1881 Census: Residents of Thorne Workhouse, Union Lane, Thorne, York
| Name | Mar | Age | Sex | Relation | Occupation | Handicap | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | |||||||
| Samuel C. SPEEDY | W | 65 | M | Head | Master Of Workhouse | Whitby, York | |
| Frances S. WILSON | W | 65 | F | Matron | Matron Of Workhouse | Manchester, Lancashire | |
| Jane CANNON | U | 31 | F | Schoolmistress | Teacher | London, Middlesex | |
| Harriet WOOD | W | 40 | F | Servant | Nurse | Thorne, York | |
| Michael ROBINSON | U | 67 | M | Serv | House Porter | Gowdall, York | |
| Hannah WILLIAMSON | U | 42 | F | Serv | Cook (Domestic Servant) | Howden, York | |
| Inmates | |||||||
| John ALLEN | U | 34 | M | Vagrant | House Painter | Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland | |
| Agnes ALSOP | 15 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Thorne, York | ||
| Elizabeth ALSOP | U | 34 | F | Inmate | Housemaid (Domestic Servant) | ||
| George BAKER | U | 24 | M | Vagrant | Bricklayers Labourer | Liverpool, Lancashire | |
| Benjamin BALDERSON | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Crowle, Lincoln | ||
| Frederick BALDERSON | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Crowle, Lincoln | ||
| Charles BASSONDALE | U | 50 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Labourer | Belton, Lincoln | |
| Joseph BELDORM | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Stainforth, York | ||
| George W. BELLWOOD | 3m | M | Inmate | Hatfield, York | |||
| Rhoda BELLWOOD | M | 24 | F | Inmate | No Occupation | Sykehouse, York | |
| Selina W. BELLWOOD | 2 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Hatfield, York | ||
| Thomas BELLWOOD | M | 26 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | Sykehouse, York | |
| Walter BELLWOOD | 3 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Hatfield, York | ||
| Thomas BLACK | U | 76 | M | Inmate | Farmer (No Occ) | Wheatley, Nottingham | |
| Matthew BLACKBURN | W | 67 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Labourer No Occup | Epworth, Lincoln | |
| Arthur BRAMHAM | 3 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Thorne, York | ||
| Harriet BRAMHAM | 9 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Thorne, York | ||
| John H. BRAMHAM | 7 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Thorne, York | ||
| Jemima BROWN | 12 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Belton, Lincoln | ||
| John BURCHBY | M | 75 | M | Inmate | Joiner No Occupation | Crowle, Lincoln | |
| Ada BUTTERFIELD | 10 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Wroot, Lincoln | ||
| Charles BUTTERFIELD | 2 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Wroot, Lincoln | ||
| George W. BUTTERFIELD | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Wroot, Lincoln | ||
| Robert BUTTERFIELD | 6 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Wroot, Lincoln | ||
| Sarah A. BUTTERFIELD | 4 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Wroot, Lincoln | ||
| Joseph CANE | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Thorne, York | ||
| Elizabeth CLARKE | U | 81 | F | Inmate | Housemaid Domestic Servant | Epworth, Lincoln | |
| Alice COCKING | 13 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Eastoft, Lincoln | ||
| Edward COCKING | 7 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Thorne, York | ||
| Elizabeth COCKING | U | 36 | F | Inmate | General Servant (Dom) | Eastoft, Lincoln | |
| John H. COCKING | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Eastoft, York | ||
| Peter COCKRANE | M | 65 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Labourer (No Occ) | Epworth, Lincoln | |
| Elizabeth DENBY | W | 76 | F | Inmate | No Occupation | Sykehouse, York | |
| Harriet DENT | W | 72 | F | Inmate | No Occupation | Bolton, Lincoln | |
| Joseph DOWNING | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Thorne, York | ||
| Betsy DRURY | U | 52 | F | Inmate | No Occupation | Hatfield, York | |
| Elizabeth DUCKER | 12 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Belton, Lincoln | ||
| Jesse DUCKER | 4 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Belton, Lincoln | ||
| Teresa DUCKER | 7 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Belton, Lincoln | ||
| Betsy FIELDS | 7 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Thorne, York | ||
| Selina FIELDS | 9 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Thorne, York | ||
| Thomas FLETCHER | W | 88 | M | Inmate | Waterman | Thorne, York | |
| Elizabeth FOWLER | U | 18 | F | Inmate | Housemaid (Domestic Servant) | Crowle, Lincoln | |
| Ruth FOWLER | 2m | F | Inmate | Thorne, York | |||
| David FRETWELL | M | 78 | M | Inmate | Farm Servant (No Occ) | Wroot, Lincoln | |
| George GIBSON | U | 23 | M | Vagrant | Bricklayers Labourer | London, Middlesex | |
| Henry GLEW | U | 30 | M | Inmate | Blind | Fishlake, York | |
| Thomas HARPER | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Hatfield, York | ||
| Robert HILL | W | 90 | M | Inmate | Farmer (No Occ) | Sutton, York | |
| Fred HODGSON | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Crowle, Lincoln | ||
| Martha HODGSON | 4 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Crowle, Lincoln | ||
| George HORSEFIELD | U | 54 | M | Inmate | Pork Butcher | Garthorpe, York | |
| John JOHNSON | M | 77 | M | Inmate | Waterman (No Occup) | Imbecile | Stainforth, York |
| George LOCKWOOD | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Amcotts, Lincoln | ||
| James MARTIN | U | 40 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Labourer | Dublin Dublin | |
| Solomon MAW | M | 72 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker No Occupation | Crowle, Lincoln | |
| William J. MINTON | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Crowle, Lincoln | ||
| Albert NICHOLSON | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Thorne, York | ||
| Charles NICHOLSON | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Epworth, Lincoln | ||
| Edith A. NICHOLSON | 15 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Epworth, Lincoln | ||
| Margaret NICHOLSON | 12 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Epworth, Lincoln | ||
| William NICHOLSON | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Epworth, Lincoln | ||
| Sarah A. ORFORD | U | 50 | F | Inmate | Pedlar (Hawker) | Epworth, Lincoln | |
| William PARKINSON | U | 56 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Labourer | Sykehouse, York | |
| Jonathan PICKHAUER | U | 42 | M | Inmate | No Occupation | Lunatic | Crowle, Lincoln |
| Frank POPPLEWELL | 14 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Althorpe, Lincoln | ||
| Mary A. POPPLEWELL | 16 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Belton, Lincoln | ||
| Eliza A. POSKITT | U | 36 | F | Inmate | General Servant (Dom) | Thorne, York | |
| Mary POSKITT | M | 59 | F | Inmate | No Occupation | Fishlake, York | |
| Jabez PROUDLY | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Belton, Lincoln | ||
| Jane PROUDLY | W | 66 | F | Inmate | No Occupation | Belton, Lincoln | |
| Rose READ | 12 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Epworth, Lincoln | ||
| Ada REVILL | 13 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Crowle, Lincoln | ||
| Joseph RICHARDSON | W | 58 | M | Inmate | Farm Servant (Agl) | Thorne, York | |
| Betsy RIGGLE | 15 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Belton, Lincoln | ||
| Dinah RIMINGTON | U | 55 | F | Inmate | No Occupation | Epworth, Lincoln | |
| Hannah ROSS | W | 76 | F | Inmate | No Occupation | Pocklington, York | |
| George SMITH | M | 85 | M | Inmate | Brickmaker No Occ | Epworth, Lincoln | |
| Mary SMITH | M | 74 | F | Inmate | No Occupation | Althorpe, Lincoln | |
| George STANIFORTH | M | 75 | M | Inmate | Blacksmith No Occupation | Crowle, Lincoln | |
| George SWEETING | 16 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Thorne, York | ||
| Joseph SWEETING | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Thorne, York | ||
| Alice TAYLOR | 13 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Epworth, Lincoln | ||
| Charles TAYLOR | 15 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Epworth, Lincoln | ||
| Annie THORPE | 13 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Belton, Lincoln | ||
| John WAITE | M | 17 | M | Inmate | Agricultural Labourer | Epworth, Lincoln | |
| Henry WARD | 16 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Epworth, Lincoln | ||
| Sarah WATKIN | 14 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Amcotts, York | ||
| William WATKIN | W | 70 | M | Inmate | Farmer | Althorpe, Lincoln | |
| Martha WATSON | W | 78 | F | Inmate | No Occupation | Belton, Lincoln | |
| William C. WHEATER | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Sykehouse, York | ||
| Ellen WILDBORE | U | 48 | F | Inmate | No Occupation | Althorpe, Lincoln | |
| Elizabeth WILSON | W | 75 | F | Inmate | No Occupation | Belton, Lincoln | |
| Elizabeth WREFOLE | U | 48 | F | Inmate | No Occupation | Blind | Eastoft, Lincoln |
| Esther WREFOLE | U | 64 | F | Inmate | No Occupation | Lunatic | Belton, Lincoln |
Total residents: 101
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