1881 Census: Residents of Cheadle Union Workhouse
| Name | Mar | Age | Sex | Relation | Occupation | Handicap | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | |||||||
| Joseph Jonathan SIMENS | M | 29 | M | Head | Master Of Workhouse | Westbromwich, Stafford | |
| Annie Matilda SIMENS | 1 | F | Daur | Cheadle, Stafford | |||
| John Charles POWELL | 18 | M | Porter | Porter Of Workhouse | Cheadle, Stafford | ||
| Jane BRANDON | U | 23 | F | Trainer | Industrial Trainer Nurse | Checkley, Stafford | |
| Mary SLATER | U | 54 | F | Cook | Workhouse Cook | Checkley, Stafford | |
| Inmates | |||||||
| Herbert ABBERLAY | U | 50 | M | Pauper | Shoemaker | Cheadle, Stafford | |
| Alice J. AINSWORTH | 5 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Kingsley, Stafford | ||
| Jane AINSWORTH | U | 30 | F | Pauper | No Occupation | Imbecile | Kingsley, Stafford |
| Samuel ALCOCK | W | 72 | M | Pauper | Blacksmith | Blind | Toser, Stafford |
| William BARLOW | U | 58 | M | Pauper | Farm Labourer | Cheadle, Stafford | |
| Annie BEARDMORE | 6 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Cheadle, Stafford | ||
| Margeret BEARDMORE | M | 35 | F | Pauper | Charwoman | Ipstones, Stafford | |
| Sarah Ann BEARDMORE | 9 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Leek, Stafford | ||
| William BEARDMORE | W | 84 | M | Pauper | Blacksmith | Checkley, Stafford | |
| Joseph BERRISFORD | 9 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Caverswall, Stafford | ||
| Samuel BERRISFORD | 8 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Caverswall, Stafford | ||
| Thomas BERRISFORD | 13 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Longton, Stafford | ||
| Jane BOTT | W | 81 | F | Pauper | Charwoman | Hollington, Stafford | |
| Sarah BROADHURST | M | 79 | F | Pauper | Knitting Servant | Cheadle, Stafford | |
| Alice BROOKES | 1 | F | Pauper | Charwoman | Leek, Stafford | ||
| Sarah BROOKES | U | 20 | F | Pauper | Domestic Servant | Devon | |
| Ephraim BRUNT | W | 64 | M | Pauper | Coal Miner | Cheadle, Stafford | |
| William BRUNT | 7 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Cheadle, Stafford | ||
| Ellen BULL | U | 39 | F | Pauper | No Occupation | Imbecile | Checkley, Stafford |
| Hannah BULL | U | 41 | F | Pauper | No Occupation | Imbecile | New Mills, Derby |
| Sarah BULL | U | 36 | F | Pauper | No Occupation | Imbecile | Checkley, Stafford |
| Alice BUTTERWORTH | U | 9 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Cheadle, Stafford | |
| Mary BUTTERWORTH | U | 40 | F | Pauper | Charwoman | Hull | |
| James COATES | 9 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Cheadle, Stafford | ||
| Benjamin T. COLLIS | 9m | M | Pauper | Cheadle, Stafford | |||
| Caroline COLLIS | W | 31 | F | Pauper | Charwoman | Fenton, Stafford | |
| Thomas COPE | W | 80 | M | Pauper | Farmer | Ipstones, Stafford | |
| Thomas DONAS | U | 40 | M | Pauper | Farm Labourer | Ironbridge, Shropshire | |
| Lucy ELKS | U | 29 | F | Pauper | Domestic Servant | Alton, Stafford | |
| Elizabeth FAIRBANK | 8 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Draycott, Stafford | ||
| John FINNEY | U | 79 | M | Pauper | Blacksmith | Blind | Farley, Stafford |
| Mary GOLDSTRAW | W | 75 | F | Pauper | No Occupation | Huddersfield | |
| Arthur GOODWIN | 8 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Cheadle, Stafford | ||
| Elizabeth GOODWIN | 7 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Cheadle, Stafford | ||
| Millicent GOODWIN | U | 39 | F | Pauper | No Occupation | Imbecile | Cheadle, Stafford |
| John H.J. HACKETT | 10 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Fenton, Stafford | ||
| Eliza HALL | U | 39 | F | Pauper | Charwoman | Cheadle, Stafford | |
| George HALL | 5 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Ipstones, Stafford | ||
| John HALL | 10 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Cheadle, Stafford | ||
| John HAMMERSLEY | U | 85 | M | Pauper | Farm Labourer | Burton On Trent, Stafford | |
| Catharine HARRISON | 6 | F | Pauper | Scholar | W'hampton, Stafford | ||
| Esther HARRISON | M | 29 | F | Pauper | Dress Maker | Consall, Stafford | |
| George HARRISON | 8 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Manchester | ||
| Norman HARRISON | 1 | M | Pauper | Cheddleton, Stafford | |||
| Thomas HARRISON | 4 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Birmingham | ||
| Agnes HAWKINS | 9 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Cheadle, Stafford | ||
| Selina HAWKINS | U | 37 | F | Pauper | Domestic Servant | Caverswall, Stafford | |
| Charlotte HILL | M | 67 | F | Pauper | Farm Servant | Bucknell, Stafford | |
| George HOLMES | W | 76 | M | Pauper | Butcher | Imbecile | Farley, Stafford |
| Harriet HOLMES | U | 46 | F | Pauper | No Occupation | Imbecile | Alton, Stafford |
| George HUGHES | U | 22 | M | Pauper | Printers Assistant | Cheadle, Stafford | |
| Joseph INSKIP | U | 60 | M | Pauper | Farm Labourer | Dilhorn, Stafford | |
| George JOHNSON | M | 52 | M | Pauper | Masons Labourer | Oakamoor, Stafford | |
| Joseph JOHNSON | 72 | M | Pauper | Farm Labourer | Alton, Stafford | ||
| Patrick KELLY | W | 65 | M | Pauper | Tailor | Cork, Ireland | |
| Thomas KIRKLAND | W | 68 | M | Pauper | Farm Labourer | Huntley, Stafford | |
| Ann LANGLEY | W | 61 | F | Pauper | Seamstress | Sudbury, Derby | |
| Isaac LOTON | W | 67 | M | Pauper | Blacksmith | Cheadle, Stafford | |
| Lewis LOVATT | U | 19 | M | Pauper | No Occupation | Draycott, Stafford | |
| William MOORE | 7 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Longton, Stafford | ||
| Annie MOSELEY | 10 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Ashbourn, Derby | ||
| Eliza MOSELEY | U | 50 | F | Pauper | Domestic Servant | Ipstones, Stafford | |
| Ralph MOSELEY | 15 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Hanley, Stafford | ||
| Richard MOSELEY | 7 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Bingham, Nottingham | ||
| Joseph MYATT | U | 18 | M | Pauper | Bricklayers Labourer | Caverswall, Stafford | |
| Annie OAKCLIFFE | 8m | F | Pauper | Worcester | |||
| Henry OAKCLIFFE | M | 36 | M | Pauper | Farm Labourer | Chester, Stafford | |
| John OAKCLIFFE | 4 | M | Pauper | Birkenhead | |||
| Mary OAKCLIFFE | 12 | F | Pauper | Birkenhead | |||
| Mary OAKCLIFFE | M | 32 | F | Pauper | No Occupation | Liverpool | |
| Peter OAKCLIFFE | 9 | M | Pauper | Birkenhead | |||
| James OLIVER | U | 33 | M | Pauper | General Labourer | Imbecile | Ipstones, Stafford |
| Bridget PARKER | U | 50 | F | Pauper | Tailoress | Ross Common, Ireland | |
| Arthur W. PEARSON | 13 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Ipstones, Stafford | ||
| Thomas PEDLEY | 6 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Caverswall, Stafford | ||
| Joseph POTTER | U | 55 | M | Pauper | Farm Labourer | Derby | |
| Margeret PRIESTLY | U | 42 | F | Pauper | Tailoress | Shircock, Ireland | |
| Ann PYATT | U | 58 | F | Pauper | Domestic Servant | Lunatic | Cheadle, Stafford |
| Olive PYATT | W | 80 | F | Pauper | No Occupation | Lunatic | Cheadle, Stafford |
| William RATCLIFFE | W | 74 | M | Pauper | Joiner | Ashbourn | |
| John ROBINSON | W | 75 | M | Pauper | Farm Labourer | Illam, Stafford | |
| Arthur RUSHTON | 10 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Cheadle, Stafford | ||
| Edward RUSHTON | 4 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Cheadle, Stafford | ||
| Joseph RUSHTON | U | 33 | M | Pauper | Scholar | Cheadle, Stafford | |
| Kate RUSHTON | 8 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Cheadle, Stafford | ||
| Minnie RUSHTON | 6 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Cheadle, Stafford | ||
| William RUSHTON | U | 52 | M | Pauper | Gardener Domestic | Alton, Stafford | |
| Samuel SALT | U | 64 | M | Pauper | No Occupation | Imbecile | Alton, Stafford |
| Thomas SHAW | W | 77 | M | Pauper | Farm Labourer | Cheddleton, Stafford | |
| Elizabeth SKITT | U | 52 | F | Pauper | Charwoman | Shrewsbury, Shropshire | |
| Annie SLATER | U | 23 | F | Pauper | No Occupation | Blind | Checkley, Stafford |
| Ann Ellen SMITH | U | 6 | F | Pauper | Scholar | Ramson, Derby | |
| Emma SMITH | U | 30 | F | Pauper | Washerwoman | Ramson, Derby | |
| Louisa SMITH | U | 56 | F | Pauper | No Occupation | Imbecile | Cheadle, Stafford |
| Isaac SPOONER | W | 66 | M | Pauper | Bricklayers Labourer | Caverswall, Stafford | |
| William THOMPSON | U | 72 | M | Pauper | Farm Labourer | Ashbourne | |
| John THORLEY | U | 56 | M | Pauper | Coal Miner | Checkley, Stafford | |
| Thomas WARD | W | 70 | M | Pauper | Waggoner | Weston On Trent, Stafford | |
| Emma WATT | U | 63 | F | Pauper | Sewing Servant | Cheadle, Stafford | |
| John WEAVER | U | 80 | M | Pauper | Boatman | Kingsley, Stafford | |
| Joseph WHITEHURST | U | 78 | M | Pauper | Sawyer | Dilhorn, Stafford | |
| Joseph WHITEHURST | W | 74 | M | Pauper | Farm Labourer | Dilhorn, Stafford | |
| William WOODWARD | W | 71 | M | Pauper | Gardener | Checkley, Stafford | |
| James WRIGHT | U | 71 | M | Pauper | Blacksmith | Cheadle, Stafford |
Total residents: 109
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