1881 Census: Residents of Union Workhouse, Saffron Walden, Essex
| Name | Mar | Age | Sex | Relation | Occupation | Handicap | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | |||||||
| George Benjamin HAMBLIN | M | 47 | M | Head | Master Of Workhouse | Ipswich, Suffolk | |
| Amy HAMBLIN | M | 53 | F | Wife | Matron Of Workhouse | Ipswich, Suffolk | |
| Alfred SMITH | M | 51 | M | Servant | Porter | Gt Bardfield, Essex | |
| Fanny Collingwood HUNT | W | 44 | F | Servant | Nurse | Rickling, Essex | |
| Ellen TRIGG | U | 39 | F | Servant | Cook | Langley, Essex | |
| George RAND | U | 38 | M | Servant | Boys Attendant | Saffron Walden | |
| Elizabeth ARCHER | W | 64 | F | Servant | Girls Attendant (Munic) | Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk | |
| Inmates | |||||||
| David ADAMS | W | 88 | M | Inmate | Bricklayer | Saffron Walden | |
| James ANDERSON | U | 32 | M | Inmate | Tailor | Edinburgh, Scotland | |
| Mary ANDREWS | W | 75 | F | Inmate | Publican | Hampton, Cambridge | |
| Amy ARCHER | W | 77 | F | Inmate | Glover | Saffron Walden | |
| Herbert ATKINSON | U | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar (Pauper) | Middlesex | |
| Jonah BANKS | W | 67 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Saffron Walden | |
| Mary BARKER | W | 90 | F | Inmate | Seamstress | Saffron Walden | |
| Peter BARKER | U | 58 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Wimbish, Essex | |
| William BARKER | U | 85 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Wendon Ambo, Essex | |
| William BARNARD | W | 46 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Elmdon, Essex | |
| George BARRETT | U | 30 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Saffron Walden | |
| Ruth BASS | U | 30 | F | Inmate | General Servant Domestic | Imbecile | Debden, Essex |
| John BECKWITH | M | 67 | M | Inmate | Blacksmith | Newport, Essex | |
| John BOWTLE OR BOCOTLE | U | 50 | M | Inmate | Drover (Pauper) | Gt Chesterford, Essex | |
| Emma BOND | U | 59 | F | Inmate | None (Pauper) | Imbecile | Clavering, Essex |
| Sarah BRADFORD | W | 72 | F | Inmate | Seamstress | Debden, Essex | |
| James BRAZIER | U | 49 | M | Inmate | None | Deaf & Dumb | Gt Samford, Essex |
| Joseph BRAZIER | U | 51 | M | Inmate | None | Deaf & Dumb | Gt Samford, Essex |
| Silvanus BRAZIER | U | 41 | M | Inmate | None | Imbecile | Hempsted, Essex |
| William BUCK | U | 62 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Newport, Essex | |
| Susannah BUNTEN | M | 22 | F | Inmate | Scullery Maid | Gravesend, Kent | |
| James BURGESS | U | 7 | M | Inmate | Scholar (Pauper) | Clavering, Essex | |
| Mary BURGESS | U | 6 | F | Inmate | Scholar (Pauper) | Clavering, Essex | |
| Frederick BUTTLE | U | 6 | M | Inmate | Scholar | ||
| Martha BUTTLE | U | 7 | F | Inmate | Scholar | ||
| Mary BUTTLE | W | 79 | F | Inmate | Montly Nurse | Gt Samford, Essex | |
| Joseph CANE | U | 48 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker (Pauper) | Elmdon, Essex | |
| Susan CANNING | W | 84 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Gt Chesterford, Essex | |
| Grace CHALLIS | U | 12 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Middlesex | |
| Dudley CHAPMAN | U | 12 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Wimbish, Essex | |
| Mary CHAPMAN | W | 91 | F | Inmate | Charwoman (Inmate) | Wimbish, Essex | |
| Rosetta CHAPMAN | U | 16 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant General | Wimbish, Essex | |
| Sidney CHAPMAN | U | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Wimbish, Essex | |
| William CHAPMAN | W | 82 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Wimbish, Essex | |
| Annie CLAYDEN | U | 1 | F | Inmate | None | Saffron Walden | |
| Emily CLAYDEN | U | 21 | F | Inmate | General Servant | Debden, Essex | |
| John CLAYDEN | W | 84 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab (Inmate) | Radwinter, Essex | |
| Peter COE | U | 49 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Wimbish, Essex | |
| James CORBY | U | 68 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab (Inmate) | Arkesden, Essex | |
| Rachel CORBY | U | 18 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant General | Wicken, Essex | |
| Elizabeth CORNELL | W | 72 | F | Inmate | Washerwoman | Saffron Walden | |
| Margaret CORNELL | W | 84 | F | Inmate | Laundress | Edinburgh, Scotland | |
| James COX | U | 37 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | March, Cambridge | |
| William COYHALL | U | 58 | M | Inmate | Blacksmith | Deaf & Dumb | Langley, Essex |
| Thomas DAVIS | U | 50 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Quendon, Essex | |
| William DAVIS | U | 47 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Quendon, Essex | |
| James ELLIOTT | U | 2 | M | Son | None | Middlesex | |
| John ELLIOTT | U | 5 | M | Son | Scholar | Middlesex | |
| Joseph ELLIOTT | M | 40 | M | Head Of Family | Shoemaker | Belfast, Ireland | |
| Mary ELLIOTT | M | 30 | F | Wife | Laundress | Belfast, Ireland | |
| William FINCH | M | 65 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Widdington, Essex | |
| George FORSTER | M | 77 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Hempsted, Essex | |
| George FRANCIS | U | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Saffron Walden | |
| Mary Ann FREEMAN | U | 29 | F | Inmate | Washerwoman | Saffron Walden | |
| Alfred GILBEY | U | 14 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Chatham, Kent | |
| Frederick GILBEY | U | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Chatham, Kent | |
| Annie GRAVES | U | 4 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Saffron Walden | |
| Eliza GRAVES | U | 7 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Saffron Walden | |
| William GREEN | W | 70 | M | Inmate | Carpenter (Inmate) | Ashdon, Essex | |
| John HAYDEN | W | 83 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab (Pauper) | Debden, Essex | |
| William HAYDEN | W | 79 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab (Pauper) | Debden, Essex | |
| George HOPWOOD | U | 46 | M | Inmate | Sack Mender (Pauper) | Gt Chesterford, Essex | |
| Alfred HOUSDEN | U | 10 | M | Son | Scholar | Saffron Walden | |
| William HOUSDEN | U | 64 | M | Head Of Family | Ag Lab | Saffron Walden | |
| Charles HOWE | U | 21 | M | Inmate | Coachman (D) | Balsham, Cambridge | |
| Ellen HUMPHREY | U | 16 | F | Daughter | General Servant Domestic | Steeple Bumpsted, Essex | |
| John HUMPHREY | M | 73 | M | Head Of Family | Ag Lab | Steeple Bumpsted, Essex | |
| Mary HUMPHREY | M | 65 | F | Wife | Field Worker | Steeple Bumpsted, Essex | |
| Frank JARVIS | U | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Saffron Walden | |
| Henry JARVIS | U | 60 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Saffron Walden | |
| Lawrance JARVIS | U | 5 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Saffron Walden | |
| Minnie JARVIS | U | 6 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Saffron Walden | |
| Sarah JARVIS | U | 11 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Saffron Walden | |
| Selina JARVIS | U | 7 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Saffron Walden | |
| John JEFFREY | W | 68 | M | Inmate | Lime Burner | Saffron Walden | |
| Hannah JEPPS | M | 26 | F | Inmate | Field Worker | Radwinter, Essex | |
| Lily JEPPS | U | 6 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Radwinter, Essex | |
| Mary JEPPS | U | 8 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Radwinter, Essex | |
| Alfred KNIGHTLY | U | 1 | M | Son | None (Pauper) | Saffron Walden | |
| Jane KNIGHTLY | U | 20 | F | Head | Domestic Servant General | Clavering, Essex | |
| Elizabeth LACEY | U | 30 | F | Inmate | None | Imbecile | Debden, Essex |
| Joseph LACEY | U | 45 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Debden, Essex | |
| Christopher LEVI | U | 22 | M | Inmate | Brickmakers Labourer | Ugley, Essex | |
| Mary LEVI | W | 73 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | ||
| Alfred LINDSELL | M | 57 | M | Inmate | Bricklayer | Saffron Walden | |
| Daniel LOFTS | M | 81 | M | Head Of Family | Ag Lab (Inmate) | Ashdon, Essex | |
| Elizabeth LOFTS | M | 66 | F | Wife | Field Worker (Inmate) | Castle Camps, Cambridge | |
| James LUCKINGS | U | 7 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Newport, Essex | |
| Walter LUCKINGS | U | 1 | M | Inmate | None | Newport, Essex | |
| William LUCKINGS | U | 5 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Newport, Essex | |
| James MALLION | W | 67 | M | Inmate | Brickmaker | Saffron Walden | |
| George MANSFIELD | W | 85 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab (Pauper) | Gt Chesterford, Essex | |
| George MILLER | U | 59 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Elmdon, Essex | |
| Joseph MOORE | U | 38 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Saffron Walden | |
| William MUDFORD | W | 80 | M | Inmate | Tailor | Tiverton, Devon | |
| Albert NEWLAND | U | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar (Pauper) | Saffron Walden | |
| Arthur NEWLAND | U | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar (Pauper) | Clavering, Essex | |
| Frank NEWLAND | U | 6 | M | Inmate | Scholar (Pauper) | Saffron Walden | |
| George NEWLAND | U | 4 | M | Inmate | Scholar (Pauper) | Saffron Walden | |
| Jessee NUTTING | U | 68 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab (Inmate) | Ashdon, Essex | |
| Alfred OSBORNE | U | 11 | M | Son | Scholar | Saffron Walden | |
| Edward OSBORNE | U | 67 | M | Inmate | Hostler | Saffron Walden | |
| James OSBORNE | M | 60 | M | Head of Family | Ag Lab | Wimbish, Essex | |
| Joshua OSBORNE | U | 60 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Radwinter, Essex | |
| William OSBORNE | U | 66 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Saffron Walden | |
| Stephen OVERHILL | M | 72 | M | Inmate | Carpenter | Debden, Essex | |
| Isaac PEARMAN | U | 70 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab (Inmate) | Ashdon, Essex | |
| John PEARMAN | W | 75 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab (Inmate) | Ashdon, Essex | |
| John PERKINS | U | 65 | M | Inmate | Groom | Saffron Walden | |
| John PETTITT | U | 77 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Chrishall, Essex | |
| Mary Ann PETTITT | U | 45 | F | Inmate | None (Pauper) | Chrishall, Essex | |
| William PHILLIPS | W | 65 | M | Inmate | Carpenter | Brighton, Sussex | |
| Sampson PHILPOT | U | 61 | M | Inmate | Wheelwright | Gt Samford, Essex | |
| Thomas PIGGOTT | U | 56 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab (Pauper) | Langley, Essex | |
| John PRYHE | U | 51 | M | Inmate | Tailor | Cambridge | |
| William REED | U | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Rickling, Essex | |
| John REYNOLDS | U | 79 | M | Inmate | Blacksmith | Quendon, Essex | |
| John ROGERS | W | 76 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab (Pauper) | Clavering, Essex | |
| Joshua RUST | U | 69 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Debden, Essex | |
| George SAVILL | W | 69 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Rivenhall, Essex | |
| Henry SAVILL | U | 69 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Rickling, Essex | |
| Lydia SAWKING | U | 40 | F | Inmate | None | Rickling, Essex | |
| Julia SILLETT | U | 57 | F | Inmate | None | Quendon, Essex | |
| Eliza SMITH | M | 66 | F | Inmate | Charwoman (Pauper) | Imbecile | Stocking Pelham, Hertford |
| John SMITH | U | 59 | M | Inmate | Painter | Imbecile | Saffron Walden |
| Ann SQUIRES | U | 71 | F | Inmate | Washerwoman | Elmdon, Essex | |
| William SQUIRES | U | 79 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Elmdon, Essex | |
| Richard STALLEY | W | 75 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab (Inmate) | Ashdon, Essex | |
| Abraham STEED | W | 62 | M | Inmate | Painter | Sudbury, Suffolk | |
| Herbert STEED | U | 5 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Middlesex | |
| Kitty STOCKINGS | W | 70 | F | Inmate | Cap Maker (Hat) | Guernsey, Channel Islands | |
| John STUBBINGS | W | 66 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Wimbish, Essex | |
| William STUBBINGS | U | 78 | M | Inmate | Wheelwright | Hempsted, Essex | |
| Josiah SURRIDGE | W | 76 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Hempsted, Essex | |
| Mary SYMONDS | U | 35 | F | Inmate | Letter Carrier | Imbecile | Quendon, Essex |
| Charles TAYLOR | W | 71 | M | Inmate | Gardiner | Saffron Walden | |
| Charles TRIGG | U | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Middlesex | |
| Mary Ann TURNER | U | 55 | F | Inmate | Charwoman (Inmate) | Imbecile | Gt Chesterford, Essex |
| Abraham UNWIN | U | 66 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab (Inmate) | Gt Chesterford, Essex | |
| Stephen WARMAN | W | 71 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Berden, Essex | |
| John WARREN | U | 69 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Wenden Lofts, Essex | |
| Eliza WEBB | W | 78 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Woodford, Essex | |
| Elizabeth WEBB | U | 17 | F | Inmate | Laundress (Inmate) | Ireland | |
| Eliza WILLIS | U | 27 | F | Inmate | Field Worker | Imbecile | Hempsted, Essex |
| Beadle WILLISON | U | 62 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Ashdon, Essex | |
| Emily WISKEN | U | 12 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Saffron Walden | |
| Caleb WOMBWELL | U | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar (Pauper) | Clavering, Essex | |
| Harry WOMBWELL | U | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar (Pauper) | Clavering, Essex | |
| Sarah WOODHAM | W | 83 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Wenden Ambo, Essex | |
| Benjamin WOODLEY | U | 15 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Ashdon, Essex | |
| Sarah WOODLEY | U | 52 | F | Inmate | None | Imbecile | Saffron Walden |
| Caroline WRIGHT | U | 20 | F | Daughter | Field Worker | Wimbish, Essex | |
| Charles WRIGHT | U | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Wimbish, Essex | |
| Clara WRIGHT | U | 12 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Middlesex | |
| Edith WRIGHT | U | 5 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Wimbish, Essex | |
| Eliza WRIGHT | M | 47 | F | Head Of Family | Charwoman | Saffron Walden | |
| Emily WRIGHT | U | 30 | F | Inmate | None | Imbecile | Saffron Walden |
| Emily WRIGHT | U | 3 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Saffron Walden | |
| Flora WRIGHT | U | 7 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Wimbish, Essex | |
| George WRIGHT | U | 77 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Newport, Essex | |
| John WRIGHT | M | 68 | M | Inmate | Bricklayer (Pauper) | Thaxted, Essex | |
| Joseph WRIGHT | U | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Middlesex | |
| Louisa WRIGHT | U | 9 | F | Daughter | Scholar | Saffron Walden | |
| Samuel WRIGHT | W | 67 | M | Head Of Family | Ag Lab | Wimbish, Essex |
Total residents: 171
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