1881 Census: Residents of Union Workhouse, Glastonbury Road, Wells St Cuthbert, Somerset
| Name | Mar | Age | Sex | Relation | Occupation | Handicap | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | |||||||
| Joseph HALL | M | 55 | M | Head | Master Of Workhouse | Hinton Charterhouse, Somerset | |
| Sarah HALL | M | 55 | F | Wife | Matroness Of Workhouse | Winchester, Hampshire | |
| Thomas PETERS | U | 42 | M | Schoolmaster Of Workhouse | Rowde Devizes, Wiltshire | ||
| Charles BLIZZARD | U | 60 | M | Porter | Porter Of Workhouse | Atworth, Wiltshire | |
| Marta HARPER | U | 31 | F | Hospital Nurse | West Dean, Wiltshire | ||
| Florance KILMINSTER | U | 22 | F | Industrial Teacher(Munic) | Batcombe, Somerset | ||
| Tamer COOK | U | 30 | F | Cook At Workhouse | North Wooton, Somerset | ||
| Jane HUTTON | U | 22 | F | Laundress At Workhouse | Wells, Somerset | ||
| Inmates | |||||||
| Thomas ADAMS | U | 67 | M | Inmate | Farm Laborer | Chewton, Somerset | |
| Esther ALLEN | 10 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Wells, Somerset | ||
| Frank ALLEN | U | 18 | M | Inmate | Shoe Maker | Wookey, Somerset | |
| George ALLEN | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Wookey, Somerset | ||
| Mary ALLEN | U | 60 | F | Inmate | Farm Serv | Bridgewater, Somerset | |
| Rosa ALLEN | 12 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Wells, Somerset | ||
| Alfred ANDOW | 8 | M | Inmate (Son) | Scholar | Fareham, Hampshire | ||
| Henry ANDOW | 5 | M | Inmate (Son) | Scholar | Fareham, Hampshire | ||
| Jane ANDOW | M | 40 | F | Inmate (Head) | Charwoman | Fareham, Hampshire | |
| Joseph ANDOW | 13 | M | Inmate (Son) | Scholar | Fareham, Hampshire | ||
| Hannah ANGER | W | 80 | F | Inmate (Head) | Stocking Knitter | Glastonbury, Somerset | |
| Arthur BAKER | W | 60 | M | Inmate | Carpenter | Street, Somerset | |
| Stephen BAKER | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Meare Wells, Somerset | ||
| Louisa BELCHER | U | 60 | F | Inmate | Cook (WH) | North Cerney, Gloucester | |
| James BOND | W | 75 | M | Inmate | Farm Laborer | Glastonbury, Somerset | |
| Mary BOWN | U | 46 | F | Inmate | Farm Serv | Butleigh, Somerset | |
| George BRUNT | U | 62 | M | Inmate | Farm Laborer | Wookey, Somerset | |
| Frank BRYANT | 5 | M | Inmate (Son) | Scholar | Wells, Somerset | ||
| Jane BRYANT | U | 36 | F | Inmate (Head) | Farm Serv | Oakhill, Somerset | |
| Mary BRYANT | 13 | F | Inmate (Daur) | Scholar | Wells, Somerset | ||
| Henry CLARKE | 12 | M | Inmate (Son) | Scholar | Wells, Somerset | ||
| Jane CLARKE | U | 34 | F | Inmate (Head) | Farm Laborer | Glastonbury, Somerset | |
| Jessie CLARKE | 9 | F | Inmate (Daur) | Scholar | Wells, Somerset | ||
| Eliza CLEMENTS | M | 70 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Wells, Somerset | |
| Edward CLOSE | U | 42 | M | Inmate | Farm Laborer | Baltonsborough, Somerset | |
| Adolphus COOK | 7 | M | Inmate | Scholar | North Wooton Wells, Somerset | ||
| Hester COOK | W | 53 | F | Inmate | Glover | Glastonbury, Somerset | |
| George CORPE | M | 70 | M | Inmate | Farm Laborer | Baltonsborough, Somerset | |
| Absolam COX | U | 79 | M | Inmate | Farm Laborer | Glastonbury, Somerset | |
| Stephen COX | M | 36 | M | Inmate | Farm Laborer | Blind | Glastonbury, Somerset |
| Elizabeth DAVIS | 3m | F | Inmate (Daur) | Wells, Somerset | |||
| Matilda DAVIS | U | 18 | F | Inmate (Head) | Farm Serv | Wells, Somerset | |
| Samuel DAVIS | U | 31 | M | Inmate | Farm Laborer | Worth, Devon | |
| Henry DIFFORD | 1 | M | Inmate (Son) | Wells, Somerset | |||
| Mary DIFFORD | U | 26 | F | Inmate (Head) | Farm Serv | Mear Wells, Somerset | |
| Eliza DUCKETT | U | 38 | F | Inmate (Head) | Dairy Woman | Meare Wells, Somerset | |
| Elizabeth DUCKETT | U | 38 | F | Inmate | Domestic Serv. | Wookey Wells, Somerset | |
| Hannah DUCKETT | 15 | F | Inmate (Daur) | Scholar | Meare Wells, Somerset | ||
| James DUCKETT | 13 | M | Inmate (Son) | Scholar | Meare Wells, Somerset | ||
| John DUCKETT | W | 75 | M | Inmate | Farm Laborer | Wells, Somerset | |
| Mary EADES | W | 77 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Cheddar, Somerset | |
| Perkins EDGAR | U | 22 | M | Inmate | Farm Laborer | Meare Wells, Somerset | |
| Elizabeth EDWARDS | U | 40 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Wells, Somerset | |
| James EDWARDS | 6 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Wells, Somerset | ||
| George ELTON | W | 80 | M | Inmate | Woodcutter | Orchardleigh, Somerset | |
| Susan ELTON | 48 | F | Inmate | Shoe Binder | Midford, Somerset | ||
| William ELTON | U | 35 | M | Inmate | Farm Laborer | Frome, Somerset | |
| William FINNEY | U | 46 | M | Inmate | Glastonbury, Somerset | ||
| Elizabeth GAVIN | U | 25 | F | Inmate | Seamstress | London Shoreditch, Middlesex | |
| Martha GOODING | U | 58 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Meare Wells, Somerset | |
| John GRIFFITHS | W | 71 | M | Inmate | Hawker | Leeds, York | |
| Thomas HANCOCK | U | 72 | M | Inmate | Soldier (Discharged) | Glastonbury, Somerset | |
| Arthur HARES | U | 4 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Bristol | |
| Joseph HARMAN | U | 25 | M | Inmate | Farm Laborer | Shaftesbury, Dorset | |
| George HARRIS | W | 48 | M | Inmate | Farm Laborer | Plymouth, Devon | |
| Thomas HEMBURY | W | 70 | M | Inmate | Farm Laborer | Mear Wells, Somerset | |
| Frank HODGES | 5 | M | Inmate (Son) | Scholar | Wells, Somerset | ||
| Kitty HODGES | U | 26 | F | Inmate (Head) | Domestic Serv | Wookey Wells, Somerset | |
| Ann HOPKINS | U | 48 | F | Inmate | Seamstress | Wookey, Somerset | |
| Samuel HOUSE | U | 63 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Wells, Somerset | |
| Susan HOWARD | U | 51 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Butleigh, Somerset | |
| Ann A.J. HOWE | 1 | F | Inmate (Daur) | Wells, Somerset | |||
| Caroline HOWE | M | 33 | F | Inmate (Head) | Shoe Binder | Wells, Somerset | |
| Elizabeth HOWE | 4 | F | Inmate (Daur) | Scholar | Bristol St Phillips | ||
| Henry HOWE | 12 | M | Inmate (Son) | Scholar | Bristol St Phillips | ||
| John HOWE | 10 | M | Inmate (Son) | Scholar | Bristol St Phillips | ||
| Samuel HOWE | 13 | M | Inmate (Son) | Scholar | Bristol St Phillips | ||
| Mary HUISH | W | 70 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Wells, Somerset | |
| Joseph ISGROVE | M | 68 | M | Inmate | Farm Laborer | Wells, Somerset | |
| Richard JENKINS | W | 74 | M | Inmate | Farm Laborer | Theale Wells, Somerset | |
| William JENNINGS | U | 28 | M | Inmate | Idiot | Meare Wells, Somerset | |
| William KINGMAN | W | 69 | M | Inmate | Sawyer | Stoneaston, Somerset | |
| Ann LAMPORT | W | 82 | F | Inmate | Laundress | Butleigh, Somerset | |
| Richard LANE | W | 83 | M | Inmate | Farm Laborer | Westbury, Somerset | |
| Rebecca LAWRENCE | M | 60 | F | Inmate | Seamstress | Wells, Somerset | |
| Charles LOXTON | 8 | M | Inmate (Son) | Scholar | Wells, Somerset | ||
| Eliza LOXTON | U | 27 | F | Inmate | Domestic Serv | Chewton, Somerset | |
| Emily LOXTON | U | 27 | F | Inmate (Head) | Farm Serv | Wells, Somerset | |
| Henry LOXTON | 1 | M | Inmate | Wells, Somerset | |||
| Martha LOXTON | U | 83 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Wells, Somerset | |
| Joseph MARSH | W | 60 | M | Inmate | Grocer | Glastonbury, Somerset | |
| James MILLS | W | 76 | M | Inmate | Basket Maker | Blind | Lewes, Sussex |
| Mary MONEY | M | 47 | F | Inmate | Seamstress | East Pennard, Somerset | |
| Henrietta MOORE | 11m | F | Inmate | Street, Somerset | |||
| James MORISH | W | 68 | M | Inmate | Hawker | Belfast, Ireland | |
| William NAPPER | U | 60 | M | Inmate | Soldier | Rodney Stoke, Somerset | |
| George NICHOLLS | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | West Pennard, Somerset | ||
| Louisa NICHOLLS | 13 | F | Inmate | Scholar | West Pennard, Somerset | ||
| Mary NORMAN | U | 40 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Wells, Somerset | |
| Miriam NORRIS | U | 80 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | West Pennard, Somerset | |
| Charlotte OXLEY | U | 40 | F | Inmate | Farm Serv. | Wells, Somerset | |
| Ann PATCH | W | 63 | F | Inmate | Washerwoman | Mear Wells, Somerset | |
| Arthur PATCH | 1 | M | Inmate (Son) | Wells, Somerset | |||
| Eliza PATCH | 30 | F | Inmate (Head) | Farm Serv | Meare Wells, Somerset | ||
| George PATCH | U | 70 | M | Inmate | Pork Butcher | Wells, Somerset | |
| Thomas PATCH | 7 | M | Inmate (Son) | Scholar | Meare Wells, Somerset | ||
| William PERHAM | U | 53 | M | Inmate | Farm Laborer | Wells, Somerset | |
| James PERKINS | M | 78 | M | Inmate | Tailor | Hoverd, Somerset | |
| Ann RICE | W | 36 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Wells, Somerset | |
| William RICHARDS | U | 28 | M | Inmate | Farm Laborer | Penzance, Cornwall | |
| Arthur SALVIDGE | 2 | M | Inmate (Son) | Beaconsfield, Buckingham | |||
| Frederick SALVIDGE | 2m | M | Inmate (Son) | Wells, Somerset | |||
| Jane SALVIDGE | U | 29 | F | Inmate (Head) | Domestic Serv | Hinton Blewet, Somerset | |
| Amelia SATERLY | 12 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Glastonbury, Somerset | ||
| Clara SATERLY | 10 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Glastonbury, Somerset | ||
| William SAVAGE | W | 78 | M | Inmate | Farm Laborer | Priddy Wells, Somerset | |
| Charlotte SHEPPARD | U | 31 | F | Inmate | Farm Serv | Westbury, Somerset | |
| Emily SHEPPARD | 15 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Westbury, Somerset | ||
| Thomas SHEPPARD | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Wells, Somerset | ||
| Bessie SHINGLETON | 10 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Wookey, Somerset | ||
| Henrietta SHINGLETON | 7 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Wookey, Somerset | ||
| John SPERRING | W | 80 | M | Inmate | Farm Laborer | Wookey Wells, Somerset | |
| Mary SPERRING | W | 61 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | London St Pancras, Middlesex | |
| Jane STANDARD | U | 28 | F | Inmate | Domestic Serv. | Wells, Somerset | |
| Jane STANDARD | 6 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Wells, Somerset | ||
| Charles STAPLES | W | 63 | M | Inmate | Stone Mason | Bridgewater, Somerset | |
| Henry STOKES | 7 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Wells, Somerset | ||
| John STOKES | 5 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Wells, Somerset | ||
| William STOKES | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Wells, Somerset | ||
| Emily TAYLOR | 5 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Baltonsborough, Somerset | ||
| Joseph VILE | U | 58 | M | Inmate | Glover Cutter | Stoke Under Ham, Somerset | |
| Sarah VOWLES | U | 65 | F | Inmate | Farm Serv | Glastonbury, Somerset | |
| John WARREN | W | 42 | M | Inmate | Sawyer | Tiverton, Devon | |
| Ann WATTS | W | 70 | F | Inmate | Gen Nurse | North Perrot, Somerset | |
| John WELLS | U | 58 | M | Inmate | Farm Laborer | Chewton, Somerset | |
| Ellen WHITE | U | 59 | F | Inmate | Washerwoman | Wells, Somerset | |
| John WILKINS | U | 83 | M | Inmate | Idiot | Glastonbury, Somerset | |
| Betsy WILLICOMBE | 2 | F | Inmate | Wells, Somerset | |||
| Hannah WISEMAN | 11 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Wookey Wells, Somerset | ||
| Robert WISEMAN | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Wookey Wells, Somerset | ||
| Mary WOOLEY | U | 23 | F | Inmate | Washerwoman | Wells, Somerset | |
| William YOUNG | U | 50 | M | Inmate | Farm Laborer | Somerton, Somerset |
Total residents: 140
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