1881 Census: Residents of Bridge Union Workhouse
| Name | Mar | Age | Sex | Relation | Occupation | Handicap | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | |||||||
| Thomas CHAPMAN | M | 48 | M | Master (Head) | Master Union Workhouse | Challock, Kent | |
| Jane BRETT | W | 63 | F | Matron | Matron Union Workhouse | Blodwell, Shropshire | |
| Maria EDWARDS | U | 21 | F | Schoolmistress | Schoolmistress Union Workhouse | Stephny, Middlesex | |
| Henry DADD | U | 46 | M | Porter | Porter Union Workhouse | ||
| Louisa MOSSMAN | U | 27 | F | Nurse | Nurse Union Workhouse | St Heliers, Jersey, Channel Islands | |
| Inmates | |||||||
| Sarah ABRAHAM | U | 55 | F | Inmate | Pauper Inmate | Westgate, Kent | |
| Albert AUSTEN | 2 | M | Inmate | Pauper Inmate | Waltham, Kent | ||
| Charlotte AUSTEN | 13 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Waltham, Kent | ||
| Edward AUSTEN | 4 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Chartham, Kent | ||
| Eliza AUSTEN | 25 | F | Inmate | Pauper Inmate | Waltham, Kent | ||
| Eliza AUSTEN | W | 45 | F | Inmate | Pauper Inmate | Waltham, Kent | |
| Elizabeth AUSTEN | 7 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Waltham, Kent | ||
| Mary AUSTEN | 11 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Waltham, Kent | ||
| Minnie AUSTEN | 1 | F | Inmate | Pauper Inmate | Waltham, Kent | ||
| Thomas AUSTEN | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Waltham, Kent | ||
| Elizabeth BADFORD | U | 80 | F | Inmate | Pauper Inmate | Harbledown, Kent | |
| Henry BAKER | W | 64 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Eltham, Kent | |
| Mary BENTLY | U | 70 | F | Inmate | Pauper Inmate | Dover, Kent | |
| James BLACKHAD | 6 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Croydon, Surrey | ||
| Sarah BLACKHAD | W | 39 | F | Inmate | Pauper Inmate | Littlebourn, Kent | |
| John BRENLY | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Barham, Kent | ||
| Thomas BRICE | W | 84 | M | Inmate | Formerly General Labourer | Dunkirk, Kent | |
| Richard CASTLE | U | 75 | M | Pauper Inmate | Ag Lab | Kingstone, Kent | |
| William CLARKE | W | 81 | M | Pauper Inmate | Hay Trusser | Westgate, Kent | |
| Ann COLTHAM | W | 72 | F | Pauper Inmate | Upper Hardres, Kent | ||
| Henry COOMBS | W | 71 | M | Inmate | Waltham, Kent | ||
| William COOMBS | W | 85 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Ickham, Kent | |
| Thomas COUTER | U | 29 | M | Pauper Inmate | Lunatic | Westgate, Kent | |
| Henry COX | W | 70 | M | Pauper Inmate | General Lab | Boughton Allaph, Kent | |
| John DAVIS | U | 28 | M | Casual Pauper | Colliers Lab | Holliwell, Flint, Wales | |
| Edward DITTON | M | 66 | M | Pauper Inmate | General Lab | Sheldwich, Kent | |
| Hannah DRAY | W | 78 | F | Pauper Inmate | Hastenleigh, Kent | ||
| John ELDRIDGE | U | 55 | M | Pauper Inmate | General Labourer | Lower Hardres, Kent | |
| Mary ESMAY | W | 77 | F | Pauper Inmate | Ash, Kent | ||
| Harriett FAIRBRASS | 13 | F | Pauper Inmate | Scholar | Bridge, Kent | ||
| Mary FAIRBRASS | 10 | F | Pauper Inmate | Scholar | Bridge, Kent | ||
| Elizabeth FRIAR | W | 91 | F | Pauper Inmate | Hoath, Kent | ||
| Jane FRIAR | W | 91 | F | Pauper Inmate | Harbledown, Kent | ||
| George GALVIN | U | 35 | M | Pauper Inmate | General Lab | Canterbury, Kent | |
| Gabriel GARNER | U | 73 | M | Pauper Inmate | Formerly Farmer | Patrixbourn, Kent | |
| Charlotte GIBBARD | W | 85 | F | Pauper Inmate | Canterbury, Kent | ||
| William GIBBS | U | 79 | M | Pauper Inmate | Groom | Ickham, Kent | |
| Mary Ann GORELY | W | 72 | F | Pauper Inmate | Canterbury, Kent | ||
| Charles HADLUM | U | 48 | M | Pauper Inmate | Basket Maker | Elham, Kent | |
| Mary Ann HAMMOND | W | 50 | F | Pauper Inmate | Canterbury, Kent | ||
| Alfred HAWKINS | 7 | M | Pauper Inmate | Scholar | Bridge, Kent | ||
| Thomas HEARNE | U | 66 | M | Pauper Inmate | General Labourer | Adisham, Kent | |
| George HIGGINS | 59 | M | Pauper Inmate | Ag Lab | Barham, Kent | ||
| Edward HOGBEN | U | 62 | M | Pauper Inmate | General Labourer | Littlebourn, Kent | |
| William HOLE | W | 85 | M | Pauper Inmate | Ag Lab | Ickham, Kent | |
| Albert HOPKINS | 10 | M | Pauper Inmate | Scholar | Faversham, Kent | ||
| Bevis HOPKINS | 14 | M | Pauper Inmate | Scholar | Barham, Kent | ||
| Charles HOPKINS | 69 | M | Pauper Inmate | Ag Lab | Blean, Kent | ||
| John HOPKINS | 13 | M | Pauper Inmate | Scholar | Barham, Kent | ||
| Charles HOUSDEN | W | 74 | M | Pauper Inmate | General Labourer | Whitstable, Kent | |
| William HOWARD | U | 46 | M | Casual Pauper | Painter | Guernsey, Channel Islands | |
| Henry HYDER | U | 66 | M | Pauper Inmate | General Labourer | Bridge, Kent | |
| Mary JACKSON | M | 43 | F | Casual Pauper | London, Middlesex | ||
| William JACKSON | M | 40 | M | Casual Pauper | Gen Lab | Towchester, Northampton | |
| Henry JOHNSON | W | 56 | M | Pauper Inmate | General Lab | Bridge, Kent | |
| Edward KEMP | M | 78 | M | Pauper Inmate | Ag Lab | Upper Hardres, Kent | |
| Maria KENNETT | W | 68 | F | Pauper Inmate | Wingham, Kent | ||
| Thomas KIDDER | M | 80 | M | Pauper Inmate | Ag Lab | Hastenleigh, Kent | |
| William LARAM | W | 77 | M | Pauper Inmate | General Labourer | Rye, Sussex | |
| George LOTT | M | 64 | M | Pauper Inmate | General Labourer | Bishopsbourn, Kent | |
| Eliza MAY | M | 54 | F | Pauper Inmate | Sandwich, Kent | ||
| Edith MEARS | 1 | F | Pauper Inmate | Hythe, Kent | |||
| Mary Ann MEARS | U | 30 | F | Pauper Inmate | Formerly Servant | Kingstone, Kent | |
| John MILLS | U | 56 | M | Pauper Inmate | Ag Lab | Waltham, Kent | |
| Catherine MORRIS | W | 40 | F | Pauper Inmate | Scotland | ||
| Hannah MURPHY | W | 79 | F | Pauper Inmate | Petham, Kent | ||
| Thomas MUTTON | U | 81 | M | Pauper Inmate | General Labourer | Kingstone, Kent | |
| Amelia NOBLE | U | 29 | F | Pauper Inmate | Lunatic | Bridge, Kent | |
| Charles OAKENFIELD | M | 64 | M | Pauper Inmate | Shoemaker | Westgate, Kent | |
| John PARTIS | W | 69 | M | Pauper Inmate | Gen Lab | Westwell, Kent | |
| Richard PAY | W | 67 | M | Pauper Inmate | Ag Lab | Nonnington, Kent | |
| Frances PEGDEN | U | 17 | F | Pauper Inmate | Formerly Servant | Adisham, Kent | |
| Henry PEGDEN | W | 67 | M | Pauper Inmate | Ag Lab | Adisham, Kent | |
| George PEMBRY | W | 68 | M | Pauper Inmate | Parchment Maker | Bristol, Somerset | |
| George PETTET | U | 50 | M | Pauper Inmate | General Lab | Nackington, Kent | |
| Edward PEYTON | M | 75 | M | Pauper Inmate | General Lab | Blean, Kent | |
| William PHILPOTT | W | 77 | M | Pauper Inmate | Ag Lab | Chilham, Kent | |
| William PRIOR | W | 70 | M | Pauper Inmate | Gen Lab | Ickham, Kent | |
| Emma PULLEE | U | 46 | F | Pauper Inmate | Formerly Servant | Canterbury, Kent | |
| Jane PULLEE | 7 | F | Pauper Inmate | Scholar | Bridge, Kent | ||
| William PULLEE | 11 | M | Pauper Inmate | Scholar | Bow, Middlesex | ||
| Edward READ | W | 75 | M | Pauper Inmate | Basket Maker | Smeeth, Kent | |
| Henry READ | U | 63 | M | Pauper Inmate | Ag Lab | Elmsted, Kent | |
| Margaret REID | U | 42 | F | Casual Pauper | Dressmaker | Chelsea, Middlesex | |
| Matilda REID | U | 55 | F | Casual Pauper | Tailoress | Jersey, Channel Islands | |
| Richard RUSSELL | W | 80 | M | Pauper Inmate | Ag Lab | Barham, Kent | |
| Charlotte RYE | U | 62 | F | Pauper Inmate | Canterbury, Kent | ||
| James SCOTT | 59 | M | Pauper Inmate | General Labourer | Littlebourne, Kent | ||
| John SCOTT | U | 68 | M | Pauper Inmate | General Labourer | Adisham, Kent | |
| Ethelbert SEDGWICK | U | 34 | M | Pauper Inmate | General Labourer | Ramsgate, Kent | |
| Mary SHOVLER | W | 72 | F | Pauper Inmate | Kilkenny, Ireland | ||
| Charles SMITH | U | 28 | M | Casual Pauper | Gen Lab | New Cross, Middlesex | |
| George SMITH | U | 33 | M | Pauper Inmate | Baker | Lambeth, Surrey | |
| George SMITH | U | 28 | M | Casual Pauper | Gen Lab | Herne, Kent | |
| William SOLE | U | 46 | M | Pauper Inmate | General Labourer | Wickham, Kent | |
| Thomas SOUTHE | U | 73 | M | Pauper Inmate | Carpenter | Bekesbourne, Kent | |
| Stephen SOUTHWELL | U | 60 | M | Pauper Inmate | General Labourer | Littlebourne, Kent | |
| Thomas SOUTHWELL | U | 39 | M | Pauper Inmate | General Labourer | Littlebourn, Kent | |
| William STACEY | 11 | M | Pauper Inmate | Scholar | Chartham, Kent | ||
| Charles STEED | U | 29 | M | Pauper Inmate | General Labourer | Bridge, Kent | |
| John STEVENS | W | 58 | M | Pauper Inmate | Shoemaker | Chilham, Kent | |
| Lewis SWAN | 5 | M | Pauper Inmate | Scholar | Marden, Kent | ||
| Alice TAYLOR | 10 | F | Pauper Inmate | Scholar | Littlebourne, Kent | ||
| Edith TAYLOR | 6 | F | Pauper Inmate | Scholar | Wickham, Kent | ||
| Edward TAYLOR | 8 | M | Pauper Inmate | Scholar | Littlebourne, Kent | ||
| Elizabeth TAYLOR | 1 | F | Pauper Inmate | Bridge, Kent | |||
| Esther TAYLOR | U | 21 | F | Pauper Inmate | Formerly Servant | Waltham, Kent | |
| William TUMBER | U | 57 | M | Pauper Inmate | General Lab | Upper Hardres, Kent | |
| George TWYMAN | U | 39 | M | Pauper Inmate | General Lab | Wickham, Kent | |
| Stephen UDEN | W | 77 | M | Pauper Inmate | Ag Lab | Westbere, Kent | |
| Emily VANSON | 6 | F | Pauper Inmate | Scholar | Bridge, Kent | ||
| Mary Ann VANSON | U | 33 | F | Pauper Inmate | Lunatic | Barham, Kent | |
| Stephen WATERS | W | 61 | M | Pauper Inmate | Ag Lab | Petham, Kent | |
| Alfred WEBB | 7 | M | Pauper Inmate | Scholar | Bridge, Kent | ||
| Mary Jane WEBB | U | 22 | F | Pauper Inmate | Formerly Servant | Westgate, Kent | |
| Walter WEBB | 3 | M | Pauper Inmate | Scholar | Bridge, Kent | ||
| Ann WHITE | W | 47 | F | Pauper Inmate | Glasgow, Scotland | ||
| Ellen WHITE | 9 | F | Pauper Inmate | Scholar | Woolwich, Kent | ||
| George WHITE | W | 68 | M | Pauper Inmate | Ag Lab | Bridge, Kent | |
| John WILLIAMS | U | 67 | M | Pauper Inmate | Miller | Ickham, Kent | |
| Margaret WILSON | W | 69 | F | Pauper Inmate | Lower Hardres, Kent | ||
| John WOOD | U | 53 | M | Pauper Inmate | Ag Lab | Barham, Kent | |
| Richard WOOD | U | 69 | M | Pauper Inmate | General Labourer | Sandhurst, Sussex |
Total residents: 128
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