1881 Census: Residents of Union Workhouse, Briercliffe Road, Burnley, Lancashire
Name Mar Age Sex Relation Occupation Handicap Birthplace
Staff
Thomas BIBBY M 45 M Head Master Of Workhouse Wyresdale, Lancashire
Mary Ann BIBBY M 47 F Wife Matron (Munic) Yealand, Lancashire
Mary Ann BUSH U 24 F Servant Milnthorpe, Westmorland
Jane BUSH U 18 F Servant Milnthorpe, Westmorland
James CAMERON M 37 M (Head) Porter Edinburgh, Scotland
Sarah Ann CAMERON M 35 F Wife Nurse (Munic) Newport, Monmouth
John Charles WOOD U 63 M Masters Clerk Highbrake Huncoat, Lancashire
Alice DIBWORTH M 47 F Visitor Farmers Wife Wyresdale, Lancashire
Inmates
Joseph ABBOTT U 67 M Inmate Imbecile
Ann ALMOND W 42 F Inmate Dom Servt Housekeeper Marsden, Lancashire
Elizabeth ARCHER 25 F Inmate Imbecile
Esther ASHWORTH W 48 F Inmate Cotton Weaver Grassington, York
Jane ASHWORTH W 62 F Inmate Charwoman Accrington, Lancashire
Timothy ASPINALL W 59 M Inmate Foundry Labourer Bolton, Lancashire
George ASTIN W 67 M Inmate Boatman Burnley, Lancashire
Ann BALDWIN W 68 F Inmate Charwoman Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire
Ellen BANES U 60 F Inmate Cotton Carder Burnley, Lancashire
Mary Jane BANKS U 21 F Inmate Cotton Weaver Burnley, Lancashire
Henry BARLEY W 58 M Inmate Coal Miner Hurst Green, Lancashire
James BARLOW U 53 M Inmate Spindle Maker (S & W) Bolton, Lancashire
John BARTLE M 53 M Inmate Whitesmith Colne, Lancashire
John BATTERSBY M 65 M Inmate Card Room Hand Hindley, Lancashire
John BEATTY W 73 M Inmate Cotton Weaver Wigton, Cumberland
Robert BELL W 68 M Inmate Smallware Hawker Burnley, Lancashire
Ann BENTLEY U 66 F Inmate Imbecile
Mary Ann BERGIN U 50 F Inmate Domestic Servant Ireland
Robert BILLINGTON W 67 M Inmate Block Printer Nottingham
Hartley BLACKBURN W 62 M Inmate Boot Closer Burnley, Lancashire
Joseph BLAIR 6 M Inmate Scholar Preston, Lancashire
Robert BLAKEY 12 M Inmate Scholar Burnley
Thomas BOOTH W 46 M Inmate Clerk Burnley, Lancashire
Jonathan BORCKBANK W 48 M Inmate Farm Labourer Parsonby, Cumberland
Peter BOYLAN W 64 M Inmate Stonemason Ireland
Joseph BRACEWELL W 60 M Inmate Cotton Twister Foulridge, Lancashire
Redman BRACEWELL U 43 M Inmate Cotton Weaver Colne, Lancashire
Richard BRADLEY W 70 M Inmate Tailor Clitheroe, Lancashire
John BRENNAN U 80 M Inmate Labourer Ireland
Roger BRENNAN 4 M Inmate Chorley, Lancashire
Edward BROWN W 69 M Inmate Soldier Ireland
Richard BROXUP W 70 M Inmate Tailor Burnley, Lancashire
William BUCK U 25 M Inmate Imbecile Marsden
Robert BUCKBANK 4 M Inmate Hapton, Lancashire
Edward BURNS 6 M Inmate Scholar Burnley
Elizabeth BURNS 10 F Inmate Blackburn, Lancashire
Elizabeth BURROWS U 17 F Inmate Imbecile Blackburn, Lancashire
Margaret BURROWS U 54 F Inmate Charwoman Burnley
Edward BUTTERWORTH M 56 M Inmate Cotton Spinner Chorley, Lancashire
Thomas CAMPBELL U 36 M Inmate Labourer Ireland
Charles CANE 15 M Inmate Scholar East Indies
George CAPTICK M 53 M Inmate Joiner Colne, Lancashire
Ann CARROLL U 32 F Inmate Cotton Weaver Manchester
Alice CAVANAGH 6m F Inmate Burnley, Lancashire
Ellen CAVANAGH W 31 F Inmate Smallware Hawker Preston, Lancashire
Mary CAVANAGH 5 F Inmate Preston, Lancashire
William CAVANAGH 2 M Inmate Preston, Lancashire
John CHEETHAM M 78 M Inmate Coal Miner St Helens, Lancashire
James CLARKE U 45 M Inmate Sawyer Burnley, Lancashire
Fanny COLE U 34 F Inmate Domestic Servant Stamford, Lincoln
Catherine CONNOR M 42 F Inmate Smallware Hawker Ireland
John CONNOR 10 M Inmate Scholar
James CORBETT M 84 M Inmate Plasterer Bromyard, Hereford
Hannah COTTAM W 45 F Inmate Cotton Spinner Burnley, Lancashire
Mary Ellen COULTER 10 F Inmate
Mary CUNNINGHAM W 74 F Inmate Charwoman Oxford
Thomas DANSON W 69 M Inmate Carter Cartmel, Lancashire
Margaret DAVIES 9 F Inmate Burnley, Lancashire
Ann DAVIS W 68 F Inmate Housekeeper Colne, Lancashire
Jane DAVIS U 23 F Inmate No Occupation Brierfield, Lancashire
Margaret DAVIS W 61 F Inmate Housekeeper At Sea
Thomas DEAN U 36 M Inmate Coal Miner Church, Lancashire
Agnes DICK W 68 F Inmate Housekeeper Scotland
Ann DRENNAN M 35 F Inmate Rover In Cotton Mill Ireland
James DRIVER M 46 M Inmate Cotton Weaver Brierfield, Lancashire
Robert DRIVER U 58 M Inmate Cotton Carder Barrowford, Lancashire
Robert DUCKWORTH U 50 M Inmate Labourer Tunstal, York
Richard DUERDEN U 70 M Inmate Cotton Weaver Burnley, Lancashire
William EMMOTT W 84 M Inmate Cotton Weaver Trawden, Lancashire
William FANE 12 M Inmate Scholar Liverpool
James FEERY M 27 M Inmate Smallware Hawker Bolton, Lancashire
Nicholas FLETCHER U 64 M Inmate Blind Burnley
William FLETCHER U 35 M Inmate Imbecile Briercliffe, Lancashire
John Thos. FLYNN 6 M Inmate
Mary FLYNN W 34 F Inmate Cotton Spinner Sligo, Ireland
Margaret FOSTER W 66 F Inmate Housekeeper Scotland
Ann GIBSON U 58 F Inmate Cotton Carder Burnley, Lancashire
Ann GLEESON U 46 F Inmate Domestic Servant Ireland
Elizabeth GOULDEN W 63 F Inmate Housekeeper (Dom Ser) Ireland
Thomas GRANT W 50 M Inmate Joiner Banbury, Oxford
Elizabeth GREEN U 22 F Inmate Cotton Weaver Preston
Hartley GREENWOOD U 74 M Inmate Cotton Twister Roughlee, Lancashire
Levi GREENWOOD U 43 M Inmate Cotton Weaver Imbecile Lancaster
William GREENWOOD U 58 M Inmate Draper Ekley, Hereford
Ann GRIMSHAW W 68 F Inmate Housekeeper Winewall, Lancashire
William Cooper HAIGHTON U 25 M Inmate Imbecile
Michael HALEY W 75 M Inmate Labourer Ireland
Elizabeth HALLAS M 61 F Inmate Housekeeper (Dom Ser) Warrington, Lancashire
John HALSTEAD U 44 M Inmate Imbecile
Thomas HARDY W 62 M Inmate Blacksmith Ireland
James HARGREAVES W 72 M Inmate Coal Miner Blackburn, Lancashire
Mary HARGREAVES U 29 F Inmate Domestic Servant Burnley, Lancashire
William HARGREAVES U 61 M Inmate Cotton Spinner Preston, Lancashire
Ann HARKER W 65 F Inmate Housekeeper Burnley, Lancashire
Mathias HARRISON W 66 M Inmate Carter Reedley Hollows, Lancashire
Thomas HARRISON W 39 M Inmate Boiler Maker Bolton, Lancashire
Elizabeth HARTLEY M 27 F Inmate Domestic Servant Liverpool, Lancashire
Henry HARTLEY U 88 M Inmate Labourer Barley, Lancashire
James HARTLEY U 58 M Inmate Cotton Weaver Imbecile Thornton, York
James HARTLEY W 72 M Inmate Soldier Chelsea Pensioner Barrowford, Lancashire
Martha Ann HARTLEY 4m F Inmate Burnley Workhouse
William HARTLEY M 38 M Inmate Basket Maker Blind Marsden, Lancashire
George HAWORTH U 61 M Inmate Spindlemaker Burnley, Lancashire
Margaret HAWORTH M 63 F Inmate Winewall, Lancashire
William HAWORTH U 60 M Inmate Boatman Imbecile Marsden, Lancashire
Richard HEAP M 58 M Inmate Cotton Weaver Padiham, Lancashire
William HEATON W 56 M Inmate Labourer Bentham, York
John Wm. HEY 9 M Inmate Scholar
Samuel HODGSON W 47 M Inmate Foundry Labourer Bingley, York
Edward HOGG W 60 M Inmate Joiner
Samuel HOLMES 1 F Inmate Burnley Workhouse
William HOPWOOD 52 M Inmate Quarryman (2) Marsden, Lancashire
Martha HORNER W 70 F Inmate Cotton Winder Hapton, Lancashire
Henry HOUGHTON U 35 M Inmate Imbecile
John HOWLEY W 71 M Inmate Smallware Hawker Ireland
Ann INGHAM W 77 F Inmate Cotton Weaver Hapton, Lancashire
John JACKSON U 60 M Inmate Coal Miner
Luke JACKSON W 50 M Inmate Cotton Weaver Haslingden, Lancashire
Sarah Ann JESSOP U 38 F Inmate Domestic Servant Attleboro, Norfolk
James JONES M 70 M Inmate Plasterer Liverpool
Mary Ann KAY U 34 F Inmate Cotton Weaver Catterall, Lancashire
Thomas KAY 1 M Inmate Preston, Lancashire
Maria KELLY W 25 F Inmate Domestic Servant Ireland
William KELLY 4 M Inmate Sch Eccles, Lancashire
John KENDAL U 72 M Inmate Farm Servant Colne, Lancashire
Bridget KENNEDY W 68 F Inmate Housekeeper Ireland
Ellen KETTLE W 79 F Inmate Pipe Finisher Horwich, Cheshire
Richard Charles LANGFORD U 18 M Inmate Doffer In Cotton Factory Imbecile Cornwall
Ann LATHAM U 21 F Inmate Imbecile Manchester
John LAWSON U 56 M Inmate Imbecile Trawden, Lancashire
Margaret LAYCOCK U 46 F Inmate Imbecile
Nancy LEE 3 F Inmate Burnley, Lancashire
Amelia LONGLEY M 25 F Inmate Rover In Cotton Mill Bolton, Lancashire
Arthur LYONS 7 M Inmate Scholar Burnley
Ellen Ann MALONEY 10 F Inmate Burnley, Lancashire
Anthony MANLEY 9 M Inmate
David MARSHALL 7 M Inmate Burnley, Lancashire
Joseph MARSHALL 12 M Inmate Scholar Burnley, Lancashire
Thomas MARSHALL U 23 M Inmate Chimney Sweep Burnley, Lancashire
Elizabeth Ann MATTOCK U 20 F Inmate Domestic Serv Burnley, Lancashire
James MATTOCK 1 M Inmate Burnley Workhouse
Samuel MCCUBBIN W 71 M Inmate Gardener Scotland
Phobe MCGLENN 4 F Inmate
Roger MCGLENN 4 M Inmate Sch
Thomas MCGLENN 8 M Inmate Burnley, Lancashire
Margaret MCGUISE U 17 F Inmate Cotton Weaver Halshaw Moor, Lancashire
Margaret MCINTYRE 5 F Inmate
Mary MCINTYRE 9 F Inmate Liverpool, Lancashire
James Henry MOORE 8 M Inmate Burnley, Lancashire
Margaret MOORE W 68 F Inmate Housekeeper Ireland
William MOORE 3m M Inmate Colne, Lancashire
Patrick MORRISON 10 M Inmate Scholar Burnley, Lancashire
James MURTAGH W 65 M Inmate Labourer Ireland
Mark MYERS W 70 M Inmate Cotton Carder Preston
Mary MYERS M 30 F Inmate Cotton Weaver Burnley, Lancashire
Mary NEWSHAM W 64 F Inmate Housekeeper (Dom Ser) Whitehaven, Cumberland
Joseph NEWSHOLME W 48 M Inmate Cotton Weaver Burnley, Lancashire
Sarah NIGHTINGALE 43 F Inmate Imbecile
John NUTTER M 63 M Inmate Cotton Weaver Burnley, Lancashire
Michael O'BRIEN 9 M Inmate
Anne O'NEILL 2 F Inmate Burnley, Lancashire
Ellen O'NEILL 8 F Inmate Burnley, Lancashire
Maria O'NEILL M 32 F Inmate Cotton Spinner Ireland
John ORMEROD W 50 M Inmate Labourer Burnley, Lancashire
Catherine PATE W 64 F Inmate Cotton Winder Padiham, Lancashire
Henry PATE U 70 M Inmate Farm Labourer Higham, Lancashire
William PERCIVAL U 35 M Inmate Imbecile Knutsford, Cheshire
Hargreaves PETTY W 72 M Inmate Cotton Weaver Colne, Lancashire
Ellen PICKLES 57 F Inmate Imbecile
Mary PICKLES W 84 F Inmate Housekeeper Lancashire
Sarah PICKLES 56 F Inmate Imbecile
Jane PILLING U 44 F Inmate Imbecile Padiham
Nicholas PILLING U 66 M Inmate Imbecile Padiham
John PLATT W 62 M Inmate Labourer Higham, Lancashire
John Wm. PRICE 12 M Inmate Scholar Barrowford, Lancashire
Hugh QUIGLEY U 24 M Inmate Cotton Weaver Carlisle
Robert RIGBY U 28 M Inmate Engine Mechanic (E & M) Over Darwen, Lancashire
Deborah RILEY W 45 F Inmate Tailoress Ireland
John RILEY 10 M Inmate Scholar India
Methusaleh RILEY 9 M Inmate Scholar Padiham, Lancashire
William RILEY 5 M Inmate Scholar East Indies
John ROBINSON U 71 M Inmate Cotton Weaver Roughlee, Lancashire
John ROBINSON U 40 M Inmate Coal Miner Imbecile Colne, Lancashire
Letitia Ann ROBINSON W 84 F Inmate Housekeeper Ireland
Thos. RUSSELL 14 M Inmate Scholar India
William SANDERSON W 54 M Inmate Marble Mason Lancaster, Lancashire
Margaret SAWLEY M 63 F Inmate Dom Ser Colne, Lancashire
Robert SEED M 65 M Inmate Iron Moulder Preston, Lancashire
Joseph Howe SETTLE U 32 M Inmate Musician Manchester, Lancashire
George Henry SHEPHERD U 24 M Inmate Labourer Rochdale, Lancashire
Amelia SHOESMITH U 19 F Inmate Imbecile Barrowford, Lancashire
Sarah SHOESMITH U 34 F Inmate Cotton Weaver Imbecile Trawden, Lancashire
William SHORROCK U 66 M Inmate Cotton Spinner Longridge, Lancashire
Ann SHUTT W 83 F Inmate Leeds, York
Whittaker SIMPSON W 64 M Inmate Cotton Twister Burnley, Lancashire
Joseph SISTER W 49 M Inmate Stone Mason Halifax, York
Agnes SMITH U 16 F Inmate Domestic Servant Burnley, Lancashire
Clara SMITH 3 F Inmate Burnley
Elizabeth SMITH M 38 F Inmate Housekeeper Imbecile Liverpool
Hannah SMITH U 32 F Inmate Cotton Weaver Heywood, Lancashire
Henry SMITH 12 M Inmate Padiham, Lancashire
Henry SMITH U 62 M Inmate Skinner Colne, Lancashire
James SMITH 2 M Inmate Padiham, Lancashire
Jane SMITH 1 F Inmate Burnley Workhouse
Jane SMITH M 30 F Inmate Housekeeper (Dom) Huntingdon
John SMITH M 62 M Inmate Labourer Burnley
Joshua SMITH U 75 M Inmate Blacksmith Burnley, Lancashire
Peter SMITH U 51 M Inmate Labourer Ireland
Sarah Ann SMITH U 14 F Inmate Steeton, York
Sarah SMITH 7 F Inmate Padiham, Lancashire
John SOCKETT U 36 M Inmate Cotton Carder Scotland
Alice SPENCER M 45 F Inmate Cotton Weaver Blackburn, Lancashire
Joseph STANSFIELD U 80 M Inmate Farmer Colne, Lancashire
Benjamin STANWORTH U 60 M Inmate Cotton Weaver Worsthorne, Lancashire
Ellen STEVENSON U 23 F Inmate No Occupation Padiham, Lancashire
Robert STEWART W 63 M Inmate Model Maker Scotland
Elizabeth Ellen SUMNER 1 F Inmate Burnley Workhouse
Frances SUMNER U 20 F Inmate Rover In Cotton Mill Preston, Lancashire
Henry SWANN 13 M Inmate Scholar Karachee, India
Margaret SWANN M 50 F Inmate Housekeeper Dom Ireland
William SWANN 8 M Inmate Scholar Aldershott
Thomas SWEENEY 65 M Inmate Labourer Imbecile Ireland
Alice TATTERSALL U 32 F Inmate Cotton Weaver Burnley, Lancashire
Mary TATTERSALL U 51 F Inmate Cotton Weaver Imbecile Brierfield, Lancashire
Sarah TATTERSALL U 71 F Inmate Cotton Weaver Marsden, Lancashire
William TATTERSALL W 80 M Inmate Cotton Spinner Burnley, Lancashire
Ann TAYLOR U 28 F Inmate Cotton Weaver Burnley, Lancashire
Annie TAYLOR 9 F Inmate
Edward TAYLOR U 35 M Inmate Bread Baker Accrington, Lancashire
James TAYLOR U 34 M Inmate Imbecile Burnley
James TAYLOR U 63 M Inmate Engine Tenter Burnley, Lancashire
Joseph TAYLOR 10 M Inmate Scholar Burnley
Mary TAYLOR W 72 F Inmate Housekeeper Broughton, York
Sarah Ann TAYLOR U 32 F Inmate Cotton Weaver Colne, Lancashire
Susannah THISTLETHWAITE W 66 F Inmate Cotton Weaver Marsden, Lancashire
Robert THORNBER U 80 M Inmate Cotton Carder Burnley, Lancashire
James THORNTON W 78 M Inmate Carter Colne, Lancashire
Mary TOWERS W 39 F Inmate Housekeeper Holyhead, Wales
Thomas TOWNSEND U 61 M Inmate Cotton Weaver Macclesfield, Cheshire
Mary TURNER U 74 F Inmate Charwoman Newchurch, Lancashire
Margaret TYSON W 70 F Inmate Housekeeper Ulverston, Lancashire
Ephraim UMPLEBY U 18 M Inmate Cotton Weaver Trawden, Lancashire
Jane UMPLEBY U 50 F Inmate Cotton Weaver Trawden, Lancashire
William VARLEY U 63 M Inmate Cotton Weaver Colne, Lancashire
Richard WADDINGTON U 59 M Inmate Imbecile Colne
Luke WAINMAN U 60 M Inmate Labourer Colne, Lancashire
Thomas WALKDEN W 59 M Inmate Cotton Weaver Over Darwen, Lancashire
James WALKER U 35 M Inmate Cotton Spinner Imbecile Burnley
Ann WARD W 72 F Inmate Housekeeper London, London, Middlesex
George WATERHOUSE U 73 M Inmate Cotton Weaver Wheatley Lane, Lancashire
Henry WEBSTER U 68 M Inmate Deaf & Dumb Padiham, Lancashire
Andrew WHALLEY U 40 M Inmate Labourer Padiham, Lancashire
Thomas WHIPP U 59 M Inmate Cotton Weaver Barley, Lancashire
Peter WHITEHEAD U 64 M Inmate Cotton Weaver Cliviger, Lancashire
William WHITTAKER W 48 M Inmate Cotton Weaver Bolton, Lancashire
William WHITTAKER U 48 M Inmate Imbecile Colne
James WHITTAM M 48 M Inmate Labourer Burnley, Lancashire
Peggy WHITTAM U 62 F Inmate Dom Servt Housekeeper Colne, Lancashire
James WHITTINGHAM M 55 M Inmate Joiner Padiham, Lancashire
Benjamin WILCOCK U 78 M Inmate Block Printer Chorley, Lancashire
Charles WILKINSON 13 M Inmate Scholar Burnley, Lancashire
Henry WILKINSON U 55 M Inmate Cotton Weaver Earby, York
James WILKINSON 5 M Inmate Scholar Rawtenstall, Lancashire
John WILKINSON U 55 M Inmate Imbecile Burnley
Ann WILLIAMS U 44 F Inmate Domestic Servant Holywell, Wales
Thomas WILLIAMS U 17 M Inmate Labourer
William WILLIAMS 11 M Inmate Scholar Cornwall
Elizabeth WILSON W 71 F Inmate Housekeeper Ulverston
Nancy WILSON W 81 F Inmate Housekeeper (Dom Ser) Burnley, Lancashire
Nancy WILSON U 16 F Inmate Cotton Weaver Marsden, Lancashire
Starkie WILSON W 78 M Inmate House Painter Burnley, Lancashire
John WOOD W 72 M Inmate Tinsmith Rawtenstall, Lancashire
Thomas WOODWARD W 76 M Inmate Cotton Weaver Heaton, Lancashire
William YATES U 37 M Inmate Labourer Halifax, York
William YATES W 66 M Inmate Engine Mechanic Burnley, Lancashire
Total residents: 283
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