1881 Census: Residents of Linton Union Workhouse
| Name | Mar | Age | Sex | Relation | Occupation | Handicap | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | |||||||
| George HOWLETT | M | 53 | M | Head | Munic Master of Workhouse | Gaxham, Norfolk | |
| Elizabeth HOWLETT | M | 52 | F | Wife | Matron Workhouse Munic | Yarmouth, Norfolk | |
| Frederica GRANT | U | 22 | F | Officer | Schoolmistress Workhouse Munic | Portsmouth, Hampshire | |
| Thomas ALLEN | M | 40 | M | Officer | Porter Workhouse Munic | Linton, Cambridge | |
| Lucy ALLEN | M | 42 | F | Officer | Nurse Workhouse Munic | Linton, Cambridge | |
| Thomas FRENCH | U | 30 | M | Officer | Boys Attendant Workhouse Munic | Linton, Cambridge | |
| Inmates | |||||||
| William ALLEN | W | 82 | M | Inmate | Formerly Gardener | Linton, Cambridge | |
| Henry ANDREWS | W | 76 | M | Inmate | Ag Labr | Whittlesford, Cambridge | |
| Edward ANSELL | W | 68 | M | Inmate | Ag Labr | Balsham, Cambridge | |
| Eliza ASHBY | W | 76 | F | Inmate | Labrs Widow | Little Walden, Essex | |
| Joseph BARKER | U | 62 | M | Inmate | Ag Labr | West Wickham, Cambridge | |
| William BARKER | W | 73 | M | Inmate | Ag Labr | West Wickham, Cambridge | |
| Ellen BIGGS | W | 71 | F | Inmate | Formerly Dressmaker | Newcastle, Northumberland | |
| Charles BRADMAN | W | 66 | M | Inmate | Ag Labr | Castle Camps, Cambridge | |
| Eliza CARLTON | 12 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Sawston, Cambridge | ||
| George CARLTON | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Sawston, Cambridge | ||
| Ada CHALLIS | 7 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Linton, Cambridge | ||
| Ann CHALLIS | U | 34 | F | Inmate | Seamstress | Balsham, Cambridge | |
| Arthur J. CHALLIS | 1m | M | Inmate | Linton, Cambridge | |||
| Fanny CHALLIS | 11 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Linton, Cambridge | ||
| Mary S. CHALLIS | U | 14 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Balsham, Cambridge | |
| Ann CHAPMAN | W | 75 | F | Inmate | Labrs Widow | Weston Colville, Cambridge | |
| Susan CHINNERY | U | 26 | F | Inmate | Seamstress | Castle Camps, Cambridge | |
| Mary A. CLARK | W | 64 | F | Inmate | Gardeners Widow | Babraham, Cambridge | |
| Charles COOKE | W | 77 | M | Inmate | Ag Labr | Carlton, Cambridge | |
| Elizabeth CORLEY | W | 47 | F | Inmate | Labrs Widow | Linton, Cambridge | |
| John CRACKNELL | U | 41 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | West Wratting, Cambridge | |
| James DAY | U | 76 | M | Inmate | Tanner | Linton, Cambridge | |
| James DISS | U | 75 | M | Inmate | Ag Labr | West Wickham, Cambridge | |
| Harry DOCKERELL | 7 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Bartlow Hamlet, Essex | ||
| Alfred ELEY | 2 | M | Inmate | Linton, Cambridge | |||
| Alice ELEY | 11 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Linton, Cambridge | ||
| George ELEY | M | 40 | M | Inmate | Ag Labr | Linton, Cambridge | |
| Mary A. ELEY | 7 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Linton, Cambridge | ||
| Susan ELEY | M | 27 | F | Inmate | Labs Wife | Linton, Cambridge | |
| Charles ELLIS | W | 71 | M | Inmate | Ag Labr | Lt Abington, Cambridge | |
| John ELLIS | U | 59 | M | Inmate | Ag Labr | Gt Abington, Cambridge | |
| John FITCH | W | 78 | M | Inmate | Ag Labr | West Wickham, Cambridge | |
| George FLITTEN | U | 71 | M | Inmate | Ag Labr | Whittlesford, Cambridge | |
| Charles FORTIN | W | 53 | M | Inmate | Wheelwright | Sawston, Cambridge | |
| Jane FOWLS | W | 79 | F | Inmate | Police Constables Widow | Ashton, Essex | |
| Charlotte FREEMAN | U | 63 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Ickleton, Cambridge | |
| Richard FREEMAN | W | 72 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Hadstock, Essex | |
| Jonah FREESTONE | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Sawston, Cambridge | ||
| Bessie FULLER | 9 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Gt Abington, Cambridge | ||
| Thomas GIGGINS | W | 73 | M | Inmate | Ag Labr | Sawston, Cambridge | |
| Richard GOODWIN | 15 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Linton, Cambridge | ||
| Rebecca GRANGER | U | 59 | F | Inmate | Labs Widow | Imbecile | Linton, Cambridge |
| William HALLS | W | 71 | M | Inmate | Ag Labr | Wt Wratting, Cambridge | |
| Frederick HAMMOND | U | 55 | M | Inmate | Ag Labr | Linton, Cambridge | |
| Harriet HILLS | 13 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Sawston, Cambridge | ||
| Mary A. HILLS | W | 79 | F | Inmate | Formerly Laundress | London Westminster Rd, London, Middlesex | |
| Richard HILLS | M | 77 | M | Inmate | Ag Labr | Linton, Cambridge | |
| Robert HILLS | U | 66 | M | Inmate | Formerly Gunner of R. Artillery | Linton, Cambridge | |
| Susanna HILLS | M | 75 | F | Inmate | Labrs Wife | Linton, Cambridge | |
| George HOLDEN | U | 37 | M | Inmate | Ag Labr | Great Thurlow, Suffolk | |
| Julia HOUSDEN | U | 17 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Horseheath, Cambridge | |
| Elizabeth HOWARD | 1 | F | Inmate | Linton, Cambridge | |||
| Esther HOWARD | U | 24 | F | Inmate | Formerly Housemaid Domestic Servt | Weston Colville, Cambridge | |
| Louisa HOWARD | 6 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Weston Colville, Cambridge | ||
| Elizabeth HOWE | U | 6 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Linton, Cambridge | |
| Elizabeth HOWE | U | 24 | F | Inmate | Formerly Housemaid Domestic Servt | Balsham, Cambridge | |
| Flora HOWE | 3 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Linton, Cambridge | ||
| George HOWE | M | 40 | M | Inmate | Ag Labr | Balsham, Cambridge | |
| Maomi HOWE | 1 | F | Inmate | Balsham, Cambridge | |||
| Julia HULYER | U | 17 | F | Inmate | (Dom) Assistant Nurse | Carlton, Cambridge | |
| Sophia HURST | 5 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Castle Camps, Cambridge | ||
| Thomas HYMNS OR HYMUS | W | 71 | M | Inmate | Ag Labr | Castle Camps, Cambridge | |
| Caroline JACKSON | W | 75 | F | Inmate | Labrs Widow | Castle Camps, Cambridge | |
| William JACKSON | U | 24 | M | Inmate | Ag Labr | Bartlow, Cambridge | |
| James KIDMAN | U | 65 | M | Inmate | Gardener | Horseheath, Cambridge | |
| Elizabeth KNIGHT | W | 85 | F | Inmate | Formerly Schoolmistress | Apsley, Bedford | |
| George LEE | 4 | M | Inmate | Scholar | West Wratting, Cambridge | ||
| Mary LEE | 7 | F | Inmate | Scholar | West Wratting, Cambridge | ||
| William LEVEN | W | 86 | M | Inmate | Ag Labr | Linton, Cambridge | |
| William LEVERSHAM | U | 50 | M | Inmate | Imbecile | Workhouse | |
| Amelia LIVERMORE | U | 38 | F | Inmate | Formerly Domestic Servt | Duxford, Cambridge | |
| George LIVERMORE | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Linton, Cambridge | ||
| Frederick LOFTS | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Pampisford, Cambridge | ||
| James LOFTS | 14 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Pampisford, Cambridge | ||
| William LORD | U | 63 | M | Inmate | Ag Labr | Babraham, Cambridge | |
| Henry MANSFIELD | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Balsham, Cambridge | ||
| Mary MANSFIELD | 6 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Balsham, Cambridge | ||
| Edward MARSH | U | 32 | M | Inmate | Blacksmith | West Wratting, Cambridge | |
| Ellen MARSHALL | 13 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Balsham, Cambridge | ||
| Alice MARTIN | 11 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Carlton, Cambridge | ||
| William MARTIN | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Carlton, Cambridge | ||
| Ann NORDEN | W | 78 | F | Inmate | Formerly Tailoress | Horseheath, Cambridge | |
| Jane NUNN | W | 51 | F | Inmate | Formerly Laundress | Plymouth, Devon | |
| Herbert PENDLE | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Linton, Cambridge | ||
| Mary A. PRENTICE | M | 61 | F | Inmate | Labrs Wife | Shudy Camps, Cambridge | |
| Daura ROBINSON | 6 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Hadstock, Essex | ||
| George ROBINSON | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Hadstock, Essex | ||
| Harriet ROBINSON | 12 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Hadstock, Essex | ||
| Daniel RUNHAM | W | 65 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | Whittlesford, Cambridge | |
| Timothy SHIPP | U | 17 | M | Inmate | No Occupation (Cripple) | Weston Colville, Cambridge | |
| Charles SIMPSON | W | 70 | M | Inmate | Ag Labr | Hildersham, Cambridge | |
| Charles SMITH | U | 47 | M | Inmate | Tailor | West Wratting, Cambridge | |
| John SPEED | U | 35 | M | Inmate | No Occ | Idiot | Gt Abington, Cambridge |
| Catherine SPENCER | M | 51 | F | Vagrant | Needlewoman | Chester, Cheshire | |
| Harriet STOCK | M | 53 | F | Inmate | Formerly Dressmaker | Mildreth, Cambridge | |
| Ambrose SWAN | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Linton, Cambridge | ||
| Arthur SWAN | 3 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Linton, Cambridge | ||
| Frederick SWAN | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Linton, Cambridge | ||
| George SWAN | 15 | M | Inmate | Farm Servt | Linton, Cambridge | ||
| Samuel SWAN | U | 41 | M | Inmate | Ag Labr | Linton, Cambridge | |
| Samuel TUFTS | U | 67 | M | Inmate | Ag Labr | West Wratting, Cambridge | |
| William TUFTS | W | 78 | M | Inmate | Formerly Grocer | West Wratting, Cambridge | |
| Joseph TURNER | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Sawston, Cambridge | ||
| Mary WAKEFIELD | W | 80 | F | Inmate | Labrs Widow | Duxford, Cambridge | |
| Sarah WAKEFIELD | 12 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Whittlesford, Cambridge | ||
| Elizabeth WHITTAKER | 11 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Linton, Cambridge | ||
| Sarah WHITTAKER | U | 48 | F | Inmate | Formerly Agricultural Work | Wt Wratting, Cambridge | |
| Edward WILLIAMS | 15 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Weston Colville, Cambridge | ||
| George WILLIAMS | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Weston Colville, Cambridge | ||
| Sarah WILLIAMS | 10 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Weston Colville, Cambridge | ||
| Matthew WILLINGS | U | 71 | M | Inmate | Drover | Saffron Walden, Essex | |
| Elizabeth WISEMAN | U | 18 | F | Inmate | Seamstress | Withersfield, Suffolk | |
| James WOOLLARD | U | 61 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | Wt Wickham, Cambridge | |
| Samuel WRIGHT | W | 88 | M | Inmate | Ag Labr | Shudy Camps, Cambridge | |
| William WRIGHT | M | 74 | M | Inmate | Ag Labr | Hadstock, Essex |
Total residents: 121
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