1881 Census: Residents of Union Workhouse, Wincanton, Somerset
| Name | Mar | Age | Sex | Relation | Occupation | Handicap | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | |||||||
| John BARNES | M | 55 | M | (Head) | Master (Munic) | Bristol, Gloucester | |
| Margaret BARNES | M | 46 | F | Wife | Matron (Munic) | Peterhead, Scotland | |
| John SHEAD | U | 32 | M | Officer | Schoolmaster (Munic) | London Walworth Road, Surrey | |
| Jane COOMBES | U | 27 | F | Officer | Schoolmistress (Munic) | Shipton On Wychwood, Oxford | |
| William Henry STOWE | U | 42 | M | Officer | Porter (Munic) | Newfoundland Harbor Grace | |
| Mary STEVENSON | W | 55 | F | Officer | Nurse | Wellington, Somerset | |
| Ann MOUNTFORD | U | 52 | F | Officer | Cook (Dom) | Burford, Shropshire | |
| Inmates | |||||||
| James A'COURT | U | 44 | M | Inmate | Nil | Imbecile | Castle Cary, Somerset |
| William AUSTIN | U | 40 | M | Inmate | Labourer (Ag) | North Cadbury, Somerset | |
| Mary BAKER | W | 77 | F | Inmate | Nil | Isle Of St Petersport, Guernsey, Channel Islands | |
| Alice Patience BANKS | 5 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Yeovil, Somerset | ||
| Beatrice May BANKS | 6 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Taunton, Somerset | ||
| Susanna BANKS | W | 40 | F | Inmate | Dress Maker | Bridgwater, Somerset | |
| Bertie BARBER | 7m | M | Inmate | Wincanton, Somerset | |||
| Mary Elizabeth BARBER | M | 29 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Stratton On Fosse, Somerset | |
| Rose BARBER | 12 | F | Inmate | Scholar | |||
| William BARNES | U | 76 | M | Inmate | Labourer (Ag) | Babcary, Somerset | |
| Elizabeth BIDFORD | 12 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Castle Cary, Somerset | ||
| William BIDFORD | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Castle Cary, Somerset | ||
| Joseph BIGGIN | W | 79 | M | Inmate | Weaver | Imbecile | Castle Cary, Somerset |
| Richard BISHOP | U | 31 | M | Inmate | Labourer (Ag) | Castle Cary, Somerset | |
| Elizabeth BISS | U | 53 | F | Inmate | Factory Hand (Nil) | Imbecile | Castle Cary, Somerset |
| William BISS | W | 79 | M | Inmate | Labourer (Ag) | South Brewham, Somerset | |
| Bathsheba BLAK | U | 25 | F | Inmate | Dress Maker | Imbecile | Buckham Weston, Dorset |
| Charles King BOND | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Henstridge, Somerset | ||
| Frank BOND | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Wincanton, Somerset | ||
| Jane BOND | W | 40 | F | Inmate | Glover | Bradford Abbas, Dorset | |
| John BOND | W | 75 | M | Inmate | Stone Mason | North Cheriton, Somerset | |
| Kate BOND | 11 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Wincanton, Somerset | ||
| Mary Elizabeth BOND | 5 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Henstridge, Somerset | ||
| Arthur BRINE | 4 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Salford, Lancashire | ||
| Charles BRINE | 6 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Manchester, Lancashire | ||
| George BRINE | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Castle Cary, Somerset | ||
| Harriett BRINE | M | 36 | F | Inmate | Nil | Lovington, Somerset | |
| Joseph BRINE | 1 | M | Inmate | Salford, Lancashire | |||
| Mary Jane BRINE | 13 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Castle Cary, Somerset | ||
| Elijah Thos. BRYANT | M | 74 | M | Inmate | Hatter | Stoke Lane, Somerset | |
| Stephen BUCKLEY | M | 72 | M | Inmate | Labourer (Ag) | Blandford, Dorset | |
| Edward BUDGON | M | 40 | M | Inmate | Hoop Maker | Imbecile | Bromley, Kent |
| James BUTT | U | 60 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Cucklington, Somerset | |
| Budzel CALET | U | 52 | M | Inmate | Labourer (Ag) | South Bannar, Somerset | |
| Luke CANNONS | W | 57 | M | Inmate | Brick & Tile Maker | Wincanton, Somerset | |
| Flora Louisa CARP | 5 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Wincanton, Somerset | ||
| Jane CARP | 33 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Woolwich, Kent | ||
| John George CARP | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Wincanton, Somerset | ||
| Sophia CARP | W | 56 | F | Inmate | Laundress | Woolwich, Kent | |
| Thomas CHANT | U | 27 | M | Inmate | Labourer (Ag) | Mllbourne Port, Somerset | |
| William CHANT | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Wincanton, Somerset | ||
| Alice May CHINNOCK | 8 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Bruton, Somerset | ||
| Edith CHINNOCK | 5 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Bruton, Somerset | ||
| William CHINNOCK | 7 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Bruton, Somerset | ||
| Louisa CLARK | U | 71 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Wincanton, Somerset | |
| William CLEWETT | M | 71 | M | Inmate | Stone Mason | Wincanton, Somerset | |
| Andrew COLEMAN | M | 67 | M | Inmate | Labourer (Ag) | Castle Cary, Somerset | |
| Edwin Eli COLLIS | U | 16 | M | Inmate | Labourer (Ag) | Horsington, Somerset | |
| Eliza COLLIS | 10 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Horsington, Somerset | ||
| Hannah COOMBS | W | 80 | F | Inmate | Glover | Kington Magna, Dorset | |
| Eliza Ann CURTIS | 1 | F | Inmate | Bruton, Somerset | |||
| Eliza CURTIS | U | 22 | F | Inmate | Weaver | Bruton, Somerset | |
| William Glaze CURTIS | 1m | M | Inmate | Wincanton, Somerset | |||
| Amelia DAY | M | 46 | F | Inmate | Nil | Horsington, Somerset | |
| Ann DEWFALL | 9 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Henstridge, Somerset | ||
| Solomon DEWFALL | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Henstridge, Somerset | ||
| William DOVE | W | 76 | M | Inmate | Weaver (None) | Wincanton, Somerset | |
| William DOVE | U | 38 | M | Inmate | Labourer (Ag) | North Cheriton, Somerset | |
| John DRISCOLL | 3 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Wincanton, Somerset | ||
| Mary Ann DRISCOLL | U | 26 | F | Inmate | Nil | ||
| John DUNKERTON | M | 52 | M | Casual | Labourer (Ag) | Warminster, Wiltshire | |
| Alice Ann Sabrina EVERETT | 2 | F | Inmate | Wincanton, Somerset | |||
| Lucy EVERETT | M | 26 | F | Inmate | Seamstress | Stoke Trister, Somerset | |
| Walter Davis EVERETT | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Wincanton, Somerset | ||
| Beatrice Elizth. FLOWERS | 6m | F | Inmate | Wincanton, Somerset | |||
| Ellen FLOWERS | U | 27 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Bruton, Somerset | |
| Louisa FORWARD | M | 45 | F | Inmate | Glover | Imbecile | |
| Selina FORWARD | U | 21 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Cucklington, Somerset | |
| Edwin GATCOMBE | U | 34 | M | Inmate | Mat Maker | Blind | Henstridge, Somerset |
| John GREGORY | M | 73 | M | Inmate | Labourer (Ag) | Pitminster, Somerset | |
| Charles HAINES | W | 68 | M | Inmate | Blacksmith | London, Middlesex | |
| Elizabeth HALLETT | U | 70 | F | Inmate | Glover | Milborne Port, Somerset | |
| Bessie HAMBLYN | 9 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Wincanton, Somerset | ||
| Henrietta HAMBLYN | 12 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Castle Cary, Somerset | ||
| Maria HAMBLYN | U | 39 | F | Inmate | Weaver | Castle Cary, Somerset | |
| Elizabeth HAWISH | U | 60 | F | Inmate | Nil | Imbecile | |
| George HAYTER | 15 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Kington Magna, Dorset | ||
| Jane HAYTER | 11 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Wincanton, Somerset | ||
| Matilda HAYTER | U | 19 | F | Inmate | Seamstress | Deaf & Dumb | Henstridge, Somerset |
| Robert HAZARD | M | 66 | M | Inmate | Labourer (Ag) | Templecombe, Somerset | |
| John HERRIDGE | M | 42 | M | Inmate | Labourer (Ag) | Kington Magna, Dorset | |
| Beatrice Elizabeth HEWITT | 4 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Wincanton, Somerset | ||
| Frederick Joseph HEWITT | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Wincanton, Somerset | ||
| James HIGGINS | W | 68 | M | Inmate | Gardener (N D) | North Cadbury, Somerset | |
| John HILL | W | 75 | M | Inmate | Labourer (Ag) | South Cadbury, Somerset | |
| Mary Ann HILL | 11 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Wincanton, Somerset | ||
| James HILLS | W | 70 | M | Inmate | Sawyer | Bruton, Somerset | |
| John HOBBS | U | 74 | M | Inmate | Labourer (Ag) | Henstridge, Somerset | |
| Lucy HODGES | U | 26 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Bruton, Somerset | |
| Mary Jane HODGES | 9 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Bruton, Somerset | ||
| Sidney Arthur HODGES | 2m | M | Inmate | Wincanton, Somerset | |||
| Emma HUTCHINGS | U | 16 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Wincanton, Somerset | |
| Ruth HUTCHINGS | M | 63 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Wincanton, Somerset | |
| Abraham JAMES | W | 78 | M | Inmate | Sawyer | Wincanton, Somerset | |
| Mary JAMES | U | 50 | F | Inmate | Nil | Wincanton, Somerset | |
| George JEFFERS | 14 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Wincanton, Somerset | ||
| Agnes Alice JENNINGS | 1 | F | Inmate | Ansford, Somerset | |||
| Ann JENNINGS | 11 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Shepton Mallet, Somerset | ||
| Frank JENNINGS | 14 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Wincanton, Somerset | ||
| Frederick Charles JENNINGS | 14 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Shepton Mallet, Somerset | ||
| Georgina JENNINGS | U | 1 | F | Inmate | Wincanton, Somerset | ||
| Kate JENNINGS | 8 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Shepton Mallet, Somerset | ||
| Mary Ann JENNINGS | W | 36 | F | Inmate | Seamstress | Babcary, Somerset | |
| Sarah JENNINGS | U | 18 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Queen Camel, Somerset | |
| William Thomas JENNINGS | 5 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Castle Cary, Somerset | ||
| Thomas JONES | U | 28 | M | Casual | Labourer (Ag) | Devizes, Wiltshire | |
| Emily Jane KELLY | 11 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Wincanton, Somerset | ||
| John KIDDLE | U | 78 | M | Inmate | Labourer (None) | Stoke Trister, Somerset | |
| John LAVOR | U | 61 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Dumb | North Cadbury, Somerset |
| Matilda LAVOR | U | 63 | F | Inmate | Nil | North Cadbury, Somerset | |
| Josiah Martin LEWIS | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | |||
| Richard LEWIS | U | 27 | M | Inmate | Basket Maker | Blind | West Chinnock, Somerset |
| Samuel LODGE | W | 72 | M | Inmate | Labourer (Ag) | Shepton Montague, Somerset | |
| Charles LOVELL | U | 53 | M | Inmate | Labourer (Ag) | Henstridge, Somerset | |
| George LOWER | W | 64 | M | Inmate | Labourer (Ag) | North Cadbury, Somerset | |
| Elizth.Ann LUCAS | 9 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Wincanton, Somerset | ||
| Jessie LUCAS | U | 25 | F | Inmate | Farm Servant | North Cadbury, Somerset | |
| Thomas LUCAS | U | 77 | M | Inmate | Labourer (Ag) | Imbecile | Bruton, Somerset |
| Thomas LUCAS | W | 79 | M | Inmate | Labourer (Ag) | South Cadbury, Somerset | |
| Wm.James LUCAS | 3 | M | Inmate | Scholar | North Cadbury, Somerset | ||
| Emma LUMBER | U | 35 | F | Inmate | Nil | Imbecile | Bruton, Somerset |
| Charles LUSH | M | 61 | M | Inmate | Labourer (Ag) | Wincanton, Somerset | |
| Hannah LYDFORD | U | 80 | F | Inmate | Farm Servant | ||
| Lot MARSH | 14 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Cucklington, Somerset | ||
| Jane MATTHEWS | W | 74 | F | Inmate | Nil | Imbecile | Charlton Horethorne, Somerset |
| Charlotte MEAD | U | 41 | F | Inmate | Servant | Imbecile | Buckham Weston, Dorset |
| David MEAD | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | South Brenham, Somerset | ||
| Elizabeth MEAD | U | 40 | F | Inmate | Servant | Buckham Weston, Dorset | |
| Henry MEAD | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | South Brenham, Somerset | ||
| Jane MEAD | U | 21 | F | Inmate | Nil | Imbecile | Wincanton, Somerset |
| John George MEAD | 5 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Wincanton, Somerset | ||
| Louisa Jane MEAD | 8 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Wincanton, Somerset | ||
| Sarah Ann MEAD | 16 | F | Inmate | Scholar | South Brenham, Somerset | ||
| John MERRILL | W | 79 | M | Inmate | Surgeon | Madras Presidency, East Indies | |
| John MILES | U | 54 | M | Casual | Labourer (Ag) | Bristol, Gloucester | |
| Bessie MILLS | 5 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Castle Cary, Somerset | ||
| Ellen MILLS | M | 27 | F | Inmate | Servant | Shepton Montague, Somerset | |
| George Henry MILLS | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Lovington, Somerset | ||
| George MITCHELL | W | 79 | M | Inmate | Labourer (Ag) | Charlton Musgrove, Somerset | |
| James MULLINS | U | 25 | M | Inmate | Nil | Stoke Trister, Somerset | |
| Louisa NEALE | U | 52 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Holton, Somerset | |
| Charles NEWMAN | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Finsbury, Somerset | ||
| Jane NEWMAN | M | 43 | F | Inmate | Servant | Bristol, Somerset | |
| John NEWMAN | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Finsbury, Somerset | ||
| Richard NEWMAN | U | 16 | M | Inmate | Labourer (Ag) | Charlton Horethorne, Somerset | |
| Ann NEWPORT | W | 84 | F | Inmate | Nil | Imbecile | |
| Joseph NORMAN | U | 77 | M | Inmate | Labourer (None) | Blind | Holton, Somerset |
| Ada NORREY | 5 | F | Inmate | Scholar | |||
| Francis NORREY | 6 | M | Inmate | Scholar | |||
| Alice Maud Mary PARSONS | 1 | F | Inmate | Wincanton, Somerset | |||
| Eliza Jane PARSONS | U | 21 | F | Inmate | Glover | Wincanton, Somerset | |
| Harriet PARSONS | U | 23 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | South Cheriton, Somerset | |
| Harry PARSONS | 4 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Henstridge, Somerset | ||
| James PARSONS | 79 | M | Inmate | Labourer (Ag) | Blind | Kington Magna, Dorset | |
| Judith Mary PARSONS | U | 26 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | South Cheriton, Somerset | |
| Mable Lilly PARSONS | 1 | F | Inmate | Wincanton, Somerset | |||
| Maurice PARSONS | 6m | M | Inmate | Kingston Magna, Dorset | |||
| Thomas PARSONS | W | 80 | M | Inmate | Labourer (None) | Queen Camel, Somerset | |
| Frederick PAYNE | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Sherborne, Dorset | ||
| Sarah PAYNE | M | 30 | F | Inmate | Servant | Rimpton, Somerset | |
| Ann PERRY | W | 78 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Bristol, Somerset | |
| Mary Ann PILL | W | 71 | F | Inmate | Laundress | Blind | St Mabyn, Cornwall |
| Clara Elizth. PIPE | 3 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Henstridge, Somerset | ||
| Ernest Albert PIPE | 5 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Henstridge, Somerset | ||
| Mary PITMAN | U | 72 | F | Inmate | Nil | South Cadbury, Somerset | |
| Ada PRANKARD | 10 | F | Inmate | Scholar | London, Middlesex | ||
| Emma PRANKARD | M | 40 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Wincanton, Somerset | |
| William PRANKARD | 3 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Wincanton, Somerset | ||
| Emma RAWLINGS | M | 60 | F | Inmate | Servant | Walton, Somerset | |
| John RAWLINGS | M | 70 | M | Inmate | Stone Mason | Bruton, Somerset | |
| William RAWLINGS | W | 69 | M | Inmate | Labourer (Ag) | Wraxall, Somerset | |
| Eliza READ | M | 70 | F | Inmate | Weaver | Castle Cary, Somerset | |
| Isaiah READ | W | 66 | M | Inmate | Shoe Maker | Bourton ((...)), Dorset | |
| James READ | U | 48 | M | Casual | Labourer (Ag) | Southampton, Hampshire | |
| Richard READ | M | 89 | M | Inmate | Labourer (None) | Meare, Somerset | |
| Eliza RIDOUT | W | 47 | F | Inmate | Factory Hand (Fht) | Bruton, Somerset | |
| Maurice ROBBINS | W | 80 | M | Inmate | Labourer (Ag) | Shepton Montague, Somerset | |
| George ROBERTS | U | 42 | M | Inmate | Tin And Copper Miner | Kingston On Thames, Surrey | |
| Hugh ROSE | U | 37 | M | Inmate | Labourer (Ag) | Stratton, Wiltshire | |
| George SCARD | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | |||
| Harriet SCARD | W | 32 | F | Inmate | Glover | Henstridge, Somerset | |
| Jane SEYMOUR | U | 56 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Stoke Trister, Somerset | |
| Alice SHANLEY | 8 | F | Inmate | Scholar | |||
| Arthur John SHANLEY | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Woolwich, Kent | ||
| Elizabeth SHANLEY | 10 | F | Inmate | Scholar | |||
| Silvester SHEEN | M | 87 | M | Inmate | Labourer (None) | North Barran, Somerset | |
| Eliza SHEPHERD | U | 57 | F | Inmate | Hawker | Charlton Horethorne, Somerset | |
| Charles Colhouse SHORT | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Wincanton, Somerset | ||
| George SHORT | W | 70 | M | Inmate | Labourer (Ag) | Wincanton, Somerset | |
| Kate SHORT | 11 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Wincanton, Somerset | ||
| Richard STACEY | M | 83 | M | Inmate | Labourer (None) | Wincanton, Somerset | |
| Robert STACEY | U | 49 | M | Inmate | Coach Painter (Ag) | Wincanton, Somerset | |
| George STONE | W | 72 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Penselwood, Somerset | |
| George SWEETHAM | W | 61 | M | Inmate | Ck Toll Collectour (None) | Wincanton, Somerset | |
| Martha TAVENER | W | 73 | F | Inmate | Tailoress | Wincanton, Somerset | |
| William TAYLOR | U | 26 | M | Inmate | Labourer A G | Castle Cary, Somerset | |
| Samuel THISSEL | 14 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Castle Cary, Somerset | ||
| Ann THORNE | W | 69 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Ryme Intrinseca, Dorset | |
| Anna Maria THORNE | 10 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Queen Camel ((Ryme Intrinseca)), Somerset | ||
| Isaac TOPP | M | 80 | M | Inmate | Labourer (None) | Penselwood, Somerset | |
| Laura TOPP | U | 19 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Wincanton, Somerset | |
| William Joseph TOPP | 6m | M | Inmate | Wincanton, Somerset | |||
| Andrew TRIM | M | 78 | M | Inmate | Labourer (None) | Shepton Montague, Somerset | |
| Andrew TRIM | W | 70 | M | Inmate | Labourer (Ag) | Shepton Montague, Somerset | |
| Eliza TRIM | M | 43 | F | Inmate | Farm Servant | Charlton Musgrove, Somerset | |
| Eliza Ann TRIM | 10 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Charlton Musgrove, Somerset | ||
| Sam VAGG | U | 38 | M | Inmate | Police Constable (None) | Bridport, Dorset | |
| Elizabeth VIGAR | 26 | F | Inmate | Weaver | Bruton, Somerset | ||
| Ernest VIGAR | 6 | M | Inmate | Bruton, Somerset | |||
| Florence VIGAR | 2 | F | Inmate | Bruton, Somerset | |||
| Ann VINING | U | 74 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Wincanton, Somerset | |
| Augusta WHITE | U | 36 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | North Brewham, Somerset | |
| Emily WHITE | 10 | F | Inmate | Scholar | |||
| Emily WHITE | 15 | F | Inmate | Scholar | |||
| Louisa WHITE | U | 17 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | ||
| Matilda WHITE | 11 | F | Inmate | Scholar | |||
| William WHITE | 14 | M | Inmate | Scholar | |||
| Albert WHITELOCK | 4 | M | Inmate | Scholar | North Cadbury, Somerset | ||
| Elizabeth WHITELOCK | M | 66 | F | Inmate | Field Woman | North Cadbury, Somerset | |
| Samuel WHITELOCK | M | 59 | M | Inmate | Labourer (Ag) | Compton Poundsfoot, Somerset | |
| Susan WHITELOCK | U | 28 | F | Inmate | Field Woman | North Cadbury, Somerset | |
| Charles WILLIS | U | 67 | M | Inmate | Labourer (Ag) | Wincanton, Somerset | |
| Percy Arthur Phillip WILLS | 2 | M | Inmate | Blackford, Somerset | |||
| George WILTON | U | 46 | M | Inmate | Labourer (Ag) | Yarlington, Somerset | |
| William WOND | U | 62 | M | Inmate | Glover | Combe St Nicholas, Somerset | |
| Bessie WRIGHT | 9 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Yarlington, Somerset | ||
| Mary WRIGHT | 11 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Yarlington, Somerset | ||
| William WRIGHT | W | 62 | M | Inmate | Labourer (Ag) | Yarlington, Somerset |
Total residents: 235
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