1881 Census: Residents of Royston Union Workhouse, Bassingbourn, Cambridge
| Name | Mar | Age | Sex | Relation | Occupation | Handicap | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | |||||||
| Robert AUSTIN | M | 50 | M | Head | Munic Master Of The Workhouse Chelsea Pensioner | Hinton, Berkshire | |
| Elizabeth AUSTIN | M | 50 | F | Wife | Matron (Munic) | Bampton, Oxford | |
| Rachel AUSTIN | U | 27 | F | Daur | Nurse (Munic) | Bampton, Oxford | |
| Thomas SMITH | U | 24 | M | Officer | Schoolmaster | Dalston, Middlesex | |
| Sarah Hepzh. DADE | U | 21 | F | Officer | Schoolmistress | Long Stanton, Huntingdon | |
| Henry HUCKLE | U | 31 | M | Officer | House Porter (Institution Ser) | Biggleswade, Bedford | |
| Susan PRIOUR | U | 40 | F | Servant | Cook Domestic Servant (Inst Ser) | Royston, Cambridge | |
| Inmates | |||||||
| George ANDERSON | U | 60 | M | Pauper | Blind | Therfield, Hertford | |
| Hannah ANDERSON | 13 | F | Pauper | General Servant Domestic | Therfield, Hertford | ||
| Elizabeth BARLOW | 2 | F | Pauper Daur | Bassingbourn, Cambridge | |||
| Elizabeth BARLOW | U | 20 | F | Pauper Hd | Field Work | Barrington, Cambridge | |
| George BEALE | 9 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Braughin, Hertford | ||
| Ambrose BRYANT | U | 41 | M | Pauper | Agtl Labr | Hinxworth, Hertford | |
| Frances Edith BURROWS | 1m | F | Pauper Daur | Bassingbourn, Cambridge | |||
| James Arthur BURROWS | 4 | M | Pauper Son | Scholar | Bradford, York | ||
| Susan BURROWS | W | 32 | F | Pauper Head | Cook Domestic Servant | Royston, Cambridge | |
| Elizabeth CARY | W | 72 | F | Pauper | Dairymaid (Domestic Servant) | Buckminster, Leicester | |
| William CHANDLER | U | 83 | M | Pauper | Agtl Labr | Barrington, Cambridge | |
| Ann CHAPMAN | W | 79 | F | Pauper | Straw Plaitter | Imbecile | Guilden Morden, Cambridge |
| Sarah CLARK | W | 77 | F | Pauper | Straw Plaitter | Hinxworth, Hertford | |
| Caroline CLEMENTS | 4 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Baldock, Hertford | ||
| Catharine CLEMENTS | 9 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Hampstead, Middlesex | ||
| Elizabeth CLEMENTS | U | 18 | F | Pauper | Imbecile | Ashwell, Hertford | |
| James CLEMENTS | 5 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Fulham, Middlesex | ||
| John CLEMENTS | 8 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Ashwell, Hertford | ||
| Mary CLEMENTS | 8 | F | Pauper | Scholar | St Giles In The Fields, Middlesex | ||
| Mary CLEMENTS | 13 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Ashwell, Hertford | ||
| Thomas CLEMENTS | 12 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Ashwell, Hertford | ||
| Edith COOPER | U | 60 | F | Pauper | Housemaid (Domestic Servt) | Wimpole, Cambridge | |
| William COURSE | U | 54 | M | Pauper | Tailor | Barkway, Hertford | |
| Susan CUBIS | U | 40 | F | Pauper | Imbecile | Morden Guilden, Cambridge | |
| Edward DASH | U | 80 | M | Pauper | Agtl Labr | Morden Guilden, Cambridge | |
| Alice DECEURA | 9 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Therfield, Hertford | ||
| Charles DECEURA | 5 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Therfield, Hertford | ||
| Emma DECEURA | 7 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Therfield, Hertford | ||
| William DECEURA | 1 | M | Pauper | Imbecile | Ipswich, Suffolk | ||
| Amos DELLAR | U | 53 | M | Pauper | Agtl Labr | Ashwell, Hertford | |
| Ada DRAYTON | 4 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Barley, Hertford | ||
| Alfred FITZJOHN | 7 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Bassingbourn, Cambridge | ||
| Henry FITZJOHN | 14 | M | Pauper | General Labourer In House | Bassingbourn, Cambridge | ||
| Margaret FORDHAM | 9 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Foxton, Cambridge | ||
| James GATWARD | U | 45 | M | Pauper | Tailor | Therfield, Hertford | |
| John GIFFIN | U | 49 | M | Pauper | Agtl Labourer | Kneesworth, Cambridge | |
| John GILLETT | W | 66 | M | Pauper | Agtl Labr | Ashwell, Hertford | |
| Francis GRAY | 9 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Morden Steeple, Cambridge | ||
| Sarah Ann GRAY | 5 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Morden Steeple, Cambridge | ||
| Agneta GRIFFIN | 6 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Sheffield, York | ||
| Ann Elizt. GRIFFIN | 4 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Bassingbourn, Cambridge | ||
| Jane HAGGER | U | 42 | F | Pauper | Imbecile | Therfield, Hertford | |
| William HAGGER | U | 82 | M | Pauper | Agtl Labourer | Kelshall, Hertford | |
| Edward Jno. HANDSCOMBE | 11 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Meldreth, Cambridge | ||
| Walter HANDSCOMBE | 15 | M | Pauper | General Labourer In House | Meldreth, Cambridge | ||
| Richard HART | W | 67 | M | Pauper | Agtl Labr | Barkway, Hertford | |
| George HORNE | W | 71 | M | Pauper | Pedlar | Imbecile | Buckland, Hertford |
| Elizabeth HOWLETT | W | 67 | F | Pauper | Tailoress | Anstey, Hertford | |
| Elizabeth HUMPHREY | 9 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Haseley, Warwick | ||
| William HUMPHREY | 10 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Haseley, Warwick | ||
| Susan JACKSON | W | 54 | F | Pauper | Charwoman | Barley, Hertford | |
| Eliza Ann JANEWAY | 1 | F | Pauper | Bedford, Bedford | |||
| Esther JANEWAY | W | 84 | F | Pauper | Straw Plaitter | Wimpole, Cambridge | |
| George JANEWAY | 11 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Bassingbourn, Cambridge | ||
| Page JANEWAY | 6 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Bassingbourn, Cambridge | ||
| Walter JANEWAY | 9 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Bassingbourn, Cambridge | ||
| Ann JOHNSON | W | 96 | F | Pauper | Formerly Laundress | Hormead Great, Hertford | |
| Elizabeth JONES | W | 81 | F | Pauper | Housemaid Domestic Servt | Therfield, Hertford | |
| Joseph JUDGE | U | 30 | M | Pauper | Imbecile | Therfield, Hertford | |
| John LACEY | U | 50 | M | Pauper | Agtl Laborer | Therfield, Hertford | |
| Sarah LACEY | W | 81 | F | Pauper | General Servant Domestic | Therfield, Hertford | |
| John MANNING | U | 78 | M | Pauper | Wheelwright | Therfield, Hertford | |
| William MANNING | W | 70 | M | Pauper | Agtl Labr | Barley, Hertford | |
| John MANSFIELD | U | 68 | M | Pauper | Agtl Laborer | Thriplow, Cambridge | |
| William Alt. MARRIOTT | U | 30 | M | Pauper | Bricklayers Labr Chelsea Pensioner | Royston, Hertford | |
| Ann MATTHEWS | W | 76 | F | Pauper | Pillow Lace Maker | March, Cambridge | |
| Elizabeth Ann MILLER | 7 | F | Pauper Daur | Scholar | Morden Guilden, Cambridge | ||
| Elizabeth MILLER | M | 27 | F | Pauper Wife (Head) | Straw Plaitter | Morden Guilden, Cambridge | |
| Kate Mary MILLER | 8 | F | Pauper Daur | Scholar | Morden Guilden, Cambridge | ||
| Stephen MOLE | W | 74 | M | Pauper | Agtl Labr | Sandon, Hertford | |
| Esther MORRIS | U | 39 | F | Pauper (Head) | Charwoman | Morden Steeple, Cambridge | |
| Jane MORRIS | 6 | F | Pauper Daur | Scholar | Bassingbourn, Cambridge | ||
| Matilda MORRIS | 4 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Morden Steeple, Cambridge | ||
| Timothy MORRIS | 9 | M | Pauper Son | Scholar | Morden Steeple, Cambridge | ||
| William MOSS | 5 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Morden Steeple, Cambridge | ||
| Joseph MULBERRY | W | 80 | M | Pauper | Agtl Labr | Melbourn, Cambridge | |
| Benjamin NORMAN | U | 68 | M | Pauper | Carpenter | Meldreth, Cambridge | |
| James OSBOURNE | M | 72 | M | Pauper | (Corn) Miller | Stanningfield, Suffolk | |
| Annie PARISH | 10 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Abington Pigotts, Cambridge | ||
| John PARISH | 9 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Abington Pigotts, Cambridge | ||
| Mary PARISH | 6 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Abington Pigotts, Cambridge | ||
| Elijah PATEMAN | U | 60 | M | Pauper | Bricklayers Lab | Melbourn, Cambridge | |
| Ellen PATEMAN | U | 24 | F | Pauper | Imbecile | Morden Guilden, Cambridge | |
| Emily PATEMAN | 6 | F | Pauper Daur | Scholar | Wendy, Cambridge | ||
| Jane PATEMAN | U | 30 | F | Pauper Head | General Servant Domestic | Wendy, Cambridge | |
| Joseph PATEMAN | W | 85 | M | Pauper | Agtl Labr | Morden Steeple, Cambridge | |
| William Chs. PATEMAN | 4 | M | Pauper Son | Scholar | Bassingbourn, Cambridge | ||
| David PEARCE | U | 21 | M | Pauper | Agtl Labr | Morden Steeple, Cambridge | |
| Samuel PETTENGELL | 10 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Morden Guilden, Cambridge | ||
| Annie PIGG | 14 | F | Pauper | General Domestic Work | Therfield, Hertford | ||
| Thomas PIGGOTT | U | 65 | M | Pauper | Agtl Labr | Scotland | |
| Benjamin PRIME | W | 80 | M | Pauper | Sawyer | Thriplow, Cambridge | |
| Jane PRYOR | U | 61 | F | Pauper | Imbecile | Heydon, Essex | |
| Thomas PYMONT | U | 60 | M | Pauper | General Labourer | Bassingbourn, Cambridge | |
| Ann PYMOUNT | U | 50 | F | Pauper | Imbecile | Royston, Hertford | |
| John REVELL | 12 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Barley, Hertford | ||
| Samuel ROWLING | U | 37 | M | Pauper | Imbecile | Bassingbourn, Cambridge | |
| James SALE | W | 71 | M | Pauper | Agtl Labr | Barkway, Hertford | |
| Henry SALMONS | 14 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Barrington, Cambridge | ||
| James SALMONS | 9 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Barrington, Cambridge | ||
| Charles SAMPSON | U | 65 | M | Pauper | Agtl Labourer | Shepreth, Cambridge | |
| Thomas SELL | U | 71 | M | Pauper | Agtl Labourer | Deaf & Dumb | Bassingbourn, Cambridge |
| Charles SHARP | W | 52 | M | Pauper | Agtl Labr | Royston, Hertford | |
| John SHARP | W | 80 | M | Pauper | Cooper | Morden Steeple, Cambridge | |
| Elizabeth SHRIMPTON | W | 70 | F | Pauper | Housemaid (Domestic Servt) | Imbecile | Foulmire, Cambridge |
| Alice SMITH | 14 | F | Pauper | General Servant (Domestic) | Shepreth, Cambridge | ||
| Charles SMITH | M | 63 | M | Pauper | Agtl Labr | Foulmire, Cambridge | |
| Emma SMITH | 8 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Bassingbourn, Cambridge | ||
| Frederick SMITH | U | 18 | M | Vagrant Inmate | London St Lukes, Middlesex | ||
| Arthur H. SOUTH | 8 | M | Pauper Son | Scholar | Ware ((Melbourne)), Hertford | ||
| Charles SOUTH | U | 65 | M | Pauper | Agtl Labourer | Royston, Hertford | |
| Flosie SOUTH | 8m | F | Pauper Daur | Warden, Bedford | |||
| Gertrude SOUTH | 2 | F | Pauper Daur | Warden, Bedford | |||
| Kate SOUTH | 4 | F | Pauper Daur | Scholar | Melbourn, Cambridge | ||
| Minnie SOUTH | 10 | F | Pauper Daur | Scholar | Felstead, Essex | ||
| Sarah SOUTH | M | 33 | F | Pauper Wife (Head) | Teacher (School) | Hedingham Sible, Essex | |
| George SPICER | W | 84 | M | Pauper | Agtl Labourer | Hinxworth, Hertford | |
| Hannah STAMFORD | U | 36 | F | Pauper | Imbecile | Royston, Cambridge | |
| Joseph THEOBALD | 11 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Bassingbourn, Cambridge | ||
| Edward TRIGG | 10 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Thriplow, Cambridge | ||
| John TRIGG | 9 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Thriplow, Cambridge | ||
| Samuel TRIGG | 12 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Thriplow, Cambridge | ||
| John WALTERS | M | 61 | M | Pauper | Groom & Gardener (Dom) | Heydon, Essex | |
| Ann WARBOYS | W | 78 | F | Pauper | Straw Plaitter | Abington Piggotts, Cambridge | |
| William WARBOYS | W | 77 | M | Pauper | Agtl Labr | Hinxworth, Hertford | |
| Joseph WARD | W | 76 | M | Pauper | Agtl Labr | Rickling, Essex | |
| Reuben John WEDD | 9 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Melbourn, Cambridge | ||
| Herbert WENHAM | 10 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Morden Steeple, Cambridge | ||
| John WENHAM | 13 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Morden Steeple, Cambridge | ||
| William Jno. WENHAM | 11 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Morden Steeple, Cambridge | ||
| Benjamin Jno. WILLERS | 9 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Barrington, Cambridge | ||
| Sarah WILSON | U | 59 | F | Pauper | Imbecile | Royston, Hertford | |
| Sarah WILTSHIRE | W | 81 | F | Pauper | Straw Plaitter | Wendy, Cambridge | |
| George St. WOODING | 11 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Hinxworth, Hertford | ||
| Edward WOODS | W | 74 | M | Pauper | Agtl Labourer | Kneesworth, Cambridge | |
| John WOODS | U | 69 | M | Pauper | Agtl Labr | Morden Guilden, Cambridge | |
| Albert WRIGHT | 8 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Thriplow, Cambridge | ||
| Louisa WRIGHT | 6 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Thriplow, Cambridge |
Total residents: 145
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