1881 Census: Residents of Union Workhouse, Park Street, Towcester
| Name | Mar | Age | Sex | Relation | Occupation | Handicap | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | |||||||
| Henry H. PACKER | M | 44 | M | Head | Workhouse Master (Munic) | Long Buckby, Northampton | |
| Sarah PACKER | M | 41 | F | Wife | Workhouse Matron (Nurse) | Helmdon, Northampton | |
| Kate E. PACKER | U | 21 | F | Daur | Mantle Cutter (Dyer) | Helmdon, Northampton | |
| Inmates | |||||||
| John ADAMS | W | 81 | M | Pauper | Ag Lab | Gayton, Northampton | |
| Harriet BLACKWELL | W | 68 | F | Pauper | Pillow Lacemaker | Silverstone, Northampton | |
| Joseph CARELESS | 11 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Maidford, Northampton | ||
| Mary CARELESS | 12 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Maidford, Northampton | ||
| William CAVE | W | 84 | M | Pauper | Shoemaker | Maidford, Northampton | |
| Frederick CHAPMAN | U | 46 | M | Pauper | Ag Lab | Silverstone, Northampton | |
| Alice Ella CLARK | U | 25 | F | School Mistress | Workhouse School Mistress | Wimbourne, Dorset | |
| Ruth COGGINS | U | 49 | F | Pauper | Pillow Lacemaker | Lois Weedon, Northampton | |
| Joseph COOK | W | 53 | M | Casual Pauper | Foundrey Lab (Iron) | Deptford, Kent | |
| George DAVIS | 12 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Pattishall, Northampton | ||
| John DAVIS | W | 39 | M | Pauper | Ag Lab | Astcote, Northampton | |
| Lucy DAVIS | 6 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Fosters Booth, Northampton | ||
| Samuel DAVIS | 8 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Cold Higham, Northampton | ||
| Mary FLOWERS | U | 69 | F | pauper | Pillow Lacemaker | Lunatic | Abthorpe, Northampton |
| Mary FOLWELL | 11 | F | Pauper | Scholar Pillow Lacemaker | Towcester, Northampton | ||
| Ann GAFKINS | W | 67 | F | Pauper | Pillow Lacemaker | Litchborough, Northampton | |
| Alfred GIBBS | M | 29 | M | Casual Pauper | Ag Lab | Preston, Northampton | |
| Elizabeth GIBBS | 7 | F | Casual Pauper | Litchborough, Northampton | |||
| Florence GIBBS | 1 | F | Casual Pauper | Daventry, Northampton | |||
| Mary GIBBS | 10 | F | Casual Pauper | Preston, Northampton | |||
| Phoebe GIBBS | M | 34 | F | Casual Pauper | Pillow Lacemaker | Everdon, Northampton | |
| Elizabeth GOODMAN | U | 61 | F | Pauper | Pillow Lacemaker | Cold Higham, Northampton | |
| Samuel GUDGEON | U | 51 | M | Pauper | Ag Lab | Fosters Booth, Northampton | |
| William GUDGEON | U | 48 | M | Pauper | Ag Lab | Fosters Booth, Northampton | |
| Isabella HARRIS | U | 40 | F | Pauper | Pillow Lacemaker | Whittlebury, Northampton | |
| John HARTLEY | W | 64 | M | Casual Pauper | Currier | Manchester, Lancashire | |
| Oliver HAYNES | 4 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Towcester, Northampton | ||
| William HILLYER | M | 67 | M | Pauper | Ag Lab | Towcester, Northampton | |
| James HOLLOWAY | 9 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Northampton, Northampton | ||
| Robert HOLLOWAY | 8 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Towcester, Northampton | ||
| William HOLLOWAY | 13 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Towcester, Northampton | ||
| Jane INNWOOD | U | 29 | F | Pauper | Pillow Lacemaker | Abthorpe, Northampton | |
| John JACKSON | W | 65 | M | Pauper | Ag Lab | Shutlanger, Northampton | |
| Jane JONES | U | 46 | F | Pauper | Pillow Lacemaker | Wappenham ((Whittleb)), Northampton | |
| Walter JONES | 9 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Wappenham ((Whittleb)), Northampton | ||
| William JONES | 13 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Wappenham ((Whittleb)), Northampton | ||
| William KALDER | U | 50 | M | Casual Pauper | Ag Lab | Boston, Lincoln | |
| Arthur R. KENDALL | 6m | M | Pauper | Towcester, Northampton | |||
| Charles KING | U | 40 | M | Casual Pauper | Ag Lab | Bidford, Warwick | |
| John KINGSTON | U | 62 | M | Pauper | Army Pensioner | Blind | Gayton, Northampton |
| James KIRBY | W | 81 | M | Pauper | Ag Lab | Whitfield, Northampton | |
| Emily KIRTON | 10 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Eastcote, Northampton | ||
| Alice LAZENBY | 7 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Blisworth, Northampton | ||
| Arthur J. MARLOW | 5 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Towcester, Northampton | ||
| Elizabeth MARLOW | U | 31 | F | Pauper | Servant (Dom) | Pattishall, Northampton | |
| Edward MIDDLETON | W | 81 | M | Pauper | Ag Lab | Newnham, Northampton | |
| Kate MIDDLETON | 6 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Maidford, Northampton | ||
| Lilly MIDDLETON | 8 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Maidford, Northampton | ||
| Mary A. MIDDLETON | 12 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Maidford, Northampton | ||
| Thomas MORRIS | W | 76 | M | Pauper | Ag Lab | Towcester, Northampton | |
| Joseph NEWMAN | W | 67 | M | Pauper | Ag Lab | Whittlebury, Northampton | |
| Sarah PEARCY | W | 63 | F | Pauper | Pillow Lacemaker | Towcester, Northampton | |
| George PEASLAND | 11 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Towcester, Northampton | ||
| Joseph PEASLAND | U | 16 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Towcester, Northampton | |
| Maria PEASLAND | 8 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Towcester, Northampton | ||
| Sarah PEASLAND | U | 43 | F | Pauper | Pillow Lacemaker | Eastcote, Northampton | |
| Samuel PHIPPS | U | 60 | M | Pauper | Ag Lab | Imbecile | Wappenham ((Whittleb)), Northampton |
| Dinah RICHARDS | W | 32 | F | Casual Pauper | Dressmaker | Stoke Sub Hampden, Somerset | |
| Hezekiah SHARP | W | 70 | M | Pauper | Ag Lab | Towcester, Northampton | |
| William SHEPPARD | W | 85 | M | Pauper | Blacksmith | Towcester, Northampton | |
| Lucy SMITH | W | 52 | F | Pauper | Pillow Lacemaker | Maidford, Northampton | |
| Robert SMITH | W | 67 | M | Pauper | Painter & Glazier | Towcester, Northampton | |
| William SMITH | 11 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Towcester, Northampton | ||
| Joseph SNELSON | 12 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Northampton, Northampton | ||
| Phyllis SNELSON | 11 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Northampton, Northampton | ||
| William SNELSON | 14 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Northampton, Northampton | ||
| Florence L. SPENCER | 3 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Towcester, Northampton | ||
| Mary A. SPENCER | U | 27 | F | Pauper | Pillow Lacemaker | Silverstone, Northampton | |
| William J. SPENCER | 6 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Silverstone, Northampton | ||
| Thomas TAYLOR | U | 26 | M | Casual Pauper | Ag Lab | Newmarket, Suffolk | |
| William THOMAS | U | 42 | M | Casual Pauper | Printer Compositor | Sheffield, York | |
| Elizabeth TIMMS | 12 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Yardley Gobion, Northampton | ||
| Frederick TIMMS | 10 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Noke, Oxford | ||
| Harriet TIMMS | 8 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Yardley Gobion, Northampton | ||
| Mary TIMMS | W | 35 | F | Pauper | Pillow Lacemaker | Yardley Gobion, Northampton | |
| Samuel TURNER | U | 57 | M | Pauper | Ag Lab | Litchborough, Northampton | |
| Emma WEBB | 13 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Gayton, Northampton | ||
| George WEBB | U | 34 | M | Casual Pauper | Railway Labourer | Gloucester, Gloucester | |
| James WEBB | M | 59 | M | Pauper | Shoemaker | Towcester, Northampton | |
| Jane WEBB | 7 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Gayton, Northampton | ||
| Mark WEBB | 12 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Gayton, Northampton | ||
| Sarah WEBSTER | 13 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Towcester, Northampton | ||
| Benjamin WHITLOCK | W | 68 | M | Pauper | Ag Lab | Blisworth, Northampton | |
| Ann WILLIAMS | U | 31 | F | Pauper | Pillow Lacemaker | Towcester, Northampton | |
| Frances WILLIAMS | 6 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Towcester, Northampton | ||
| Sydney WILLIAMS | 6m | M | Pauper | Scholar | Towcester, Northampton | ||
| Samuel WILSON | W | 57 | M | Pauper | Ag Lab | Maidford, Northampton | |
| Robert WORTH | W | 64 | M | Pauper | Ag Lab | Towcester, Northampton |
Total residents: 91
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