1881 Census: Residents of Newcastle-under-Lyme Union Workhouse
| Name | Mar | Age | Sex | Relation | Occupation | Handicap | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | |||||||
| Thos. EDWARDS | W | 32 | M | Master (Head) | Master Of Workhouse (Munic) | Newcastle, Stafford | |
| Alice A. EDWARDS | 6 | F | Daur | Scholar | Newcastle, Stafford | ||
| Thos. Henry EDWARDS | 2 | M | Son | Newcastle, Stafford | |||
| Sarah EDWARDS | U | 40 | F | Matron | Matron Of Workhouse | Newcastle, Stafford | |
| Annie DANDSON | 23 | M | School Mistress | Hanley, Stafford | |||
| John PRESTON | U | 25 | M | Porter & Baker | Newcastle, Stafford | ||
| Hannah BAYLEY | W | 41 | F | Nurse | Shrewsbury, Shropshire | ||
| Ann NORCUP | M | 38 | F | Cook | Wheelock, Cheshire | ||
| Inmates | |||||||
| Richard ALLMAN | W | 49 | M | Cooper | Madeley, Stafford | ||
| Thos. ASTLE | W | 67 | M | Inmate | Agril Labourer | Whitmore, Stafford | |
| Emma BARKER | W | 56 | F | Seamstress | Newcastle, Stafford | ||
| Wm. BARKER | U | 80 | M | Inmate | Boot... | Sandbatch, Cheshire | |
| Emma BENNETT | U | 48 | F | No Occupation | Imbecile | Whitmore, Stafford | |
| Mary BOULT | W | 61 | F | Miller (C) | North Tottenham, Devon | ||
| Daniel BOWERS | U | 56 | M | General Labourer | Audley, Stafford | ||
| Susannah BOWERS | U | 20 | F | General Labourer | Chesterton, Stafford | ||
| John BRATTON | W | 60 | M | Clockmaker | Newcastle, Stafford | ||
| Ann BRIERTON | W | 69 | F | Westbromwich South, Stafford | |||
| Ann BROOKSHAW | W | 72 | F | Agricultural Labour Widow | Mucclestone, Stafford | ||
| John BROUGH | W | 75 | M | Leather Currier | Newcastle, Stafford | ||
| Alfred BROWN | W | 47 | M | Leather Currier | Newcastle, Stafford | ||
| Charles CAPPER | U | 44 | M | Tailor | Newcastle, Stafford | ||
| Richard CAPPER | U | 48 | M | Tailor | Newcastle, Stafford | ||
| Charles CLARK | U | 58 | M | Genl Labourer | Sandbatch, Cheshire | ||
| Mary CLIFFE | M | 56 | F | Charwoman | Newcastle, Stafford | ||
| Charles COINS | U | 10 | M | Scholar | Audley, Stafford | ||
| Mary COINS | 5 | F | Scholar | Audley, Stafford | |||
| James COLCLOUGH | U | 71 | M | Genl Labourer | Audley, Stafford | ||
| John COOMER | W | 80 | M | General Labourer | Madeley, Stafford | ||
| Margaret COOMER | W | 69 | F | Charwoman | Newcastle, Stafford | ||
| John COTTON | U | 26 | M | Genl Labourer | Audley, Stafford | ||
| Charles CREWE | W | 74 | M | Writing Clerk | Newcastle, Stafford | ||
| Alice DAVIS | 8 | F | Scholar | Audley, Stafford | |||
| Elizth. DAVIS | 12 | F | Scholar | Newcastle, Stafford | |||
| Jane DAVIS | U | 41 | F | General Servant | Shrewsbury, Shropshire | ||
| Ann DEAN | 4 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Newcastle, Stafford | ||
| Eliza Ann DEAN | 1m | F | Newcastle, Stafford | ||||
| Elizth. DEAN | U | 28 | F | Genl Labourer | Silverdale, Stafford | ||
| Enoch DEAN | M | 43 | M | Shoemaker | Newcastle, Stafford | ||
| Mary A. DEAN | U | 20 | F | General Servant | Audley, Stafford | ||
| Thos. DEAN | 7 | M | Scholar | Newcastle, Stafford | |||
| Mary DERBYSHIRE | U | 20 | F | General Servant | Leeds, York | ||
| Kate DONLAN | 10 | F | Scholar | Stone, Stafford | |||
| Mary DONLAN | M | 38 | F | Charwoman | Ireland | ||
| Elizth. DOWELL | M | 25 | F | Whitmore, Stafford | |||
| Rebecca DUTTON | U | 14 | F | Scholar | Newcastle, Stafford | ||
| Rosa DUTTON | U | 9 | F | Scholar | Newcastle, Stafford | ||
| Sarah DUTTON | U | 4 | F | Scholar | Newcastle, Stafford | ||
| Susannah DUTTON | U | 39 | F | Charwoman | Wolstanton, Stafford | ||
| Emma EDGE | 9 | F | Scholar | Newcastle, Stafford | |||
| Mary EDGE | 11 | F | Scholar | Newcastle, Stafford | |||
| Ralph EDGE | 14 | M | Scholar | Newcastle, Stafford | |||
| Samuel EDMONDS | 8 | M | Scholar | Wolverhampton S., Stafford | |||
| William EDWARDS | U | 34 | M | Casual | Bricklayer | Stourbridge, Worcester | |
| Emma ELKIN | U | 44 | F | Joiner | Newcastle, Stafford | ||
| Agnes ELLORS | 3 | F | Scholar | Newcastle, Stafford | |||
| Bertha ELLORS | 8 | F | Scholar | Newcastle, Stafford | |||
| Geo. ELLORS | 7 | M | Scholar | Newcastle, Stafford | |||
| Samuel ELLORS | 5 | M | Scholar | Newcastle, Stafford | |||
| Thos. EVANS | 14 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Newcastle, Stafford | ||
| Robert FEANE | U | 73 | M | Groom | Malpass, Cheshire | ||
| Richd. FLETCHER | W | 72 | M | General Labourer | Tettanhall S., Stafford | ||
| Ellen GALLEY | 12 | F | Scholar | Audley, Stafford | |||
| Harriet GALLEY | U | 28 | F | No Occupation | Nantwitch, Cheshire | ||
| Patk. GLEASON | W | 66 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Ireland | |
| Elizth. GORDON | U | 34 | F | Newcastle, Stafford | |||
| Amy GRIFFITH | 5 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Audley, Stafford | ||
| Ann GRIFFITH | 10 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Audley, Stafford | ||
| Edith GRIFFITH | 2 | F | No Occupation | Audley, Stafford | |||
| Eliza GRIFFITH | 7 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Audley, Stafford | ||
| Hannah GRIFFITH | M | 47 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Audley, Stafford | |
| Thos. GRIFFITH | U | 34 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | Newcastle, Stafford | |
| Elisha GRINDLEY | U | 73 | M | Agricultl. Labr. | Keele Newcastle, Stafford | ||
| Alice GROCOTT | 11 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Newcastle, Stafford | ||
| Saml. GROCOTT | 14 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Silverdale, Stafford | ||
| Benjamin HALES | M | 56 | M | Bricklayer | Bilston S., Stafford | ||
| Sarah HAMMOND | 4 | F | Imbecile | Newcastle, Stafford | |||
| Mary Ann HANCOCK | U | 31 | F | No Occupation | Betley, Stafford | ||
| Thos. HARDING | U | 61 | M | Agricultl. Labr. | Madeley, Stafford | ||
| Mary A. HARVEY | W | 68 | F | Charwoman | Keele, Stafford | ||
| Robert HAWKINS | U | 40 | M | Casual | Shoemaker | Wandsworth, Surrey | |
| Wm. HAXLEY | W | 56 | M | Agricultl. Labr. | Burley Dam, Cheshire | ||
| Alice HEATH | M | 30 | F | (Head) | No Occupation | Newcastle, Stafford | |
| Thos. HEATH | 5 | M | Son | Scholar | Newcastle, Stafford | ||
| George HENNEY | 4 | M | Scholar | Newcastle, Stafford | |||
| James HOPKINS | U | 80 | M | General Labourer | Broadwell, Warwick | ||
| Harriett JEFFRIES | 4 | F | Scholar | Birmingham, Warwick | |||
| Henry JEFFRIES | 6 | M | Scholar | Newcastle, Stafford | |||
| Elizth. JOHNSON | U | 29 | F | No Occupation | Deaf & Dumb | Audley, Stafford | |
| James JOHNSON | U | 26 | M | General Labourer | Deaf & Dumb | Audley, Stafford | |
| Florence JONES | 11 | F | Scholar | Ashbourne, Derby | |||
| Mary JONES | 8 | F | Scholar | Birmingham, Warwick | |||
| William JONES | 14 | M | Scholar | Birmingham, Warwick | |||
| Ann JOYE | W | 69 | F | Scholar | Ireland | ||
| Ann KEEN | W | 85 | F | Blind | Ireland | ||
| William KERRY | M | 71 | M | Groom | Newcastle, Stafford | ||
| Daniel KING | 6 | M | Scholar | Newcastle, Stafford | |||
| James LAWTON | U | 7 | M | Scholar | Manchester | ||
| Jos. LAWTON | U | 11 | M | Scholar | Newcastle, Stafford | ||
| Sarah LAWTON | U | 66 | F | Charwoman | Newcastle, Stafford | ||
| Sarah LAWTON | U | 9 | F | Scholar | Newcastle, Stafford | ||
| Emily LEAR | U | 9 | F | Scholar | Newcastle, Stafford | ||
| John LEAR | U | 65 | M | Inmate | Genl Labourer | Newcastle, Stafford | |
| Lillie LEAR | U | 11 | F | Scholar | Newcastle, Stafford | ||
| Emma LEES | U | 20 | F | General Servant | Newcastle, Stafford | ||
| Fanny LEUS | U | 24 | F | General Servant | Imbecile | Tunstall, Stafford | |
| William LIGHTFOOT | W | 79 | M | Agricultl. Labr. | Madeley, Stafford | ||
| Margaret LIGHTWOOD | W | 62 | F | Inmate | Sandbatch, Cheshire | ||
| Ann LONG | M | 35 | F | Trentham, Stafford | |||
| Mary M...LEY | W | 76 | F | Charwoman | Newcastle, Stafford | ||
| Elizth. MACHIN | W | 49 | F | Newcastle, Stafford | |||
| Jos. MASON | W | 74 | M | Feltmaker | Newcastle, Stafford | ||
| Geo. MAYLAND | 3 | M | Agricultural Labour | Newcastle, Stafford | |||
| Mary MAYLAND | U | 32 | F | General Servant | Madeley, Stafford | ||
| Sarah MEADON | U | 61 | F | Newcastle, Stafford | |||
| William MOTHERSHAW | W | 70 | M | Maer, Stafford | |||
| Martha MYATT | U | 26 | F | Gardener | Newcastle, Stafford | ||
| Thos. NAGGINGTON | U | 76 | M | Blacksmith | Haywood, Stafford | ||
| Martha NEWTON | W | 34 | F | No Occupation | Newcastle, Stafford | ||
| William NEWTON | 11 | M | Scholar | Newcastle, Stafford | |||
| Louize OLIVER | U | 47 | F | Charwoman | Keele, Stafford | ||
| John PASS | W | 70 | M | Cooper | Nantwich, Cheshire | ||
| John PELLINGTON | M | 73 | M | Sawyer | Newcastle, Stafford | ||
| Jane PEPPER | 25 | F | General Servant | Newcastle, Stafford | |||
| Jane PEPPER | U | 66 | F | No Occupation | Newcastle, Stafford | ||
| Jane PORKMORE (POINTON) | 11 | F | Scholar | Middlesex | |||
| Robert PORKMORE (POINTON) | 9 | M | Scholar | Middlesex | |||
| James PRICE | W | 55 | M | Groom (Dom) | Stoke On Trent, Stafford | ||
| John RAY | 8 | M | Scholar | Audley, Stafford | |||
| Hannah REDER | U | 21 | F | Casual | Charwoman | Tunstall, Stafford | |
| James REGAN | 11 | M | Scholar | Newcastle, Stafford | |||
| John REGAN | 12 | M | Scholar | Newcastle, Stafford | |||
| Martha REYNOLDS | U | 51 | F | Charwoman | Cheltenham, Gloucester | ||
| James RHODES | W | 41 | M | Tailor | Newcastle, Stafford | ||
| Mary RIGNEY | W | 63 | F | Scholar | Ireland | ||
| Eliza RILEY | U | 65 | F | Audley, Stafford | |||
| Thos. ROBERTS | W | 71 | M | General Labourer | Manchester | ||
| Geo.Henry ROWE | 9 | M | Scholar | Newcastle, Stafford | |||
| Philip SHARKEY | W | 65 | M | Agl.Labourer | Ireland | ||
| Harriett SHEMMINGS | W | 48 | F | No Occupation | Newcastle, Stafford | ||
| Geo. SHUFFLEBOTHAM | W | 56 | M | Genl.Labourer | Newcastle, Stafford | ||
| Thos. SKERRATT | W | 69 | M | Shoemaker | Stone, Stafford | ||
| Emily SMITH | 8 | F | Scholar | Newcastle, Stafford | |||
| Henry SMITH | M | 59 | M | Genl.Labourer | Eccleshall, Stafford | ||
| Lucy SMITH | W | 59 | F | Seamstress | Newcastle, Stafford | ||
| William SPEED | M | 64 | M | Genl.Labourer | Wellington, Shropshire | ||
| Sarah SPEKE | W | 75 | F | Scholar | Culloden, Leicester | ||
| Daniel SPENCER | M | 30 | M | Genl.Labourer | Derby | ||
| Henry TAPLIN | M | 35 | M | Clogger | Newcastle, Stafford | ||
| John THOMAS | 1 | M | Iron Worker | Newcastle, Stafford | |||
| Lucy THOMAS | 7 | F | Scholar | Newcastle, Stafford | |||
| Martha THOMAS | 4 | F | Newcastle, Stafford | ||||
| Geo. TILL | 8 | M | Scholar | Newcastle, Stafford | |||
| Henry TILL | 11 | M | Scholar | Newcastle, Stafford | |||
| Sarah TILL | 9 | F | Scholar | Newcastle, Stafford | |||
| William TILL | W | 52 | M | Coal Miner | Fenton, Stafford | ||
| Emma TOMLINSON | U | 33 | F | Inmate | No Occupation | Newcastle, Stafford | |
| John TURNER | U | 28 | M | Casual | Genl.Labourer | Warrington, Lancashire | |
| Elizth. WALE | 8 | F | Scholar | Newcastle, Stafford | |||
| Harriett WEARE | M | 59 | F | Newcastle, Stafford |
Total residents: 160
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