1881 Census: Her Majesty's Prison, Devizes St John, Wiltshire
| Name | Mar | Age | Sex | Relation | Occupation | Handicap | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | |||||||
| Joseph HOWARD | M | 52 | M | Head | Governor Of Prison | Heaton Norris, Lancashire | |
| Fanny HOWARD | M | 47 | F | Wife | Henge, Derby | ||
| Annie HOWARD | U | 23 | F | Daur | Gorton, Lancashire | ||
| Jessie HOWARD | U | 17 | F | Daur | Gorton, Lancashire | ||
| Catherine ASHTON | 3 | F | Grand Daur | Rusholme, Lancashire | |||
| Henry HARGRAVE | M | 47 | M | Head | Baker & Cook (H M Prison) | Luton, Bedford | |
| Mary A. HARGRAVE | M | 47 | F | Wife | Warderess (H M Prison) | Luton, Bedford | |
| Inmates | |||||||
| Thomas MARSTON | M | 44 | M | Prisoner | Enamelled Slate Worker | Norton, Gloucester | |
| Edward LITTLE | M | 39 | M | Prisoner | Carpenter | Cricklade, Wiltshire | |
| Francis HENBURY | M | 42 | M | Prisoner | Shoe Maker | Wherwell, Hampshire | |
| Robert DREW | U | 32 | M | Prisoner | Soldier | London, Middlesex | |
| George LOWEN | U | 27 | M | Prisoner | Soldier | London, Middlesex | |
| Eliza FIELD | U | 21 | F | Prisoner | Laundress | Oxford | |
| Alfred PONTING | M | 27 | M | Prisoner | Bricklayer | Ramsbury, Wiltshire | |
| William COLE | U | 67 | M | Prisoner | General Labourer | Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire | |
| John DOBSON | U | 26 | M | Prisoner | General Labourer | Rugby, Warwick | |
| Emanuel HICKS | U | 21 | M | Prisoner | Soldier | Tilton, Dorset | |
| Allen CARTER | U | 32 | M | Prisoner | Farm Labourer | West Chillington, Sussex | |
| Frederick DREW | M | 60 | M | Prisoner | Farm Labourer | Trowbridge, Wiltshire | |
| George MATTHEWS | W | 61 | M | Prisoner | Bricklayer | Bristol Bedminster | |
| Charles McEWEN | M | 32 | M | Prisoner (Head) | Chair Mender (Cane) | Newcastle On Tyne | |
| Mary McEWEN | M | 32 | F | Prisoner (Wife) | Hawker | Liverpool, Lancashire | |
| Arthur EAMES | U | 24 | M | Prisoner | Sailor | St Albans, Hertford | |
| Henry TALBOT | U | 23 | M | Prisoner | Masons Labourer | Westbury Leigh, Wiltshire | |
| William EYRES | U | 18 | M | Prisoner | Farm Labourer | Westbury, Wiltshire | |
| Edward WELLMAN | M | 48 | M | Prisoner | General Labourer | Avershot, Dorset | |
| Lovedon BOUCHER | U | 20 | M | Prisoner | Painter | Wantage, Berkshire | |
| William MORLEY | M | 28 | M | Prisoner | General Labourer | Hoddesdon, Hertford | |
| Eliza J. DAVIS | U | 20 | F | Prisoner | Dairymaid (Ag) | Stratton, Wiltshire | |
| Elizabeth DAVIS | U | 22 | F | Prisoner | General Serv | Stratton, Wiltshire | |
| Emily BRITTON | M | 27 | F | Prisoner | Laundress | Castle Eaton, Wiltshire | |
| Orson ROSE | U | 17 | M | Prisoner | Sailor | Ilminster, Somerset | |
| Timothy CLARGO | M | 37 | M | Prisoner | Farm Labourer | Rodbourne Cheney, Wiltshire | |
| John CARTER | U | 32 | M | Prisoner | General Labourer | Malmesbury, Wiltshire | |
| Edward BULL | U | 20 | M | Prisoner | General Labourer | Monkton, Wiltshire | |
| George BERRETT | W | 52 | M | Prisoner | Gardeners Labourer | Steeple Ashton, Wiltshire | |
| Frederick ADAMS | U | 21 | M | Prisoner | Painter | Swindon, Wiltshire | |
| William ROBERTS | M | 51 | M | Prisoner | Bricklayer | Genoa (British Subject), Italy | |
| William REEVES | M | 44 | M | Prisoner | Farm Labourer | Stokes Marsh, Wiltshire | |
| John SMITH | U | 25 | M | Prisoner | Soldier | Hull, York | |
| George MANDE | U | 23 | M | Prisoner | Soldier | Huddersfield, York | |
| Michael MANION | U | 26 | M | Prisoner | Soldier | Bradford, York | |
| Alfred CURTIS | M | 45 | M | Prisoner | Bricklayers Labourer | Warminster, Wiltshire | |
| John BRIEN | U | 62 | M | Prisoner | General Labourer | Callan, Ireland | |
| Thomas M. BELL | U | 20 | M | Prisoner | Bricklayers Labourer | Durley, Wiltshire | |
| Ann HARRIS | M | 30 | F | Prisoner | Hawker | Manchester, Lancashire | |
| William TREBLE | U | 17 | M | Prisoner | Carpenter | Colerne, Wiltshire | |
| Charles PROVIS | M | 36 | M | Prisoner | Agricultural Dealer | Christian Malford, Wiltshire | |
| Louis BONNARD | U | 39 | M | Prisoner | Artist P I | Naturalised British Subject, France | |
| Lilly HAYTER | U | 18 | F | Prisoner | Post Office Letter Carrier | Whiteparish, Wiltshire | |
| Thomas SMITH | U | 17 | M | Prisoner | Horse Dealer | Lansdown, Somerset | |
| William BRINKWORTH | M | 40 | M | Prisoner | Baker | Lacock, Wiltshire | |
| James STAGG | U | 22 | M | Prisoner | Soldier | Burbage, Wiltshire | |
| Thomas ROSE | U | 23 | M | Prisoner | Soldier | Norwich, Norfolk | |
| Mary A. BROOKS | M | 48 | F | Prisoner | Laundress | Devizes, Wiltshire | |
| Joseph BAILEY | U | 18 | M | Prisoner | Farm Labourer | Hawkeridge, Wiltshire | |
| John BAILEY | U | 26 | M | Prisoner | Farm Labourer | Westbury, Wiltshire | |
| James MASON | U | 21 | M | Prisoner | Soldier | Crenley, Hereford | |
| William HARTLAND | U | 23 | M | Prisoner | Soldier | Worcester | |
| George BROWN | U | 20 | M | Prisoner | Soldier | Marlborough, Wiltshire | |
| Joseph GLADWIN | M | 34 | M | Prisoner | Marine Store Dealer | Crookham, Somerset | |
| Silas GRAYER | M | 58 | M | Prisoner | Shoe Maker | New Forest, Hampshire | |
| Robert JENNER | M | 63 | M | Prisoner | General Labourer | Bremhill, Wiltshire | |
| Stephen SIMPKINS | U | 20 | M | Prisoner | Farm Labourer | Calne, Wiltshire | |
| Patrick GEARY | U | 26 | M | Prisoner | Groom (Domestic) (8) | Clonmell, Ireland | |
| George SAWYER | M | 33 | M | Prisoner | Quarryman (Stone) | Atworth, Wiltshire | |
| Edward NIEVES | U | 22 | M | Prisoner | Hawker | Brighton, Sussex | |
| John G. BARNES | M | 28 | M | Prisoner | Labourer (Railway) | London, Middlesex | |
| Ann E. SMITH | U | 29 | F | Prisoner | Machinist | Eastington, Gloucester | |
| Henry WELLS | M | 42 | M | Prisoner | Master Builder | London, Middlesex | |
| Edward HOLDER | U | 21 | M | Prisoner | Quarryman (S) | Corsham, Wiltshire | |
| John TADD | M | 21 | M | Prisoner | Gardeners Labourer (M) | Poulshot, Wiltshire | |
| Frederick OCKWELL | U | 22 | M | Prisoner | Farm Labourer | Parton Stoke, Wiltshire | |
| George ELMS | M | 36 | M | Prisoner | Masons Labourer | Lacock, Wiltshire | |
| John WEEKS | U | 36 | M | Prisoner | Farm Labourer | Downton, Wiltshire | |
| James BROOKS | U | 29 | M | Prisoner | Masons Labourer | North Totton, Devon | |
| Charles BUTLER | U | 21 | M | Prisoner | Boatman (Waterman) | Calne, Wiltshire | |
| John RAWLINGS | U | 18 | M | Prisoner | Joiner | Broughton, Wiltshire | |
| William HERBERT | U | 36 | M | Prisoner | General Labourer | British Subject, United States | |
| Thomas PAIN | U | 30 | M | Prisoner | Gas Fitter | Waltham, Middlesex | |
| James CONOLLEY | W | 27 | M | Prisoner | Soldier | Limerick, Ireland | |
| John PONTING | U | 52 | M | Prisoner | General Labourer | Broad Blunsden, Wiltshire | |
| John T. STONE | M | 33 | M | Prisoner | General Engineer (& M) | Wellington, Somerset | |
| William JAMES | U | 21 | M | Prisoner | General Labourer | Penzance, Cornwall | |
| George BROWN | U | 36 | M | Prisoner | General Labourer | Coleford, Gloucester | |
| James FRY | U | 21 | M | Prisoner | Farm Labourer | Norwich, Norfolk | |
| George PONTING | U | 26 | M | Prisoner | Farm Labourer | Milton, Wiltshire | |
| Henry READ | M | 24 | M | Prisoner | Butcher | Titherley, Hampshire | |
| Benjamin BOND | W | 26 | M | Prisoner | Mason | St Davids, Somerset | |
| Samuel CARTER | W | 26 | M | Prisoner | Bricklayers Labourer | West Harnham, Wiltshire | |
| Jesse NOYCE | U | 19 | M | Prisoner | Bricklayers Labourer | Whiteparish, Wiltshire | |
| John WALTERS | U | 21 | M | Prisoner | Farm Labourer | Downton, Wiltshire | |
| James PEARCY | M | 40 | M | Prisoner | Plasterer | Merthyr Tydvil, Wales | |
| Frederick STREET | M | 21 | M | Prisoner | Blacksmith | Fisherton, Wiltshire | |
| William RITCHENS | U | 13 | M | Prisoner | Farm Labourer | Southwick, Wiltshire | |
| James BULLOCK | U | 18 | M | Prisoner | Iron Moulder | Coate, Wiltshire | |
| William PEARCE | U | 17 | M | Prisoner | Telegraph Clerk | Shaw, Wiltshire | |
| Joseph MULLINGS | U | 48 | M | Prisoner | Farm Labourer | Tisbury, Wiltshire | |
| James SEAGER | U | 30 | M | Prisoner | Shoe Maker | Taunton, Somerset | |
| William MORRIS | M | 36 | M | Prisoner | Farm Labourer | Bradford, Wiltshire | |
| Institution of Charles HILL | |||||||
| Mary A. HILL | M | 30 | F | Prisoner (Wife) | Domestic Servant | Newfoundland, America | |
| Charles HILL | M | 35 | M | Prisoner (Head) | Baker | Minchinhampton, Gloucester | |
| Daniel BILLETT | U | 44 | M | Prisoner | Farmer | Batheaston, Somerset | |
| John TIMMS | U | 30 | M | Prisoner | Gardener (M) | Farringdon, Berkshire | |
| William DIBBEN | M | 54 | M | Prisoner | Farm Labourer | Hanley, Dorset | |
| William WILLIS | U | 62 | M | Prisoner | Carpenter | Bishopstone, Wiltshire | |
| Charles ELLISON | U | 40 | M | Prisoner | Dealer In Poultry | Hull, York | |
| George MERCHANT | U | 19 | M | Prisoner | Farm Labourer | E Noyle, Dorset | |
| George FLOWER | U | 17 | M | Prisoner | Farm Labourer | E Noyle, Dorset | |
| Albert MATTHEWS | U | 20 | M | Prisoner | Farm Labourer | Stallbridge, Dorset | |
| Frederick COLLINS | U | 17 | M | Prisoner | Carpenter | Imber, Wiltshire | |
| Robert JONES | U | 34 | M | Prisoner | General Labourer | Darlison, Stafford | |
| Henry GREEN | M | 20 | M | Prisoner | Mason | Tisbury, Wiltshire | |
| Sarah A. BROWN | U | 19 | F | Prisoner | Dressmaker | Market Lavington, Wiltshire | |
| Helena A. BAKER | M | 19 | F | Prisoner | Field Labourer (Ag) | Easterton, Wiltshire | |
| Louisa WHEELER | U | 18 | F | Prisoner | Domestic Serv | Lavington, Wiltshire | |
| George NORLEY | U | 55 | M | Prisoner | Cattle Drover | Bath, Somerset | |
| John SMITH | U | 40 | M | Prisoner | Printer | Bristol, Gloucester | |
| Emma MILLER | M | 25 | F | Prisoner | Factory Worker (Lab) | Hyde, Cheshire | |
| Mary SMITH | U | 21 | F | Prisoner | Factory Worker (L) | Trowbridge, Wiltshire | |
| James MATTHEWS | U | 18 | M | Prisoner | Bricklayer | Westbury, Wiltshire | |
| Amos SMITH | U | 22 | M | Prisoner | Silk Weaver | Coventry, Warwick | |
| Frank YOUNG | M | 26 | M | Prisoner | General Labourer | Woolley, Wiltshire | |
| Stephen ROBINSON | U | 21 | M | Prisoner | Railway Labourer | Chisledon, Wiltshire | |
Total residents: 125
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