1881 Census: Residents of Nantwich Union Workhouse
| Name | Mar | Age | Sex | Relation | Occupation | Handicap | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | |||||||
| Henry Wm. SAXTON | M | 40 | M | Master | Master Of Workhouse (Munic O) | Ashley, Stafford | |
| Elizabeth SAXTON | M | 37 | F | Matron | Matron Of Workhouse (M O) | Manchester, Lancashire | |
| Emma BUTTER | U | 31 | F | Officer (School Mistress) | School Mistress (M O) | Wem, Shropshire | |
| Fanny ALMOND | M | 44 | F | Officer | Nurse (M O) | Congleton, Cheshire | |
| Thomas SHENTON | M | 30 | M | Officer | Porter (Munic) | Egerton, Cheshire | |
| Alice Ann BELLION | M | 32 | F | Officer | Industrial Trainer (M O) | Ramsey, Isle of Man | |
| Sarah HARTLEY | M | 38 | F | Officer | Cook (M O) | Marchamley, Shropshire | |
| Inmates | |||||||
| George ALLCROFT | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Crewe, Cheshire | ||
| Henry ALLCROFT | 6 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Crewe, Cheshire | ||
| George ASHLEY | U | 69 | M | Inmate | Sawyer | Nantwich, Cheshire | |
| Margaret ASPREY | U | 25 | F | Inmate | None | Idiot | Barthomley, Cheshire |
| Sarah BADCOCK | M | 61 | F | Inmate | Farm Servant (Ag Lab) | Buwardsley, Cheshire | |
| George BAKER | U | 36 | M | Inmate | (Iron) Puddler On Tramp | Bilston, Stafford | |
| James BARKER | W | 68 | M | Patient | Coachsmith | Nantwich, Cheshire | |
| Ann BATES | U | 26 | F | Inmate | Tailor | Chester, Cheshire | |
| Arthur Henry BATES | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Nantwich, Cheshire | ||
| Frederick BATES | 11m | M | Inmate | Nantwich, Cheshire | |||
| George BEARINGTON | U | 36 | M | Inmate | None | Idiot | Warmingham, Cheshire |
| Ann BEBBINGTON | W | 67 | F | Inmate | Cook Domestic Serv | Malpas, Cheshire | |
| Fanny BECKETT | W | 72 | F | Inmate | None | Nantwich, Cheshire | |
| John Thomas BEECH | 6 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Crewe, Cheshire | ||
| George BELL | U | 24 | M | Inmate | Coach Painter | London, Middlesex | |
| William BICKLEY | M | 30 | M | Inmate | Labourer On Tramp | Wolverhampton, Stafford | |
| Comfort BIGNALL | M | 29 | F | Inmate | Farm Servant (Ag Lab) | Potters Ferry, Northampton | |
| Elizabeth BIGNALL | 9 | F | Patient | None | Wolverhampton, Stafford | ||
| Emma BIGNALL | 7 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Stony Stratford, Northampton | ||
| John Edward BIGNALL | 4 | M | Inmate | None | Blind | Nantwich, Cheshire | |
| Jane BISLEY | U | 30 | F | Inmate | Farm Servant (Ag Labr) | Alpraham, Cheshire | |
| John BISLEY | 9m | M | Inmate | Nantwich, Cheshire | |||
| George BOOTE | U | 74 | M | Patient | Farm Labr | Newhall, Cheshire | |
| Arthur BRADSHAW | 7 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Barthomley, Cheshire | ||
| Richard BRAGG | U | 68 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | Nantwich, Cheshire | |
| Albert BRERETON | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Shavington, Cheshire | ||
| George BRERETON | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Shavington, Cheshire | ||
| Mary BROCKLEY | U | 21 | F | Patient | None | Blind | Nantwich, Cheshire |
| Robert BROWN | U | 30 | M | Inmate | Groom | Newcastle On Tyne, Northumberland | |
| Thomas BROWN | U | 72 | M | Patient | Farm Labourer | Hatherton, Cheshire | |
| John BURGESS | U | 76 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Liverpool, Lancashire | |
| John BURNS | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | |||
| Sarah Ann CASPER | 14m | F | Inmate | Nantwich, Cheshire | |||
| Joseph CLARE | W | 68 | M | Inmate | Shoe Maker | Nantwich, Cheshire | |
| John Henry CLARK | 7 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Crewe, Cheshire | ||
| John CLUTTON | U | 41 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Bickley, Cheshire | |
| James COLLINS | U | 70 | M | Patient | Farm Labr | Tipperary, Ireland | |
| Mary COOKE | M | 35 | F | Patient | None | Nantwich | |
| John COOPER | U | 17 | M | Inmate | None | ||
| Matilda COOPER | U | 22 | F | Inmate | Farm Servant (Ag Lab | Nantwich, Cheshire | |
| Selina COOPER | U | 42 | F | Inmate | Farm Servant (Ag Lab) | Warwick, Warwick | |
| Thomas CORNES | U | 79 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Bunbury, Cheshire | |
| John COVENTRY | U | 62 | M | Inmate | Car Driver (Carrier) | Nantwich, Cheshire | |
| William CRANNY | W | 70 | M | Inmate | Shoe Maker | Dublin, Ireland | |
| James CUMMINGS | M | 74 | M | Patient | Blacksmith | Liverpool, Lancashire | |
| Thomas Albert CURTEES | 14 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Liverpool, Lancashire | ||
| Richard DABBS | W | 60 | M | Inmate | Furnaceman (Iron) | Allpark, Shropshire | |
| Ellen DALE | M | 24 | F | Inmate | Bootbinder (Mkr) | Stafford, Stafford | |
| John DALE | U | 7 | M | Inmate | On Tramp | Stafford, Stafford | |
| Amelia DAVIES | M | 24 | F | Inmate | Farm Servant (Ag Labr) | Bromsgrove, Worcester | |
| Arthur DAVIES | 2 | M | Inmate | Crewe, Cheshire | |||
| David Edward DAVIES | 6 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Birmingham, Warwick | ||
| Ellen DAVIES | U | 30 | F | Inmate | Farm Servant (Ag Lab) | Audlem, Cheshire | |
| Emma DAVIES | U | 33 | F | Inmate | Farm Servant (Ag Lab) | Nantwich, Cheshire | |
| George DAVIES | U | 41 | M | Inmate | Cattle Drover | Nantwich, Cheshire | |
| James DAVIES | U | 27 | M | Inmate | None | Idiot | Nantwich, Cheshire |
| John Christopher DAVIES | 11m | M | Inmate | Nantwich, Cheshire | |||
| Mary DAVIES | U | 69 | F | Patient | Cook Domestic Serv | Aston, Cheshire | |
| Wm. Ernest DAVIES | 3 | M | Inmate | Crewe, Cheshire | |||
| Ellen DEVONPORT | U | 22 | F | Patient | (Ag Lab) Farm Servant | Burwardsley, Cheshire | |
| John DEVONPORT | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Crewe, Cheshire | ||
| William DEVONPORT | 7 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Crewe, Cheshire | ||
| Thomas DOVE | W | 66 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | Tarporley, Cheshire | |
| Ann DUFFY | M | 50 | F | Inmate | Farm Servant (Ag Lab) | Roscommon, Ireland | |
| Michael DUFFY | M | 64 | M | Patient | Shoemaker | Rosscommon, Ireland | |
| Elizabeth DUNN | U | 17 | F | Patient | None | Idiot | Crewe, Cheshire |
| Sarah DUNN | 13 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Crewe, Cheshire | ||
| Frances DYKES | W | 49 | F | Patient | Nurse Domestic Serv | Blind | Liverpool, Lancashire |
| Agnes EDWARDS | 10 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Nantwich, Cheshire | ||
| Henry EDWARDS | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Manchester, Lancashire | ||
| Joseph EDWARDS | U | 14 | M | Inmate | None | Kaitrim, Surrey | |
| Richard EDWARDS | U | 20 | M | Inmate | None | Gravesend, Kent | |
| John EVANSON | W | 72 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Newhall, Cheshire | |
| Samuel FARRALL | U | 57 | M | Patient | Farm Labourer | Bunbury, Cheshire | |
| Mary FORRESTER | 18m | F | Inmate | Found In Crewe, Cheshire | |||
| John FOX | U | 66 | M | Inmate | Farm Labr | Sandbach, Cheshire | |
| Ellen FREELY | U | 51 | F | Patient | Domestic Servant | Castlerea, Ireland | |
| Richard GARBETT | W | 80 | M | Inmate | Taylor | Dewsbury, Worcester | |
| Mary GAULBOURNE | W | 64 | F | Inmate | Seamstress | Nantwich, Cheshire | |
| Mary GIBBONS | M | 66 | F | Inmate | Seamstress | Nantwich, Cheshire | |
| Harry GIBSON | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Nantwich, Cheshire | ||
| Thomas GIBSON | W | 75 | M | Patient | Farm Labourer | Audlem, Cheshire | |
| Elizabeth GOOSEY | 9 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Crewe, Cheshire | ||
| Louisa GOOSEY | 7 | F | Patient | None | Crewe, Cheshire | ||
| Mary Jane GOOSEY | 10 | F | Patient | None | Crewe, Cheshire | ||
| Alice Ann GREGORY | >m | F | Inmate | Nantwich, Cheshire | |||
| Charles GREGORY | 7 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Whitchurch, Shropshire | ||
| Emma GREGORY | U | 22 | F | Patient | (Ag Lab) Farm Servant | Wettenhall, Cheshire | |
| Frederick GREGORY | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Whitchurch, Shropshire | ||
| Jane GREGORY | M | 33 | F | Inmate | None | Houghton, Cheshire | |
| Martha Jane GREGORY | 3m | F | Inmate | Nantwich, Cheshire | |||
| William GREGORY | M | 42 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Moreton, Shropshire | |
| Charlotte GREYSON | W | 33 | F | Patient | None | St Helens, Lancashire | |
| Charlotte GREYSON | 1m | F | Patient | None | Nantwich, Cheshire | ||
| Elizabeth GREYSON | 10 | F | Patient | None | Preston, Lancashire | ||
| Frederick GREYSON | 5 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Crewe, Cheshire | ||
| Herbert Wm. GREYSON | 2 | M | Inmate | None | Crew, Cheshire | ||
| Caroline GRIFFITHS | W | 47 | F | Patient | (Ag Lab) Farm Servant | ||
| Edwin HAGAN | U | 87 | M | Patient | Hawker | Castlewellan, Ireland | |
| Catherine HANCOCK | W | 40 | F | Inmate | Farm Servant (Ag Lab) | Imbecile | Eaton, Cheshire |
| John HARDING | U | 64 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Hatherton, Cheshire | |
| Ann HARRISON | W | 59 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Nantwich, Cheshire | |
| John HASSALL | W | 77 | M | Inmate | Blacksmith | Acton, Cheshire | |
| Daniel HEATH | W | 75 | M | Patient | Shoe Maker | Nantwich, Cheshire | |
| Matthew HOLLAND | W | 76 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | Nantwich (Tarporley), Cheshire | |
| Sarah Ann HOLNESS | U | 17 | F | Patient | None | Crewe, Cheshire | |
| Charles HOPKINS | U | 76 | M | Inmate | Gardener (Dom) | Barthomley, Cheshire | |
| William HORTON | U | 29 | M | Inmate | Ropemaker On Tramp | Bilston, Stafford | |
| Clara HULSE | M | 30 | F | Patient | None | ||
| Frederick HULSE | 7 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Crewe, Cheshire | ||
| Frederick HULSE | M | 35 | M | Patient | House Painter | Minshall Vernon, Cheshire | |
| Mary HULSE | U | 75 | F | Inmate | Farm Servant | ||
| Emma JACKSON | 14 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Stoke, Cheshire | ||
| George JACKSON | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Stoke, Cheshire | ||
| Henry JACKSON | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Wolverhampton, Stafford | ||
| Walter JACKSON | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Stoke, Cheshire | ||
| William JACKSON | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | London, Middlesex | ||
| William JOHNSON | U | 20 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Northampton, Northampton | |
| Jane JONES | 9 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Crewe, Cheshire | ||
| Jane JONES | 14 | F | Patient | None | Crewe, Cheshire | ||
| Robert JONES | U | 54 | M | Inmate | Tailor | Tarporley, Cheshire | |
| William JONES | W | 63 | M | Inmate | Farm Labr | Market Drayton, Shropshire | |
| George KEATS | 15 | M | Patient | None | Idiot | ||
| Jane KNIGHT | W | 51 | F | Inmate | Laundress (W S) | Edinburgh, Scotland | |
| Thomas LANCELEY | U | 35 | M | Inmate | Shoe Maker | Tarporley, Cheshire | |
| Mary LEEK | M | 58 | F | Inmate | Farm Servant (Ag Lab) | Bradwall, Wales | |
| Samuel LEIGH | 7 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Crewe, Cheshire | ||
| Robert LLOYD | W | 80 | M | Inmate | Shoe Maker | Nantwich, Cheshire | |
| Charles LOWE | U | 68 | M | Patient | Railway Porter | Liverpool, Lancashire | |
| Thomas LUNT | W | 30 | M | Patient | Iron Fetler | Sandbach, Cheshire | |
| Thomas MALCASTER | W | 87 | M | Patient | Shoemaker | Carlisle, Cumberland | |
| Bertram MARTIN | 5 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Crewe, Cheshire | ||
| Francis MARTIN | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Crewe, Cheshire | ||
| Henry MARTIN | 7 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Crewe, Cheshire | ||
| Sarah MARTIN | W | 39 | F | Inmate | Farm Servant (Ag Lab) | Blakenhall, Cheshire | |
| William MINSHULL | W | 61 | M | Inmate | Shoe Maker | Nantwich, Cheshire | |
| Ellen MITCHELL | W | 60 | F | Inmate | Seamstress On Tramp | Gibraltar | |
| Fredrick MORRIS | U | 50 | M | Inmate | Book Keeper (Clerk) | Whitchurch, Shropshire | |
| George MORTON | U | 44 | M | Inmate | Labourer On Tramp | Sheffield, York | |
| Edwin MOSS | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Shavington, Cheshire | ||
| Henry MOTTRAM | U | 49 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Bunbury, Cheshire | |
| John NAYLOR | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Crewe (Birkenhead), Cheshire | ||
| John OAKLEY | U | 53 | M | Patient | Boatman | ||
| Joshua OATES | W | 71 | M | Inmate | Pavior | Haslington, Cheshire | |
| Alice OCCLESHAW | U | 21 | F | Inmate | Hawker | Crewe, Cheshire | |
| Frances OCCLESHAW | U | 17 | F | Inmate | None | Idiot | Crewe, Cheshire |
| Jane OCCLESHAW | 3 | F | Inmate | Nantwich, Cheshire | |||
| Thomas OCCLESHAW | U | 30 | M | Patient | Iron Turner | Liverpool, Lancashire | |
| George ORE | 13 | M | Patient | None | Warrington, Lancashire | ||
| Mary OULTON | 15 | F | Patient | Farmhouse Servant (Ag Lab) | Monks Coppenhall, Cheshire | ||
| William OWEN | W | 73 | M | Inmate | Shoe Maker | Nantwich, Cheshire | |
| Elizabeth PEAKE | W | ... | F | Patient | (Ag Lab) Farm Servant | Wrenbury, Cheshire | |
| Wm. Henry PEARSON | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Nantwich, Cheshire | ||
| George PENNINGTON | W | 73 | M | Patient | Blacksmith | Alpraham, Cheshire | |
| Richard PENNY | W | 71 | M | Inmate | Farm Labr | Hurleston, Cheshire | |
| George POTTER | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Birkenhead (Crewe), Cheshire | ||
| Henry PROCTOR | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Bunbury, Cheshire | ||
| Thomas RALPHS | W | 77 | M | Inmate | Bricklayer | Ellesmere, Shropshire | |
| Charles RAYSTON | U | 64 | M | Inmate | Blacksmith | Nantwich, Cheshire | |
| John READ | W | 61 | M | Patient | Farm Labourer | ||
| George ROBINS | U | 47 | M | Patient | Farm Labr | Shrewsbury, Shropshire | |
| Ralph SADLER | U | 75 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Stapeley, Cheshire | |
| Alfred SAUNDERS | U | 50 | M | Inmate | Clerk | Dorchester, Dorset | |
| Enoch SHARRATT | W | 76 | M | Inmate | Bricklayers Labr | Chesterton, Stafford | |
| Mary SIMMONDS | U | 40 | F | Patient | None | Nantwich, Cheshire | |
| Jane SIMPSON | U | 60 | F | Inmate | Farm Servant (Ag Lab) | Wybunbury, Cheshire | |
| Jane SIMPSON | W | 70 | F | Inmate | Farm Servant (Ag Labr) | Rosberry, Northumberland | |
| Joseph SIMPSON | U | 18 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Wybunbury, Cheshire | |
| Jane SMITH | U | 70 | F | Inmate | Farm Servant | Rossbury, Northumberland | |
| Charles STUBBS | U | 33 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Wybunbury, Cheshire | |
| John SWALE | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Crewe, Cheshire | ||
| Richard SWALE | 7 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Crewe, Cheshire | ||
| James SYKES | U | 30 | M | Inmate | Labourer On Tramp | Stockport, Cheshire | |
| John Wm. TAYLOR | 7 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Crewe, Cheshire | ||
| John TAYLOR | M | 59 | M | Inmate | Iron Striker | Shrewsbury, Shropshire | |
| John TAYLOR | U | 36 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Deaf & Dumb | Sandbach, Cheshire |
| Mary Elizabeth TAYLOR | 12 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Crewe, Cheshire | ||
| Walter TAYLOR | U | 49 | M | Inmate | Labourer On Tramp | Manchester, Lancashire | |
| William TAYLOR | W | 82 | M | Patient | Joiner | Kingstry, Stafford | |
| Patrick THOMPSON | 11m | M | Inmate | Stone, Stafford | |||
| Sarah THOMPSON | W | 30 | F | Inmate | Farm Servant (Ag Labr) | Westport, Ireland | |
| Albert TOMKINSON | U | 18 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Imbecile | Nantwich, Cheshire |
| Henry TOMKINSON | W | 54 | M | Inmate | Tanner | Nantwich, Cheshire | |
| Isaac TOMKINSON | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Nantwich, Cheshire | ||
| George TOWNSHEND | 5 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Hough, Cheshire | ||
| John TOWNSHEND | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Wybunbury, Cheshire | ||
| Kate Hannah TOWNSHEND | 12m | F | Inmate | Nantwich, Cheshire | |||
| Sarah TOWNSHEND | M | 28 | F | Inmate | Farm Servant (Ag Lab) | Hough, Cheshire | |
| Thomas TOWNSHEND | 3 | M | Inmate | None | Manchester, Lancashire | ||
| William TOWNSHEND | 7 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Manchester, Lancashire | ||
| Charles VERNON | W | 76 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Rushton, Cheshire | |
| Jane VICARS | W | 80 | F | Patient | Farm Servant | Eaton, Cheshire | |
| Sarah Ellen VICARS | 12 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Crewe, Cheshire | ||
| William VICARS | M | 46 | M | Patient | Iron Puddler | Kates Hill, Worcester | |
| Charles WALKER | 4 | M | Inmate | Utkinton, Cheshire | |||
| Haco WALKER | 9m | M | Inmate | Tarporley, Cheshire | |||
| Martha WALKER | M | 33 | F | Inmate | Farm Servant (Ag Lab) | Liverpool, Lancashire | |
| William WALKER | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Eaton, Cheshire | ||
| George WARDLE | 15 | M | Patient | None | Crewe, Cheshire | ||
| Emily WARRINGTON | U | 28 | F | Inmate | None | Idiot | Sandbach, Cheshire |
| Thomas WATSON | W | 48 | M | Patient | Forgeman (Iron) | Haddingham, Buckingham | |
| Harriett WHEEL | M | 84 | F | Inmate | None | Hull, York | |
| William WHEEL | 2 | M | Inmate | None | Crewe, Cheshire | ||
| Walter WHITCHURST | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Crewe, Cheshire | ||
| William Henry WHITCHURST | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Crewe, Cheshire | ||
| Elizabeth WHITE | W | 81 | F | Inmate | Farm Servant | Cholmondeley, Cheshire | |
| William WHITTAKER | W | 77 | M | Inmate | Bricklayer | Betley, Stafford | |
| Arthur WILKINSON | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Haslington, Cheshire | ||
| Joseph WILKINSON | W | 98 | M | Patient | Farm Labourer | Cholmondestone, Cheshire | |
| Agnes WILLIAMS | W | 63 | F | Patient | None | Carrick Fergus, Ireland | |
| Ann WILLIAMS | U | 25 | F | Patient | Domestic Serv Housemaid | Audlem, Cheshire | |
| Elizabeth WILLIAMS | 1m | F | Patient | None | Nantwich, Cheshire | ||
| Henry WILLIAMS | U | 44 | M | Inmate | Iron Moulder | Dudley, Stafford | |
| Thomas WRENCH | 7 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Nantwich, Cheshire | ||
| Mary WRIGHT | W | 65 | F | Patient | None | Buerton, Cheshire |
Total residents: 222
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