1881 Census: Residents of Barnet Union Workhouse
| Name | Mar | Age | Sex | Relation | Occupation | Handicap | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | |||||||
| William RYAN | M | 48 | M | Head | Workhouse Master (Munic) | Ireland | |
| Harriet RYAN | M | 43 | F | Wife | Workhouse Matron (Munic) | Reading, Berkshire | |
| James NEVILLE | U | 60 | M | Porter | Workhouse Porter (Met ? Serv) | Hunsden, Hertford | |
| Alice COOK | U | 22 | F | Nurse | Workhouse Nurse (Munic) | Plumstead, Kent | |
| Inmates | |||||||
| John ANTHONY | W | 72 | M | Inmate | Labr | Shenley, Hertford | |
| Mary A. ARCHER | U | 30 | F | Inmate | (No Occ) | Imbecile | South Mims, Middlesex |
| James BAKER | U | 76 | M | Inmate | Umbrella Maker | Horsham, Sussex | |
| Charles BIRCHMORE | U | 42 | M | Tramp | Ag Lab | Nashmills, Hertford | |
| James BRADSHAW | U | 66 | M | Inmate | Labr | Templeford, Bedford | |
| Soloman BRADSHAW | W | 69 | M | Inmate | Gardener | Cannington, Hertford | |
| Christiana BRANDON | U | 56 | F | Inmate | Cook Dom Serv | Westminster, Middlesex | |
| Samuel BRIERS | M | 79 | M | Inmate | Gen Labr | Barnet, Hertford | |
| Joseph BROOKS | U | 55 | M | Inmate | Labr | Bampton, Oxford | |
| William BUCKLE | U | 37 | M | Inmate | Rag & Bone Merchant | Barnet, Hertford | |
| Maurice BULSON | U | 24 | M | Tramp | Ag Lab | Birmingham, Warwick | |
| Esther BUSH | W | 69 | F | Inmate | Shenley, Hertford | ||
| Mary BUTT | W | 52 | F | Inmate | Needlewoman | Smalborough, Norfolk | |
| Joseph BYWATER | W | 69 | M | Inmate | Labr | Pontin, Hertford | |
| William CANFIELD | U | 59 | M | Inmate | Laborer | Barnet, Hertford | |
| Ellen CHALKLEY | U | 50 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Ridge, Hertford | |
| George CHILDS | W | 71 | M | Inmate | Laborer | Shenley, Hertford | |
| Ann CHIPP | U | 39 | F | Inmate | Servt Dom | Finchley, Middlesex | |
| Emanuel CHIPP | 5 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Barnet, Hertford | ||
| Sarah CHIPP | U | 16 | F | Inmate | Servt Dom | Finchley, Middlesex | |
| Eliza A. CHURCH | M | 38 | F | Inmate | Needlewoman | Newbury, Berkshire | |
| Alexander COCHOPANIE | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Hornsey, Middlesex | ||
| Alfred COCHOPANIE | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Margate, Kent | ||
| Ann COCHOPANIE | W | 37 | F | Inmate | Margate, Kent | ||
| Annie COCHOPANIE | 9 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Hornsey, Middlesex | ||
| Ellen COCHOPANIE | 1 | F | Inmate | Barnet, Hertford | |||
| William COCHOPANIE | 6 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Hornsey, Middlesex | ||
| George COLEMAN | U | 62 | M | Inmate | Groom | St Albans, Hertford | |
| Frances CONNOLEY | 4 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Southgate, Middlesex | ||
| Hanna CONNOLEY | 8 | F | Inmate | Scholar | India | ||
| Maria CONNOLEY | 5 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Pentonville, Middlesex | ||
| Maria CONNOLEY | M | 47 | F | Inmate | Needlewoman | Ireland | |
| Patrick CONNOLEY | 7 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Ireland | ||
| Catherine CORDELL | W | 75 | F | Inmate | Laundress | Finchley, Middlesex | |
| Albert COULSON | U | 23 | M | Tramp | Gen Labr | Leicester, Leicester | |
| John CRABB | U | 18 | M | Inmate | Gen Lab | South Mims, Middlesex | |
| William CRANE | U | 32 | M | Inmate | Potman | ||
| Eliza CRAWLEY | W | 74 | F | Inmate | Housekeeper | Barnet, Hertford | |
| John CROCKETT | W | 76 | M | Inmate | Gen Lab | Stevenage, Hertford | |
| Peter CULLINGFORD | W | 56 | M | Inmate | Laborer | Diss, Norfolk | |
| Mary CURRIE | U | 22 | F | Tramp | Field Worker (Ag Lab) | Mile End, Middlesex | |
| Mary CURRIE | W | 89 | F | Tramp | Field Worker (Ag Lab) | Mile End, Middlesex | |
| Sarah CURRY | U | 44 | F | Tramp | Field Worker (Ag Lab) | Weedon, Northampton | |
| John DALE | U | 64 | M | Inmate | Gen Lab | Shenley, Hertford | |
| Sarah DALLEY | W | 53 | F | Tramp | Charwoman | Carlisle, Westmorland | |
| Phobe DARTFORD | U | 79 | F | Inmate | Cook Dom | Totteridge, Hertford | |
| Thomas DAVIS | W | 85 | M | Inmate | Labr | Rickmansworth, Hertford | |
| John DEVILLE | M | 68 | M | Inmate | Labr | Hunsden, Hertford | |
| Stephen DEVILLE | U | 66 | M | Inmate | Labr | Hunsden, Hertford | |
| Charles DUNN | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Shenley, Hertford | ||
| James DURANT | U | 34 | M | Tramp | Pocket Book Maker (Stationer) | Ipswich, Suffolk | |
| Alfred EASTHOPE | W | 76 | M | Inmate | Painter | Wolverhampton, Stafford | |
| James EDWARD | U | 51 | M | Inmate | Drover | South Mims, Middlesex | |
| Mary ELLIS | W | 50 | F | Tramp | Field Worker (Ag Lab) | Birmingham, Warwick | |
| John EMILY | U | 58 | M | Inmate | Labr | Cannington, Hertford | |
| Margaret EVANS | M | 41 | F | Inmate | Ireland | ||
| Sarah EVANS | W | 61 | F | Inmate | Serv Dom | London, London, Middlesex | |
| Sarah EVANS | U | 26 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Hadley, Middlesex | |
| William FAWCETT | U | 26 | M | Tramp | Gen Lab | Aston, Stafford | |
| Mary FINCH | U | 60 | F | Inmate | Laundress | Barnet, Hertford | |
| Henry FLETCHER | U | 61 | M | Inmate | Gen Labr | Maidstone, Kent | |
| Charles FRAMES | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Barnet, Hertford | ||
| Henry FRAMES | 6 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Barnet, Hertford | ||
| John FRAMES | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Barnet, Hertford | ||
| James GILLINGS | M | 63 | M | Inmate | Labr | Palbrook, Northampton | |
| Thomas GODDARD | U | 37 | M | Inmate | (No Occ) | Blind | Barnet, Hertford |
| George GREEN | U | 33 | M | Tramp | Gen Lab | Chatham, Kent | |
| Christopher GRIMES | W | 81 | M | Inmate | Labr | Potters Bar, Middlesex | |
| Amelia HALSY | U | 39 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Hadley, Middlesex | |
| Charles HARDING | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Edmonton, Middlesex | ||
| John HARDING | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Edmonton, Middlesex | ||
| Charlotte HARRISON | U | 59 | F | Inmate | Needlewoman | Loughboro, Leicester | |
| Harriet HATHAWAY | W | 67 | F | Inmate | Cook Dom | Totteridge, Hertford | |
| Robert HEDGES | W | 76 | M | Inmate | Ag Labr | Edgware, Middlesex | |
| John HEMINGWAY | U | 68 | M | Inmate | Smith | Potters Bar, Middlesex | |
| Harriet HICKMAN | U | 30 | F | Inmate | Family Servant Dom | Imbecile | South Mims, Middlesex |
| John HILSDEN | U | 31 | M | Inmate | No Occ | Lunatic | Hitchin, Hertford |
| James HOLDING | U | 43 | M | Inmate | Gen Lab | Whetstone, Middlesex | |
| Ann HORWOOD | W | 50 | F | Inmate | Laundress | Stratford, Essex | |
| Joseph HURST | W | 75 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Taft, Cambridge | |
| Sarah IVERY | W | 62 | F | Inmate | Laundress | Kingsland, Middlesex | |
| Lilly JAMES | 8 | F | Inmate | Scholar | East Barnet, Hertford | ||
| Ann JOHNSON | W | 70 | F | Inmate | Servant | Barnet, Hertford | |
| Thomas JOHNSON | W | 36 | M | Tramp | Ag Lab | Doncaster, York | |
| Julia JONES | U | 30 | F | Inmate | Servt Dom | Imbecile | Barnet, Hertford |
| Robert JONES | U | 34 | M | Tramp | Ag Lab | Walton, Lancashire | |
| Joseph KENNY | U | 54 | M | Inmate | Labr | London Colney, Hertford | |
| Joseph KIMPTON | W | 78 | M | Inmate | Hurdle Maker | Stevenage, Hertford | |
| Eliza KING | U | 69 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Southgate, Middlesex | |
| Henry KING | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Barnet, Hertford | ||
| John KING | W | 72 | M | Inmate | Laborer | Stevenage, Hertford | |
| Caroline KIRBY | U | 50 | F | Inmate | Servt Dom | Barnet, Hertford | |
| John KIRBY | W | 73 | M | Inmate | Banstead, Gloucester | ||
| Louisa KIRBY | 4 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Barnet, Hertford | ||
| Lydia KIRBY | U | 33 | F | Inmate | Servant Dom | Finchley, Middlesex | |
| William J. KIRBY | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Finchley, Middlesex | ||
| William LAWRENCE | U | 49 | M | Inmate | Gen Lab | Barnet, Hertford | |
| Alfred MADDINGS | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Grays Inn, Middlesex | ||
| Jane MADDINGS | W | 44 | F | Inmate | Britton, Surrey | ||
| William MARLBOROUGH | U | 61 | M | Inmate | Labr | Shenley, Hertford | |
| Henry MASTERS | U | 63 | M | Inmate | Labr | Ives, Buckingham | |
| David MIDDLETON | M | 76 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Bagden, Huntingdon | |
| Mary A. MIDDLETON | M | 82 | F | Inmate | London, Middlesex | ||
| Thomas MILTON | U | 51 | M | Inmate | Potman (Inn) | East Hampstead, Berkshire | |
| Jemima MOORE | W | 80 | F | Inmate | Laundress | Whitney, Oxford | |
| John MYERS | W | 68 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | South Mims, Middlesex | |
| Henry NETTLEFORD | U | 39 | M | Inmate | Groom Dom | Paddington, Middlesex | |
| Thomas NICHOLLS | U | 18 | M | Tramp | Gen Lab | Shoreditch, Middlesex | |
| William NORTH | W | 78 | M | Inmate | Gen Labr | Colney Heath, Hertford | |
| Eliza OLNEY | U | 65 | F | Inmate | Needlewoman | Shenley, Hertford | |
| Charles PARKER | 6 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Hadley, Middlesex | ||
| Mary A. PARKER | U | 29 | F | Inmate | Servant Dom | Rushton, Northampton | |
| Rosa PARKER | 4 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Barnet, Hertford | ||
| George PAVITT | W | 78 | M | Inmate | Gen Lab | Caldicote, Hertford | |
| Eliza PEDDER | W | 76 | F | Inmate | Barnet, Hertford | ||
| Henry PRADGETT | W | 61 | M | Inmate | Laborer | Barnet, Hertford | |
| Nathan PRIOR | M | 64 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | Dunmow, Essex | |
| Thomas PUDDIFOOT | M | 71 | M | Inmate | Gen Lab | Barnet, Hertford | |
| Mary A. RAY | M | 60 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Shenley, Hertford | |
| George ROBINSON | U | 27 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Imbecile | Finchley, Middlesex |
| Mary ROSS | W | 47 | F | Tramp | Field Worker (Ag Lab) | Ireland | |
| William SEYMOOR | U | 44 | M | Inmate | Ag Labr | Baldock, Hertford | |
| James SHAW | W | 70 | M | Inmate | Labr | Horsmonden, Kent | |
| James SHEPHERD | U | 56 | M | Inmate | Gen Lab | Barnet, Hertford | |
| John SHEPHERD | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Finchley, Middlesex | ||
| William SHEPHERD | 7 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Finchley, Middlesex | ||
| Susan SHORTER | W | 69 | F | Inmate | Serv Dom | Imbecile | Stanstead, Suffolk |
| Rebecca SKELTON | W | 63 | F | Inmate | Cook Dom (D/S) | Totteridge, Hertford | |
| Charles SLATER | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Finchley, Middlesex | ||
| Thomas SLATER | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Finchley, Middlesex | ||
| Thomas SMART | U | 70 | M | Inmate | Ag Labr | Wolverhampton, Stafford | |
| George SMITH | U | 44 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Totteridge, Hertford | |
| John SMITH | U | 25 | M | Tramp | Ag Lab | Watford, Hertford | |
| Thomas SOUTH | U | 80 | M | Inmate | Gen Labr | Warrington, Hertford | |
| James SPYERS | U | 61 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Banbury, Oxford | |
| Maria STEPHENSON | W | 81 | F | Inmate | Laundress | Barnet, Hertford | |
| Mary A. STEVENS | W | 84 | F | Inmate | Dom | Barnet, Hertford | |
| Robert STREET | W | 69 | M | Inmate | Labr | Enfield, Middlesex | |
| Alfred STRETTON | U | 32 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Shenley, Hertford | |
| Ann STRETTON | U | 14 | F | Inmate | Serv Dom | Shenley, Hertford | |
| Edward STRETTON | U | 25 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Shenley, Hertford | |
| Howard STRETTON | M | 61 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Ridge, Hertford | |
| James STRETTON | U | 16 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Shenley, Hertford | |
| John STRETTON | U | 21 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Shenley, Hertford | |
| Sophia STUCKBURY | U | 61 | F | Inmate | Laundress | Whetstone, Middlesex | |
| Sarah SVENSON | M | 67 | F | Inmate | Dorset, Dorset | ||
| Charles TAYLOR | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | South Mims, Middlesex | ||
| Emily TAYLOR | 9 | F | Inmate | Scholar | South Mims, Middlesex | ||
| George TAYLOR | 5 | M | Inmate | Scholar | South Mims, Middlesex | ||
| William TAYLOR | U | 31 | M | Inmate | Gen Lab | Barnet, Hertford | |
| Samuel THRANELL | W | 63 | M | Inmate | Baker | Pontin, Hertford | |
| William TINSLEY | W | 78 | M | Inmate | Labr | Ridge, Hertford | |
| Robert TURNER | U | 63 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Little Baden, Essex | |
| Mary WADE | U | 29 | F | Inmate | Idiot | Barnet, Hertford | |
| William C. WALL | U | 34 | M | Inmate | Painter | Buntingham, Hertford | |
| John WARD | W | 81 | M | Inmate | Gen Lab | Puntson, Hertford | |
| William WARD | W | 66 | M | Inmate | Gen Lab | Wheathamstead, Hertford | |
| Elizabeth WARDEN | 1 | F | Inmate | Barnet, Hertford | |||
| Elizabeth WARDEN | U | 25 | F | Inmate | Serv Domestic | Barnet, Hertford | |
| William WATERS | W | 75 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Barnet, Hertford | |
| Elizabeth A. WATTS | U | 25 | F | Inmate | Serv Dom | Fortis Green, Middlesex | |
| Frederick H. WATTS | 2 | M | Inmate | Holborn, Middlesex | |||
| Francis WEATHERLEY | U | 43 | M | Inmate | Labr | Ridge, Hertford | |
| Frank WEATHERLEY | W | 86 | M | Inmate | Labr | Ridge, Hertford | |
| Emma WEBB | U | 24 | F | Inmate | Servt Dom | Barnet, Hertford | |
| Emma WEBB | 1 | F | Inmate | Barnet, Hertford | |||
| James WEBB | 2 | M | Inmate | Barnet, Hertford | |||
| Harriet WHITBY | U | 52 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | London Colney, Hertford | |
| Mary WHITE | W | 50 | F | Tramp | Laundress | Newport, Shropshire | |
| Edward WIGLEY | W | 71 | M | Inmate | Gen Lab | Barnet, Hertford | |
| John WILKINSON | U | 37 | M | Tramp | Gen Lab | Bicker, Lincoln | |
| Hannah WILLIAMS | W | 35 | F | Unm | Laundress | St Martin In The Fields, Middlesex | |
| Henry WILSON | U | 38 | M | Tramp | Bricklayer | Guildford, Surrey | |
| William WILSON | U | 36 | M | Inmate | Costermonger (Formerly) | Imbecile | Hadley, Middlesex |
Total residents: 178
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