1881 Census: Residents of Union Workhouse, Ecclesfield, Yorkshire
| Name | Mar | Age | Sex | Relation | Occupation | Handicap | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | |||||||
| James C. AITKEN | M | 65 | M | Master (Head) | Workhouse Master (Munc) | Ellon, Aberdeen, Scotland | |
| Elizabeth H. AITKEN | M | 33 | F | Matron Wife | Workhouse Matron | Northampton | |
| George DEPLEDGE | U | 64 | M | Workhouse Porter (Munc) | Liverpool, Lancashire | ||
| Sarah A. COTTRELL | W | 36 | F | Workhouse Nurse | York | ||
| Annie PROWSE | U | 29 | F | Workhouse Schoolmistress | London, Middlesex | ||
| Inmates | |||||||
| Benjamin ADDY | W | 83 | M | Inmate | Collier | Ecclesfield, York | |
| Maria ALLOTT | U | 53 | F | Inmate | Idiot | Woodhouse, York | |
| Albert ANDREWS | U | 19 | M | Inmate | Ecclesfield, York | ||
| Wilfred ASKHAM | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Bradfield, York | ||
| George BANCROFT | U | 24 | M | Inmate | Labourer (Road) | Bradfield, York | |
| James BANCROFT | U | 22 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Manchester, Lancashire | |
| Thomas BARKER | 26 | M | Tramp | Painter (House) | |||
| Edward BARRETT | U | 56 | M | Inmate | Masons Labourer | Derby | |
| Eliza BEARD | U | 37 | F | Inmate | Sheffield, York | ||
| Joseph BELL | 17 | M | Tramp | Farm Labourer (Ag) | |||
| George BINGHAM | W | 76 | M | Inmate | Quarryman (S) | Burton On Trent, Stafford | |
| James BIRD | W | 72 | M | Inmate | Labourer (Farm) | Gloucester | |
| Samuel BOWLER | W | 56 | M | Inmate | Collier | Derby | |
| Frances C. BRAILSFORD | 15 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Ecclesfield, York | ||
| Charlotte BRAMWELL | W | 62 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Bradfield, York | |
| William BURGESS | U | 69 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Ecclesfield, York | |
| Joseph CASSEY | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Bradfield, York | ||
| James CLEATHERS | W | 70 | M | Inmate | Iron Works Labourer | Ecclesfield, York | |
| Sarah CLIFFE | U | 59 | F | Inmate | Deaf And Dumb | Ecclesfield, York | |
| William COOPER | U | 51 | M | Inmate | Labourer (Iron Works) | Bradfield, York | |
| George COPLEY | W | 80 | M | Inmate | Coal Miner | Ecclesfield, York | |
| George DAVEY | W | 72 | M | Inmate | Coal Miner | Ecclesfield, York | |
| Grace DEARDEN | U | 50 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Ecclesfield, York | |
| Alfred DOWNING | 2 | M | Inmate | Ecclesfield, York | |||
| John H. DOWNING | 5 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Ecclesfield, York | ||
| Theodore DRANSFIELD | U | 30 | F | Inmate | Blind | Wortley, York | |
| Ada DRONFIELD | 2 | F | Inmate | Ecclesfield, York | |||
| Arthur DRONFIELD | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Ecclesfield, York | ||
| Emily DRONFIELD | 5 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Ecclesfield, York | ||
| Fred DRONFIELD | 18 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Ecclesfield, York | ||
| Joseph ELLISON | U | 26 | M | Inmate | Labourer (Farm) | Bradfield, York | |
| Margaret FLANNIGAN | W | 69 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Ireland | |
| Harriet FOX | U | 17 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Ecclesfield, York | |
| Fredrick GILLOTT | U | 29 | M | Inmate | Idiot | Bradfield, York | |
| James GLOSSOP | U | 63 | M | Inmate | Labourer (Iron Works) | Bradfield, York | |
| Joh GODFREY | U | 50 | M | Inmate | Labourer (Farm) | Bradfield, York | |
| John GREEN | W | 72 | M | Inmate | Fork Filer (Farm Labourer) | Ecclesfield, York | |
| Mary GREGORY | U | 24 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Ecclesfield, York | |
| Benjamin HAGUE | U | 66 | M | Inmate | Labourer (Iron Works) | Bradfield, York | |
| Elizabeth HALL | 5 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Ecclesfield, York | ||
| Elizabeth HALL | U | 38 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Ecclesfield, York | |
| Fanny HALL | 9 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Ecclesfield, York | ||
| George A. HALL | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Ecclesfield, York | ||
| John HARTLEY | W | 74 | M | Inmate | Carter | Ecclesfield, York | |
| William HATTERSLEY | U | 24 | M | Inmate | Blind | Bradfield, York | |
| William HAWK | U | 61 | M | Inmate | Imbecile | Bradfield, York | |
| George HAYE | W | 50 | M | Inmate | Cab Driver | Nottingham | |
| Henry HENNEMAN | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Sheffield, York | ||
| Joseph HEYWOOD | W | 64 | M | Inmate | Cutler | Ecclesfield, York | |
| John HINCHLIFFE | U | 50 | M | Inmate | Carter Fork Filer (Cutler) | Ecclesfield, York | |
| Charles IBBOTSON | W | 66 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Bradfield, York | |
| Elizabeth IBBOTSON | W | 36 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Bradfield, York | |
| Joseph IBBOTSON | U | 56 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer (Ag) | Bradfield, York | |
| Mary E. IBBOTSON | 6 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Ecclesfield, York | ||
| Joshua JARVIS | U | 74 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer (Ag) | Norfolk | |
| Ann JONES | U | 31 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Bradfield, York | |
| Lois JONES | 2 | F | Inmate | Ecclesfield, York | |||
| Emily JUDGE | M | 25 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Stafford | |
| John JUDGE | 19m | M | Inmate | Bradfield, York | |||
| Ann KAY | U | 66 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Ecclesfield, York | |
| Arthur J. KAY | 3 | M | Inmate | Ecclesfield, York | |||
| Bridget LAINS | U | 40 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Bradfield, York | |
| Hannah LAW | U | 69 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Sheffield, York | |
| Mary Eliz. LEE | 8 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Bradfield, York | ||
| Walter LEE | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Bradfield, York | ||
| Ada LEWIS | 3 | F | Inmate | York | |||
| David LEWIS | 7 | M | Inmate | Scholar | York | ||
| George LEWIS | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | York | ||
| John LEWIS | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Stafford | ||
| Sarah LEWIS | M | 38 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Warwick | |
| Thomas LEWIS | 14 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Stafford | ||
| William LEWIS | 5 | M | Inmate | Scholar | York | ||
| James MIDDLETON | 14 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Imbecile | Bradfield, York | |
| Martin MIDDLETON | U | 69 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer (Ag) | Bradfield, York | |
| Grace MITCHELL | U | 49 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Bradfield, York | |
| Samuel MITCHELL | W | 73 | M | Inmate | Formerly Farmer | Tankersley, York | |
| Charles MOORE | 7 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Bradfield, York | ||
| John H. MOORE | 14 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Bradfield, York | ||
| Christiana PLATTS | 13 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Ecclesfield, York | ||
| Elizabeth PLATTS | W | 53 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Ecclesfield, York | |
| Patience PLATTS | 11 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Ecclesfield, York | ||
| Thomas PLESTER | 21 | M | Tramp | Coal Miner | |||
| George RAMSDEN | 62 | M | Inmate | File Maker Farm Labourer | Ecclesfield, York | ||
| Alice REDFERN | U | 23 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Ecclesfield, York | |
| Mary E. REEVES | 10 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Bradfield, York | ||
| John RICH | U | 41 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer (Ag) | Ecclesfield, York | |
| William RILEY | U | 56 | M | Inmate | Iron Works Labourer | Deaf & Dumb | Ecclesfield, York |
| Sarah J. ROSS | 2 | F | Inmate | Ecclesfield, York | |||
| Alice SANDERCOCK | 2 | F | Inmate | Ecclesfield, York | |||
| Elizabeth SANDERCOCK | W | 41 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Cornwall | |
| Ellen SANDERCOCK | 11 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Ecclesfield, York | ||
| Emma SANDERCOCK | 4 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Ecclesfield, York | ||
| Henry SANDERCOCK | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Ecclesfield, York | ||
| Joshua SANDERSON | W | 85 | M | Inmate | Formerly Farmer | Bradfield, York | |
| Ann SCARGILL | U | 46 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Ecclesfield, York | |
| Albert E. SHELDON | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Ecclesfield, York | ||
| Mary C. SHEPHERD | U | 24 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Ecclesfield, York | |
| Sarah SHORE | U | 53 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Dronfield, Derby | |
| Ann SIMPSON | W | 77 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Leeds, York | |
| Jane SKINNER | W | 61 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | ||
| Maria SMITH | W | 73 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Wakefield, York | |
| Charles SOUTH | 75 | M | Inmate | File Maker | Ecclesfield, York | ||
| Mary SPITALHOUSE | W | 79 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Rotherham, York | |
| Joseph SWIFT | 17 | M | Tramp | Farm Labourer (Ag Lab) | |||
| Emma TAYLOR | U | 53 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Ecclesfield, York | |
| Sarah TAYLOR | U | 56 | F | Inmate | Ecclesfield, York | ||
| Mark THICKETT | W | 42 | M | Inmate | Coal Miner | Derby | |
| Elizabeth TINGLE | U | 34 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Ecclesfield, York | |
| William WALTERS | U | 27 | M | Inmate | Ecclesfield, York | ||
| Charles WALTON | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Ecclesfield, York | ||
| Hannah WALTON | M | 64 | F | Inmate | Ecclesfield, York | ||
| Annie WARD | 7 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Wortley, York | ||
| James WARD | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Wortley, York | ||
| Martha WARD | 9 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Wortley, York | ||
| Annie WESTERMAN | 7 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Ecclesfield, York | ||
| Mary WESTERMAN | U | 37 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Ecclesfield, York | |
| William WESTERMAN | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Ecclesfield, York | ||
| Joseph WHITEHEAD | U | 34 | M | Inmate | Road Labourer | Bradfield, York | |
| Joshua WHITHAM | W | 64 | M | Inmate | File Cutter | Ecclesfield, York | |
| Sarah WILSON | U | 39 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Wortley, York |
Total residents: 125
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