1881 Census: Residents of Union Workhouse, Wellingborough, Northampton
| Name | Mar | Age | Sex | Relation | Occupation | Handicap | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | |||||||
| Thomas SIMMONS | M | 58 | M | Head | Master Of Workhouse (Munic) | Hudwell, Buckingham | |
| Julia L. SIMMONS | U | 30 | F | Daur | Matron Of Workhouse | Irthlingboro, Northampton | |
| Kate G. SIMMONS | 3 | F | Daur | Wellingboro, Northampton | |||
| Joseph D. PARK | U | 30 | M | Schoolmaster | Schoolmaster Of Workhouse | Norwich, Norfolk | |
| Mary Ann EADY | U | 20 | F | Sch Mistress | Schoolmistress Of Workhouse Munic | Chelveston, Northampton | |
| Wm. HIGGS | W | 47 | M | Porter | Porter (Munic) | Kilby, Warwick | |
| Sarah CRADDOCK | W | 55 | F | Nurse | Nurse (Munic) | Wellingboro, Northampton | |
| Inmates | |||||||
| Chas. ALDERMAN | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Gt Doddington, Northampton | ||
| Wm. ALDERMAN | 5 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Wellingboro, Northampton | ||
| John ALLEN | U | 18 | M | Inmate | Formerly Ag Labourer | Lt Addington, Northampton | |
| Martha M. ALLEN | U | 18 | F | Inmate | Formerly Genl Servant | Woodford, Northampton | |
| Fanny ANDREWS | 8 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Wellingboro, Northampton | ||
| Chas. ASHBY | U | 36 | M | Vagrant | Formerly Currier | Gt Bowden, Northampton | |
| Rebecca ASHFORD | U | 27 | F | Inmate | Domestic Serv | Hereford | |
| John AUSTIN | M | 40 | M | Inmate | Formerly ... | Leicester | |
| Abraham BALL | U | 58 | M | Inmate | Formerly Ag Labourer | Rushden, Northampton | |
| Mary BANKS | W | 80 | F | Inmate | Formerly Housekeeper | Wymington, Bedford | |
| James BARKER | W | 66 | M | Inmate | Formerly Shoemaker | Deaf And Dumb | Earls Barton, Northampton |
| John BELL | W | 67 | M | Inmate | Formerly Shoemaker | Shorditch, Middlesex | |
| Wm BETTLES | U | 28 | M | Inmate | None | Idiot | Wollaston, Northampton |
| Anthony BIRD | W | 73 | M | Inmate | Formely General Labourer | Addington, Northampton | |
| William BLAND | U | 29 | M | Vagrant | Formerly Bricklayer Labourer | York, York | |
| Elizth. BODDINGTON | U | 27 | F | Inmate | Formerly Lacemaker | Finedon, Northampton | |
| Henry BULLMORE | U | 40 | M | Inmate | Formerly Hawker | Shorditch, Middlesex | |
| Jane BURGESS | W | 53 | F | Inmate | None | Higham Ferrers, Northampton | |
| Timothy BURTON | M | 65 | M | Inmate | Formerly Shoemaker | Rushden, Northampton | |
| Wm BUTLIN | U | 70 | M | Inmate | Formerly Ag Labourer | Market Harboro, Northampton | |
| George E. CARRINGTON | U | 6m | M | Inmate | Wellingboro, Northampton | ||
| Sarah CARRINGTON | U | 33 | F | Inmate | Formerly Lacemaker | Fardish, Northampton | |
| Job CLAPHAM | W | 75 | M | Inmate | Formerly Ag Labourer | Finedon, Northampton | |
| Frank CLARK | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Bedford, Bedford | ||
| Fredk. CLARK | 7 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Bedford, Bedford | ||
| Sophia CLARK | W | 76 | F | Inmate | Formerly Lacemaker | Rushden, Northampton | |
| John CLEMENTS | W | 71 | M | Inmate | Formerly Ag Labourer | On The Irish Sea | |
| John COOK | U | 77 | M | Inmate | Formerly Ag Labourer | Mears Ashby, Northampton | |
| John COOPER | W | 62 | M | Inmate | Formerly Shoemaker | Wellingboro, Northampton | |
| James CROFT | W | 72 | M | Inmate | Formerly Blacksmith | Bedford, Bedford | |
| George CUTHBERT | W | 72 | M | Inmate | Formerly Ag Labourer | Irthlingboro, Northampton | |
| Fling DARNELL | U | 66 | M | Inmate | Formerly Ag Labourer | Deaf And Dumb | Souldrop, Bedford |
| Elizth. DEALING | U | 70 | F | Inmate | Formerly Housekeeper | Moulton, Northampton | |
| Mary EATON | W | 85 | F | Inmate | None | Castor, Huntingdon | |
| Coles ELLSON | U | 75 | M | Inmate | Formerly Blacksmith | Ecton, Northampton | |
| Sarah FAIRGRIEVE | M | 48 | F | Inmate | Formerly Laundress | Gt Harrowden, Northampton | |
| Wm. FAIRGRIEVE | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Manchester, Lancashire | ||
| Charles FREEMAN | U | 45 | M | Inmate | None | Idiot | Wollaston, Northampton |
| Arthur GAMBLE | 1 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Wellingboro, Northampton | ||
| Elizth GAMBLE | W | 27 | F | Inmate | Formely Charwoman | Gt Doddington, Northampton | |
| Walter GAMBLE | 4 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Wellingboro, Northampton | ||
| Miran GARRETT | U | 63 | F | Inmate | Formerly Washerwoman | Gt Harrowden, Northampton | |
| James GENT | M | 77 | M | Inmate | Formerly Shoemaker | Northampton, Northampton | |
| Dennis GEORGE | U | 46 | M | Vagrant | Formerly Ag Labourer | Grantham, Lincoln | |
| Samuel GIBSON | W | 75 | M | Inmate | Formerly Ag Labourer | Gt Doddington, Northampton | |
| Thomas GILBERT | M | 66 | M | Inmate | Formerly Shoemaker | Rushden, Northampton | |
| Ann GILL | W | 84 | F | Inmate | Formely Lacemaker | Wellingboro, Northampton | |
| Alfred GOODMAN | U | 66 | M | Inmate | Formerly Shoemaker | Wellingboro, Northampton | |
| Sarah GOODMAN | M | 39 | F | Inmate | Formerly General Domestic Sert | Wellingboro, Northampton | |
| Mary GOOSEY | U | 30 | F | Inmate | Formerly Shoe Closer | Wellingboro, Northampton | |
| Hannah GREGORY | W | 89 | F | Inmate | Formely Lacemaker | Burton Latimer, Northampton | |
| James GUEST | W | 71 | M | Inmate | Formely Book... Maker | Northampton, Northampton | |
| Caroline HART | 1 | F | Inmate | Wellingboro, Northampton | |||
| Rebecca HART | U | 28 | F | Inmate | Formerly General Servant | Birmingham, Warwick | |
| Frank HENRY | W | 68 | M | Vagrant | Formerly Bricklayer Labourer | Sligo, Ireland | |
| Wm. HODBY | U | 20 | M | Inmate | None | Deaf And Dumb | Rushden, Northampton |
| Hannah JOICE | U | 40 | F | Inmate | Formerly Lacemaker | Irchester, Northampton | |
| Ellen JOLLY | 2 | F | Inmate | Wellingboro, Northampton | |||
| Emily JOLLY | U | 23 | F | Inmate | Formerly Shoe Finisher | Ecton, Northampton | |
| Joseph C JOLLY | 1 | M | Inmate | Wellingboro, Northampton | |||
| Annie M. JONES | U | 37 | F | Inmate | Formerly Shoe Closer | Gt Doddington, Northampton | |
| James JONES | W | 62 | M | Inmate | Formerly General Dom | Wollaston, Northampton | |
| Geo. KNIGHT | W | 60 | M | Inmate | Formerly Genl Labourer | Earls Barton, Northampton | |
| Thomas KNIGHTON | W | 61 | M | Inmate | Formerly Shoemaker | Earls Barton, Northampton | |
| Sarah LAUGHTON | W | 62 | F | Inmate | None | Lunatic | Poddington, Northampton |
| James LEACH | U | 63 | M | Inmate | Formerly Ag Labourer | Irthlingboro, Northampton | |
| Thomas LEACH | M | 71 | M | Inmate | Formerly Ag Labourer | Irthlingboro, Northampton | |
| Chas. LOVELL | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Wellingboro, Northampton | ||
| Saml LUDDINGTON | U | 66 | M | Inmate | Formerly General Labourer | Grenden, Northampton | |
| Lucy MARGETTS | U | 80 | F | Inmate | Formerly Lacemaker | Rushden, Northampton | |
| Wm. MARRIOTT | U | 61 | M | Inmate | Formerly Ag Labourer | Idiot | Rushden, Northampton |
| Elizth. MEAR | W | 77 | F | Inmate | Formerly General Domestic Sert | Ashell, Somerset | |
| Daniel MEE | W | 74 | M | Inmate | Formerly G Labourer | Higham Ferrers, Northampton | |
| James MOORE | U | 54 | M | Inmate | Formerly Iron Stone Labourer | Eaton..., Bedford | |
| Ann MORRIS | M | 72 | F | Inmate | Formerly Lacemaker | Ecton, Northampton | |
| James MORRIS | W | 71 | M | Inmate | Formely Gen Labourer | Kingsthorpe, Northampton | |
| John MORRIS | U | 51 | M | Vagrant | Formerly Ironstone Labourer | Nottingham, Nottingham | |
| Thos. MORRIS | M | 75 | M | Inmate | Formrly ... | Ecton, Northampton | |
| John MUNNS | U | 53 | M | Inmate | Formerly General Labourer | Finedon, Northampton | |
| Eliza MURDIN | 12 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Wellingboro, Northampton | ||
| George MURDIN | U | 48 | M | Inmate | Formely Shoemaker | Lunatic | Wellingboro, Northampton |
| Janet MURDIN | 6 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Sheffield, York | ||
| Rosa MURDIN | 2 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Northampton, Northampton | ||
| Thomas MURDIN | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Wellingboro, Northampton | ||
| Chas. NEALE | U | 40 | M | Inmate | None | Idiot | Little Harrowden, Northampton |
| Kezia NICHOLLS | W | 78 | F | Inmate | Formerly Shoe Liner | Grendon, Northampton | |
| Henry NORRIS | W | 80 | M | Inmate | Formerly Ag Labourer | Irchester, Northampton | |
| Wm. NUNNSLEY | U | 67 | M | Inmate | Formerly Ag Labourer | Deaf And Dumb | Finedon, Northampton |
| Charlotte OGDEN | 9 | F | Inmate | Scholar | |||
| Emma OGDEN | 5 | F | Inmate | Scholar | |||
| James OGDEN | 1 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Wellingboro, Northampton | ||
| John OGDEN | 7 | M | Inmate | Scholar | |||
| Mary OGDEN | 12 | F | Inmate | Scholar | |||
| Sarah OGDEN | 4 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Northampton, Northampton | ||
| Joseph OSBORNE | W | 75 | M | Inmate | Formerly Ostler | Dunstable, Bedford | |
| Francis PACKWOOD | U | 40 | M | Inmate | Formerly Shoemaker | Rushden, Northampton | |
| George PANTLING | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Oundle, Northampton | ||
| James PANTLING | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Oundle, Northampton | ||
| Mary E. PANTLING | 12 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Irthlingboro, Northampton | ||
| Ann PARKER | U | 18 | F | Inmate | Formerly General Servant | Grendon, Northampton | |
| Chas. F. PARKER | U | 24 | M | Inmate | Formerly Ag Labourer | Higham Ferrers, Northampton | |
| Frank PARKER | 7 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Wellingboro, Northampton | ||
| Geo. Albert PARKER | 6m | M | Inmate | Wellingboro, Northampton | |||
| Ada L. PARNELL | 13 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Wellingboro, Northampton | ||
| Sarah A. PARNELL | U | 27 | F | Inmate | Formerly Domestic Servt | Gt Doddington, Northampton | |
| Thomas PARNELL | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Wellingboro, Northampton | ||
| Mary PARTRIDGE | U | 44 | F | Inmate | Formerly Shoe Binder | Wellingboro, Northampton | |
| Geo. PATENHALL | U | 37 | M | Inmate | Formerly Ag Labourer | Little Addington, Northampton | |
| Elizth. PENDERED | U | 75 | F | Inmate | Formerly Lacemaker | Grendon, Northampton | |
| Eliza PETTITT | U | 22 | F | Inmate | Nothing | Wollaston, Northampton | |
| Mary PETTITT | W | 54 | F | Inmate | Formerly Charwoman | Grendon, Northampton | |
| Emma PRATT | U | 50 | F | Inmate | ormerly None | Sywell, Northampton | |
| James RANDS | W | 74 | M | Inmate | Formerly Shoemaker | Wellingboro, Northampton | |
| Thomas RICHARDS | U | 64 | M | Inmate | None | Idiot | Wellingboro, Northampton |
| Edmund ROSE | M | 40 | M | Inmate | Formerly Shoemaker | Bedford, Bedford | |
| Thomas ROWKINS | W | 81 | M | Inmate | Formerly Ag Labourer | Gt Doddington, Northampton | |
| Thomas SCROXTON | U | 28 | M | Inmate | ... | Little Harrowden, Northampton | |
| Thomas SHARP | W | 70 | M | Inmate | Formerly Shoemaker | Wellingboro, Northampton | |
| Collin SHORT | U | 68 | M | Inmate | Formely Shoemaker | Idiot | Wilby, Northampton |
| Elizth. SHORTLAND | W | 77 | F | Inmate | Formely Lacemaker | Kilby, Leicester | |
| Alfred SMART | U | 31 | M | Inmate | Formerly Shoemaker | Bozeat, Northampton | |
| Chas. SMITH | U | 45 | M | Inmate | Formerly General Labourer | Little Harrowden, Northampton | |
| Peter SMITH | U | 69 | M | Inmate | None | Deaf And Dumb | Earls Barton, Northampton |
| Charlotte STURGES | U | 19 | F | Inmate | Formerly Gen Servant | Burton Latimer, Northampton | |
| Bartholomew THEW | W | 71 | M | Inmate | Formely Shoemaker | Harrold, Bedford | |
| John THOMPSON | U | 43 | M | Inmate | Formelry ... | Idiot | Mears Ashby, Northampton |
| James TILLEY | M | 56 | M | Inmate | B... Maker | Wellingboro, Northampton | |
| Mary TWELVETREE | U | 34 | F | Inmate | Formerly Lacemaker | Newton Bromswold, Northampton | |
| Chas. VORLEY | W | 65 | M | Inmate | Formerly Ag Labourer | Little Harrowden, Northampton | |
| Josiah VORLEY | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Little Harrowden, Northampton | ||
| Chas. WALLIS | U | 30 | M | Inmate | Formerly General Labourer | Little Harrowden, Northampton | |
| James WALLIS | 15 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Finedon, Northampton | ||
| Joseph WALLIS | W | 57 | M | Inmate | Formerly Ag Labourer | Orlingbury, Northampton | |
| Geo. WARD | U | 42 | M | Inmate | ... | Little Harrowden, Northampton | |
| Alexr. WARREN | W | 69 | M | Inmate | Formerly Shoemaker | Irthlingboro, Northampton | |
| Elizth. WARREN | W | 89 | F | Inmate | Formerly Carrier | Stanwick, Northampton | |
| Wm. WEBBER | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Wymington, Bedford | ||
| Joseph WELLINGTON | W | 71 | M | Inmate | Formerly Carpenter | Mears Ashby, Northampton | |
| James WHITE | W | 61 | M | Inmate | Formerly Shepherd | Warrington, Bedford | |
| Eliza WHITMAN | U | 18 | F | Inmate | Formerly Shoe Finisher | Welwyn, Hertford | |
| John WILLIAMS | U | 57 | M | Inmate | Formerly Hawker | Wellingboro, Northampton | |
| Kezia WILMOTT | W | 74 | F | Inmate | Formerly Lacemaker | Irthlingboro, Northampton | |
| Elizth. WOLLARD | U | 40 | F | Inmate | Nothing | Idiot | |
| Saml. WRIGHT | U | 27 | M | Inmate | Formerly Gen Labourer | Idiot | Gt Doddington, Northampton |
| Thos. WRIGHT | M | 77 | M | Inmate | Formerly Shoemaker | Finedon, Northampton | |
| Wm. WRIGHT | W | 75 | M | Inmate | Formerly Gen Labourer | Carlton, Bedford | |
| Ruth WYMAN | U | 45 | F | Inmate | Formerly Gen Domestic Servt | Irchester, Northampton |
Total residents: 154
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