||
| Emma PAGE | W | 56 | F | Inmate | Hawker | London, Middlesex | |
| John PALMER | W | 67 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Labourer | Yaxley, Huntingdon | |
| Charlotte PATSON | U | 25 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Eye, Northampton | |
| Ann PEACH | W | 60 | F | Inmate | Field Work | Thorney, Cambridge | |
| Ann PERKINS | U | 54 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Yaxley, Huntingdon | |
| John PETCHEY | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Peterboro, Northampton | ||
| Joseph PRIDMORE | U | 18 | M | Inmate | (Paralised 8 Years) | Yaxley, Huntingdon | |
| Eliza RAWLINSON | 8 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Werrington, Northampton | ||
| Howard RAWLINSON | 9m | M | Inmate | Peterboro, Northampton | |||
| John Edwd. RAWLINSON | 4 | M | Inmate | Eston, York | |||
| Sarah RAWLINSON | 6 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Doncaster, York | ||
| Sarah RIPPIN | W | 55 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Peterboro, Northampton | |
| Arthur ROBINSON | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Fletton, Huntingdon | ||
| Frederick ROBINSON | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Peterboro, Northampton | ||
| Thomas ROBINSON | W | 55 | M | Inmate | Drover | Over, Cambridge | |
| Jane ROWLINSON | M | 32 | F | Inmate | Dressmaker | Werrington, Northampton | |
| Charlotte SCULTHORPE | W | 70 | F | Inmate | Fletton, Huntingdon | ||
| Robert SEWELL | U | 36 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Labourer | Peterboro, Northampton | |
| Thomas SEWELL | W | 60 | M | Inmate | Miller (Corn) | Oakham, Rutland | |
| George SHARMAN | M | 62 | M | Inmate | Joiner | Huntingdon, Huntingdon | |
| Harrold SHARMAN | 2 | M | Inmate | Yaxley, Huntingdon | |||
| Herbert SHARMAN | 3 | M | Inmate | Yaxley, Huntingdon | |||
| Lucy SHAW | U | 54 | F | Inmate | Field Work | Peterboro, Northampton | |
| Thomas SIMMONS | W | 71 | M | Inmate | Joiner | March, Cambridge | |
| Rebecca SIMPSON | M | 58 | F | Inmate | Field Work | Crowland, Lincoln | |
| William SIMPSON | U | 22 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Labourer | Crowland, Lincoln | |
| Elizabeth SMEDLEY | 9 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Peterboro, Northampton | ||
| Henry SMEDLEY | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Peterboro, Northampton | ||
| William SMIDLEY | 6 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Peterboro, Northampton | ||
| Patience SMITH | W | 83 | F | Inmate | Hawker | Weldon, Bedford | |
| James SOUTHWELL | U | 53 | M | Inmate | Imbecile | Peterboro, Northampton | |
| Ann SPIERS | M | 45 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Peterboro, Northampton | |
| John SPRIGGS | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Stanground, Huntingdon | ||
| John STACEY | U | 66 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Labourer | Peterboro, Northampton | |
| William STACEY | W | 81 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Labourer | St Ives, Huntingdon | |
| Fanny STEELS | 11m | F | Inmate | Peterboro, Northampton | |||
| Isabella STEELS | 4 | F | Inmate | Peterboro, Northampton | |||
| Jane Elizth. STEELS | 12 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Peterboro, Northampton | ||
| Martha STEELS | 7 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Peterboro, Northampton | ||
| Mary STEELS | 11m | F | Inmate | Peterboro, Northampton | |||
| Sarah STEELS | M | 33 | F | Inmate | Field Work | Crowland, Lincoln | |
| Ann STOCKS | W | 91 | F | Inmate | Peterboro, Northampton | ||
| Thomas STOREY | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Stilton, Huntingdon | ||
| Sarah THOMAS | U | 63 | F | Inmate | Field Work | Peterboro, Northampton | |
| Carry TOWNSEND | U | 17 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Marholm, Northampton | |
| Frances TOWNSHEND | W | 76 | F | Inmate | Castor, Northampton | ||
| Fanny WAIGHT | U | 52 | F | Inmate | Field Work | Crowland, Lincoln | |
| William WAKEFIELD | U | 84 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | Peterboro, Northampton | |
| Emma WALKER | U | 17 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Peterboro, Northampton | |
| William WALTHAM | U | 55 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Labourer Pensioner Chelsea | Peterboro, Northampton | |
| Edward WARD | 6 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Middlesboro, York | ||
| Elizabeth WARD | 8 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Peterboro, Northampton | ||
| George WARD | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Carlton, York | ||
| Harriet WARD | 8m | F | Inmate | Peterboro, Northampton | |||
| Jane WARD | M | 38 | F | Inmate | Field Work (Ag Lab) | Crowland, Lincoln | |
| William WARD | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Holmfirth, York | ||
| William WARRICKER | W | 61 | M | Inmate | Joiner | Orton Waterville, Huntingdon | |
| Kate WELLS | 12 | F | Inmate | Scholar | |||
| John William WHITE | U | 24 | M | Inmate | Tailor | Peterboro, Northampton | |
| William WHITE | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Peterboro, Northampton | ||
| Alexander WILKINSON | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Chesterton, Huntingdon | ||
| Charlotte WILKINSON | 8 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Chesterton, Huntingdon | ||
| John WILKINSON | M | 44 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Labourer | Newton, Lincoln | |
| Edward WOODWARD | W | 70 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Labourer | Maxey, Northampton | |
| Jonathan WYKES | U | 60 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Labourer | Peterboro, Northampton |
Total residents: 200
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