1881 Census: Residents of Sudbury Union Workhouse, Sudbury St Peter, Suffolk
| Name | Mar | Age | Sex | Relation | Occupation | Handicap | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | |||||||
| William Maredell AITCHISON | M | 41 | M | Head | Master Of Workhouse (Munic) | Edinburgh, Scotland | |
| Annie Maria AITCHISON | M | 20 | F | Wife | Matron (Munic) | Daventry, Northampton | |
| Elizabeth WHITEHEAD | U | 26 | F | Officer | Nurse | Burnley, Lancashire | |
| Augustus William BALDWIN | M | 32 | M | Officer | Superintendent Of Male Lab (Munic) | Stonehouse, Gloucester | |
| Emily Grace BALDWIN | M | 30 | F | Officer | Superintendent Of Female Lab (Munic) | Netley, Hampshire | |
| Charles SKUGSLEY | M | 71 | M | Officer | Porter (Munic) | Coggleshall, Essex | |
| Lucy THEOBALD | U | 62 | F | Officer | Ass Nurse | Sudbury, Suffolk | |
| Anne ORBELL | U | 61 | F | Officer | Ass Nurse | Gestingthorpe, Essex | |
| Inmates | |||||||
| Nathaniel ABBOTT | W | 74 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Nayland, Suffolk | |
| Susan ALBON | W | 24 | F | Inmate | Needlewoman | Melford, Suffolk | |
| John ALBURY | U | 69 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Sudbury, Suffolk | |
| Charlotte ALSTON | W | 80 | F | Inmate | Needlewoman | Hampstead, Middlesex | |
| Ellen AMOS | U | 26 | F | Inmate | Farm Servant | Belchamp St Paul, Essex | |
| George ARMSTRONG | U | 67 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Lawshall, Suffolk | |
| Alfred BAKER | 3 | M | Inmate | Sudbury, Suffolk | |||
| Sarah BAKER | U | 26 | F | Inmate | Cook Needlewoman Domestic Servant | Sudbury, Suffolk | |
| Alfred BALDRY | U | 16 | M | Inmate | Imbecile | Sudbury, Suffolk | |
| Joseph BALDWIN | U | 26 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Imbecile | Bures St Mary, Suffolk |
| John BARRETT | U | 76 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Sicklesmere, Suffolk | |
| Robert BEER | M | 75 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Great Waldingfield, Suffolk | |
| William BIGGS | W | 74 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | Nayland, Suffolk | |
| James BIRD | U | 63 | M | Inmate | Carpenter | Acton, Suffolk | |
| Samuel BITTERN | W | 73 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Sudbury, Suffolk | |
| Eliza BLACKSHAW | U | 40 | F | Inmate | Straw Plaiter | Boxted, Suffolk | |
| George BLACKSHAW | M | 67 | M | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Sudbury, Suffolk | |
| Charles BLYTHE | U | 25 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Imbecile | Bulmer, Essex |
| Harriet BOCKING | M | 60 | F | Inmate | Straw Plaiter | Cavendish, Suffolk | |
| Samuel BOCKING | M | 70 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Mediterranean, Malta | |
| Albert Harry BOWERS | 4m | M | Inmate | Sudbury, Suffolk | |||
| George Arthur BOWERS | 4m | M | Inmate | Sudbury, Suffolk | |||
| Mary Ann BOWERS | U | 19 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Great Waldingfield, Suffolk | |
| Brook BRANWHITE | M | 89 | M | Inmate | Sawyer | Melford, Suffolk | |
| Samuel BROCKWELL | W | 62 | M | Inmate | Groom Domestic Servant | Cavendish, Suffolk | |
| Joseph BROWN | M | 79 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Belchamp St Paul, Essex | |
| Thirza BROWN | 5 | F | Inmate | ||||
| William BROWN | W | 85 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Cavendish, Suffolk | |
| James BULLOCK | W | 75 | M | Inmate | Higgler | Melford, Suffolk | |
| William BUTCHER | U | 27 | M | Casuals (Tramp) | Farm Labourer | Hadleigh, Essex | |
| Elizabeth CANT | W | 71 | F | Inmate | Washerwoman | Edwardstone, Suffolk | |
| William CANT | W | 77 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Bures Mount, Essex | |
| George CAPON | W | 72 | M | Inmate | Blacksmith | Little Bulands, Suffolk | |
| John Ralph CARDY | U | 50 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Ballingdon, Essex | |
| Edward CARTER | W | 76 | M | Inmate | Chimney Sweep | Acton, Suffolk | |
| John CARTER | U | 74 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Assington, Suffolk | |
| Marian CARTER | W | 66 | F | Inmate | Fieldwoman | Melford, Suffolk | |
| William CARTER | W | 79 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Great Cornard, Suffolk | |
| Thomas CAUSTON | W | 73 | M | Inmate | Bargeman | Sudbury, Suffolk | |
| Rebecca CHINERY | U | 19 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Sudbury, Suffolk | |
| Ann CLARKE | U | 38 | F | Inmate | Needlewoman | Melford, Suffolk | |
| George CLARKE | W | 74 | M | Inmate | Silk Weaver | Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk | |
| Samuel CLARKE | U | 77 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Stansfield, Suffolk | |
| Mary Ann COLLINS | W | 68 | F | Inmate | Silk Weaver | Belchamp St Pauls, Essex | |
| Sarah CORNWALL | U | 63 | F | Inmate | Worsted Weaver | Deaf | Haverhill, Suffolk |
| James CRANFIELD | W | 80 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Belchamp Otten, Essex | |
| Edward CROSSMAN | W | 89 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Imbecile | Bures StMary, Suffolk |
| Henry CROSSMAN | U | 70 | M | Inmate | Fisherman | Bures St Mary, Suffolk | |
| Julia DANSIE | U | 34 | F | Inmate | Cook Domestic Servant | Sudbury, Suffolk | |
| Emila DEAL | U | 35 | F | Inmate | Straw Plaiter | Imbecile | Belchamp Walter, Essex |
| Alice DEATH | W | 67 | F | Inmate | Washerwoman | Imbecile | Friston, Suffolk |
| Eliza DEBENHAM | W | 59 | F | Inmate | Needlewoman | ||
| Frederick DIX | W | 63 | M | Inmate | Grocer | Dunwich, Suffolk | |
| William DIXON | W | 79 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Boxted, Essex | |
| Hannah DYER | W | 91 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Deaf | Stanway, Essex |
| Israel EADY | M | 75 | M | Inmate | Silk Weaver | Acton, Suffolk | |
| Sarah EADY | M | 62 | F | Inmate | Silk Weaver | Melford, Suffolk | |
| William ELLISTON | U | 59 | M | Inmate | Bricklayers Labourer | Great Waldingfield, Suffolk | |
| Louisar ENGLISH | W | 84 | F | Inmate | Brushmaker | London, Middlesex | |
| John EVERETT | W | 73 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Belchamp Otten, Essex | |
| Sarah EVERETT | U | 32 | F | Inmate | Farm Servant | Brundon, Essex | |
| Susan FARRANCE | U | 72 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Cavendish, Suffolk | |
| Joshua FARTHING | W | 82 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Sudbury, Suffolk | |
| Alice FELTON | U | 18 | F | Inmate | Fieldwoman | Sudbury, Suffolk | |
| James FINCH | U | 66 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Melford, Suffolk | |
| Charlotte FINCHAM | U | 11 | F | Inmate | Leytonstone, Essex | ||
| Louisa FINCHAM | U | 41 | F | Inmate | Farm Servant | Twinstead, Essex | |
| Thomas FIRBANK | W | 80 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Belchamp St Paul, Essex | |
| Stephen FIRMIN | W | 68 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Bulmer, Essex | |
| Eliza FISHER | W | 70 | F | Inmate | Hawker | Great Wakeland, Essex | |
| Daniel FLOWERS | W | 81 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Twinstead, Essex | |
| Charles FOAKES | W | 67 | M | Inmate | Silk Weaver | Ballingdon, Essex | |
| Sarah FOSTER | W | 79 | F | Inmate | Nurse | Boxted, Essex | |
| Hannah GAGE | W | 63 | F | Inmate | Needlewoman | Dickleburgh, Norfolk | |
| George GARDINER | W | 38 | M | Inmate | Photographer | London, Middlesex | |
| Thomas GARDINER | W | 83 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Great Cornard, Suffolk | |
| William GARDINER | U | 55 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Great Cornard, Suffolk | |
| Mary GARROD | U | 57 | F | Inmate | Washerwoman | London, Middlesex | |
| Walter GENTRY | 4 | M | Inmate | ||||
| William GIBBS | W | 70 | M | Inmate | Gunsmith | Southminster, Essex | |
| Eliza GINN | U | 25 | F | Inmate | Straw Plaiter | Imbecile | Belchamp Otten, Essex |
| Hannah GINN | W | 76 | F | Inmate | Straw Plaiter | Pentlow, Essex | |
| William GINN | U | 53 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Imbecile | Belchamp Otten, Essex |
| John GLASSCOCK | U | 56 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Imbecile | Hawkedon, Suffolk |
| William GLASSCOCK | U | 66 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Hawkedon, Suffolk | |
| George GOSLING | W | 73 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Mendlesham, Suffolk | |
| Richard GRICE | U | 65 | M | Inmate | Imbecile | Melford, Suffolk | |
| George HALE | W | 70 | M | Inmate | Silk Weaver | Sudbury, Suffolk | |
| Sarah HALLS | W | 86 | F | Inmate | Silk Weaver | Sudbury, Suffolk | |
| James HARDY | W | 88 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Melford, Suffolk | |
| Ellen HARRINGTON | U | 14 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Twinstead, Essex | |
| Robert HARRINGTON | U | 42 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Stoke, Suffolk | |
| James HASELL | U | 65 | M | Inmate | Silk Weaver | Sudbury, Suffolk | |
| James HAZELL | U | 55 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Pentlow, Essex | |
| Mary HEAD | U | 66 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Bures Hamlet, Essex | |
| Elizabeth HEYWOOD | M | 53 | F | Inmate | Silk Weaver | Shoreditch, Middlesex | |
| George HEYWOOD | M | 69 | M | Inmate | Silk Weaver | London, Middlesex | |
| William HEYWOOD | W | 76 | M | Inmate | Silk Weaver | Ballingdon, Essex | |
| David HIGHAM | U | 22 | M | Inmate | Drover | Sudbury, Suffolk | |
| Henry HOLMES | W | 60 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Bures Hamlet, Essex | |
| Ann HOUSDEN | M | 69 | F | Inmate | Washerwoman | Halstead, Essex | |
| Martha Caroline HOWARD | 2 | F | Inmate | Sudbury, Suffolk | |||
| Mary Ann HOWARD | U | 30 | F | Inmate | Farm Servant | Bures Hamlet, Essex | |
| Nelson Trafalgar HOWARD | U | 76 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Edinburgh, Scotland | |
| George HOWE | W | 75 | M | Inmate | Silk Weaver | Sudbury, Suffolk | |
| William HOWLITT | U | 59 | M | Inmate | Silk Weaver | Sudbury, Suffolk | |
| Reuben HUMPHREY | U | 30 | M | Inmate | Groom Domestic Servant | Hartest, Suffolk | |
| Annie JAGGS | U | 20 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Sudbury, Suffolk | |
| George JAGGS | 5m | M | Inmate | Sudbury, Suffolk | |||
| John JAGGS | W | 66 | M | Inmate | Bricklayer | Wormingford, Essex | |
| William Arthur JAGGS | 2 | M | Inmate | Horbury, York | |||
| John JARVIS | M | 63 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Acton, Suffolk | |
| Abraham JERMYN | U | 47 | M | Inmate | Silk Weaver | Stanstead, Suffolk | |
| James JOHNSON | W | 68 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Middleton, Essex | |
| John KENDELL | W | 80 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | London, Middlesex | |
| George KING | U | 75 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | Great Cornard, Suffolk | |
| Samuel KING | W | 71 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Glemsford, Suffolk | |
| Uriah KING | U | 36 | M | Inmate | Silk Weaver | Sudbury, Suffolk | |
| James LAYZELL | W | 69 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Weeley, Essex | |
| Mary LEE | U | 87 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Hartest, Suffolk | |
| Elizabeth LESTER | W | 75 | F | Inmate | Silk Weaver | Earls Colne, Essex | |
| Harriet LEVEL | U | 17 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Acton, Suffolk | |
| Mary LINGLEY | M | 67 | F | Inmate | Needlewoman | Norwich, Norfolk | |
| Eliza MALLOTT | M | 40 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Sudbury, Suffolk | |
| John MALLOTT | U | 17 | M | Inmate | Sudbury, Suffolk | ||
| Kate MALLOTT | 4 | F | Inmate | Sudbury, Suffolk | |||
| Thomas MALLOTT | M | 49 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Colchester, Essex | |
| John MANSFIELD | M | 75 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Gestingthorpe, Essex | |
| James MILLS | M | 72 | M | Inmate | Carpenter | Lavenham, Suffolk | |
| William MINGEY | W | 79 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Great Cornard, Suffolk | |
| George MORTLOCK | U | 79 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Glemsford, Suffolk | |
| Mary MORTLOCK | U | 88 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Lawshall, Suffolk | |
| Rachel MOSS | M | 69 | F | Inmate | Field Woman | ||
| Elizabeth MURRELL | W | 82 | F | Inmate | Silk Weaver | Sudbury, Suffolk | |
| Ann MUSK | U | 28 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Lawshall, Suffolk | |
| Emma MUSSETT | W | 55 | F | Inmate | Stoke, Suffolk | ||
| William NEWELL | W | 70 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Nayland, Suffolk | |
| Ann NEWMAN | W | 82 | F | Inmate | Washerwoman | Hadleigh, Suffolk | |
| James NEWMAN | W | 74 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Belchamp St Paul, Essex | |
| Jesse NORMAN | U | 77 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Cavendish, Suffolk | |
| Horace OSBORNE | M | 70 | M | Inmate | Painter | Orford, Suffolk | |
| Alice PALMER | 5 | F | Casuals (Tramp) | Charteris, Cambridge | |||
| Henry PALMER | 7 | M | Casuals (Tramp) | Charteris, Cambridge | |||
| James PALMER | 9 | M | Casuals (Tramp) | Charteris, Cambridge | |||
| James PALMER | M | 32 | M | Casuals (Tramp) | Bricklayers Labourer | Charteris, Cambridge | |
| Matilda PALMER | M | 33 | F | Casuals (Tramp) | Horsehair Weaver | Melford, Suffolk | |
| William PALMER | 3 | M | Casuals (Tramp) | Charteris, Cambridge | |||
| James PEAKE | W | 70 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Alphamstone, Essex | |
| Maude Ellen PERRY | 3m | F | Inmate | Sudbury, Suffolk | |||
| William PETTICAN | U | 55 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Waldingfield, Suffolk | |
| Samuel PIPER | W | 69 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Foxearth, Essex | |
| Sophia PLAMPIN | W | 81 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Gestingthorpe, Essex | |
| George Edward POLL | 13 | M | Inmate | Errand Boy | Nayland, Suffolk | ||
| John PONDER | W | 68 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Little Waldingfield, Suffolk | |
| Ann PORTER | U | 63 | F | Inmate | Horse Hair Weaver | Mildens, Suffolk | |
| John POTTER | U | 51 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Acton, Suffolk | |
| John PROCTOR | M | 63 | M | Inmate | Silk Weaver | London, Middlesex | |
| William RANDELL | W | 70 | M | Inmate | Gardener Domestic Servant | Assington, Suffolk | |
| William REACH | U | 15 | M | Casuals (Tramp) | Farm Labourer | Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk | |
| Ellen Mary REECE | U | 49 | F | Inmate | Needlewoman | Imbecile | Bishops Stortford, Hertford |
| Abraham RICE | W | 79 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Sudbury, Suffolk | |
| John RICE | W | 70 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Tuddenham, Suffolk | |
| William RIGLAND | U | 54 | M | Inmate | Hostler (8/-) | Sudbury, Suffolk | |
| Rebecca ROWLAND | U | 59 | F | Inmate | Sudbury, Suffolk | ||
| William SADLER | W | 82 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Belchamp St Paul, Essex | |
| Elizabeth SALTER | W | 77 | F | Inmate | Needlewoman | Melford, Suffolk | |
| John SALTER | U | 65 | M | Inmate | Drover | Melford, Suffolk | |
| Edward SARGANT | W | 80 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Great Waldingfield, Suffolk | |
| Thomas SARGANT | W | 84 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Imbecile | Great Waldingfield, Suffolk |
| Thomas SCALES | U | 36 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Imbecile | Bures St Mary, Suffolk |
| Thomas SCOTT | U | 21 | M | Inmate | Bricklayers Labourer | Sudbury, Suffolk | |
| Joseph SEXTON | W | 84 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Wissington, Suffolk | |
| Mary SHERTON | W | 77 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Imbecile | Chadwell, Middlesex |
| Sarah SIMPSON | U | 57 | F | Inmate | Needlewoman | Sudbury, Suffolk | |
| Annie SIMPTON | U | 41 | F | Inmate | Straw Plaiter | Belchamp St Paul, Essex | |
| Charles SMITH | W | 84 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Foxearth, Essex | |
| Isaac SMITH | W | 51 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Great Maplestead, Essex | |
| James SMITH | W | 79 | M | Inmate | Silk Weaver | Sudbury, Suffolk | |
| Ezra SPARKES | U | 72 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Shimpling, Suffolk | |
| William SPENCER | W | 77 | M | Inmate | C Miller | Hargrave, Suffolk | |
| Thomas SPRINGETT | U | 72 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Henny, Essex | |
| William STEDMAN | W | 65 | M | Inmate | Baker | Bures Hamlet, Essex | |
| Emma SUTTLE | 8 | F | Inmate | Pentlow, Essex | |||
| Harriet SUTTLE | 3 | F | Inmate | Pentlow, Essex | |||
| Matilda SUTTLE | M | 26 | F | Inmate | Straw Plaiter | Pentlow, Essex | |
| Rosemary SUTTLE | 9m | F | Inmate | Pentlow, Essex | |||
| James THEOBALD | W | 69 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Somerton, Suffolk | |
| John THEOBALD | W | 65 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Sudbury, Suffolk | |
| Susan THEOBALD | U | 86 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Imbecile | Melford, Suffolk |
| Ann THURLOW | W | 67 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Walsham Le Willows, Suffolk | |
| James TOKELY | U | 41 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Little Cornard, Suffolk | |
| Maria TOLLIDAY | U | 56 | F | Inmate | Silk Weaver | Sudbury, Suffolk | |
| Thomas TWINN | U | 41 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Imbecile | Boxted, Suffolk |
| Walter William WALPOLE | W | 65 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Acton, Suffolk | |
| John WARDLEY | W | 77 | M | Inmate | Silk Weaver | Glemsford, Suffolk | |
| Eliza WARREN | W | 72 | F | Inmate | Needlewoman | Acton, Suffolk | |
| Hannah WATKINSON | M | 45 | F | Inmate | Horse Hair Weaver | Glemsford, Suffolk | |
| Emily WEBBER | U | 16 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | Bures Mount, Essex | |
| Susannah WEBSTER | W | 72 | F | Inmate | Dressmaker | Melford, Suffolk | |
| Hannah WICKS | U | 19 | F | Inmate | Domestic Servant | ||
| Infant WICKS | 1m | M | Inmate | Sudbury, Suffolk | |||
| George WILBY | W | 80 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Walsham Le Willows, Suffolk | |
| Elizabeth WILLSMORE | W | 89 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Little Maplestead, Essex | |
| Henry WILTON | W | 69 | M | Inmate | Soldier | Sudbury, Suffolk | |
| George WOODGATE | M | 70 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Acton, Suffolk | |
| John WOODLEY | W | 76 | M | Inmate | Publican | Uxbridge, Middlesex | |
| Hannah WORDLEY | M | 57 | F | Inmate | Publicans Wife | Imbecile | Glemsford, Suffolk |
| Mary WRIGHT | U | 23 | F | Inmate | Farm Servant | Pentlow, Essex | |
| George WUIK | U | 56 | M | Inmate | Soldier | Nayland, Suffolk | |
| ... ...EARD | 11 | M | Inmate | Sudbury, Suffolk | |||
| ... ... | 13 | M | Inmate | Sudbury, Suffolk | |||
| ... ... | M | ... | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk | |
| ... ... | M | 52 | M | Inmate | Farm Labourer | Sudbury, Suffolk |
Total residents: 221
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