1881 Census: Residents of Plomesgate Union Workhouse
| Name | Mar | Age | Sex | Relation | Occupation | Handicap | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | |||||||
| George MASON | M | 54 | M | Head | Master Of Workhouse | Fakenham, Norfolk | |
| Anne MASON | M | 55 | F | Wife | Matron Of Workhouse | Dereham, Norfolk | |
| George E. MASON | U | 17 | M | Son | Bankers Clerk | Wickham Mkt, Suffolk | |
| Charlotte TAYLOR | U | 29 | F | Officer | Schoolmistress In Workhouse | Lowestoft, Suffolk | |
| Thos.M. EADE | M | 63 | M | Officer | Porter In Workhouse | Peasenhall, Suffolk | |
| Mary A. SCOTCHMER | W | 45 | F | Officer | Nurse In Workhouse | Woolpit, Suffolk | |
| Ann PAXMAN | U | 48 | F | Servant | Cook In Workhouse | Friston, Suffolk | |
| Inmates | |||||||
| Sarah BALDRY | U | 70 | F | Inmate | No Occupation | Wickham Mkt, Suffolk | |
| Mary BLOIS | W | 63 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | ||
| Susan BRIGHTWELL | U | 70 | F | Inmate | No Occupation | Eyke, Suffolk | |
| John BROWN | U | 55 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Earlsham, Suffolk | |
| John BROWN | U | 77 | M | Inmate | Formerly Farm Labourer | Sudbourne, Suffolk | |
| Rebecca BUCKLES | U | 17 | F | Inmate | No Occupation | Campsey Ash, Suffolk | |
| William BURLEIGH | U | 65 | M | Inmate | No Occupation | Saxmundham, Suffolk | |
| Alfred BUTCHER | U | 8 | M | Inmate | No Occupation | Framlingham, Suffolk | |
| Sophia CARMAN | U | 34 | F | Inmate | No Occupation | Wickham Mkt, Suffolk | |
| Elizabeth CHATTON | U | 11 | F | Inmate | No Occupation | Snape, Suffolk | |
| Frederick CHATTON | U | 6 | M | Inmate | No Occupation | Snape, Suffolk | |
| Charles CHURCH | U | 17 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Kenton, Suffolk | |
| Elizabeth CLOW | U | 16 | F | Inmate | No Occupation | London, London, Middlesex | |
| Sarah COATES | U | 30 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Imbecile | Blaxhall, Suffolk |
| Charles COOK | U | 6 | M | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Blaxhall, Suffolk | |
| Henry COOK | U | 2 | M | Inmate | No Occupation | Snape, Suffolk | |
| James COOK | U | 7 | M | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Blaxhall, Suffolk | |
| James COOK | U | 8 | M | Inmate | No Occupation | Snape, Suffolk | |
| John COOK | U | 12 | M | Inmate | No Occupation | Snape, Suffolk | |
| John COOK | U | 9 | M | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Blaxhall, Suffolk | |
| Maria COOK | W | 36 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Knoddishall, Suffolk | |
| William COOK | U | 4 | M | Inmate | No Occupation | Snape, Suffolk | |
| James COOPER | U | 10 | M | Inmate | No Occupation | Blind | Marylebone |
| Mary A. COOPER | W | 71 | F | Inmate | No Occupation | Blind | Sudbourne, Suffolk |
| Mary COOPER | U | 43 | F | Inmate | No Occupation | Marylebone | |
| Florence MC COY | U | 7 | F | Inmate | No Occupation | Framlingham, Suffolk | |
| Robert CRACKNELL | U | 67 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Framlingham, Suffolk | |
| George CRAWFOOT | U | 32 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Suffolk | |
| Harry CRISP | U | 4 | M | Inmate | No Occupation | Wickham Mkt, Suffolk | |
| William CULHAM | U | 88 | M | Inmate | Formerly Baker | Orford, Suffolk | |
| David DRIVER | U | 52 | M | Inmate | Formerly A Soldier | Kettleburgh, Suffolk | |
| Ernest DRIVER | U | 7 | M | Inmate | No Occupation | Sudbourne, Suffolk | |
| Happy DRIVER | U | 6 | F | Inmate | No Occupation | Sudbourne, Suffolk | |
| Eliza DURRANT | W | 34 | F | Inmate | No Occupation | Cretingham, Suffolk | |
| Emily DURRANT | U | 35 | F | Inmate | No Occupation | Imbecile | Cretingham, Suffolk |
| Benj.N. FISHER | U | 15 | M | Inmate | No Occupation | Wickham Mkt, Suffolk | |
| Alice FITCH | U | 4 | F | Inmate | No Occupation | St Pancras, Middlesex | |
| Mary A. FITCH | U | 13 | F | Inmate | No Occupation | Sydenham, Kent | |
| Robert FITCH | M | 68 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Eyke, Suffolk | |
| William FITCH | U | 9 | M | Inmate | No Occupation | Sydenham, Kent | |
| Austin FOSTER | U | 14 | M | Inmate | No Occupation | Aldborough, Suffolk | |
| Harriet FOSTER | U | 8 | F | Inmate | No Occupation | Aldborough, Suffolk | |
| Charles GARRARD | W | 71 | M | Inmate | Gardener | Billingford, Norfolk | |
| Sophia GIRLING | U | 53 | F | Inmate | Laundress | Benhall, Suffolk | |
| William GOODWIN | U | 15 | M | Inmate | No Occupation | Wickham Mkt, Suffolk | |
| James GRAYSTON | M | 69 | M | Inmate | Bricklayer | Tunstall, Suffolk | |
| William HARVEY | W | 82 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Framsden, Suffolk | |
| Ellen F. HOWES | U | 20 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Aldeborough, Suffolk | |
| James JACOBS | U | 57 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Bruisyard, Suffolk | |
| Alice KERSEY | U | 17 | F | Inmate | No Occupation | Aldborough, Suffolk | |
| William KERSEY | U | 14 | M | Inmate | No Occupation | Aldborough, Suffolk | |
| Thos.H. KING | U | 5 | M | Inmate | No Occupation | Saxmundham, Suffolk | |
| Eliza LARTER | W | 61 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Benhall, Suffolk | |
| Mary MAYHEW | U | 83 | F | Inmate | No Occupation | Kettleburgh, Suffolk | |
| Charlotte MAYS | W | 63 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Ufford, Suffolk | |
| Isaac MAYS | W | 68 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Sudbourne, Suffolk | |
| William MILLER | U | 15 | M | Inmate | No Occupation | Friston, Suffolk | |
| Mary A. MOYSE | U | 16 | F | Inmate | No Occupation | Cretingham, Suffolk | |
| William MYALL | M | 64 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Sotterly, Suffolk | |
| Elizabeth NEWSON | U | 33 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Framlingham, Suffolk | |
| Magdaline NEWSON | U | 7 | F | Inmate | No Occupation | Saxstead, Suffolk | |
| Maria NEWSON | U | 2 | F | Inmate | No Occupation | Bullwell, Nottingham | |
| Mary NEWSON | U | 10 | F | Inmate | No Occupation | Saxstead, Suffolk | |
| Mary A. NEWSON | U | 5 | F | Inmate | No Occupation | Bullwell, Nottingham | |
| William NEWSON | U | 7m | M | Inmate | No Occupation | West Ham, Essex | |
| Eliza NICHOLLS | U | 20 | F | Inmate | No Occupation | Wickham Mkt, Suffolk | |
| Maria NICHOLLS | U | 23 | F | Inmate | No Occupation | Wickham Mkt, Suffolk | |
| James NUNN | W | 77 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Brandeston, Suffolk | |
| George OVERTON | U | 37 | M | Inmate | Bricklayer | Litcham, Norfolk | |
| Lucy PALMER | U | 16 | F | Inmate | No Occupation | Pettistree, Suffolk | |
| Florence PARKER | U | 18 | F | Inmate | No Occupation | Birmingham | |
| Henry PARKER | U | 12 | M | Inmate | No Occupation | Birmingham | |
| Charles PEAD | W | 72 | M | Inmate | Fish Hawker | Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk | |
| William PEARSE | U | 4 | M | Inmate | No Occupation | Aldeburgh, Suffolk | |
| Anthony PLANT | U | 2 | M | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Wickham Mkt, Suffolk | |
| Emma PLANT | U | 40 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Blaxhall, Suffolk | |
| Francis PLANT | U | 15 | M | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Farnham, Suffolk | |
| Henry PLANT | U | 14 | M | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Wickham Mkt, Suffolk | |
| Herbert PLANT | U | 4 | M | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Wickham Mkt, Suffolk | |
| Elizabeth PREW | U | 5 | F | Inmate | No Occupation | Wickham Mkt, Suffolk | |
| Hannah PREW | U | 25 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Maidstone, Kent | |
| Robert Geo. PREW | U | 2 | M | Inmate | No Occupation | Wickham Mkt, Suffolk | |
| Eliza READ | W | 46 | F | Inmate | Formerly Domestic Servant | Friston, Suffolk | |
| John READ | W | 63 | M | Inmate | Gentlemans Servant | Framlingham, Suffolk | |
| Thomas READ | U | 9 | M | Inmate | No Occupation | Aldborough, Suffolk | |
| Walter READ | U | 12 | M | Inmate | No Occupation | Aldborough, Suffolk | |
| Alice SMITH | U | 8 | F | Inmate | No Occupation | Wickham Mkt, Suffolk | |
| Amelia SMITH | U | 6 | F | Inmate | No Occupation | Wickham Mkt, Suffolk | |
| George SMITH | U | 4 | M | Inmate | No Occupation | Wickham Mkt, Suffolk | |
| George SMITH | U | 48 | M | Inmate | No Occupation | Imbecile | Monewden, Suffolk |
| Harriet SMITH | U | 76 | F | Inmate | No Occupation | Marlesford, Suffolk | |
| John SMITH | W | 74 | M | Inmate | Formerly Farm Labourer | Orford, Suffolk | |
| Mary SMITH | W | 76 | F | Inmate | No Occupation | Marlesford, Suffolk | |
| Laura J. SMY | U | 21 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Orford, Suffolk | |
| Abraham SPALLS | U | 70 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Cretingham, Suffolk | |
| James STOREY | U | 63 | M | Inmate | No Occupation | Saxmundham, Suffolk | |
| Hervey A. TAYLOR | U | 32 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Aldeborough, Suffolk | |
| Joseph TAYLOR | W | 69 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Framlingham, Suffolk | |
| Rosanna TRICKER | U | 32 | F | Inmate | No Occupation | Imbecile | Sudbourne, Suffolk |
| Robert TURNER | W | 71 | M | Inmate | Formerly Tailor | Gt Glemham, Suffolk | |
| John TYLER | W | 76 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | Wickham Mkt, Suffolk | |
| Richard UNDERWOOD | U | 26 | M | Inmate | Fisherman | Campsey Ash, Suffolk | |
| Charles WARD | U | 3 | M | Inmate | No Occupation | Wickham Mkt, Suffolk | |
| David WARD | U | 75 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Monewden, Suffolk | |
| Henry WATLING | U | 58 | M | Inmate | Gardener | Framlingham, Suffolk | |
| Rebecca WELLS | U | 9 | F | Inmate | No Occupation | ||
| Clara WIGHTMAN | U | 24 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Yarmouth, Norfolk | |
| John WILLIAM | U | 15 | M | Inmate | No Occupation | Sudbourne, Suffolk | |
| Emma WINSON | U | 17 | F | Inmate | No Occupation | ||
| Laura A. WOODBRIDGE | U | 23 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Ipswich, Suffolk | |
| Laura WOODBRIDGE | U | 3 | F | Inmate | No Occupation | Blaxhall, Suffolk | |
| Elizabeth WORBY | U | 21 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Nacton, Suffolk | |
| Fredk.Arthur WORBY | U | 1 | M | Inmate | No Occupation | Wickham Mkt, Suffolk | |
| William WORLEDGE | W | 79 | M | Inmate | Formerly Farm Labourer | Eyke, Suffolk | |
| Eliza WYTHE | U | 39 | F | Inmate | No Occupation | Aldeburgh, Suffolk | |
| Eliza YALLOP | U | 33 | F | Inmate | No Occupation | Saxmundham, Suffolk |
Total residents: 123
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