1881 Census: Residents of Downham Union Workhouse
| Name | Mar | Age | Sex | Relation | Occupation | Handicap | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | |||||||
| Willm. SOUTH | M | 46 | M | Head | Workhouse (Muni) Master | Bumell, Cambridge | |
| Susannah SOUTH | M | 45 | F | Wife | Workhouse Matron | Roydon, Norfolk | |
| Joshua JARRETT | U | 34 | M | Porter | Workhouse Porter | Downham Market, Norfolk | |
| Agnes RAVEN | U | 22 | F | Trainer | Workhouse Trainer | Downham Market, Norfolk | |
| Elizabeth P. VIVIAN | U | 27 | F | Nurse | Workhouse Nurse | St Austell, Cornwall | |
| Inmates | |||||||
| Jane AMBROSE | U | 31 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | London, Middlesex | |
| Mary AMBROSE | U | 10 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Downham Market, Norfolk | |
| Robert BAILEY | U | 28 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | East Dereham, Norfolk | |
| William BALLS | M | 68 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Wormegay, Norfolk | |
| William BARKER | U | 59 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | West Dereham, Norfolk | |
| William BEIGHTON | W | 80 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | Downham Market, Norfolk | |
| William BIRD | W | 73 | M | Inmate | Wine Merchants Lab | Stoke Ferry, Norfolk | |
| John BOX | W | 72 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Barton, Norfolk | |
| Jessie BURGESS | U | 23 | F | Inmate | Stradsett, Norfolk | ||
| Jessie BURGESS | U | 2 | F | Inmate | Downham Market, Norfolk | ||
| Maria BUTTON | U | 49 | M | Inmate | Imbecile | Shouldham Thorpe, Norfolk | |
| Robert CAPPS | M | 58 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Wretton, Norfolk | |
| William CAPPS | U | 7 | M | Inmate | Scholar | West Dereham, Norfolk | |
| Arthur CARTER | U | 4 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Snettisham, Norfolk | |
| Elizabeth CARTER | U | 9m | F | Inmate | Downham Market, Norfolk | ||
| Sarah CARTER | U | 24 | F | Inmate | Wimbotsham, Norfolk | ||
| William CASTLE | U | 79 | M | Inmate | Formerly Railroad Excavator | Magdalen, Norfolk | |
| Robert CATCHPOLE | W | 68 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Wimbotsham, Norfolk | |
| Rebecca COATES | W | 71 | F | Inmate | Stradsett, Norfolk | ||
| Henry COOPER | W | 78 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | East Walton, Norfolk | |
| Ann CRANE | W | 54 | F | Inmate | Swaffham, Norfolk | ||
| William DOCKING | U | 61 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Downham Market, Norfolk | |
| Gertrude DOVE | U | 7 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Downham Market, Norfolk | |
| James DOVE | U | 6 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Downham Market, Norfolk | |
| Elizabeth EDMUNDS | W | 76 | F | Inmate | Downham Market, Norfolk | ||
| John FILBEY | W | 79 | M | Inmate | Marine Store Dealer | Wretton, Norfolk | |
| Ann GORDEN | U | 10 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Stow, Norfolk | |
| Elizabeth GORDEN | U | 6 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Downham Market, Norfolk | |
| Mary GORDEN | U | 13 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Fordham, Norfolk | |
| Elizabeth GROOM | W | 66 | F | Inmate | Field Worker | Dereham, Norfolk | |
| Frederick GROOM | U | 24 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Imbecile | Downham Market, Norfolk |
| Henry GROOM | U | 18 | M | Inmate | Builders Labourer | Downham Market, Norfolk | |
| Jacob HALL | W | 75 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Stow, Norfolk | |
| Charlotte HALLS | U | 10 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Dereham, Norfolk | |
| Frederick HALLS | U | 5 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Downham Market, Norfolk | |
| Harry HALLS | U | 7 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Dereham, Norfolk | |
| James HALLS | U | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Dereham, Norfolk | |
| Jane HALLS | U | 33 | F | Inmate | Farm Worker | Wereham, Norfolk | |
| William HARDY | U | 66 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Marham, Norfolk | |
| Drake HARROD | W | 68 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Stoke Ferry, Norfolk | |
| Thomas HITE | W | 75 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Downham Market, Norfolk | |
| James HOWLETT | W | 73 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Hilgay, Norfolk | |
| Annie JACOBS | U | 26 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | St Germans, Norfolk | |
| Elijah JAGGARD | M | 67 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Holme, Norfolk | |
| Sarah JAGGARD | M | 64 | F | Inmate | Southery, Norfolk | ||
| Thomas JAMES | M | 59 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Upwell, Norfolk | |
| Flatt JOHN | W | 72 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Denver, Norfolk | |
| Hannah JOHNSON | W | 74 | F | Inmate | Blind | Long Sutton, Lincoln | |
| William KIRBY | U | 65 | M | Inmate | Builders Lab | Wisbech, Cambridge | |
| Thomas KITCHEN | W | 76 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Denver, Norfolk | |
| Hillary LAMBERT | W | 20 | M | Inmate | Formerly Village Post Mess | Gooderstone, Norfolk | |
| Edward LASSCOCK | W | 81 | M | Inmate | Carpenter | Wood Rising, Norfolk | |
| John LAVENDER | U | 61 | M | Inmate | Excavator | Wereham, Norfolk | |
| William LEGATT | W | 70 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | West Dereham, Norfolk | |
| George LEWIS | U | 14 | M | Inmate | Deaf & Dumb | Fordham, Norfolk | |
| James LONG | W | 64 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Warnby ?, Norfolk | |
| Ellen MACE | W | 62 | F | Inmate | Ashill, Norfolk | ||
| Richard MACE | U | 5 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Hilgay, Norfolk | |
| Sarah MACE | U | 13 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Southery, Norfolk | |
| Thomas MANIE | W | 80 | M | Inmate | Basket Maker | Kings Lynn, Norfolk | |
| Arthur MATTHEWS | U | 23 | M | Inmate | None | Imbecile | West Dereham, Norfolk |
| Mary MERRINGTON | U | 7 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Downham Market, Norfolk | |
| George MILLS | W | 70 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Downham Market, Norfolk | |
| Robert MONK | W | 74 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Wimbotsham, Norfolk | |
| Annie OSBORN | U | 10 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Downham Market, Norfolk | |
| Beatrice OSBORN | U | 15 | F | Inmate | Stow, Norfolk | ||
| Flora OSBORN | U | 5 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Stow, Norfolk | |
| George OSBORN | U | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Stow, Norfolk | |
| Jane OSBORN | U | 12 | F | Inmate | Blind | Stow, Norfolk | |
| John OSBORN | U | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Stow, Norfolk | |
| Louisa OSBORN | U | 7 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Downham Market, Norfolk | |
| Robert PARKER | W | 75 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Wimbotesham, Norfolk | |
| George PARLETT | U | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | London, Middlesex | |
| Frank PECKOVER | U | 3m | M | Inmate | Downham Market, Norfolk | ||
| Kate PECKOVER | U | 22 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Shouldham, Norfolk | |
| Henry PEOERITT | U | 60 | M | Inmate | Blacksmith | Thetford, Norfolk | |
| Dennis PORTER | U | 47 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Fincham, Norfolk | |
| Arthur REEVE | U | 14 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Wereham, Norfolk | |
| Henry REEVE | U | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Wereham, Norfolk | |
| Thomas RICHARDSON | U | 62 | M | Inmate | Gardener | Watlington, Norfolk | |
| Ann RICHES | M | 59 | F | Inmate | Crimplesham, Norfolk | ||
| Robert SEAMS | W | 77 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Wimbotsham, Norfolk | |
| William SHARPE | W | 64 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Syderstone, Norfolk | |
| Nora SMITH | U | 27 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Boughton, Norfolk | |
| Elizabeth SUTTERBY | U | 71 | F | Inmate | Formerly Hawker | Wereham, Norfolk | |
| John TAYLOR | M | 68 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Marham, Norfolk | |
| John TAYLOR | W | 83 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Thetford, Norfolk | |
| James THREADGILL | W | 82 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Stradbrooke, Suffolk | |
| Eliza TOWLER | U | 15 | F | Inmate | West Dereham, Norfolk | ||
| Thomas TOWLER | W | 69 | M | Inmate | Butcher | Magdalen, Norfolk | |
| William TOWLER | U | 66 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Magdalen, Norfolk | |
| James TUCK | U | 7 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Downham Market, Norfolk | |
| John TUCK | U | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Downham Market, Norfolk | |
| Susan TUCK | W | 33 | F | Inmate | Ag Lab | Downham Market, Norfolk | |
| Joseph TWITCHET | W | 53 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Stradbrooke, Suffolk | |
| William UPCRAFT | U | 16 | M | Inmate | Bricklayers Lab | Denver, Norfolk | |
| James VENNEY | U | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | London, Middlesex | |
| Robert VENNEY | U | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Blind | London, Middlesex |
| Charles WARD | W | 74 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Setche, Norfolk | |
| George WARD | W | 67 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Cressingham, Norfolk | |
| Julia WATTS | W | 54 | F | Inmate | Ireland | ||
| Harriet WAYLAND | U | 6 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Watlington, Norfolk | |
| Mary WAYLAND | U | 8 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Watlington, Norfolk | |
| Edward WEALTHY | U | 70 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Flitcham, Norfolk | |
| Edgar WICK | U | 1 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Downham Market, Norfolk | |
| Ernest WICK | U | 4 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Fincham, Norfolk | |
| Sarah WICK | U | 24 | F | Inmate | Fincham, Norfolk | ||
| Susan WICK | W | 60 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Fincham, Norfolk | |
| Emma WOODHOUSE | W | 60 | F | Inmate | Watlington, Norfolk | ||
| Catherine YOUNGMAN | U | 53 | F | Inmate | Wretton, Norfolk | ||
| John YOUNGS | W | 75 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Thetford, Norfolk |
Total residents: 116
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