1881 Census: Residents of Henstead Union Workhouse
| Name | Mar | Age | Sex | Relation | Occupation | Handicap | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | |||||||
| James Stephen SANDERS | M | 46 | M | Head | Master & Superintendent Registrar (Municipal) | St Marylebone, Middlesex | |
| Eliza SANDERS | M | 48 | F | Wife | Matron Of The House (Munic) | Lavenham, Suffolk | |
| George Stephen SANDERS | U | 13 | M | Son | Scholar | Norwich, Norfolk | |
| Emma SANDERS | U | 11 | F | Daur | Scholar | Norwich, Norfolk | |
| Jane Eliza SWANOR | W | 32 | F | Officer | Schoolmistress (M) | Norwich, Norfolk | |
| James PURDY | U | 23 | M | Officer | Porter (Mun) | Melton Magna, Norfolk | |
| Sarah NUNN | W | 50 | F | Officer | Nurse (M) | Tibbenham, Norfolk | |
| Henry BRANCH | M | 61 | M | Officer | Nurse Male Side (Hosp Attendt) | Norwich, Norfolk | |
| Emma WELLER | U | 26 | F | Servant | Cook | Swainsthorpe, Norfolk | |
| Inmates | |||||||
| William Thomas BARKER | W | 78 | M | Inmate | Carpenter | Framingham Pitot, Norfolk | |
| John BEAUMONT | U | 28 | M | Vagrant | Seaman Fisherman | East Carlton, Norfolk | |
| Maria BOON | W | 61 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Ketteringham, Norfolk | |
| Jonas BRIGHTON | U | 58 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Imbecile | Saxlingham Nethergate, Norfolk |
| John BUSH | U | 58 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Labourer | Melton Magna, Norfolk | |
| James CHANEY | U | 77 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | Otley, Suffolk | |
| Rebecca CLARKE | W | 86 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Houghton, Norfolk | |
| Hannah COOPER | U | 74 | F | Inmate | Needlewoman | Wramplingham, Norfolk | |
| Elias COUSINS | W | 76 | M | Inmate | Fish Hawker | Hethersett, Norfolk | |
| Elias COUSINS | U | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Hethersett, Norfolk | |
| Emma Elizabeth COUSINS | U | 4 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Swainsthorpe, Norfolk | |
| Harriett COUSINS | U | 32 | F | Inmate | Field Worker | Hethersett, Norfolk | |
| Robert COUSINS | U | 7 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Swainsthorpe, Norfolk | |
| Alice Selina Elizabeth CRAVEN | U | 12 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Swainsthorpe, Norfolk | |
| Sophia CUSHION | M | 66 | F | Inmate | General Servant Domestic | Imbecile | Saxlingham Nethergate, Norfolk |
| Charles DADE | U | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | West Bromwich, Stafford | |
| Mary DANN | W | 78 | F | Inmate | Field Worker | Deaf & Dumb | Caistor St Edmunds, Norfolk |
| Henry DAVEY | W | 70 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Labourer | Rockland St Mary, Norfolk | |
| John DAWE | U | 71 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Lab | Framingham Earl, Norfolk | |
| John Job DYE | W | 89 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | Bracon Ash, Norfolk | |
| James EMMS | U | 72 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Labourer | Cringleford, Norfolk | |
| Ann EVERITT | U | 30 | F | Inmate | General Servant Domestic | Swainsthorpe, Norfolk | |
| Bernard Spincer EVERITT | U | 5 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Swainsthorpe, Norfolk | |
| Eliza Roberta EVERITT | U | 10 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Swainsthorpe, Norfolk | |
| Ethel EVERITT | U | 13 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Swainsthorpe, Norfolk | |
| Ann FLINT | M | 69 | F | Inmate | Field Worker | Tasburgh, Norfolk | |
| James FLINT | M | 76 | M | Inmate | Thatcher | Newton Flotman, Norfolk | |
| Annie FOX | U | 7 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Melton Magna, Norfolk | |
| Bessie Margaret FOX | U | 1 | F | Inmate | Swainsthorpe, Norfolk | ||
| Charles FOX | U | 2 | M | Inmate | Winchester, Hampshire | ||
| John FOX | U | 5 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Melton Magna, Norfolk | |
| Mary Ann FOX | W | 35 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Winchester, Hampshire | |
| William FOX | U | 79 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Labourer | Melton Parja, Norfolk | |
| Celam John FROSDICK | U | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Swainsthorpe, Norfolk | |
| George FROSDICK | U | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Swainsthorpe, Norfolk | |
| Sarah FROSDICK | U | 30 | F | Inmate | Housemaid Domestic Servant | Saxlingham, Norfolk | |
| John GIRLING | W | 77 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Labourer | Melton Magna, Norfolk | |
| Rebecca GIRLING | U | 70 | F | Inmate | Washerwoman | Imbecile | Melton Magna, Norfolk |
| Edward HIGH | W | 91 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Labourer | Hemblington, Norfolk | |
| Samuel HILL | U | 31 | M | Vagrant | General Labourer | Swaffham, Norfolk | |
| Elizabeth JAMES | W | 71 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Carbrooke, Norfolk | |
| John KING | U | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Swainsthorpe, Norfolk | |
| Rachel KING | U | 49 | F | Inmate | General Servant Domestic | Norwich, Norfolk | |
| Francis KIRBY | U | 71 | M | Inmate | Drover & General Labourer | Melton Magna, Norfolk | |
| James KIRBY | U | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Norwich, Norfolk | |
| Leonorah KIRBY | U | 9 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Norwich, Norfolk | |
| Celia LADBROOKE | U | 22 | F | Inmate | General Servant | Imbecile | Eaton, Norfolk |
| James LANE | U | 39 | M | Vagrant | Miller (Corn) | Buxton, Norfolk | |
| Ann LANHAM | W | 84 | F | Inmate | Laundress | Sutton, Norfolk | |
| John LANT | U | 59 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Labourer | Bawburgh, Norfolk | |
| Eliza MALLETT | U | 35 | F | Inmate | Never Able To Be Employed | Imbecile | |
| Edith MAY | U | 1 | F | Inmate | Swainsthorpe, Norfolk | ||
| John MIDDLETON | U | 54 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Norwich, Norfolk | |
| Mary NEVE | W | 86 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Hethersett, Norfolk | |
| Elizabeth NICHOLS | W | 53 | F | Inmate | Sick Nurse (S M S) | Norwich, Norfolk | |
| Johnathen OSBORNE | W | 80 | M | Inmate | Carpenter | Mulbarton, Norfolk | |
| Beckington PLUMPTON | M | 65 | M | Inmate | Blacksmith | Colney, Norfolk | |
| Sarah PLUMPTON | M | 52 | F | Inmate | Needlewoman | Yarmouth, Norfolk | |
| Emma Rosa REEVE | U | 17 | F | Inmate | General Servant Domestic | Norwich, Norfolk | |
| James REEVE | W | 78 | M | Inmate | Gardener (N D) | Rockland St Mary, Norfolk | |
| Alfred RICHES | U | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Saxlingham Nethergate, Norfolk | |
| Ethelinda RICHES | U | 42 | F | Inmate | Washerwoman | Tasburgh, Norfolk | |
| Frederic RICHES | U | 4 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Swainsthorpe, Norfolk | |
| Laura RICHES | U | 13 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Saxlingham Nethergate, Norfolk | |
| William RICHES | U | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Saxlingham Nethergate, Norfolk | |
| Caroline RINGWOOD | U | 32 | F | Inmate | Washerwoman | Hethel, Norfolk | |
| John Henry RINGWOOD | U | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Swainsthorpe, Norfolk | |
| Samuel ROBINSON | U | 29 | M | Vagrant | General Labourer | Watton, Suffolk | |
| Johnathen RUMBSY | W | 77 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Labourer | Trowse Newton, Norfolk | |
| Ann SALTER | U | 75 | F | Inmate | Field Worker | Shelfanger, Norfolk | |
| James SECRETT | U | 57 | M | Inmate | Wherryman (Water) | Surlingham, Norfolk | |
| Margaret SERGEANT | W | 94 | F | Inmate | General Servant Domestic | Shelton, Norfolk | |
| Elizabeth SMITH | U | 71 | F | Inmate | Market Woman (Coster) | Norwich, Norfolk | |
| Henry SMITH | U | 26 | M | Vagrant | Fisherman | Ipswich, Suffolk | |
| Mary Ann SMITH | U | 13 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Shotesham St Mary, Norfolk | |
| Sarah SMITH | U | 14 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Imbecile | Shotesham St Mary, Norfolk |
| Emma THURSTON | U | 13 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Hethersett, Norfolk | |
| John THURSTON | U | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Hethersett, Norfolk | |
| Samuel THURSTON | U | 68 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Labourer | Kirby Bedon, Norfolk | |
| Sarah Ann THURSTON | U | 23 | F | Inmate | Washerwoman | Imbecile | Hethersett, Norfolk |
| William THURSTON | U | 15 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Labourer | Hethersett, Norfolk | |
| Alice Laura Read TILLETT | U | 5 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Norwich, Norfolk | |
| Mary Ann Deborah TILLETT | U | 7 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Swainsthorpe, Norfolk | |
| Robert TILLETT | U | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Norwich, Norfolk | |
| Robert TYRRELL | U | 55 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Labourer | Imbecile Deaf & Dumb | Newton Flotman, Norfolk |
| Sarah TYRRELL | U | 50 | F | Inmate | Agricultural Labourer | Imbecile Deaf & Dumb | Newton Flotman, Norfolk |
| Charles WARD | U | 32 | M | Vagrant | Groom | Leicester, Leicester | |
| Mark WARNES | U | 52 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Labourer | Bramerton, Norfolk | |
| Harriett WHARTON | U | 17 | F | Inmate | General Servant Domestic | Mulbarton, Norfolk | |
| George WILLIAM | U | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Swainsthorpe, Norfolk | |
| Jane WOODROW | U | 29 | F | Inmate | Washerwoman | Rockland St Mary, Norfolk |
Total residents: 100
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