1881 Census: Residents of Union Workhouse, Tenterden, Kent
| Name | Mar | Age | Sex | Relation | Occupation | Handicap | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | |||||||
| Richard W.H. POYNTON | M | 33 | M | Head | (Munic) Master | Lambeth, Surrey | |
| Lucy POYNTON | M | 32 | F | Wife | Matron (Munic) | Rye, Sussex | |
| Walter POYNTON | U | 12 | M | Son | Scholar | Rye, Sussex | |
| Edith POYNTON | U | 6 | F | Daur | Scholar | Rye, Sussex | |
| Sophia FEAVER | W | 50 | F | Nurse | Nurse | Lynn ?, Norfolk | |
| Joseph BURTON | M | 56 | M | Engineer | Engine Driver | Dover, Kent | |
| Sarah A. BURTON | M | 49 | F | Laundress | (Munic) Laundress | Lyddon, Kent | |
| Mary A. STRACHORN | W | 51 | F | Industrial Trainer | Industrial Trainer | St Andrews Holborn, Middlesex | |
| Inmates | |||||||
| Stephen ADDY | U | 60 | M | Inmate | Lab | Wittersham, Kent | |
| Elizabeth ADES | M | 32 | F | Inmate | Pauper | Beckley, Sussex | |
| George E. ADES | U | 5 | M | Inmate | Scholar | High Halden, Kent | |
| Lizzie ADES | U | 10 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Whitstable, Kent | |
| Thomas ADES | U | 6 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Wittersham, Kent | |
| Mary A. APPS | U | 35 | F | Inmate | Pauper | Imbecile | Appledore, Kent |
| Edward AVERY | U | 61 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Tenterden, Kent | |
| Samuel AYRES | U | 30 | M | Vagrant | Labourer | Arelsey ?, Bedford | |
| William BARNS | W | 67 | M | Inmate | Gardener | Sutton, Lancashire | |
| Eleanor BEALL | U | 14 | F | Inmate | Servant Domestic | Bromley, Kent | |
| Ellen BECK | U | 9 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Woodchurch, Kent | |
| Joseph BICK | M | 65 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Woodchurch, Kent | |
| Henry BIGGS | U | 57 | M | Inmate | Groom | Blind | Ross, Hereford |
| John BODY | U | 64 | M | Inmate | Pauper | Imbecile | Biddenden, Kent |
| William BOORMAN | W | 60 | M | Inmate | Painter | Tenterden, Kent | |
| Edith J. BRIDGE | U | 2 | F | Inmate | Pauper | Tenterden, Kent | |
| Eliza BRIDGE | M | 48 | F | Inmate | Pauper | Beckley, Kent | |
| Eliza E. BRIDGE | U | 5 | F | Inmate | Pauper | Tenterden, Kent | |
| William BRIDGE | M | 57 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Wittersham, Kent | |
| Ann BRIDGER | U | 45 | F | Inmate | Pauper | Imbecile | Woodchurch, Kent |
| Adaline BROWN | U | 3 | F | Inmate | Infant | Winchester, Hampshire | |
| Alfred BROWN | U | 7 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Biddenden, Kent | |
| Leon BROWN | U | 4 | M | Inmate | Infant | Sittingbourne, Kent | |
| Mary A. BROWN | W | 38 | F | Inmate | Pauper | London, Middlesex | |
| John BRUNGER | U | 48 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Biddenden, Kent | |
| Thomas BURDEN | U | 59 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Burwash, Kent | |
| William BURDEN | U | 65 | M | Inmate | Bricklayer | Tenterden, Kent | |
| Charles CHAPLIN | U | 27 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Tenterden, Kent | |
| Stephen CHATFIELD | U | 49 | M | Inmate | Pauper | Imbecile | Tenterden, Kent |
| Albert CHECKSFIELD | U | 15 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Tenterden, Kent | |
| Ann CHECKSFIELD | W | 48 | F | Inmate | Pauper | Rolvenden, Kent | |
| George CHECKSFIELD | U | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Tenterden, Kent | |
| George CHRISTMAS | U | 59 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Rolvenden, Kent | |
| William CLARKE | U | 36 | M | Vagrant | Labourer | Portsmouth, Hampshire | |
| George CLEMMENTS | U | 5 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Tenterden, Kent | |
| Louisa COOPER | U | 49 | F | Inmate | Pauper | Tenterden, Kent | |
| John ELPHICKE | W | 81 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Tenterden, Kent | |
| Bertha FIELD | U | 11 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Biddenden, Kent | |
| Ernest FIELD | U | 4 | M | Inmate | Infant | Tenterden, Kent | |
| Frank FIELD | U | 14 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Biddenden, Kent | |
| Mary FIELD | M | 55 | F | Inmate | Pauper | High Halden | |
| James GILBERT | U | 77 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Tenterden, Kent | |
| Jane GOLDEN | U | 60 | F | Inmate | Pauper | Imbecile | Wittersham, Kent |
| Ellen GOODMAN | W | 45 | F | Inmate | Pauper | Wittersham, Kent | |
| James GOODMAN | U | 4 | M | Inmate | Infant | Wittersham, Kent | |
| William GOODSELL | U | 74 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Edenbrook, Kent | |
| Richard GRIGGS | M | 78 | M | Inmate | Blacksmith | Selling, Kent | |
| Annie HARRIS | U | 9 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Biddenden, Kent | |
| Edith HARRIS | U | 11 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Biddenden, Kent | |
| Rosa HARRIS | U | 7 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Biddenden, Kent | |
| Adolphus HART | M | 48 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Woodchurch, Kent | |
| Emily HART | M | 39 | F | Inmate | Pauper | Canterbury, Kent | |
| George HEATH | M | 31 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Maidstone, Kent | |
| George HEATH | W | 72 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Canterbury, Kent | |
| George HEATH | U | 5 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Tenterden, Kent | |
| Henry HEATH | U | 4 | M | Inmate | Pauper | Tenterden, Kent | |
| Mary A. HEATH | U | 2 | F | Inmate | Pauper | Tenterden, Kent | |
| Mary A. HEATH | M | 35 | F | Inmate | Pauper | Headcorn, Kent | |
| Sophia HINDS | W | 80 | F | Inmate | Pauper | Cranbrook, Kent | |
| Henry HIRONS | M | 36 | M | Inmate | Boiler Maker | Bambury, Oxford | |
| Kate HOLDSTOCK | U | 9 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Woodchurch, Kent | |
| Eliza HOLYER | U | 10 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Woodchurch, Kent | |
| Edward HUNT | U | 43 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Cranbourne, Dorset | |
| Henry IFACE | U | 77 | M | Inmate | Carpenter | Biddenden, Kent | |
| Charles JACKSON | U | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Biddenden, Kent | |
| Edward JACKSON | U | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Biddenden, Kent | |
| Ellen JACKSON | U | 7 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Biddenden, Kent | |
| Frederick JACKSON | U | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Biddenden, Kent | |
| Hannah JAMES | U | 10 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Rolvenden, Kent | |
| Sarah JAMES | U | 7 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Tenterden, Kent | |
| George JOHNSON | W | 71 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Tenterden, Kent | |
| William KENWARD | 70 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Tenterden, Kent | ||
| James LOWDEN | W | 72 | M | Inmate | Carpenter | Toronto British Subject | |
| Frederick MARSHALL | U | 38 | M | Inmate | Sawyer | Wittersham, Kent | |
| Charles MARTEN | U | 21 | M | Inmate | Lab | Hove, Kent | |
| Albert MOORE | U | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Rolvenden, Kent | |
| Eliza MOORE | U | 34 | F | Inmate | Pauper | Rolvenden, Kent | |
| George MOORE | U | 7 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Rolvenden, Kent | |
| Henry MOORE | U | 14 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Rolvenden, Kent | |
| John MOORE | U | 70 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Rolvenden, Kent | |
| Sarah MOORE | U | 4 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Rolvenden, Kent | |
| William MOORE | U | 23 | M | Inmate | Pauper | Imbecile | Hove, Kent |
| John NYE | W | 92 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Kennardington, Kent | |
| Robert OLIVER | W | 80 | M | Inmate | Labourer | High Halden, Kent | |
| Sarah PAINE | U | 70 | F | Inmate | Pauper | Biddenden, Kent | |
| Alfred PILBEAM | U | 15 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Biddenden, Kent | |
| Henry PILBEAM | U | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Biddenden, Kent | |
| Mary A. POWELL | W | 50 | F | Inmate | Pauper | London, Middlesex | |
| William REEVE | W | 75 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Tenterden, Kent | |
| George REYNOLDS | U | 47 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Tenterden, Kent | |
| Caroline RICHARDSON | W | 66 | F | Inmate | Pauper | Tenterden, Kent | |
| John RICHARDSON | U | 43 | M | Inmate | Labourer | St Marys, Kent | |
| Mary SHELTON | W | 74 | F | Inmate | Pauper | Fairfield, Kent | |
| Annie SHEPHERD | U | 11 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Appledore, Kent | |
| Charlotte SHEPHERD | U | 13 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Appledore, Kent | |
| Grace SHEPHERD | U | 10 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Appledore, Kent | |
| Thomas SIBBLE | U | 59 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Tenterden, Kent | |
| John SIMS | U | 80 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Wittersham, Kent | |
| Naomi STANDEN | W | 74 | F | Inmate | Pauper | Wittersham, Kent | |
| William STEDMAN | U | 84 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Tenterden, Kent | |
| George THWAITES | W | 84 | M | Inmate | Wheelwright | Ha Hurst, Kent | |
| William TURNER | M | 69 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | Wye, Kent | |
| Thomas VANE | U | 40 | M | Inmate | Lab ((Servant)) (Dom) | Biddenden, Kent | |
| Richard VELVICK | W | 75 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Woodchurch, Kent | |
| John WEST | U | 17 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Tenterden, Kent | |
| William WIGHTWICK | W | 73 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Tenterden, Kent | |
| Caroline WILDISH | M | 75 | F | Inmate | Pauper | Hunton ((Tenterden)), Kent | |
| James WILDISH | M | 76 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Biddenden, Kent | |
| Mary A. WILDISH | M | 44 | F | Inmate | Pauper | Biddenden ((...)), Kent | |
| John WILES | U | 61 | M | Vagrant | Labourer | Cork, Ireland | |
| George WILLIAMS | U | 41 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Brighton, Sussex | |
| Richard WILLIS | U | 59 | M | Inmate | Labourer | Canterbury, Kent | |
| Joseph WINBOURNE | U | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Tenterden, Kent | |
| Matilda WINBOURNE | U | 48 | F | Inmate | Pauper | Imbecile | Tenterden, Kent |
| George WINSER | U | 15 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Dartford, Kent | |
| Sarah WOOD | U | 50 | F | Inmate | Pauper | Tenterden, Kent |
Total residents: 124
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