1881 Census: Residents of West Ashford Union Workhouse, Westwell, Kent
| Name | Mar | Age | Sex | Relation | Occupation | Handicap | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | |||||||
| John T. JONES | M | 57 | M | Head | Master Of Workhouse | Plumstead, Kent | |
| Frances E. JONES | M | 52 | F | Wife | Matron Of Workhouse | Ballinrobe, Ireland | |
| Constance JONES | U | 27 | F | Daur | Masters Daughter | Westwell, Kent | |
| Mary MARSH | U | 30 | F | Niece | Estate Agents Daughter | Ramsgate, Kent | |
| Frederick DAVIES | M | 32 | M | Officer | Porter & Taskmaster | Newcastle, Northumberland | |
| John STEVENS | W | 81 | M | Officer | (Pauper) | Pluckley, Kent | |
| Helen DAVIES | M | 20 | F | Officer | Schoolmistress | Nova Scotia, America | |
| Charlotte EVANS | M | 58 | F | Officer | Nurse | Beckleigh, Devon | |
| Inmates | |||||||
| Alfred ALLEN | U | 32 | M | Inmate | Coach Maker | Ashford, Kent | |
| Louisa ARTHUR | U | 22 | F | Inmate | Great Chart, Kent | ||
| Thomas AUSTIN | U | 59 | M | Inmate | General Lab | Tenterden, Kent | |
| Frank BAKER | U | 28 | M | Inmate | Pauper | Imbecile | Ashford, Kent |
| Robert BARNES | U | 63 | M | Inmate | General Lab | Canterbury, Kent | |
| Jarvis BEECHING | U | 32 | M | Inmate | Bricklayers Lab | Ashford, Kent | |
| Albert BETTS | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Charing, Kent | ||
| Frderick BETTS | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Leaton Westwell, Kent | ||
| Percy BETTS | 7 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Leaton Westwell, Kent | ||
| William BETTS | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Charing, Kent | ||
| James BINGHAM | W | 62 | M | Inmate | General Lab | Ashford, Kent | |
| Mary BIRD | U | 62 | F | Inmate | Dressmaker | Ashford, Kent | |
| George BRITTER | U | 70 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Deaf | |
| William BULL | U | 30 | M | Inmate | Thatcher | Ashford, Kent | |
| Peter BURTON | W | 86 | M | Inmate | Boughton Aluph, Kent | ||
| Nancy BUTCHER | U | 30 | M | Inmate | General Lab | Ashford, Kent | |
| Alfred CAREY | M | 44 | M | Inmate | Ashford, Kent | ||
| Harriett CAREY | U | 31 | F | Inmate | Daur Of Alfred Carey | Westwell, Kent | |
| Sarah CASKETT | U | 39 | F | Inmate | Charwoman | Charing, Kent | |
| William CASKETT | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Westwell, Kent | ||
| Harriett CLIMPSON | W | 70 | F | Inmate | Shoemakers Wid | Chichester, Sussex | |
| Charlotte COOK | U | 46 | F | Inmate | Domestic (Cook) | Charing, Kent | |
| Emma COWELL | U | 21 | F | Inmate | Domestic Housemaid | Bethersden, Kent | |
| Ernest COWELL | 7m | M | Inmate | Bethersden, Kent | |||
| William CRAMP | W | 79 | M | Inmate | Carpenter | Hothfield, Kent | |
| Emily CRITTLE | 12 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Smarden, Kent | ||
| Olive CRITTLE | 5 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Smarden, Kent | ||
| John CROUCHER | W | 76 | M | Inmate | General Lab | Westwell, Kent | |
| John DAWSON | U | 75 | M | Inmate | General Lab | Headcorn, Kent | |
| Sarah DILLON | M | 69 | F | Inmate | Hawker (Pauper) | Plymouth, Devon | |
| Enoch DOUGHTY | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Appledore, Kent | ||
| Oliver DOUGHTY | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Canterbury, Kent | ||
| Rose DOUGHTY | 14 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Throwley, Kent | ||
| Walter DOUGHTY | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Canterbury, Kent | ||
| Stephen DRAY | U | 39 | M | Inmate | Kingsnorth, Kent | ||
| George EDNEY | W | 75 | M | Inmate | Dyer | Ashford, Kent | |
| Sarah FIELD | W | 38 | F | Inmate | Tailoress | Yeovil, Somerset | |
| Thomas GILBERT | U | 56 | M | Inmate | General Lab | Smarden, Kent | |
| Edith GILHAM | 12 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Ashford, Kent | ||
| Richard GILHAM | U | 84 | M | Inmate | General Lab | Littlebourne, Kent | |
| William GILHAM | 8 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Ashford, Kent | ||
| Mary GLOVER | W | 78 | F | Inmate | General Labs Wid | Westwell, Kent | |
| George GREAHOUSE | U | 81 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Dorking, Surrey | |
| Emily GRIGGS | 2 | F | Inmate | Battle, Sussex | |||
| Esther GRIGGS | 41 | F | Inmate | Tailoress | Margate, Kent | ||
| James GRIGGS | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Canterbury, Kent | ||
| Sarah GRIGGS | W | 6 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Canterbury, Kent | |
| Alice GURR | 6 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Egerton, Kent | ||
| Joseph HARKSTAFF | U | 76 | M | Inmate | Ashford, Kent | ||
| James HARVEY | U | 71 | M | Inmate | General Lab | Sarr, Kent | |
| James HARVEY | W | 67 | M | Inmate | General Lab | Ipswich, Suffolk | |
| Albert HEATHFIELD | 5 | M | Inmate | Scholar (Pauper) | Westwell, Kent | ||
| Alice HEATHFIELD | 14 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Westwell, Kent | ||
| Arthur HEATHFIELD | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar (Pauper) | Westwell, Kent | ||
| Elizabeth HEATHFIELD | 1m | F | Inmate | Westwell, Kent | |||
| Ernest HEATHFIELD | 2 | M | Inmate | Westwell, Kent | |||
| George HEATHFIELD | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Westwell, Kent | ||
| Maria HEATHFIELD | M | 38 | F | Inmate | Ag Lab Wifew | Bethersden, Kent | |
| William HEATHFIELD | M | 58 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Bethersden, Kent | |
| John HIGHSTEAD | W | 70 | M | Inmate | Shoe Maker | Mersham, Kent | |
| John HILLS | U | 78 | M | Inmate | Butcher | Ashford, Kent | |
| Thomas HILLS | W | 62 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Ashford, Kent | |
| Henry HISTEAD | W | 85 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Egerton, Kent | |
| James HOGHEW | W | 74 | M | Inmate | Tailor | Lyminge, Kent | |
| James HOOK | W | 79 | M | Inmate | Wheelwright | Egerton, Kent | |
| William HOPKINS | U | 52 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Egerton, Kent | |
| Arthur HORTON | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Ashford, Kent | ||
| Mary HORTON | 8 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Ashford, Kent | ||
| Henry HUGHES | W | 76 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Ashford, Kent | |
| Martha HUGHES | U | 22 | F | Inmate | Domestic Housemaid | Hothfield, Kent | |
| John JOHNSON | W | 77 | M | Inmate | General Lab | Bethersden, Kent | |
| John KALLAS | W | 66 | M | Inmate | General Lab | Ashford, Kent | |
| John LARNER | W | 59 | M | Inmate | General Lab | Norwich, Norfolk | |
| Ann LAW | W | 70 | F | Inmate | General Labs Widow | Charing, Kent | |
| Catharine LAYES | W | 41 | F | Inmate | Hawker | Margate, Kent | |
| Jane LEMER | W | 77 | F | Inmate | General Labs Wid | Ashford, Kent | |
| Lester LESTED | W | 74 | M | Inmate | Blacksmith | Wye, Kent | |
| George LUCKHURST | U | 33 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Pluckley, Kent | |
| Mary LUCKHURST | W | 72 | F | Inmate | General Labs Wid | Benenden, Kent | |
| George MILLER | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Ashford, Kent | ||
| George MUMMERY | W | 76 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Wye, Kent | |
| Samuel MUMMERY | W | 72 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Great Chart, Kent | |
| John NOAKES | U | 18 | M | Inmate | General Lab | Whistable, Kent | |
| Edward OVENDEN | W | 69 | M | Inmate | Gardener | Newchurch, Kent | |
| Victoria PAINE | U | 31 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Hothfield, Kent | |
| Henry PARKER | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Sittingbourne, Kent | ||
| Celia PAYNE | U | 28 | F | Inmate | Pluckley, Kent | ||
| Mary PAYNE | W | 47 | F | Inmate | Hatters Wid | Barnstable, Devon | |
| Catherine PILCHER | U | 71 | F | Inmate | Pauper | Ashford, Kent | |
| George PILCHER | U | 48 | M | Inmate | Bricklayer | Ashford, Kent | |
| Edward PILE | 2 | M | Inmate | Westwell, Kent | |||
| John PILE | 15 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Pluckley, Kent | ||
| Mary PILE | U | 19 | F | Inmate | Housemaid Domestic | Canterbury, Kent | |
| Alfred PORTER | M | 61 | M | Inmate | General Lab | Grafty, Kent | |
| Ann PORTER | M | 50 | F | Inmate | General Lab Wife | Ashford, Kent | |
| Ann RICHARDSON | W | 56 | F | Inmate | Labs Widow | Breuzet, Kent | |
| Mary RUSSELL | U | 57 | F | Inmate | Imbecile | Bethersden, Kent | |
| James SCOTT | U | 64 | M | Inmate | Ashford, Kent | ||
| Margaret SEARLE | U | 77 | F | Inmate | Domestic House Maid | Ashford, Kent | |
| Edmund SHARPE | U | 71 | M | Inmate | General Lab | Egerton, Kent | |
| John SILLS | U | 57 | M | Inmate | Baker | Ashford, Kent | |
| James SKINNER | W | 63 | M | Inmate | Groom | Hothfield, Kent | |
| Joseph SMITH | W | 77 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Levington, Kent | |
| Elizabeth SPENCER | 12 | F | Inmate | Scholar | Egerton, Kent | ||
| John SPENCER | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Egerton, Kent | ||
| Frederick STAMPTON | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Bethersden, Kent | ||
| Edward STANFORD | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Westwell, Kent | ||
| Henry STANFORD | 9 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Westwell, Kent | ||
| William TAYLOR | 25 | M | Inmate | Imbecile | Ashford, Kent | ||
| John THURSBY | U | 75 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | ||
| Dorcas TILBY | W | 85 | F | Inmate | General Labt | Westwell, Kent | |
| William TWITCHALL | U | 42 | M | Inmate | General Lab | Betcham St Pauls, Essex | |
| John UNDERDOWN | W | 89 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Smarden, Kent | |
| Mary UNDERDOWN | U | 18 | F | Inmate | Smarden, Kent | ||
| George VEDGEON | U | 25 | M | Inmate | Gardener | Great Chart, Kent | |
| Thomas WARDLE | U | 63 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Ratby, Leicester | |
| Robert WATSON | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Ivychurch, Kent | ||
| Eliza WEAKES | W | 60 | F | Inmate | Bookeepers Widow | Deal, Kent | |
| Thomas WELLAR | W | 68 | M | Inmate | Trimmers Lab | Ashford, Kent | |
| Susanna WHATTON | U | 47 | F | Inmate | Domestic General | Margate, Kent | |
| Charlotte WHITEHEAD | M | 62 | F | Inmate | Ag Labs Wife | Stanford Le Hope, Essex | |
| John WILLIAM | U | 53 | M | Inmate | Imbecile | Buckingham | |
| Charles WOOD | W | 82 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Headcorn, Kent | |
| James WOOD | U | 71 | M | Inmate | Steam Lab | Richmond, Surrey |
Total residents: 132
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