1881 Census: Residents of Union Workhouse, Shaftesbury St James, Dorset
| Name | Mar | Age | Sex | Relation | Occupation | Handicap | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | |||||||
| William BURLTON | M | 48 | M | Head | Master Of Parish Workhouse | West Stower, Dorset | |
| Elizabeth BURLTON | M | 43 | F | Wife | Matron Schoolmistress | Lyme Regis, Dorset | |
| Ernest W. BURLTON | U | 13 | M | Son | Scholar | Semley, Wiltshire | |
| Ellen M. BURLTON | 8 | F | Dau | Scholar | Shaftesbury, Dorset | ||
| Inmates | |||||||
| George ALLEN | M | 47 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Labourer | Shaftesbury, Dorset | |
| George ALLEN | 6 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Shaftesbury, Dorset | ||
| Sarah ALLEN | 13 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Shaftesbury, Dorset | ||
| William ALLEN | 5 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Shaftesbury, Dorset | ||
| Elizabeth ANDREWS | U | 37 | F | Inmate | Farm Servant | Gillingham, Dorset | |
| Amos ARNOLD | U | 30 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Motcombe, Dorset | |
| Emma ATWELL | 2 | F | Inmate | Gillingham, Dorset | |||
| Henry ATWELL | 7 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Shaftesbury, Dorset | ||
| Mary ATWELL | U | 39 | F | Inmate | Farm Servant | Westbury, Wiltshire | |
| Israel BARTER | U | 52 | M | Inmate | Imbecile | Donhead, Wiltshire | |
| Charlotte BLANDFORD | W | 74 | F | Inmate | Strood, Kent | ||
| Emily BRADLEY | U | 27 | F | Inmate | Housemaid Domestic Servant | Fontmell, Dorset | |
| Emma BRADLEY | 6 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Compton Abbas, Dorset | ||
| Eva BRADLEY | 4m | F | Inmate | Shaftesbury, Dorset | |||
| Albert BURDEN | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Motcombe, Dorset | ||
| George BURDEN | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Motcombe, Dorset | ||
| John BURDEN | 2 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Motcombe, Dorset | ||
| Thomas BURGESS | M | 74 | M | Inmate | Hawker | Henstridge, Somerset | |
| Daniel BUTT | W | 76 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Labourer | Bourton, Dorset | |
| Richard DENBEIGH | U | 67 | M | Inmate | Licensed Hawker | Shaftesbury, Dorset | |
| Sophia DENYER | W | 60 | F | Inmate | Cook Domestic (Servant) | Chipping Norton, Oxford | |
| Charlotte DICKETTS | U | 37 | F | Inmate | Dressmaker | Deaf And Dumb | Shaftesbury, Dorset |
| George DICKETTS | 3m | M | Inmate | Shaftesbury, Dorset | |||
| Ann DYKE | M | 49 | F | Inmate | Tailoress | London, Middlesex | |
| James FRANCIS | W | 83 | M | Inmate | Carpenter | East Stower, Dorset | |
| Giles GANE | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Gillingham, Dorset | ||
| Annie GODDARD | 13 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Southampton, Hampshire | ||
| Emily GODDARD | 9 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Southampton, Hampshire | ||
| James GODDARD | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Southampton, Hampshire | ||
| Phoebe GODDARD | M | 37 | F | Inmate | Dressmaker | Southampton, Hampshire | |
| George GRAY | U | 56 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Labourer | Compton, Dorset | |
| Mary GRAY | W | 85 | F | Inmate | Compton Abbas, Dorset | ||
| Agnes GULLIFORD | 2 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Shaftesbury, Dorset | ||
| Ellen GULLIFORD | W | 38 | F | Inmate | Glover | Motcombe, Dorset | |
| Mary GULLIFORD | 5 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Shaftesbury, Dorset | ||
| John HACKER | U | 63 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Labourer | Todber, Dorset | |
| Ellen HAWKER | 10 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Manchester, Lancashire | ||
| Susan HAWKER | 12 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Kingston, Surrey | ||
| Diana HAYTER | U | 70 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Ireland | |
| Elizabeth HAYTER | U | 63 | F | Inmate | Formerly Laundress | Manchester, Lancashire | |
| John HERRIDGE | 5 | M | Inmate | Scholar | East Stower, Dorset | ||
| Lucy HERRIDGE | 3 | F | Inmate | Scholar | East Stower, Dorset | ||
| Henry HORLOCK | W | 74 | M | Inmate | Formerly Labourer | Pimperne, Dorset | |
| Charles INGRAM | U | 60 | M | Inmate | Carpenter | Shaftesbury, Dorset | |
| Henry LAMBERT | U | 83 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Labourer | Motcombe, Dorset | |
| Charles LEAR | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Motcombe, Dorset | ||
| Henry LIGHT | M | 66 | M | Inmate | Sawyer | Gillingham, Dorset | |
| Rachel LUSH | M | 60 | F | Inmate | Cook Domestic (Servant) | Silton, Dorset | |
| Ellen MONDAY | U | 17 | F | Inmate | General Servant | Stalbridge, Dorset | |
| Charles MORGAN | U | 36 | M | Inmate | Carpenter | Shaftesbury, Dorset | |
| Bethia MUNDAY | 1m | F | Inmate | Shaftesbury, Dorset | |||
| William PARNELL | M | 78 | M | Inmate | Licensed Hawker | Hughenden, Buckingham | |
| George PARSONS | 60 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Labourer | Sherborne, Dorset | ||
| John PHIBBEN | U | 50 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Labourer | Bristol, Somerset | |
| Ellen PHILLIPS | 6 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Shaftesbury, Dorset | ||
| Tom PICOTT | 18 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Shaftesbury, Dorset | ||
| Sydney PIKE | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Stower Provost, Dorset | ||
| John POPE | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Shaftesbury, Dorset | ||
| Alfred READ | 3 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Shaftesbury, Dorset | ||
| Edgar READ | 5 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Shaftesbury, Dorset | ||
| Emma READ | U | 26 | F | Inmate | Dairymaid | Shaftesbury, Dorset | |
| Thomas READ | W | 69 | M | Inmate | Farm Servant | Gillingham, Dorset | |
| Mary SANGER | U | 17 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Motcombe, Dorset | |
| Henry SHEPHARD | W | 65 | M | Inmate | Licensed Hawker | St James Shaston, Dorset | |
| George SIMS | 6 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Shepton Mallett, Somerset | ||
| Mary J. SIMS | 12 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Motcombe, Dorset | ||
| Louisa SMART | 12 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Gillingham, Dorset | ||
| Mary SMART | 12 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Gillingham, Dorset | ||
| William STACEY | U | 24 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Labourer | Shaftesbury, Dorset | |
| Elizabeth STONE | W | 83 | F | Inmate | Gillingham, Dorset | ||
| Albert STREET | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Shaftesbury, Dorset | ||
| Edgar STREET | 7 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Shaftesbury, Dorset | ||
| William STREET | 15 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Fontmell, Dorset | ||
| Hannah TOOMER | 64 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Fontmell, Dorset | ||
| Eliza TUCKER | W | 55 | F | Inmate | Laundress | Cann St Rumbold, Dorset | |
| Albert UPJOHN | 16 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Handley, Dorset | ||
| Ann UPJOHN | W | 37 | F | Inmate | Cook Domestic Servant | Tollard Royal, Wiltshire | |
| Isaac UPJOHN | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Shaftesbury, Dorset | ||
| Mary J. UPJOHN | U | 14 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Motcombe, Dorset | |
| Robert UPJOHN | 4 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Shaftesbury, Dorset | ||
| Alice WARR | U | 37 | F | Inmate | General Domestic Servant | London, Middlesex | |
| Martha WARR | 8 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Cann St Rumbold, Dorset | ||
| Harriett WESTLAKE | W | 43 | F | Inmate | General Servant Domestic | Bishop Sut, Somerset | |
| Sarah WHITE | U | 44 | F | Inmate | General Domestic (Servant) | Shaftesbury, Dorset | |
| Ann WILMOTT | U | 49 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Shaftesbury, Dorset | |
| John WILMOTT | W | 70 | M | Inmate | Licensed Hawker | Shaftesbury, Dorset | |
| Sydney WRIGHT | 16 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Cann St Rumbold, Dorset | ||
| Walter WRIGHT | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Cann St Rumbold, Dorset | ||
| Elizabeth YEATES | U | 23 | F | Inmate | General Servant Domestic | Shaftesbury, Dorset |
Total residents: 93
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