1881 Census: Residents of Billesdon Union Workhouse
| Name | Mar | Age | Sex | Relation | Occupation | Handicap | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | |||||||
| Robert HORSPOOL | M | 53 | M | Head | Chelsea Pensioner Sergt Royal Artillery Workhouse Master (Munic) | Billesdon, Leicester | |
| Elizabeth HORSPOOL | M | 56 | F | Wife | Workhouse Matron | Scotland | |
| Robert W. PATERSON | 10 | M | Nephew | Scholar | Leicester | ||
| Hannah HUBBARD | W | 64 | F | Union Officer | Nurse | Worthington, Derby | |
| Inmates | |||||||
| Eli BARNES | U | 21 | M | Inmate | Imbecile | Halstead, Leicester | |
| Jane BROUGHTON | 74 | F | Inmate | Hallaton, Leicester | |||
| Louisa CART | 54 | F | Inmate | Billesdon, Leicester | |||
| Isaac CLARK | W | 78 | M | Inmate | Frame Work Knitter Stockings | Burton Overy, Leicester | |
| John COOPER | M | 57 | M | Inmate | General Lab | Highbickington, Devon | |
| Thomas DANBY | M | 61 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | ||
| Edward DUFFIELD | W | 71 | M | Inmate | Bricklayers Lab | St Mary's Parish, Nottingham | |
| Mary A. FREER | M | 54 | F | Inmate | Leicester | ||
| Richard FREER | W | 58 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Blind | Elton, Huntingdon |
| Sarah E. GIBBONS | 2 | F | Inmate | Billesdon, Leicester | |||
| William GIBBS | U | 73 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Oadby, Leicester | |
| Sarah GOODMAN | 82 | F | Inmate | Bascott, Warwick | |||
| Elizabeth GORDON | 60 | F | Inmate | Formerly Laundress | Grantham, Lincoln | ||
| Peter GREASLEY | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Knighton, Leicester | ||
| George GREY | M | 36 | M | Casual Pauper | Lab (Railway) | Dunmore, Essex | |
| Jane GREY | 12 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Abergavenny (N W), Monmouth | ||
| Margaret GREY | M | 33 | F | Casual Pauper | Cotton Spinner | Scotland | |
| Alfred HALL | 5m | M | Inmate | Uppingham, Rutland | |||
| Alice HALL | U | 21 | F | Inmate | General Serv (Domestic) | Tugby, Leicester | |
| George HORMSBY | W | 50 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Suttonbassett, Northampton | |
| George HUBBARD | 5 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Billesdon, Leicester | ||
| Ruth HUBBARD | U | 38 | F | Inmate | General Serv (Domestic) | Glenn, Leicester | |
| William HUBBARD | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Kings Norton, Leicester | ||
| Edward IRELAND | U | 46 | M | Inmate | Imbecile | Glenn, Leicester | |
| John MAKET | U | 26 | M | Casual Pauper | Collier (Coalminer) | Wigan, Lancashire | |
| George MERRY | 5 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Boxer, Cambridge | ||
| Herbert MERRY | 3 | M | Inmate | Billesdon, Leicester | |||
| John MERRY | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Hardwicke, Cambridge | ||
| Louisa MERRY | W | 39 | F | Inmate | Horingsea, Cambridge | ||
| Mary A. MERRY | 13 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Hardwicke, Cambridge | ||
| Susan MERRY | 8 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Newton Harcourt, Leicester | ||
| Emily PEAKE | 8m | F | Inmate | Billesdon, Leicester | |||
| Harriet PEAKE | 6 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Kings Norton, Leicester | ||
| Lucy PEAKE | W | 28 | F | Inmate | Cook (Domestic) | East Norton, Leicester | |
| William PEBERDAY | U | 21 | M | Inmate | Imbecile | Glenn, Leicester | |
| George SMITH | U | 51 | M | Casual Pauper | Lab Railway | Worcester | |
| William SMITH | U | 76 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Imbecile | Humberstone, Leicester |
| Thomas SWIFT | U | 69 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Scraptoft, Leicester | |
| George SWINGLER | W | 71 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Tilton, Leicester | |
| Thomas TAYLOR | U | 59 | M | Inmate | Imbecile | Halstead, Leicester | |
| John WEBSTER | W | 81 | M | Inmate | Frame Work Knitter Stockings | Pitchford, Northampton | |
| Daniel WESTON | U | 29 | M | Inmate | Imbecile | Newton Harcourt, Leicester | |
| Elizabeth WESTON | U | 31 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Newton Harcourt, Leicester | |
| Ellen WRIGHT | 2 | F | Inmate | Billesdon, Leicester | |||
| Mary A. WRIGHT | 3 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Leicester | ||
| Matilda WRIGHT | U | 26 | F | Inmate | General Serv (Domestic) | Slawson, Northampton |
Total residents: 50
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