1851 Census: Residents of Berwick-upon-Tweed Union Workhouse

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    - Maidenhead
    - Newbury
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    - Reading & Wokingham SD
    - Wallingford
    - Wantage
    - Windsor
    - Wokingham
  - Buckinghamshire
    - Amersham
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    - Eton
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    - Cambridge
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    - Ely
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    - North Witchford
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  - Cheshire
    - Altrincham
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    - Bucklow
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    - Congleton
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    - Nantwich
    - Northwich
    - Runcorn
    - Stockport
    - Tarvin
    - Wirral
  - Cornwall
    - Bodmin
    - Camelford
    - Falmouth
    - Helston
    - Launceston
    - Liskeard
    - Penzance
    - Redruth
    - St Austell
    - St Columb Major
    - St Germans
    - Stratton
    - Truro
  - Cumberland
    - Alston with Garrigill
    - Bootle
    - Brampton
    - Carlisle
    - Cockermouth
    - Longtown
    - Penrith
    - Whitehaven
    - Wigton
  - Derbyshire
    - Ashbourne
    - Bakewell
    - Belper
    - Chapel-en-le-Frith
    - Chesterfield
    - Derby
    - Glossop
    - Hayfield
    - Shardlow
  - Devon
    - Axminster
    - Barnstaple
    - Bideford
    - Crediton
    - Devonport
    - East Stonehouse
    - Exeter
    - Holsworthy
    - Honiton
    - Kingsbridge
    - Newton Abbot
    - Okehampton
    - Plymouth
    - Plympton St Mary
    - South Molton
    - St Thomas
    - Stoke Damerel
    - Tavistock
    - Tiverton
    - Torrington
    - Totnes
  - Dorset
    - Beaminster
    - Blandford
    - Bridport
    - Cerne
    - Cranborne
    - Dorchester
    - Poole
    - Purbeck
    - Shaftesbury
    - Sherborne
    - Sturminster
    - Wareham & Purbeck
    - Weymouth
    - Wimborne & Cranborne
  - County Durham
    - (Bishop) Auckland
    - Chester-le-Street
    - Darlington
    - Durham
    - Easington
    - Gateshead
    - Hartlepool
    - Houghton-le-Spring
    - Lanchester
    - Sedgefield
    - South Shields
    - Stockton-on-Tees
    - Sunderland
    - Teesdale
    - Weardale
  - Essex
    - Billericay
    - Braintree
    - Chelmsford
    - Colchester
    - Dunmow
    - Epping
    - Halstead
    - Lexden & Winstree
    - Maldon
    - Ongar
    - Orsett
    - Rochford
    - Romford
    - Saffron Walden
    - Tendring
    - West Ham
    - Witham
  - Gloucestershire
    - Barton Regis
    - Bristol Incorporation
    - Cheltenham
    - Chipping Sodbury
    - Cirencester
    - Clifton
    - Dursley
    - Gloucester
    - Newent
    - Northleach
    - Stow-on-the-Wold
    - Stroud
    - Tetbury
    - Tewkesbury
    - Thornbury
    - Westbury-on-Severn
    - Wheatenhurst
    - Winchcomb
  - Hampshire
    - Aldershot GP
    - Alresford
    - Alton
    - Alverstoke GP
    - Andover
    - Basingstoke
    - Bournemouth
    - Catherington
    - Christchurch
    - Droxford
    - Eastleigh
    - Fareham
    - Farnborough GU
    - Farnham & Hartley Wintney SD
    - Fordingbridge
    - Hartley Wintney
    - Havant
    - Headley GU
    - Hursley
    - Isle of Wight
    - Kingsclere
    - Lymington
    - New Forest
    - Petersfield
    - Portsea Island
    - Portsmouth
    - Ringwood
    - Romsey
    - South Stoneham
    - Southampton
    - Stockbridge
    - Whitchurch
    - New Winchester
  - Herefordshire
    - Bromyard
    - Dore
    - Hereford
    - Kington
    - Ledbury
    - Leominster
    - Ross
    - Weobley
  - Hertfordshire
    - Barnet
    - Berkhampstead
    - Bishop's Stortford
    - Buntingford
    - Hatfield
    - Hemel Hempstead
    - Hertford
    - Hitchin
    - Royston
    - St Albans
    - Ware
    - Watford
    - Welwyn
  - Huntingdonshire
    - Huntingdon
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    - St Neots
  - Isle of Man
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  - Kent
    - Blean
    - Bridge
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    - Cranbrook
    - Dartford
    - Dover
    - East Ashford
    - Eastry
    - Elham
    - Faversham
    - Gravesend & Milton
    - Hollingbourne
    - Hoo
    - Isle of Thanet
    - Maidstone
    - Malling
    - Medway
    - Milton Regis
    - North Aylesford
    - Penshurst
    - River
    - Romney Marsh
    - Sevenoaks
    - Sheppey
    - Strood
    - Tenterden
    - Tonbridge
    - West Ashford
  - Lancashire
    - Ashton-under-Lyne
    - Barrow-in-Furness
    - Barton-upon-Irwell
    - Blackburn
    - Bolton
    - Burnley
    - Bury
    - Caton GU
    - Chorley
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    - Lancaster
    - Leigh
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    - Lunesdale
    - Manchester
    - Oldham
    - Ormskirk
    - Prescot
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    - Rochdale
    - Salford
    - Todmorden
    - Toxteth Park
    - Ulverston
    - Warrington
    - West Derby
    - Wigan
  - Leicestershire
    - Ashby-de-la-Zouch
    - Barrow-upon-Soar
    - Billesdon
    - Blaby
    - Hinckley
    - Leicester
    - Loughborough
    - Lutterworth
    - Market Bosworth
    - Market Harborough
    - Melton Mowbray
  - Lincolnshire
    - Boston
    - Bourne
    - Caistor
    - Gainsborough
    - Glanford Brigg
    - Grantham
    - Grimsby
    - Holbeach
    - Horncastle
    - Lincoln
    - Louth
    - Sleaford
    - Spalding
    - Spilsby
    - Stamford
  - London: Kent
    - Greenwich
    - Lewisham
    - Woolwich
  - London: Middlesex
    - Bethnal Green (St Matthew)
    - Bloomsbury (St Giles & St George)
    - Chelsea (St Luke)
    - City of London
    - City of Westminster
    - Clerkenwell (St James & St John)
    - East London
    - Fulham
    - Hackney
    - Hammersmith
    - Hampstead (St John)
    - Holborn
    - Islington (St Mary)
    - Kensington
    - Mile End Old Town
    - Paddington
    - Poplar
    - St George's
    - St George in the East
    - St George Hanover Square
    - St Luke's
    - St Martin-in-the-Fields
    - St Marylebone
    - St Pancras
    - St Sepulchre
    - Shoreditch (St Leonard's)
    - Stepney
    - Strand
    - West London
    - Westminster (St James)
    - Westminster (St Margaret & St John)
    - Westminster Union
    - Whitechapel
  - London: Surrey
    - Bermondsey (St Mary Magdalen)
    - Camberwell (St Giles)
    - Lambeth (St Mary)
    - Newington (St Mary)
    - Rotherhithe (St Mary)
    - Southwark (St George the Martyr)
    - St Olave
    - St Saviour's
    - Wandsworth & Clapham
  - London SDs
    - Brentwood SD
    - Central London SD
    - Finsbury SD
    - Forest Gate SD
    - Kensington & Chelsea SD
    - North Surrey SD
    - South Metropolitan SD
    - West London SD
  - London SADs
    - Central London SAD
    - Finsbury SAD
    - Kensington SAD
    - Newington SAD
    - Poplar & Stepney SAD
    - Rotherhithe SAD
  - Middlesex
    - Brentford
    - Edmonton
    - Hendon
    - Staines
    - Uxbridge
    - Willesden
  - Norfolk
    - Acle GU
    - Aldborough GU
    - Aylsham
    - Bawdeswell GU
    - Blofield
    - Booton GU
    - Brinton and Melton Constable GU
    - Depwade
    - Docking
    - Downham
    - Erpingham
    - East & West Flegg
    - Forehoe
    - Freebridge Lynn
    - Gimingham GU
    - (Great) Yarmouth
    - Guiltcross
    - Hackford GU
    - Henstead
    - King's Lynn
    - Loddon & Clavering
    - Mitford & Launditch
    - Norwich
    - Oulton GU
    - St Faith's
    - Swaffham
    - Thetford
    - Tunstead & Happing (Smallburgh)
    - Walsingham
    - Wayland
  - Northamptonshire
    - Brackley
    - Brixworth
    - Daventry
    - Hardingstone
    - Kettering
    - Northampton
    - Oundle
    - Peterborough
    - Potterspury
    - Thrapston
    - Towcester
    - Wellingborough
  - Northumberland
    - Alnwick
    - Belford
    - Bellingham
    - Berwick-upon-Tweed
    - Castle Ward
    - Glendale
    - Haltwhistle
    - Hexham
    - Morpeth
    - Newcastle-upon-Tyne
    - Northern Counties JC
    - Rothbury
    - Tynemouth
  - Nottinghamshire
    - Basford
    - Bingham
    - East Retford
    - Mansfield
    - Newark
    - Nottingham
    - Radford
    - Southwell
    - Thurgarton Incorporation
    - Worksop
  - Oxfordshire
    - Banbury
    - Bicester
    - Chipping Norton
    - Headington
    - Henley
    - Oxford
    - Thame
    - Witney
    - Woodstock
  - Rutland
    - Oakham
    - Uppingham
  - Shropshire (Salop)
    - Atcham (& Shrewsbury)
    - Bridgnorth
    - Church Stretton
    - Cleobury Mortimer
    - Clun
    - (Market) Drayton
    - Ellesmere
    - Ludlow
    - Madeley
    - Newport
    - Oswestry
    - Shifnal
    - Shrewsbury
    - South-East Shropshire SD
    - Wellington
    - Wem
    - Whitchurch
  - Somerset
    - Axbridge
    - Bath
    - Bedminster
    - Bridgwater
    - Chard
    - Clutton
    - Dulverton
    - Frome
    - Keynsham
    - Langport
    - Long Ashton
    - Shepton Mallet
    - Taunton
    - Wellington
    - Wells
    - Williton
    - Wincanton
    - Yeovil
  - Staffordshire
    - Alstonfield GU
    - Burton Upon Trent
    - Cannock
    - Cheadle
    - Leek
    - Lichfield
    - Newcastle-under-Lyme
    - Penkridge
    - Seisdon
    - Stafford
    - Stoke-upon-Trent
    - Stone
    - Tamworth
    - Uttoxeter
    - Walsall
    - Walsall & West Bromwich JC
    - Walsall & West Bromwich SD
    - West Bromwich
    - Wolstanton & Burslem
    - Wolverhampton
  - Suffolk
    - Blything
    - Bosmere & Claydon
    - Bury St Edmunds
    - Colneis & Carlford
    - Cosford
    - Hartismere
    - Hoxne
    - Ipswich
    - Loes and Wilford
    - Mildenhall
    - Mutford & Lothingland
    - Plomesgate
    - Risbridge
    - Samford
    - Stow
    - Sudbury
    - Thingoe
    - Wangford
    - Woodbridge
  - Surrey
    - Ash GU
    - Chertsey
    - Croydon
    - Dorking
    - Epsom
    - Farnham
    - Godstone
    - Guildford
    - Hambledon
    - Kingston
    - Reigate
    - Richmond
  - Sussex
    - Arundel
    - Battle
    - Brighton
    - Chailey
    - Chichester
    - Cuckfield
    - East Grinstead
    - East Preston
    - Eastbourne
    - Hailsham
    - Hastings
    - Horsham
    - Lewes
    - Midhurst
    - Newhaven
    - Petworth
    - Rye
    - Steyning
    - Sutton GU
    - Thakeham
    - Ticehurst
    - Uckfield
    - Westbourne
    - West Firle
    - Westhampnett
  - Warwickshire
    - Alcester
    - Aston
    - Atherstone
    - Bedworth GU
    - Birmingham
    - Coventry
    - Foleshill
    - Meriden
    - Nuneaton
    - Rugby
    - Shipston-on-Stour
    - Solihull
    - Southam
    - Stratford-on-Avon
    - Warwick
  - Westmorland
    - East Ward
    - Kendal
    - West Ward
  - Wiltshire
    - Alderbury (Salisbury)
    - Amesbury
    - Bradford on Avon
    - Calne
    - Chippenham
    - Cricklade & Wootton Bassett
    - Devizes
    - Highworth & Swindon
    - Malmesbury
    - Marlborough
    - Melksham
    - Mere
    - Pewsey
    - Salisbury
    - Tisbury
    - Trowbridge
    - Warminster
    - Westbury & Whorwellsdown
    - Wilton
  - Worcestershire
    - Bromsgrove
    - Droitwich
    - Dudley
    - Evesham
    - Kidderminster
    - King's Norton
    - Martley
    - Pershore
    - Shipston-on-Stour
    - Stourbridge
    - Tenbury
    - Upton-upon-Severn
    - Worcester
  - Yorkshire, E. Riding
    - Beverley
    - Bridlington
    - Driffield
    - Howden
    - Kingston upon Hull
    - Patrington
    - Pocklington
    - Sculcoates
    - Skirlaugh
    - York
  - Yorkshire, N. Riding
    - Aysgarth
    - Bainbridge GU
    - Bedale
    - Easingwold
    - Guisborough
    - Helmsley
    - Kirkby Moorside
    - Leyburn
    - Malton
    - Middlesbrough
    - Northallerton
    - Pickering
    - Reeth
    - Richmond
    - Scarborough
    - Stokesley
    - Thirsk
    - Whitby
  - Yorkshire, W. Riding
    - Barnsley
    - Barwick-in-Elmet GU
    - Bradford
    - Bramley
    - Carlton GU
    - Dewsbury
    - Doncaster
    - Ecclesall Bierlow
    - Goole
    - Great Ouseburn
    - Great Preston GU
    - Halifax
    - Hemsworth
    - Holbeck
    - Huddersfield
    - Hunslet
    - Keighley
    - Knaresborough
    - Leeds
    - North Bierley
    - Pateley Bridge
    - Penistone
    - Pontefract
    - Ripon
    - Rotherham
    - Saddleworth
    - Sedbergh
    - Selby
    - Settle
    - Sheffield
    - Skipton
    - Tadcaster
    - Thorne
    - Todmorden
    - Wakefield
    - Wetherby
    - Wharfedale
    - Wortley
- Welsh Poor Law Unions
  - Welsh Workhouse History
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  - Anglesey
    - Anglesey
    - Holyhead
  - Brecknock (Breconshire)
    - Brecknock
    - Builth
    - Crickhowell
    - Hay
  - Cardiganshire
    - Aberayron
    - Aberystwyth
    - Cardigan
    - Lampeter
    - Tregaron
  - Carmarthenshire
  - Carnarvonshire
  - Denbighshire
    - Llanrwst
    - Ruthin
    - Wrexham
  - Flintshire
  - Glamorgan
    - Bridgend & Cowbridge
    - Cardiff
    - Gower
    - Merthyr Tydfil
    - Neath
    - Pontardawe
    - Pontypridd
    - Swansea
  - Merionethshire
    - Bala
    - Corwen
    - Dolgelley
    - Festiniog
  - Monmouthshire
    - Abergavenny
    - Bedwellty
    - Chepstow
    - Monmouth
    - Newport
    - Pontypool
  - Montgomeryshire
  - Pembrokeshire
  - Radnorshire
- Irish Poor Law Unions
  - Irish Workhouse History
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  - Co. Antrim
    - Antrim
    - Ballycastle
    - Ballymena
    - Ballymoney
    - Belfast
    - Larne
    - Lisburn
  - Co. Armagh
    - Armagh
    - Lurgan
  - Co. Carlow
    - Carlow
  - Co. Cavan
    - Bailieborough
    - Bawnboy
    - Cavan
    - Cootehill
  - Co. Clare
    - Ballyvaughan
    - Corofin
    - Ennis
    - Ennistymon
    - Kildysart (Killadysert)
    - Kilrush
    - Scariff
    - Tulla
  - Co. Cork
    - Bandon
    - Bantry
    - Castletownbere
    - Clonakilty
    - Cork
    - Dunmanway
    - Fermoy
    - Kanturk
    - Kinsale
    - Macroom
    - Mallow
    - Midleton
    - Millstreet
    - Mitchelstown
    - Schull (Skull)
    - Skibbereen
    - Youghal
  - Co. Donegal
    - Ballyshannon
    - Donegal
    - Dunfanaghy
    - Glenties
    - Inishowen
    - Letterkenny
    - Milford
    - Stranorlar
  - Co. Down
    - Banbridge
    - Downpatrick
    - Kilkeel
    - Newry
    - Newtownards
  - Co. Dublin
    - Balrothery
    - Dublin North
    - Dublin South
    - Rathdown
  - Co. Fermanagh
    - Enniskillen
    - Lisnaskea
    - Lowtherstown
  - Co. Galway
    - Ballinasloe
    - Clifden
    - Galway
    - Glenamaddy
    - Gort
    - Loughrea
    - Mountbellew
    - Oughterard
    - Portumna
    - Tuam
  - Co. Kerry
    - Cahirciveen
    - Dingle
    - Kenmare
    - Killarney
    - Listowel
    - Tralee
  - Co. Kildare
    - Athy
    - Celbridge
    - Naas
  - Co. Kilkenny
    - Callan
    - Castlecomer
    - Kilkenny
    - Thomastown
    - Urlingford
  - Co. Laois (Queen's)
    - Abbeyleix
    - Donaghmore
    - Mountmellick
  - Co. Leitrim
    - Carrick-on-Shannon
    - Manorhamilton
    - Mohill
  - Co. Limerick
    - Croom
    - Glin
    - Kilmallock
    - Limerick
    - Newcastle
    - Rathkeale
  - Co. Londonderry
    - Coleraine
    - Londonderry
    - Magherafelt
    - Newtown Limavady
  - Co. Longford
    - Ballymahon
    - Granard
    - Longford
  - Co. Louth
    - Ardee
    - Drogheda
    - Dundalk
  - Co. Mayo
    - Ballina
    - Ballinrobe
    - Belmullet
    - Castlebar
    - Claremorris
    - Killala
    - Newport
    - Swineford
    - Westport
  - Co. Meath
    - Dunshaughlin
    - Kells
    - Navan
    - Oldcastle
    - Trim
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    - Castleblayney
    - Clones
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    - Edenderry
    - Parsonstown
    - Tullamore
  - Co. Roscommon
    - Boyle
    - Castlerea
    - Roscommon
    - Strokestown
  - Co. Sligo
    - Dromore West
    - Sligo
    - Tubbercurry
  - Co. Tipperary
    - Borrisokane
    - Carrick-on-Suir
    - Cashel
    - Clogheen
    - Clonmel
    - Nenagh
    - Roscrea
    - Thurles
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  - Co. Tyrone
    - Castlederg
    - Clogher
    - Cookstown
    - Dungannon
    - Gortin
    - Omagh
    - Strabane
  - Co. Waterford
    - Dungarvan
    - Kilmacthomas
    - Lismore
    - Waterford
  - Co. Westmeath
    - Athlone
    - Castletowndelvin
    - Mullingar
  - Co. Wexford
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    - Gorey
    - New Ross
    - Wexford
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    - Rathdrum
    - Shillelagh
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1851 Census: Residents of Berwick-upon-Tweed Union Workhouse

Surname	First_Name	Condition	Age	Occupation	Where born	Comments
Staff
Atkinson	Margaret	U	38	Schoolmistress	Berwick
Hart	Thomas	U	50	Porter	Berwick
Knox	Mary	U	30	Nurse	Northumberland, Tweedmouth
Moor	John	U	52	Assistant Master of House	Berwick
Purdie	Jane	W	36	Matron of Workhouse	Berwick
Purdie	John		8	Matron's son	Berwick
Purdie	Alexander		6	Matron's son	Berwick
Tait	Thomas	Mar	34	Schoolmaster	Berwick
Tait	Margaret	Mar	40	Schoolmaster's wife	Northumberland, Tweedmouth
Tait	Margaret		9	Schoolmaster's daur	Northumberland, Tweedmouth
Tait	Ealonar		7	Schoolmaster's daur	Scotland
Tait	William		5	Schoolmaster's son	Scotland
Inmates
Aikine	Hugh	Mar	60	Pauper Labourer	Ireland	Unsure of surname
Allan	Margret	U	82	Pauper Servant	Berwick on Tweed
Anderson	Ann	U	35	Pauper Washerwoman	Berwick
Anderson	Alexander	Widower	71	Pauper Pitman	Northumberland, Norham
Atkinson	Margret	U	44	Pauper Servant	Northumberland, Tweedmouth
Bailey	Mathew	Widower	66	Pauper Hawker	Ireland
Blackie	Margret	U	26	Pauper	Northumberland, Kyloe
Blackie	Margret		1	Pauper	Northumberland, Newcastle on Tyne
Brabry	William		15	Pauper	Berwick on Tweed	Unsure of surname
Bradford	Susan	U	52	Pauper Housekeeper	Northumberland, Kyloe
Bre	John	U	34	Pauper Lab	Berwick	Unsure of surname
Briggs	William	U	18	Pauper Sailor	Scotland
Brown	William	Widower	80	Pauper Tailor	Scotland
Brown	Alice	U	58	Cook	Berwick
Brown	Alexander	Widower	82	Pauper Fisherman	Northumberland, Tweedmouth	Blind
Brown	John	U	26	Pauper Carpenter	Scotland
Burn	Margret	Mar	36	Pauper Labourers Wife	Berwick
Burn	Francis		8	Pauper	Berwick	Female
Burn	Margret		2	Pauper	Berwick
Burn	Isabella		2	Pauper	Berwick
Caldar	William		15	Pauper	Berwick
Chambers	Ann	Mar	31	Pauper Hawkers Wife	Bamburgh
Chambers	Mary		14	Pauper	Ireland
Chambers	Bridget		10	Pauper	Northumberland, Newcastle on Tyne
Chartres	William		12	Pauper	Berwick
Connor	Bridget		15	Pauper	Ireland
Cowe	Eleanor	U	31	Pauper Housemaid	Northumberland, Weedon
Cowe	Peter		1	Pauper	Berwick
Crawford	Jane		24	Pauper Servant	Scotland
Creery	Edward		15	Pauper	Scotland	Unsure of surname
Crow	Henry		8	Pauper	Berwick
Cunningham	Alice	U	29	Pauper Servant	Berwick
Cunningham	Henry		8	Pauper	Berwick
Davidson	George	U	36	Pauper Fisherman	Northumberland, Tweedmouth
Davis	Gabriel	Widower	46	Pauper Cork Cutter	Middlesex, London
Davis	John		11	Pauper	Berwick on Tweed
Davis	William		6	Pauper	Berwick on Tweed
Davis	Robert		9	Pauper	Berwick on Tweed
Drummond	George	U	49	Pauper Fidler	Berwick
Drummond	Stephen	U	31	Pauper Lab	Berwick
Drummond	Sarah		7	Pauper	Berwick
Elder	Margery	U	42	Pauper Servant	Northumberland, Tweedmouth
Elliott	Isabella		11	Pauper	Northumberland, Tweedmouth
Farnel	William		13	Pauper	Berwick	Unsure of surname
Ferguson	John		10	Pauper	Scotland
Fernie	Eleanor	U	63	Pauper Hawker	Ireland
Finley	Margret	Mar	30	Pauper Coachmakers Wife	Berwick
Finley	Joan		9	Pauper	Berwick
Finley	John		8	Pauper	Berwick
Finley	James		6	Pauper	Berwick
Finley	Elizabeth		2	Pauper	Berwick
Fullers	Thomas	Widower	42	Pauper Gardener	Ireland
Getty	James		11	Pauper	Northumberland, Tweedmouth
Getty	Sibbit		9	Pauper	Northumberland, Tweedmouth	Female
Gibbons	Thomas		7	Pauper	Berwick
Gillie	Mary Jane		13	Pauper	Northumberland, Tweedmouth
Gillie	Jemima		9	Pauper	Northumberland, Tweedmouth
Gr?	Robert	Widower	61	Pauper Printer Comp	Middlesex, Westminster	unsure of surname
Guthrie	Grace	U	25	Pauper Servant	Berwick
Hay	Jane	W	69	Pauper Washerwoman	Berwick on Tweed
Hay	Alice	U	20	Pauper Servant	Berwick on Tweed
Higgins	Patrick	Widower	49	Pauper Labourer	Ireland
Higgins	Mary		14	Pauper	Scotland
Hunter	John	U	66	Pauper Lab	Berwick	Unsure of surname
Hunter	Eleanor		15	Pauper	Northumberland, Kyloe
Johnson	Sophia	U	49	Pauper Workhouse	Berwick
Johnson	Elizabeth		10	Pauper	Northumberland, Newcastle on Tyne
Johnson	Jane	W	69	Pauper Washerwoman	Berwick on Tweed
Joy	Sarah	W	60	Pauper Nurse	Morpeth
Knox	Alexander	U	26	Pauper Lab	Northumberland, Tweedmouth
Liddle	Elenor	U	54	Pauper Nurse	Berwick
Lough	John	Widower	64	Pauper Shipwright	Northumberland, Tweedmouth
Lowrey	John	U	52	Pauper Banker	Scotland
Marshal	Jane		9	Pauper	Berwick
Marshal	Alice	Mar	43	Pauper Washerwoman	Berwick
McGhee	Andrew		8	Pauper	Berwick
McGregor	Isabella	U	82	Pauper Nurse	Northumberland, Belford
McKay	Isabella	W	73	Pauper Nurse	Scotland
McKenzie	Margret	W	68	Pauper Washerwoman	Berwick
McMann	Mary	U	24	Pauper Servant	Berwick
McMann	John		7 months	Pauper	Durham, South Shields
McNaly	Mary	W	40	Pauper Washerwoman	Berwick
Mihol	William		2	Pauper	Berwick	Unsure of surname
Millar	Jane	W	48	Pauper Nurse	Scotland
Nevit	Edward	U	19	Pauper Cotton Spinner	Yorkshire, Kingston on Hull
Newton	Elizabeth	Mar	29	Pauper Hatters Wife	Berwick
Palmer	Mary		4	Pauper	Berwick
Pattison	Margret	U	23	Pauper Housemaid	Middlesex, London
Pearce	Jane		13	Pauper	Northumberland, Tweedmouth
Pearce	Alice		10	Pauper	Northumberland, Tweedmouth
Pringle	Robert	Widower	69	Pauper Sailor	Northumberland
Pritchard	Jeremiah	Widower	52	Pauper Shoemaker	Lancaster, Liverpool
Pritchard	Catherin		16	Pauper Childsmaid	Scotland
Quince	William	Widower	32	Pauper Lab	Berwick
Reid	Margret		9	Pauper	Northumberland, Tweedmouth
Reid	James		5	Pauper	Northumberland, Tweedmouth
Reid	Mary	U	24	Pauper Cap Maker	Scotland
Robison	Mary Ann		8	Pauper	Berwick
Robison	Jane	U	25	Pauper Servant	Durham, Bishop ?mouth	Unsure of place name
Scott	Jamison		75	Pauper	Berwick
Shannon	William	U	30	Pauper Lab	Northumberland, Tweedmouth
Simpson	John	Widower	66	Pauper Labourer	Scotland
Sporvart	Jane		9	Pauper	Northumberland, Tweedmouth	Unsure of surname
Sporvart	Archbold		8	Pauper	Northumberland, Tweedmouth	Unsure of surname
Stewart	Isabella	W	52	Pauper Washerwoman	Berwick
Sutherland	Francis		11	Pauper	Berwick	Female
Sutherland	Jemima		8	Pauper	Berwick
Sutherland	Margery		58	Pauper Washerwoman	Berwick on Tweed
Taylor	Isabella		11	Pauper	Northumberland, Tweedmouth
Taylor	Barbara		10	Pauper	Northumberland, Tweedmouth
Thompson	Robert	U	18	Pauper Baker	Scotland
Todd	Thomas		12	Pauper	Berwick on Tweed
Turnbul	Margret		12	Pauper	Berwick
Unnamed	Female Child		2 days	Pauper	Berwick on Tweed
Vass	Isabella	U	30	Pauper Cook	Northumberland, Belford	Unsure of surname
Vass	Eliza		5	Pauper	Northumberland, Bamburgh	Unsure of surname
Vass	Henriata		3	Pauper	America, British subject	Unsure of surname
Walker	Isabella	U	30	Pauper Hawker	Scotland
White	Jane		13	Pauper	Berwick
White	Mary		11	Pauper	Berwick
White	Archbold		9	Pauper	Berwick
Williamson	James	Widower	81	Pauper Chimney Sweep	East Indies, British Subject
Wilson	John	U	31	Brass founder	Scotland
Wood	Jesse		66	Pauper Washerwoman	Scotland	Female
Wood	Thomas	Widower	63	Pauper Fisherman	Northumberland, Tweedmouth
Young	Mary		14	Pauper Servant	Berwick
Young	Edward	U	50	Pauper Mason	Northumberland, Norham

Total residents: 139

Acknowledgment

Thanks to Jo Marsh for contributing this transcription.

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