1881 Census: Residents of Horsecastles Union, Sherborne, Dorset
| Name | Mar | Age | Sex | Relation | Occupation | Handicap | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | |||||||
| William HUGHES | M | 48 | M | Head | Workhouse Master (Munic) | West Tytherley, Hampshire | |
| Eliza A. HUGHES | M | 44 | F | Wife | Matron (Munic) | Folke, Dorset | |
| Frances L. HUGHES | U | 17 | F | Dau | Industrial Trainer (Munic) | Hazelbury Bryan, Dorset | |
| Charles HUGHES | U | 8 | M | Son | Scholar (Munic) | Sherborne, Dorset | |
| Elizabeth FOWLER | U | 69 | F | Officer | Head Nurse (Munic) | Weymouth, Dorset | |
| Daniel H. HILL | M | 52 | M | Officer | Porter (Munic) | Beccles, Suffolk | |
| Inmates | |||||||
| Elizabeth ADAMS | U | 26 | F | Inmate | General Servt | Trent, Somerset | |
| Elizabeth ADAMS | U | 26 | F | Inmate | General Servant | Trent, Somerset | |
| George B. ADAMS | 4 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Trent, Somerset | ||
| Walter H. ADAMS | 1 | M | Inmate | Sherborne, Dorset | |||
| George BAKER | W | 74 | M | Inmate | Agr Lab | Stourton Caundle, Dorset | |
| Ann BARTLETT | U | 26 | F | Inmate | Cook Domestic Serv | Trent, Somerset | |
| Ann BARTLETT | U | 26 | F | Inmate | Cook Domestic Servt | Trent, Somerset | |
| Blanche BARTLETT | 6 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Yetminster, Dorset | ||
| William BARTLETT | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Yetminster, Dorset | ||
| John BEATON | W | 80 | M | Inmate | Agr Labr | Sandford Orcas, Somerset | |
| Ann BISHOP | 12 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Sherborne, Dorset | ||
| George BISHOP | 15 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Sherborne, Dorset | ||
| Martha BISHOP | M | 9 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Sherborne, Dorset | |
| Stephen BISHOP | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Sherborne, Dorset | ||
| Ellis BRAKE | U | 34 | M | Inmate | Agr Lab | Yetminster, Dorset | |
| George BRINE | U | 64 | M | Inmate | Formerly Butcher | Sherborne, Dorset | |
| Louisa BROWN | U | 19 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Rimpton, Somerset | |
| William BUGLER | U | 36 | M | Inmate | Agr Lab | Ryme, Dorset | |
| Mark BURGESS | U | 32 | M | Inmate | Agr Lab | Caundle Purse, Dorset | |
| Emily BUSSELL | 13 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Sherborne, Dorset | ||
| Richard CHAFFIN | U | 48 | M | Inmate | Baker | Thornford, Dorset | |
| William CHILDS | U | 70 | M | Inmate | Agr Lab | Idiot | Martock, Somerset |
| Louisa CLARKE | U | 26 | F | Inmate | Bristol, Somerset | ||
| Henry COFFIN | W | 54 | M | Inmate | Sawyer | Sherborne, Dorset | |
| Sarah CONWAY | U | 36 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Bradford Abbas, Dorset | |
| Sarah CONWAY | U | 36 | F | Inmate | Bradford Abbas, Dorset | ||
| Emily COOMBS | U | 22 | F | Inmate | Cook Domestic (Servt) | Minterne, Dorset | |
| Grace C. COOMBS | 1 | F | Inmate | Sherborne, Dorset | |||
| John COURTNEY | U | 36 | M | Inmate | Laborer (7)(Pauper) | Caundle Purse, Dorset | |
| Martha COX | U | 82 | F | Inmate | Silk Factory (Hand) | Sherborne, Dorset | |
| Robert DUCKETT | W | 73 | M | Inmate | Agr Lab | Holnest, Dorset | |
| Mary DULAND | U | 73 | F | Inmate | Housekeeper | Leigh, Dorset | |
| Mary DULAND | U | 73 | F | Inmate | Housekeeper | Leigh, Dorset | |
| Thomas DUNGEY | W | 65 | M | Inmate | Glover | Milborne Port, Somerset | |
| Elizabeth J. FRANCIS | W | 54 | F | Inmate | Kid Glover | Yeovil, Somerset | |
| Jane GANDER | U | 52 | F | Inmate | General Servt | Sherborne, Dorset | |
| Jane GANDER | U | 52 | F | Inmate | Sherborne, Dorset | ||
| Morgan GILLINGHAM | U | 44 | M | Inmate | Agr Lab | Holwell, Dorset | |
| Elizabeth GOLLOP | 9 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Sherborne, Dorset | ||
| Henry W. GOLLOP | 6 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Sherborne, Dorset | ||
| Julia GOLLOP | M | 28 | F | Inmate | General Servt | Marnhull, Dorset | |
| Alfred GOULD | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Nether Compton, Dorset | ||
| Mary A. GOULD | U | 47 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Nether Compton, Dorset | |
| Robert GOULD | 7 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Nether Compton, Dorset | ||
| John HAGGETT | W | 59 | M | Inmate | Agr Lab | Marston Magna, Somerset | |
| John HAMBLIN | U | 63 | M | Inmate | Tailor | Sherborne, Dorset | |
| Ann HIGGINS | W | 79 | F | Inmate | Genl Servant | Sherborne, Dorset | |
| Ann HIGGINS | W | 79 | F | Inmate | Genl Servant | Sherborne, Dorset | |
| Alfred HODGES | U | 34 | M | Inmate | Laborer | Sherborne, Dorset | |
| Sarah C. HOFF | W | 77 | F | Inmate | Ironer (Dom) | Marston Magna, Somerset | |
| Simon HUNT | W | 71 | M | Inmate | Agr Lab | Leigh, Dorset | |
| George JEANS | W | 74 | M | Inmate | Agr Lab | Leigh, Dorset | |
| Unity L. JOLIFFE | U | 39 | F | Inmate | Leigh, Dorset | ||
| William KENNERSTON | W | 66 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | Sherborne, Dorset | |
| Florance KING | 3 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Sherborne, Dorset | ||
| Louisa H. KING | U | 22 | F | Inmate | Glover | Bradford Abbas, Dorset | |
| William KING | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Sherborne, Dorset | ||
| Mark LINE | M | 79 | M | Inmate | Laborer | Holwell, Dorset | |
| Edward LUCAS | M | 73 | M | Inmate | Carpenter | Wincanton, Somerset | |
| Deborah LYDE | W | 82 | F | Inmate | Silk Factory Hand | Sherborne, Dorset | |
| Deborah LYDE | W | 82 | F | Inmate | Silk Factory Hand | Sherborne, Dorset | |
| Harriet MARTIN | U | 81 | F | Inmate | Yetminster, Dorset | ||
| Harriet MARTIN | U | 81 | F | Inmate | Yetminster, Dorset | ||
| Annie MILES | 10 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Sherborne, Dorset | ||
| William MILES | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Sherborne, Dorset | ||
| William MITCHELL | W | 78 | M | Inmate | Agr Lab | Bradford, Dorset | |
| George NICHOLS | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Yetminster, Dorset | ||
| Albert NOAKE | 4 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Sherborne, Dorset | ||
| Eliza NOAKE | 8 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Sherborne, Dorset | ||
| Harriet NOAKE | U | 36 | F | Inmate | Silk Factory Hand | Sherborne, Dorset | |
| Harriet NOAKE | U | 36 | F | Inmate | Silk Factory Hand | Sherborne, Dorset | |
| Kate NOAKE | 11 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Sherborne, Dorset | ||
| John OLIVER | W | 71 | M | Inmate | Agr Lab | Melbury, Dorset | |
| Phillis PEATY | W | 80 | F | Inmate | Dairymaid | Ibberton, Dorset | |
| William PEATY | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Nether Compton, Dorset | ||
| Elizabeth PELLY | U | 46 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Folke, Dorset | |
| William PERRIS | W | 74 | M | Inmate | Shepherd | Folke, Dorset | |
| Edward POPE | 14 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Sherborne, Dorset | ||
| Arthur W. RAISON | 1 | M | Inmate | Sherborne, Dorset | |||
| Edwin RAISON | 4 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Sherborne, Dorset | ||
| Eliza RAISON | U | 30 | F | Inmate | Silk Factory Hand | Sherborne, Dorset | |
| Emily A. RAISON | 2m | F | Inmate | Sherborne, Dorset | |||
| Fred READ | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Leigh, Dorset | ||
| Harry READ | 7 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Leigh, Dorset | ||
| Parmenas READ | M | 59 | M | Inmate | Agr Labr | Leigh, Dorset | |
| George SIMMONDS | U | 20 | M | Inmate | Agr Lab | Idiot | Sherborne, Dorset |
| William STEVENS | 36 | M | Inmate | ... Vagrant | Plymouth, Devon | ||
| Sarah J. TRENT | U | 21 | F | Inmate | Cook Domestic (Sevt) | Melbury Osmond, Dorset | |
| Mary TRIVETT | W | 78 | F | Inmate | Housemaid Domestic Servant | Collmstock, Cornwall | |
| Kate WAAR | 11 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Knighton, Dorset | ||
| Rose WAAR | 9 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Knighton, Dorset | ||
| Elizabeth WARR | U | 37 | F | Inmate | Glover | Thornford, Dorset | |
| Hector A. WARR | 2 | M | Inmate | Sherborne, Dorset | |||
| Richard WARR | 5 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Sherborne, Dorset | ||
| Wilfred WARR | 4 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Sherborne, Dorset | ||
| James WILCOCK | 76 | M | Inmate | ... Vagrant | Bradford, York |
Total residents: 102
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