1881 Census: Residents of Melton Mowbray Union Workhouse
| Name | Mar | Age | Sex | Relation | Occupation | Handicap | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | |||||||
| Samuel WESTON | M | 59 | M | Head | Master Of Workhouse (Munic) | Stanton Under Bardon, Leicester | |
| Martha WESTON | M | 48 | F | Wife | Matron Of Workhouse | Clarbeston, Pembroke, Wales | |
| Joseph Asser THOMPSON | M | 34 | M | Officer (Head) | Schoolmaster Of Workhouse | Felstead, Essex | |
| Annie Maria THOMPSON | M | 32 | F | Wife | Schoolmistress Of Workhouse (Munic) | Preston, Rutland | |
| Inmates | |||||||
| Emma ALLEN | 15 | F | Inmate | Dom Servt | Saltby, Leicester | ||
| Jane ALLEN | W | 72 | F | Inmate | Dom Servt | Melton M, Leicester | |
| Henry BACON | M | 29 | M | Inmate | Plasterer | Leicester, Leicester | |
| Mary Ann BARFIELD | U | 18 | F | Inmate | Dom Servt | Melton M (Workhouse), Leicester | |
| Kate BARNARD | U | 4 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Melton Workhouse, Leicester | |
| Tacey BARNARD | U | 23 | F | Inmate | Dom Servt | Abb Kettleby, Leicester | |
| James BARNES | U | 60 | M | Inmate | Genl Labr | Grimston, Leicester | |
| John BARTON | U | 35 | M | Inmate | Genl Labr | Ireland | |
| Henry BASFORD | U | 37 | M | Inmate | Chimney Sweep | Melton M, Leicester | |
| Dick BEALES | U | 60 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | Corton, Norfolk | |
| John BELL | U | 19 | M | Inmate | Genl Labr | Redmile, Leicester | |
| Arthur BISHOP | 7 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Melton M, Leicester | ||
| James BISHOP | 5 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Melton M (Workhouse), Leicester | ||
| Selina BISHOP | 10 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Melton M, Leicester | ||
| John BOWDEN | 62 | M | Inmate | Genl Labr | Melton M, Leicester | ||
| George BRAMLEY | W | 67 | M | Inmate | Stonemason | Harby, Leicester | |
| Jno.Thos. BRAY | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Melton (Workhouse), Leicester | ||
| Charlotte BRITTON | U | 56 | F | Inmate | Dom Serv | Imbecile | Lg Clawson, Leicester |
| Alice J.C. BROWN | 22m | F | Inmate | Melton Workhouse, Leicester | |||
| Ethel Ann BROWN | 3 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Melton Workhouse, Leicester | ||
| Sarah BROWN | 28 | F | Inmate | Dom Servt | Edmondthorpe, Leicester | ||
| Thomas BROWN | 4 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Edmondthorpe, Leicester | ||
| Elizth. BURBAGE | U | 64 | F | Inmate | Washerwoman | Imbecile | Scalford, Leicester |
| Ann BURTON | U | 33 | F | Inmate | Dom Servt | Melton M, Leicester | |
| Lydia CHAMBERLAIN | 76 | F | Inmate | Chairwoman | Melton M, Leicester | ||
| Sarah CLAY | U | 72 | F | Inmate | Dom Serv | Wymondham, Leicester | |
| Mary COOK | W | 67 | F | Inmate | Chairwoman | Lg Clawson, Leicester | |
| David CORLEY | W | 73 | M | Inmate | Lacemaker | Upper Broughton, Leicester | |
| Mary Jane CROSS | 13 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Lg Clawson, Leicester | ||
| Joseph DAFT | U | 66 | M | Inmate | Saddler | Melton M, Leicester | |
| Francis DAINES | U | 70 | M | Inmate | Genl Labr | Pickwell, Leicester | |
| Ellen DAVIES | U | 51 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Nottingham, Nottingham | |
| Catherine DAWN | M | 37 | F | Inmate | Tailors Wife | Abb Kettleby, Leicester | |
| William DAWN | 3 | M | Inmate | Abb Kettleby, Leicester | |||
| Jane DOUBLEDAY | W | 86 | F | Inmate | Branstone, Rutland | ||
| Mary EXTON | W | 61 | F | Officer | Nurse | Oakham, Rutland | |
| Willm. FEATHERSTONE | U | 75 | M | Inmate | Genl Labr | Buckminster, Leicester | |
| Ada FLINT | U | 11 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Colston Bassett, Nottingham | |
| Albert Edw. FLINT | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Melton (Workhouse), Leicester | ||
| Elizabeth FLINT | 6 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Melton (Workhouse), Leicester | ||
| Henry FLINT | U | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Colston Bassett, Nottingham | |
| James FLINT | U | 4 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Rotherby, Leicester | |
| Jane FLINT | 30 | F | Inmate | Dom Servt | Basford (Workhouse), Nottingham | ||
| John FLINT | U | 6 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Rotherby, Leicester | |
| John FOSTER | 39 | M | Inmate | Imbecile | Dalby Magna, Leicester | ||
| John FREEMAN | W | 87 | M | Inmate | Genl Labr | Stonesby, Leicester | |
| Amy GASCOYNE | 6 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Waltham, Leicester | ||
| Philip GASCOYNE | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Waltham, Leicester | ||
| Willm. GASCOYNE | 7 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Waltham, Leicester | ||
| Annie Francoate GENT | 11 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Melton M, Leicester | ||
| Blanche Isabella GENT | 10 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Melton M, Leicester | ||
| John GEORGE | 86 | M | Inmate | Genl Labr | Waltham, Leicester | ||
| Mary GIBSON | W | 70 | F | Inmate | Dom Servt | Blind | Ireland |
| John GILLESPIE | M | 65 | M | Inmate | Tailor | Chelsea | |
| Jno. GOODMAN | U | 77 | M | Inmate | At Sea | ||
| Mary GOODSON | W | 80 | F | Inmate | Dom Servt | Abb Kettleby, Leicester | |
| Alfred GREAVES | U | 51 | M | Inmate | Genl Labr | Frisby, Leicester | |
| Isaac GREEN | U | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Asfordby, Leicester | |
| Henry GROOCOCK | M | 77 | M | Inmate | Genl Lab | Sproxton, Leicester | |
| Sophy GROOCOCK | M | 74 | F | Inmate | Blind | Sproxton, Leicester | |
| Ellen GROOCUTT | 9 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Melton M, Leicester | ||
| John GROOCUTT | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Melton M, Leicester | ||
| Rose GROOCUTT | 7 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Melton M, Leicester | ||
| George HALL | U | 75 | M | Inmate | Genl Labr | Thorpe Arnold, Leicester | |
| William HAND | W | 76 | M | Inmate | Genl Labr | Asfordby, Leicester | |
| Peter HARRINGTON | U | 48 | M | Inmate | Tanner Tailor | Ireland | |
| Arthur HAWKSLEY | 6 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Melton M, Leicester | ||
| Willm. HAWKSLEY | 14 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Melton M, Leicester | ||
| Charles HICKLING | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Melton M, Leicester | ||
| Monday HICKLING | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Melton M, Leicester | ||
| Thomas HICKLING | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Melton M, Leicester | ||
| Elizth. HILL | M | 62 | F | Inmate | Musson, Leicester | ||
| Robert HOPKINS | 1 | M | Inmate | Upper Broughton, Leicester | |||
| Richard HUBBARD | 48 | M | Inmate | Groom (N D) | Melton M, Leicester | ||
| Rhoda HUTCHINSON | U | 57 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Stonesby, Leicester | |
| Ada JACKSON | 2 | F | Inmate | Melton (Workhouse), Leicester | |||
| Caroline JACKSON | U | 21 | F | Inmate | Dom Servt | Saltby, Leicester | |
| Jno.H. JACKSON | 4 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Melton (Workhouse), Leicester | ||
| Sarah JACKSON | U | 31 | F | Inmate | Gen Servt | Saltby, Leicester | |
| Chas. JEFFREYS | U | 20 | M | Inmate | Genl Labr | Shelton, Hampshire | |
| Ann JESSON | U | 53 | F | Inmate | Dom Servt | Crown Point | |
| Elizabeth JOHNSON | 27 | F | Inmate | Dom Serv | Dalby On Wolds, Leicester | ||
| Geo.Wm. JOHNSON | 2m | M | Inmate | Melton Workhouse, Leicester | |||
| James JOHNSON | 64 | M | Inmate | Genl Labr | Dalby Magna, Leicester | ||
| Robert JOHNSON | W | 72 | M | Inmate | Genl Labr | Gaddesby, Leicester | |
| Willm. JOHNSON | U | 34 | M | Inmate | Genl Labr | Louth, Lincoln | |
| Willm. KITCHEN | U | 46 | M | Inmate | Genl Labr | Sevetern, Leicester | |
| Alfred LAW | U | 28 | M | Inmate | Genl Labr | Kettering, Northampton | |
| Elizabeth LAXTON | U | 66 | F | Inmate | Seamstress | Melton M, Leicester | |
| Edw.Brown LEADBEATER | 5 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Twyford, Leicester | ||
| Valentine LEADBEATER | 7 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Twyford, Leicester | ||
| Robt. LINDON | U | 28 | M | Inmate | Bricklayer | Birmingham, Warwick | |
| Annie LOCK | 7 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Leicester, Leicester | ||
| Richard MARRIOTT | W | 81 | M | Inmate | Genl Labr | Wymondham, Leicester | |
| Catherine MCKAY | U | 38 | F | Inmate | Dom Servt | (B S), China | |
| Matthew MILBURN | U | 67 | M | Inmate | Genl Labr | Sproxton, Leicester | |
| Thomas MILLBURN | U | 65 | M | Inmate | Genl Labr | Wymondham, Leicester | |
| Elizabeth MORRIS | 14 | F | Inmate | Dom Servt | Melton Workhouse, Leicester | ||
| Hannah MORRIS | W | 82 | F | Inmate | Washerwoman Dom (Servt) | Scalford, Leicester | |
| Robert MORRIS | 17 | M | Inmate | Eaton, Leicester | |||
| Joseph MORRISON | W | 76 | M | Inmate | Genl Labr | Corton, Leicester | |
| Arthur NEAVE | 7 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Lg Clawson, Leicester | ||
| Milicent NEAVE | 5 | F | Inmate | Scholar | |||
| Reuben NEAVE | U | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Lg Clawson, Leicester | |
| Willm. NEAVE | 3 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Lg Clawson, Leicester | ||
| Arthur OSBORN | 11 | M | Inmate | Imbecile | Eastwell, Leicester | ||
| Ellen OSBORNE | 46 | F | Inmate | Dom Servt | Waltham, Leicester | ||
| Alfred PARR | U | 5 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Melton Workhouse, Leicester | |
| Francis PARR | W | 61 | F | Inmate | Charwoman Dom (Servt) | Branston, Leicester | |
| Francis PATEMAN | 64 | M | Inmate | Genl Labr | Hollingford, Norfolk | ||
| Benj. PECK | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Melton (Workh), Leicester | ||
| Ellen PETERS | 2 | F | Inmate | London, London, Middlesex | |||
| Henrietta PETERS | M | 31 | F | Inmate | Dressmaker | Melton M, Leicester | |
| James PETERS | 1 | M | Inmate | Melton M, Leicester | |||
| James PLUMTREE | U | 61 | M | Inmate | Genl Labr | Melton M, Leicester | |
| Fanny PRICE | U | 34 | F | Inmate | Dom Servt | Hoby, Leicester | |
| Isabella SCARBORO | 8m | F | Inmate | Melton Work House, Leicester | |||
| Martha SCARBORO | U | 22 | F | Inmate | Dom Servt | Lg Clawson, Leicester | |
| Francis SEATON | W | 73 | M | Inmate | Butcher | Sproxton, Leicester | |
| Fredk. SHARPE | U | 41 | M | Officer | Porter Of Workhouse | Lyddington, Rutland | |
| George SHARPE | W | 80 | M | Inmate | Butcher | Twyford, Leicester | |
| John SHERRIFF | 70 | M | Inmate | Groom | Mid Lothian, Scotland | ||
| Emmanuel SMITH | M | 43 | M | Inmate | Genl Labr | Harby, Leicester | |
| Jno.Thos. SMITH | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Melton (Workhouse), Leicester | ||
| Mary Ann SMITH | M | 32 | F | Inmate | Factory Worker (Hand Tex) | South Shields | |
| Silve SMITH | U | 60 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Barrow, Leicester | |
| Thomas SMITH | W | 80 | M | Inmate | Genl Labr | Hose, Leicester | |
| George SNOWDEN | U | 61 | M | Inmate | Groom (N D) | Melton M, Leicester | |
| James Brown SPENCER | M | 58 | M | Inmate | School Master | Melton M, Leicester | |
| Ann STAFFORD | U | 70 | F | Inmate | Dom Serv | Borough On The Hill, Leicester | |
| Ann STEVENSON | U | 62 | F | Inmate | Needlewoman | Asfordby, Leicester | |
| Henry STRONG | U | 61 | M | Inmate | Pipemaker | Melton M, Leicester | |
| Ann SUTTON | U | 55 | F | Inmate | Washerwoman | Leicester, Leicester | |
| Frances SWAIN | 3 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Melton M, Leicester | ||
| Louisa Ann TAYLOR | 9 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Melton M (Workhouse), Leicester | ||
| William TAYLOR | 7 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Melton M (Workhouse), Leicester | ||
| James THOMPSON | U | 42 | M | Inmate | Genl Labr | Scotland | |
| Mary Elizth. TODD | 10 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Melton Workhouse, Leicester | ||
| Milicent TODD | U | 32 | F | Inmate | Dom Servt | Wymondham, Leicester | |
| Willm. TODD | 6 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Melton Workhouse, Leicester | ||
| Alice Mary UNDERWOOD | 11m | F | Inmate | Melton (Workhou), Leicester | |||
| John Hy. UNDERWOOD | 6 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Melton (Workhou), Leicester | ||
| Sarah UNDERWOOD | U | 33 | F | Inmate | Dom Servt | Stonesby, Leicester | |
| Willm. UNDERWOOD | W | 77 | M | Inmate | Tailor | Asfordby, Leicester | |
| Samuel WALLS | U | 24 | M | Inmate | Genl Labr | Stroud, Gloucester | |
| Geo. WATCHORN | 27 | M | Inmate | Imbecile | Eastwell, Leicester | ||
| John WATCHORN | U | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | London, London, Middlesex | |
| Maude WATCHORN | U | 11 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Abb Kettleby, Leicester | |
| Gold WHITAKER | U | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Nether Broughton, Leicester | |
| Sarah WHITAKER | U | 47 | F | Inmate | Dom (Servt) | Nether Broughton, Leicester | |
| Thomas WOODCOCK | W | 65 | M | Inmate | Carpenter | Melton M, Leicester | |
| David WOODWARD | W | 67 | M | Inmate | Sawyer | Harby, Leicester | |
| Arthur WORTLEY | U | 22 | M | Inmate | Genl Labr | Melton M, Leicester | |
| George WORTLEY | W | 65 | M | Inmate | Genl Labr | Waltham, Leicester | |
| Thomas WORTLEY | U | 82 | M | Inmate | Genl Labr | Abb Kettleby, Leicester | |
| Lorings WRIGHT | U | 31 | M | Inmate | Genl Labr | Corby, Leicester |
Total residents: 160
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