1881 Census: Residents of Union Workhouse, Holyhead Rd, Street Lane, Wellington, Shropshire
| Name | Mar | Age | Sex | Relation | Occupation | Handicap | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | |||||||
| George THOMAS | M | 40 | M | Master | Master Of Workhouse | Wellington, Shropshire | |
| Margaret THOMAS | M | 40 | F | Matron | Matron Of Workhouse | Wellington, Shropshire | |
| Emma J. THOMAS | 13 | F | Dau | (Scholar) | Wellington, Shropshire | ||
| William G. THOMAS | 9 | M | Son | (Scholar) | Wellington, Shropshire | ||
| Mary A. EVANS | U | 27 | F | Schoolmistress | Schoolmistress Of Workhouse | Llanrust, Denbigh, Wales | |
| Margaret HAY | U | 31 | F | Trainer | Trainer At Workhouse | Marshall Meadows Berwick ((Lanrust)), Scotland | |
| John MILES | U | 27 | M | Porter | Porter At Workhouse | Marston, Hereford | |
| Elizebeth HUMPHREY | U | 58 | F | Nurse | Nurse At Workhouse | Crudgington, Shropshire | |
| Inmates | |||||||
| Sarah ADAMS | W | 55 | F | Inmate | (Pauper) | Shrewsbury | |
| David ANDREWS | M | 54 | M | Inmate | Sawyer (Pauper) | Llanflenan, Montgomery, Wales | |
| Emily ANDREWS | 6 | F | Inmate | Scholar (Pauper) | Wellington, Shropshire | ||
| Fanny ANDREWS | 8 | F | Inmate | Scholar (Pauper) | Wellington, Shropshire | ||
| Herbert ANDREWS | 4 | M | Inmate | Scholar (Pauper) | Wellington, Shropshire | ||
| James ANDREWS | 5 | M | Inmate | Scholar (Pauper) | Wellington, Shropshire | ||
| Jane ANDREWS | 13 | F | Inmate | Scholar (Pauper) | Wellington, Shropshire | ||
| John ANDREWS | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar (Pauper) | Wellington, Shropshire | ||
| John ARKINSTALL | W | 90 | M | Inmate | Laborer (Pauper) | Stafford | |
| Henry ASTBURY | U | 55 | M | Inmate | (Pauper) | Imbecile | Birmingham, Warwick |
| Thomas BAGLEY | U | 60 | M | Inmate | Stone Sawyer (Pauper) | Sommerwood, Shropshire | |
| Fanny BALL | 5 | F | Inmate | Scholar (Pauper) | Hadley, Shropshire | ||
| Thomas BALL | U | 63 | M | Inmate | Miner Coal (Pauper) | Oakengates, Shropshire | |
| Sarah BARTLET | W | 81 | F | Inmate | Charwoman (Pauper) | Wem, Shropshire | |
| Alfred BAYLIS | W | 70 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker (Pauper) | Mountford Bridge, Shropshire | |
| Luke BEACH | W | 86 | M | Inmate | Laborer (Pauper) | Wellington, Shropshire | |
| George Henry BENNETT | 9m | M | Inmate | (Pauper) | Wellington, Shropshire | ||
| Jane BENNETT | U | 15 | F | Inmate | Servant (Pauper) | Ortons Wood, Shropshire | |
| Thomas BENNETT | U | 58 | M | Inmate | Lab (Pauper) | Littleton, Worcester | |
| Martha BETHEL | 12 | F | Inmate | Scholar (Pauper) | Wellington, Shropshire | ||
| William BLADEN | U | 60 | M | Inmate | Lab (Pauper) | Longton Park, Shropshire | |
| Sarah BLANTON | U | 80 | F | Inmate | Servant (Pauper) | Crundgington, Shropshire | |
| Sarah Rebecca BOLAS | U | 61 | F | Inmate | Charwoman (Pauper) | Wenlock, Shropshire | |
| John BROWN | U | 21 | M | Inmate | (Pauper) | Imbecile | Holston, Shropshire |
| Richard BROWN | W | 68 | M | Inmate | Butcher (Pauper) | Coedway, Shropshire | |
| Ann BUCKLEY | W | 68 | F | Inmate | Charwoman (Pauper) | Brampton, Devon | |
| Emma CADMAN | 3 | F | Inmate | Scholar (Pauper) | Wellington, Shropshire | ||
| Alice CAPSEY | 5 | F | Inmate | Scholar (Pauper) | Sheffield, York | ||
| Ann CAPSEY | 8 | F | Inmate | Scholar (Pauper) | Sheffield, York | ||
| George CAPSEY | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar (Pauper) | Oakengates, Shropshire | ||
| Herbert CAPSEY | 2 | M | Inmate | Shifnal, Shropshire | |||
| Sarah CAPSEY | W | 28 | F | Inmate | Charwoman (Pauper) | Oakengates, Shropshire | |
| John CARTER | W | 74 | M | Inmate | Lab (Pauper) | Luton, Bedford | |
| Benjamin CHAPEL | 1 | M | Inmate | Wellington, Shropshire | |||
| George CLARKE | 15 | M | Inmate | Scholar (Pauper) | St Georges, Shropshire | ||
| Robert CLARKE | W | 81 | M | Inmate | Ireland | ||
| Elizabeth CLEE | 3 | F | Inmate | Scholar (Pauper) | Wrockwardine Wood, Shropshire | ||
| Rebecca CLEE | 6 | F | Inmate | Scholar (Pauper) | Wrockwardine Wood, Shropshire | ||
| Thomas CLEE | 7 | M | Inmate | Scholar (Pauper) | Chellheath, Stafford | ||
| William CLEE | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar (Pauper) | St Georges, Shropshire | ||
| Martha CRAWLEY | U | 60 | F | Inmate | Charwoman (Pauper) | Wellington, Shropshire | |
| William DAVIES | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar (Pauper) | Bilson, Stafford | ||
| William DAVIES | U | 79 | M | Inmate | Brickmaker (Pauper) | Ketley, Shropshire | |
| Thomas DAYSON | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar (Pauper) | Wellington, Shropshire | ||
| William DODD | U | 63 | M | Inmate | Collier (Pauper) | Wombridge, Shropshire | |
| William EVANS | M | 61 | M | Inmate | Farmer (Pauper) | Ludlow, Shropshire | |
| Ann FELTON | M | 48 | F | Inmate | Milliner (Pauper) | Henley In Arden, Warwick | |
| Annie FERRIDAY | 10 | F | Inmate | Scholar (Pauper) | Hadley, Shropshire | ||
| Lucy FERRIDAY | 6 | F | Inmate | Scholar (Pauper) | Hadley, Shropshire | ||
| Mary FERRIDAY | 8 | F | Inmate | Scholar (Pauper) | Hadley, Shropshire | ||
| Thomas FERRIDAY | W | 50 | M | Inmate | Engineer (Pauper) | Oakengates, Shropshire | |
| Thomas FORD | U | 67 | M | Inmate | Carpenter (Pauper) | Hadley, Shropshire | |
| Hannah GARBETT | U | 43 | F | Inmate | Servant Domestic (Pauper) | Anston Hill, Shropshire | |
| William GREGG | U | 60 | M | Inmate | Lab (Pauper) | Leominster, Hereford | |
| Elizabeth GRIFFITH | W | 53 | F | Inmate | Charwoman (Pauper) | Wem, Shropshire | |
| Catherine HAMLET | W | 76 | F | Inmate | (Pauper) | Lunatic | |
| Richard HAMLET | W | 66 | M | Inmate | Cab Driver (Pauper) | Shifnal, Shropshire | |
| John HAMMOND | U | 60 | M | Inmate | Puddler (Pauper) | Ketley, Shropshire | |
| Richard HASSALL | U | 70 | M | Inmate | Laborer (Pauper) | Ketley Bank, Shropshire | |
| Emma HAYWARD | U | 40 | F | Inmate | Servant Domestic (Pauper) | Huntington, Shropshire | |
| Mary Ann HAYWARD | 14 | F | Inmate | Scholar (Pauper) | Wellington, Shropshire | ||
| William HOGGINS | U | 70 | M | Inmate | Laborer (Pauper) | Imbecile | Hadley, Shropshire |
| William HOLLAND | W | 72 | M | Inmate | Coal Miner (Pauper) | Wellington, Shropshire | |
| Ann HOLMES | 14 | F | Inmate | Scholar (Pauper) | Shrewsbury | ||
| Edward HOWELL | 4 | M | Inmate | Scholar (Pauper) | Oakengates, Shropshire | ||
| Elizabeth HOWELL | 4 | F | Inmate | Oakengates, Shropshire | |||
| Maria HOWELL | 12 | F | Inmate | Scholar (Pauper) | Ketley, Shropshire | ||
| William HOWELL | 7 | M | Inmate | Scholar (Pauper) | |||
| Edward HOWELLS | W | 37 | M | Inmate | Miner Coal (Pauper) | Malins Lee, Shropshire | |
| Eliza HUMPHRIES | U | 19 | F | Inmate | Servant Domestic (Pauper) | St Georges, Shropshire | |
| Joseph HUNT | U | 26 | M | Inmate | Printer (Printer)(Pauper) | Longburton, Dorset | |
| Thomas HYDE | W | 77 | M | Inmate | Lab (Pauper) | Hawket, Worcester | |
| Catherine JARVIS | W | 78 | F | Inmate | Charwoman (Pauper) | Wellington, Shropshire | |
| Elizabeth JOHNSON | 4 | F | Inmate | Scholar (Pauper) | Wrockwardine Wood, Shropshire | ||
| James JOHNSON | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar (Pauper) | Wrockwardine, Shropshire | ||
| Margaret JOHNSON | 6 | F | Inmate | Scholar (Pauper) | Oakengates, Shropshire | ||
| Alice JONES | 3 | F | Inmate | Scholar (Pauper) | Wellington, Shropshire | ||
| James JONES | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar (Pauper) | Dawley Green, Shropshire | ||
| John JONES | 15 | M | Inmate | Scholar (Pauper) | Wellington, Shropshire | ||
| John JONES | U | 66 | M | Inmate | Shoe Maker (Pauper) | Leominster, Hereford | |
| Louie JONES | 13 | F | Inmate | Scholar (Pauper) | York | ||
| Maria JONES | 11 | F | Inmate | Scholar (Pauper) | Dawley Green, Shropshire | ||
| Samuel JONES | W | 70 | M | Inmate | Laborer (Gen)(Pauper) | Wellington, Shropshire | |
| Thomas JONES | M | 70 | M | Inmate | Miner Coal (Pauper) | Welshampton, Flint, Wales | |
| George KEMP | U | 57 | M | Inmate | Lab (Pauper) | Hinstock, Shropshire | |
| Margaret KNIGHTLEY | W | 70 | F | Inmate | Charwoman (Pauper) | Wrockwardine Wood, Shropshire | |
| Ann KNOCK | M | 40 | F | Inmate | Hawker (Pauper) | Ketley, Shropshire | |
| Elizabeth LARGAN | M | 58 | F | Inmate | Dressmaker (Pauper) | Wem, Shropshire | |
| James LATHAM | 14 | M | Inmate | Scholar (Pauper) | Preston, Shropshire | ||
| Mary LATHAM | W | 52 | F | Inmate | Charwoman (Pauper) | Preston, Shropshire | |
| John LEACH | U | 24 | M | Inmate | Bricklayer Laborer (Pauper) | Wellington, Shropshire | |
| Emma LEE | U | 23 | F | Inmate | Servant Domestic (Pauper) | Clift, Shropshire | |
| Priscilla LESTER | W | 40 | F | Inmate | (Pauper) | Imbecile | |
| Fanny LIGHT | 12 | F | Inmate | Scholar (Pauper) | Wellington, Shropshire | ||
| William LIGHT | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar (Pauper) | High Ercall, Shropshire | ||
| Ann LITTLEHALES | U | 74 | F | Inmate | Charwoman (Pauper) | Berrington, Shropshire | |
| Josh. LLOYD | M | 67 | M | Inmate | Lab (Pauper) | Wellington, Shropshire | |
| Charles LOCKLEY | U | 40 | M | Inmate | Laborer (Pauper) | Roddington, Shropshire | |
| Stephen LOWE | U | 35 | M | Inmate | (Pauper) | Imbecile | |
| Mary MANERING | 68 | F | Inmate | Charwoman (Pauper) | Wrockwardine, Shropshire | ||
| Alice MANSELL | W | 44 | F | Inmate | Charwoman (Pauper) | Preston, Shropshire | |
| George MANSELL | W | 53 | M | Inmate | Lab (Pauper) | Lilleshall, Shropshire | |
| Elizabeth MORGAN | W | 91 | F | Inmate | Charwoman (Pauper) | Westbury, Shropshire | |
| Thomas MORGAN | M | 90 | M | Inmate | Laborer (Pauper) | Ketley, Shropshire | |
| William NEWTH | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar (Pauper) | Wellington, Shropshire | ||
| Ann OWEN | U | 30 | F | Inmate | Servant Domestic (Pauper) | Rudington, Shropshire | |
| Catherine PAGE | M | 53 | F | Inmate | Charwoman (Pauper) | Wellington, Shropshire | |
| Charles PAGE | M | 61 | M | Inmate | Wood Pur... (Pauper) | Wellington, Shropshire | |
| James PAGET | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar (Pauper) | St Georges, Shropshire | ||
| William PAGET | U | 61 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker (Pauper) | Wombridge, Shropshire | |
| William PAVIOR | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar (Pauper) | Towcester, Northampton | ||
| George PEACOCK | W | 77 | M | Inmate | Laborer (Pauper) | Justiss, Shropshire | |
| Eliza PERRY | W | 60 | F | Inmate | Charwoman (Pauper) | Shrewsbury, Shropshire | |
| Hannah PERRY | U | 23 | F | Inmate | Servant Domestic (Pauper) | Walsall, Stafford | |
| Edward PHILLIPS | U | 36 | M | Inmate | Laborer (Pauper) | Littlewood, Flint, Wales | |
| William PHILLIPS | U | 70 | M | Inmate | Laborer (Pauper) | Shawbury, Shropshire | |
| Benjamin PICKEN | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar (Pauper) | Wellington, Shropshire | ||
| Martha PICKEN | U | 48 | F | Inmate | Servant Domestic (Pauper) | Newworks, Shropshire | |
| Richard PINNER | U | 80 | M | Inmate | Laborer (Pauper) | Ketley, Shropshire | |
| Elizabeth PITCHFORD | 11 | F | Inmate | Scholar (Pauper) | Trench, Shropshire | ||
| Mary PITCHFORD | 14 | F | Inmate | Scholar (Pauper) | Trench, Shropshire | ||
| John PLANT | W | 68 | M | Inmate | Laborer (Pauper) | Keele, Stafford | |
| Ada POOLE | 10 | F | Inmate | Scholar (Pauper) | Dawley Green, Shropshire | ||
| John POWIS | U | 56 | M | Inmate | Collier (Pauper) | Lawley, Shropshire | |
| Sarah PRICE | U | 30 | F | Inmate | Servant Domestic (Pauper) | Armor Hill, Shropshire | |
| Betsy PROW | 5 | F | Inmate | Scholar (Pauper) | Wellington, Shropshire | ||
| Mary Ann RALPHS | U | 35 | F | Inmate | Servant (Pauper) | Sugden, Shropshire | |
| William RALPHS | 3m | M | Inmate | (Pauper) | Wellington, Shropshire | ||
| Frederick RICHARDS | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar (Pauper) | Wellington, Shropshire | ||
| William RICHARDS | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar (Pauper) | St Georges, Shropshire | ||
| Thomas RIDGWAY | W | 72 | M | Inmate | Laborer (Gen)(Pauper) | Prees, Shropshire | |
| Hannah ROBERTS | W | 47 | F | Inmate | Charwoman (Pauper) | Dowlais, Glamorgan, Wales | |
| Robert ROBERTS | 7 | M | Inmate | Scholar (Pauper) | Wellington, Shropshire | ||
| Benjamin ROBERTSON | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar (Pauper) | Liverpool Lane, Shropshire | ||
| Margaret ROBINSON | M | 43 | F | Inmate | Seamstress (Pauper) | Wellington, Shropshire | |
| Sarah SEABURY | 7 | F | Inmate | Scholar (Pauper) | Horton, Shropshire | ||
| Benjamin MC SHEA | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar (Pauper) | Wellington, Shropshire | ||
| John SHELTON | U | 65 | M | Inmate | Labo (Pauper) | Ketley, Shropshire | |
| Ann SMITH | W | 77 | F | Inmate | Dressmaker (Pauper) | Kinnersley, Shropshire | |
| John SPENCER | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar (Pauper) | Wellington, Shropshire | ||
| John SPENCER | W | 60 | M | Inmate | Lab (Pauper) | Churchstoke, Montgomery, Wales | |
| John STILGOE | U | 72 | M | Inmate | Laborer (Pauper) | Aston, Shropshire | |
| Robert STOKINGS | U | 69 | M | Inmate | Carpenter (Pauper) | Wrockwardine, Shropshire | |
| Thomas SUTTON | M | 68 | M | Inmate | Laborer (Pauper) | Lockington, Shropshire | |
| Thomas THIN | W | 77 | M | Inmate | Collier (Pauper) | New Hadley, Shropshire | |
| William THOMAS | W | 82 | M | Inmate | Laborer (Pauper) | Admaston, Shropshire | |
| Sam TRANTER | U | 61 | M | Inmate | Collier (Pauper) | Coalpit Bank, Shropshire | |
| Edward TROW | U | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar (Pauper) | Wellington, Shropshire | |
| Sarah TROW | U | 35 | F | Inmate | Servant Domestic (Pauper) | Wellington, Shropshire | |
| Enoch UPTON | U | 48 | M | Inmate | Heator (Pauper) | Red Lake, Shropshire | |
| James VALE | M | 48 | M | Inmate | Collier (Pauper) | Ludlow, Shropshire | |
| Samuel VICKERS | W | 67 | M | Inmate | Collier (Pauper) | Shropshire | |
| Emma WALL | U | 46 | F | Inmate | Charwoman (Pauper) | Donnington Wood, Shropshire | |
| Benjamin WALTON | W | 47 | M | Inmate | Lab (Pauper) | Maddey Wood, Shropshire | |
| George WARRENDER | 15 | M | Inmate | Scholar (Pauper) | Trench, Shropshire | ||
| Margaret WARRENDER | 10 | F | Inmate | Scholar (Pauper) | Wellington, Shropshire | ||
| Mary Jane WARRENDER | 12 | F | Inmate | Scholar (Pauper) | Trench, Shropshire | ||
| John WEBBER | W | 65 | M | Inmate | Blacksmith (Pauper) | Crowcombe, Somerset | |
| Sarah Ann WEDGE | 6 | F | Inmate | Scholar (Pauper) | Cold Hatton, Shropshire | ||
| Michael WELSH | W | 71 | M | Inmate | Laborer (Pauper) | Ireland | |
| Ann WESTON | U | 60 | F | Inmate | Charwoman (Pauper) | Wrockwardine Wood, Shropshire | |
| Mary WESTON | W | 72 | F | Inmate | Charwoman (Pauper) | High Hatton, Shropshire | |
| William WESTON | W | 90 | M | Inmate | Lab (Pauper) | Newtown, Shropshire | |
| John WHITTINGHAM | U | 17 | M | Inmate | Laborer (Pauper) | Wellington, Shropshire | |
| John WHITTINGHAM | W | 40 | M | Inmate | Laborer (Gen)(Pauper) | Tibberton, Shropshire | |
| John WILDIN | M | 56 | M | Inmate | Farmer (Pauper) | Stafford | |
| Elizabeth WILLIAMS | W | 43 | F | Inmate | Charwoman (Pauper) | Wellington, Shropshire | |
| Joseph WILLIAMS | W | 56 | M | Inmate | Laborer (Pauper) | Rowton, Shropshire | |
| Thomas WOOD | U | 28 | M | Inmate | Carpenter (Pauper) | Manchester, Lancashire | |
| Edward WRIGHT | U | 40 | M | Inmate | Laborer (Gen)(Pauper) | Trench, Shropshire | |
| Richard YARDLEY | 7 | M | Inmate | Scholar (Pauper) | Oakengates, Shropshire |
Total residents: 179
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