1881 Census: Residents of Malling Union Workhouse
| Name | Mar | Age | Sex | Relation | Occupation | Handicap | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | |||||||
| Richard John LARCOMBE | M | 43 | M | Governor (Head) | Governor Of Workhouse | Rotherhithe, Surrey | |
| Ada Louisa LARCOMBE | M | 43 | F | Matron | Matron Of Workhouse | Salford, Lancashire | |
| Mary Julia CATBUSH | U | 23 | F | Schoolmistress | Schoolmistress | Harrietsham, Kent | |
| Christiana BISHOP | W | 66 | F | Nurse | Nurse | West Calder, Edinburgh, Scotland | |
| James EVERETT | U | 42 | M | Porter | Porter | Hendon, Middlesex | |
| William MC COY | W | 76 | M | Shoemaker | Shoemaker | Shoreham, Kent | |
| James RING | U | 27 | M | Baker | Baker | Hoxton, Middlesex | |
| Thomas CHILDRENS | U | 61 | M | Cook | Cook | Seal Chest ?, Kent | |
| Margaret WRIGHT | M | 39 | F | Visitor | Wife Of Schoolmaster | Mary Le Bone, Middlesex | |
| George BAKER | U | 49 | M | Servant | Asst In Hospitol | Aylesford, Kent | |
| Henry GARDNER | U | 43 | M | Servant | Asst In Hospitol | Ticehurst, Sussex | |
| Alice WINISTER | U | 36 | F | Servant | Asst In Hospitol | Portsea, Hampshire | |
| Harriet BROOKER | U | 31 | F | Servant | Asst In Hospitol | East Peckham, Kent | |
| Inmates | |||||||
| James ADAMS | W | 62 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Wateringbury, Kent | |
| Thomas ADDS | W | 70 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Birling, Kent | |
| Frances ALLCHIN | 1 | F | Inmate | West Malling, Kent | |||
| Rose ALLCHIN | 7m | F | Inmate | West Malling, Kent | |||
| Elizebeth ALLIBONE | U | 65 | F | Inmate | Servant | E Malling, Kent | |
| William ALLINGHAM | W | 76 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Wateringbury, Kent | |
| Jas. ANDREWS | M | 63 | M | Inmate | Gen Lab | Hadlow, Kent | |
| Elizabeth AUCHEN | U | 24 | F | Inmate | Servt | West Malling, Kent | |
| Alfred AUSTIN | 6 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Wrotham, Kent | ||
| Caroline AUSTIN | W | 62 | F | Inmate | Servant | Cranbrook, Kent | |
| Frank AUSTIN | 14 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Wouldham, Kent | ||
| George AUSTIN | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Wouldham, Kent | ||
| George AUSTIN | M | 36 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Benerden, Kent | |
| Julia AUSTIN | M | 39 | F | Inmate | Field Work | N K, Ireland | |
| Julia AUSTIN | 10 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Wouldham, Kent | ||
| Mary AUSTIN | 2 | F | Inmate | Barming, Kent | |||
| William AUSTIN | 4 | M | Inmate | Scholar | West Malling, Kent | ||
| Rebecca BAILEY | U | 18 | F | Inmate | Servant | ||
| Sarah BAKER | W | 79 | F | Inmate | Needlework | Wateringbury, Kent | |
| John BALL | U | 64 | M | Inmate | Gen Lab | Newbury, Berkshire | |
| Isaac BALLARD | U | 58 | M | Inmate | Butcher | E Peckham, Kent | |
| William BARNDEN | W | 62 | M | Inmate | Gen Lab | N K, Sussex | |
| William BARTON | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Wrotham, Kent | ||
| Caroline BEALE | U | 60 | F | Inmate | Field Work | Aylesford, Kent | |
| Dorcas BELL | W | 29 | F | Inmate | Housework | Mereworth, Kent | |
| Elizebeth BENNETT | W | 80 | F | Inmate | Field Work | Meopham, Kent | |
| Susan BEST | W | 77 | F | Inmate | Housework | Bearstead, Kent | |
| John BEVAN | M | 75 | M | Inmate | Gen Lab | W Malling, Kent | |
| Henry BILLINGHURST | W | 79 | M | Inmate | Gen Lab | Offham, Kent | |
| John BISHOP | W | 67 | M | Inmate | Gen Lab | E Peckham, Kent | |
| John BLACKMAN | U | 65 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Cobham, Kent | |
| George BLAKE | U | 62 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Offham, Kent | |
| Augustus BRAN | W | 68 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Goring, Oxford | |
| William BRAN | W | 71 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | W Malling, Kent | |
| John BRIDGLAND | M | 75 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | E Grinstead, Sussex | |
| Emily BROAD | U | 20 | F | Inmate | Mill Work (Paper) | W Malling, Kent | |
| Henry BROOM | W | 47 | M | Inmate | Painter | London, Middlesex | |
| William BROWN | W | 61 | M | Inmate | Gen Lab | W Malling, Kent | |
| Thomas BUCKWELL | U | 69 | M | Inmate | Gen Lab | Ightham, Kent | |
| Eliza CAPON | 11 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Snodland, Kent | ||
| Ellen CAPON | 6 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Snodland, Kent | ||
| George CAPON | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Snodland, Kent | ||
| Henry CAPON | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Snodland, Kent | ||
| James CHALKLIN | W | 77 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Richmond, Surrey | |
| Thos. CHALKLYN | W | 69 | M | Inmate | Lime Burner | Burham, Kent | |
| Thomas CHAPMAN | U | 59 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Addington, Kent | |
| Emma CHILDS | M | 35 | F | Casual | Needlewoman | Lavenham, Suffolk | |
| John CHILDS | M | 44 | M | Casual | Gen Lab | Lavenham, Suffolk | |
| Mary A. CHILDS | 14 | F | Casual | Lavenham, Suffolk | |||
| Mary A. CLEMENTS | U | 61 | F | Inmate | Servt | Imbecile | West Peckham, Kent |
| John COLEGATE | W | 77 | M | Inmate | Chair Mender | Plasetol, Kent | |
| William COLEGATE | W | 71 | M | Inmate | Gen Lab | W Peckham, Kent | |
| Clara COLLINS | U | 16 | F | Inmate | Servt | West Malling, Kent | |
| Jas. COLLINS | W | 70 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Wateringbury, Kent | |
| Mary COLLINS | U | 80 | F | Inmate | Late Matron Of Workhome | Maidstone, Kent | |
| Ellen CONNELL | M | 65 | F | Casual | Ag Lab | Cork, Ireland | |
| John CONNELL | M | 63 | M | Casual | Ag Lab | Cork, Ireland | |
| Charles COOPER | W | 72 | M | Inmate | Miller | Hawkhurst, Kent | |
| William COX | U | 40 | M | Casual | Gen Lab | Woburn, Bedford | |
| Jas. CROUCH | 14 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Aylesford, Kent | ||
| William CROUCH | 14 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Aylesford, Kent | ||
| Rebecca CROWELL | W | 84 | F | Inmate | Housework | Yalding, Kent | |
| James DANES | W | 85 | M | Inmate | Gen Lab | W Malling, Kent | |
| Mary DANN | 13 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Rocester, Kent | ||
| Richard DANN | W | 80 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | E Malling, Kent | |
| John DARTNELL | W | 87 | M | Inmate | Carpenter | Snodland, Kent | |
| William DAVIS | U | 40 | M | Casual | Ag Lab | Bermondsey, Surrey | |
| John DELVE | U | 63 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Chatham, Kent | |
| Chas. DENYER | U | 57 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Mereworth, Kent | |
| Rhoda DODD | W | 64 | F | Inmate | Field Work | Lewes, Sussex | |
| Robert EASTERBY | W | 82 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Hoo, Kent | |
| Eliza EDMEADES | 11 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Snodland, Kent | ||
| Joseph EDMEADES | 3 | M | Inmate | Scholar | West Malling, Kent | ||
| Rebecca EDMEADES | 9 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Snodland, Kent | ||
| Rosetta EDMEADES | M | 43 | F | Inmate | Housework (Dom) | Snodland, Kent | |
| Ruth EDMEADES | 7 | F | Inmate | Scholar | West Malling, Kent | ||
| Violet EDMEADES | 1 | F | Inmate | Snodland, Kent | |||
| William EDNEADES | M | 53 | M | Inmate | Gen Lab | Barling, Kent | |
| Elizh. ELDRIDGE | W | 80 | F | Inmate | Field Work | N K | |
| Richard ELDRIDGE | U | 41 | M | Casual | Gen Lab | Camberwell, Surrey | |
| Thomas ELTOM | W | 70 | M | Inmate | Gen Lab | E Peckham, Kent | |
| Joseph FERNS | W | 78 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Wrotham, Kent | |
| George FIELD | U | 38 | M | Inmate | Tailor | Imbecile | Mereworth, Kent |
| William FIELD | W | 76 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | E Peckham, Kent | |
| Henry FINCH | U | 46 | M | Inmate | Gardener | Tunbridge Wells, Sussex | |
| John FORD | M | 52 | M | Casual | Ag Lab | Liverpool, Lancashire | |
| William FULMAN | M | 77 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Birling, Kent | |
| James GLOVER | W | 89 | M | Inmate | Gen Lab | Wrotham, Kent | |
| Henry GODDEN | W | 65 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | E Malling, Kent | |
| Thomas GODDEN | U | 61 | M | Inmate | Gen Lab | Stanstead, Kent | |
| John GOSHAM | U | 41 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Snodland, Kent | |
| Henry GOWER | 2m | M | Inmate | West Malling, Kent | |||
| Matilda GOWER | U | 16 | F | Inmate | Servant | Burham, Kent | |
| Henry GREATREX | W | 70 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | London, Middlesex | |
| Ellison GUNNER | 14 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Ivy Hatch, Kent | ||
| Matilda GUNNER | 10 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Ivy Hatch, Kent | ||
| Matilda GUNNER | W | 51 | F | Inmate | Field Work | West Malling, Kent | |
| Kate HAGAR | U | 20 | F | Inmate | Servt | West Malling, Kent | |
| William HAGAR | 11m | M | Inmate | West Malling, Kent | |||
| Charles HARRIS | U | 19 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Idiot | Wateringbury, Kent |
| Dalabella HAWKES | U | 17 | F | Inmate | Idiot | Snodland, Kent | |
| Jane HAYES | W | 71 | F | Inmate | Housework | Hadlow, Kent | |
| James HEAVER | W | 75 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Wrotham, Kent | |
| James HOAR | U | 60 | M | Inmate | Gen Lab | Brixton, Surrey | |
| Thomas HOAR | U | 44 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | Ightham, Kent | |
| John HODGE | W | 78 | M | Inmate | Gen Lab | E Peckham, Kent | |
| Edmund HODGES | W | 60 | M | Inmate | Carpenter | Offham, Kent | |
| Harriet HOLIARDS | W | 75 | F | Inmate | Servant | Tonbridge, Kent | |
| John HUGGETT | W | 69 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Godstone, Surrey | |
| William HUGGETT | W | 72 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Yalding, Kent | |
| George HUMPHREY | W | 70 | M | Inmate | Carpenter | Ditton, Kent | |
| William IFIELD | W | 77 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Aylesford, Kent | |
| Eleanor INGRAM | W | 65 | F | Inmate | Housework | Wrotham, Kent | |
| William JARPIN | W | 87 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | W Peckham, Kent | |
| Thos. JEFFERY | U | 54 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | W Malling, Kent | |
| Thomas JERRY | M | 67 | M | Inmate | General Lab | Leybourne, Kent | |
| Edward JESSOP | W | 67 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | E Malling, Kent | |
| Chas. JOHNSON | W | 74 | M | Inmate | Gen Lab | London, Middlesex | |
| William JONES | U | 41 | M | Casual | Ag Lab | Woolwich, Kent | |
| William JONES | U | 68 | M | Inmate | Gen Lab | Ightham, Kent | |
| Albert KEMP | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Tonbridge, Kent | ||
| Esther KEMSLEY | U | 22 | F | Inmate | Servant | Snodland, Kent | |
| Florence KEMSLEY | 6m | F | Inmate | Chatham, Kent | |||
| Robert KEMSLEY | U | 66 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | E Malling, Kent | |
| Thomas KEMSLEY | U | 57 | M | Inmate | Gen Lab | Chethan, Kent | |
| James KING | U | 79 | M | Inmate | Gen Lab | Stanstead, Kent | |
| Elizabeth LAVENDER | 3 | F | Inmate | Scholar | West Malling, Kent | ||
| Mary LAVENDER | U | 22 | F | Inmate | Servt | West Malling, Kent | |
| William LAVENDER | 9m | M | Inmate | West Malling, Kent | |||
| Eleanor LAWRENCE | 15 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Maidstone, Kent | ||
| Elizabeth LAWRENCE | W | 88 | F | Inmate | Field Work | Lewes, Sussex | |
| Alfred LI | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | London, Middlesex | ||
| Ellen LOVE | 14 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Snodland, Kent | ||
| Frederick LOVE | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Snodland, Kent | ||
| Holly LOVE | 70 | F | |||||
| Harriet LOVELL | W | 84 | F | Inmate | Field Work | Wrotham, Kent | |
| William MASON | W | 69 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Leeds, York | |
| John MILLS | W | 70 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | E Malling, Kent | |
| Edward MORPHEN | M | 55 | M | Inmate | Blacksmith | Mereworth, Kent | |
| Ellen MORTON | U | 19 | F | Inmate | Servt | Gravesend, Kent | |
| Frederick MOULD | U | 19 | M | Casual | Ag Lab | Salisbury, Wiltshire | |
| Ann NELSON | U | 54 | F | Inmate | Housework | Imbecile | Maidstone, Kent |
| Minnie NETTLINGHAM | 12 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Gravesend, Kent | ||
| John NEWMAN | W | 85 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | East Malling, Kent | |
| Priscilla NEWMAN | U | 30 | F | Inmate | Idiot | Mereworth, Kent | |
| William NEWMAN | W | 72 | M | Inmate | Gen Lab | Mereworth, Kent | |
| John NORRIS | U | 65 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Ryarsh, Kent | |
| Alice NORTON | 11 | F | Inmate | Scholar | East | ||
| Ann NORTON | W | 47 | F | Inmate | Housework | Maidstone, Kent | |
| Fredr. NORTON | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | East | ||
| Rosa NORTON | 10 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Et Peckham, Kent | ||
| John ORPIN | M | 60 | M | Inmate | Bricklayer | Wateringbury, Kent | |
| William PAPSWORTH | 14 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Dover, Kent | ||
| George PATCH | U | 71 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Wrotham, Kent | |
| Sarah PATTENDEN | U | 51 | F | Inmate | Housework | East Peckham, Kent | |
| James PAVIS | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Halling, Kent | ||
| William PEARSON | W | 75 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Gouldhurst, Kent | |
| Alfred PETE | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Ryarsh, Kent | ||
| George PETE | U | 60 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Birling, Kent | |
| John PETT | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Ryarsh, Kent | ||
| Ann PHILLIPS | U | 27 | F | Inmate | Servant | Mereworth, Kent | |
| Stephen PIERSON | W | 93 | M | Inmate | Tailor | Yalding, Kent | |
| Harry POUND | W | 74 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Wateringbury, Kent | |
| William POWELL | U | 40 | M | Inmate | Gen Lab | W Peckham, Kent | |
| Mary READ | W | 52 | F | Casual | Ag Field Work | Lambeth, Surrey | |
| James REED | U | 15 | M | Inmate | Gen Lab | E Peckham, Kent | |
| Mary REED | W | 59 | F | Inmate | Field Work | Willesden, Middlesex | |
| Richard REED | M | 62 | M | Inmate | Gen Lab | Lamberhurst, Sussex | |
| William REEVES | W | 77 | M | Inmate | Gen Lab | Offham, Kent | |
| Annie RIDE | 12 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Sittingbourne, Kent | ||
| Susan RIDLEY | U | 37 | F | Inmate | Housework | Shipbourne, Kent | |
| Elizabeth ROBSON | W | 92 | F | Inmate | Housework | Ticehurst, Sussex | |
| Thomas ROGERS | U | 77 | M | Inmate | Baker | Horton Kirby, Kent | |
| Fredk. ROSE | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Mereworth, Kent | ||
| Joseph ROWE | U | 70 | M | Inmate | Gen Lab | W Malling, Kent | |
| William ROWE | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Wateringbury, Kent | ||
| Thomas SADDS | U | 45 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | Mereworth, Kent | |
| John SKINNER | M | 79 | M | Inmate | Gen Lab | W Wickham, Kent | |
| William SKINNER | W | 71 | M | Inmate | Gen Lab | Ightham, Kent | |
| Kate SMITH | U | 15 | F | Inmate | Servant | Maidstone, Kent | |
| Samuel SMITH | U | 64 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | East Malling, Kent | |
| William SOXBY | W | 65 | M | Inmate | Gen Lab | Tonbridge, Kent | |
| Anne STANDEN | U | 34 | F | Inmate | Idiot | Mereworth, Kent | |
| Mary A. STANFORD | 11 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Ightham, Kent | ||
| Hank STEDMAN | U | 30 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Cranleigh, Surrey | |
| Sarah STEPHENS | W | 77 | F | Inmate | Housework | E Peckham, Kent | |
| Mary STICKINGS | W | 71 | F | Inmate | Field Work | London, Middlesex | |
| Emily STOLSON | M | 28 | F | Inmate | Housework | Canterbury, Kent | |
| Flora STOLTON | 2 | F | Inmate | Canterbury, Kent | |||
| Thomas STOLTON | 9m | M | Inmate | W Malling, Kent | |||
| William STREETON | U | 61 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Imbecile | Wateringbury, Kent |
| Thomas SWAISLAND | M | 51 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Wrotham, Kent | |
| Charlotte SWAN | U | 65 | F | Inmate | Servant | Plaxbol Wrotham, Kent | |
| John SWEENEY | M | 54 | M | Inmate | Gen Lab | Cork, Ireland | |
| Jane TANNER | U | 27 | F | Inmate | Servt | Chelsea, Middlesex | |
| Thomas TANNER | 3 | M | Inmate | Scholar | West Malling, Kent | ||
| James TAYLOR | W | 77 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Boxley, Kent | |
| John TAYLOR | U | 47 | M | Casual | Groom | Sherborne, Dorset | |
| Thomas TERRY | W | 67 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | W Malling, Kent | |
| Alfred THOMAS | W | 81 | M | Inmate | Gen Lab | Edinburgh, Scotland | |
| Edward UPTON | W | 45 | M | Inmate | Coach Man | Lunatic | Newhithe, Kent |
| John UPTON | W | 84 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Wrotham, Kent | |
| John VENES | W | 74 | M | Inmate | Gen Lab | E Peckham, Kent | |
| Robert WAGHORN | U | 17 | M | Inmate | None ((Cripple)) | E Peckham, Kent | |
| Susan WAGHORN | U | 30 | F | Inmate | Servt | East Peckham, Kent | |
| Charles WARD | 15 | M | Inmate | Scholar | London, Middlesex | ||
| John WARD | U | 52 | M | Casual | Ag Lab | Chatham, Kent | |
| Sarah WATTS | U | 52 | F | Inmate | Idiot | Plaxbol Wrotham, Kent | |
| Thomas WATTS | U | 68 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | E Peckham, Kent | |
| William WATTS | U | 72 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | W Peckham, Kent | |
| William WEBB | M | 73 | M | Inmate | Carpenter | Ightham, Kent | |
| Henry WELLS | W | 72 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Imbecile | Ryarsh, Kent |
| Henry WELLS | M | 70 | M | Inmate | Gen Lab | Stanstead, Kent | |
| Henry WELLS | 72 | M | Gen Lab | ||||
| Jesse WELLS | W | 70 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Ryarsh, Kent | |
| Thomas WELLS | W | 79 | M | Inmate | Gen Lab | Ightham, Kent | |
| Isaac WEST | W | 76 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Birling, Kent | |
| Bertha WHITE | 4 | F | Inmate | Scholar | West Malling, Kent | ||
| Elizebeth WHITE | U | 33 | F | Inmate | Servant | Maidstone, Kent | |
| William WHITE | W | 82 | M | Inmate | Blacksmith | Egerton, Kent | |
| Alfred WILKINSON | U | 28 | M | Casual | Ag Lab | Bethersden, Kent | |
| William WILKINSON | U | 30 | M | Casual | Ag Lab | Bethersden, Kent | |
| Thomas WOLFE | W | 75 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Wrotham, Kent | |
| William WOLFE | W | 66 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Wrotham, Kent | |
| John WOOD | W | 69 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Jeston, Kent | |
| Thomas WOODGER | W | 80 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Leybourne, Kent | |
| Ann WRIGHT | U | 17 | F | Inmate | Harrietsham, Kent | ||
| Henry WRIGHT | U | 20 | M | Inmate | Gen Lab | Maidstone, Kent | |
| William WRIGHT | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Loose, Kent |
Total residents: 242
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