1881 Census: Reading Gaol & County Prison, Berkshire
| Name | Mar | Age | Sex | Relation | Occupation | Handicap | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | |||||||
| Cheslyn Abnay BLYTH | U | 39 | M | Brother (Head) | Captain Retired | Beverley, York | |
| Mary STEPHESON | M | 53 | F | Serv | Housekeeper | Newmarket, Cambridge | |
| Julia MILLER | U | 13 | F | Serv | Housekeepers Assistant D S | Reigate, Surrey | |
| Charlotte WHOMES | W | 43 | F | Matron | Matron Of Prison | Woolwich, Kent | |
| Mary Ann CLARKE | W | 29 | F | Officer | Assistant Matron Of Prison | Tarbert Kerry, Ireland | |
| Thomas DEAN | M | 51 | M | Officer (Head) | Gate Porter Of Prison | Hereford, Hereford | |
| Charlotte DEAN | M | 49 | F | Wife | Formerly Servant | Tilehurst, Berkshire | |
| Annie HARDING | M | 24 | F | Daughter of Wife | Dressmaker | Reading, Berkshire | |
| John MORRISH | U | 40 | M | Officer | Warden Of Prison | Landkey, Devon | |
| Robert WILSON | U | 47 | M | Officer | Warden Of Prison | Coleshill, Berkshire | |
| Inmates | |||||||
| Elizabeth FRANCES | M | 24 | F | Wife | Charwoman | Hungerford, Berkshire | |
| Arabella EARLES | M | 40 | F | Wife (Head) | Formerly Servant | Reading, Berkshire | |
| Lizzie EARLES | U | 10 | F | Daur | Reading, Berkshire | ||
| Mercy WOODS | M | 21 | F | Wife | Hawker | Abingdon, Berkshire | |
| Hannah COUZENS | M | 40 | F | Wife | Charwoman | Kingsclere, Hampshire | |
| Annie TURNER | U | 21 | F | Daur | Servant | Wantage, Berkshire | |
| Alice JACKSON | M | 61 | F | Wife | Farmers Daughter | Devizes, Wiltshire | |
| Mary Ann JOHNSON | U | 20 | F | Daur (Prisoner) | Laundress | Ashampstead, Berkshire | |
| Frederic ADAMS | U | 40 | M | Head | Groom (8) | Idiot | Wantage, Berkshire |
| Samuel ALLNUTT | M | 33 | M | Head | Bricklayer | Upton, Buckingham | |
| Alfred A. ASHLEY | M | 31 | M | Head | Electrical Engineer | Marshfield, Gloucester | |
| Charles H. BANKS | M | 28 | M | Head | Railway Officer | Reading, Berkshire | |
| William BAILEY | U | 20 | M | Son | Carman | Westminster, Middlesex | |
| Henry BEDFORD | W | 31 | M | Head (Prisoner) | Railway Labourer | Plymouth, Devon | |
| Abraham BENNETT | U | 22 | M | Son | Soldier | Scotland | |
| Frank BROWN | U | 31 | M | Son | Railway Labourer | Kirk Ireton, Derby | |
| Henry BUCKERIDGE | U | 28 | M | Son | Groom (8) | Newbury, Berkshire | |
| George BURKE | U | 27 | M | Son | Cook Restaurant | London, Middlesex | |
| Arthur CAMBRIDGE | M | 23 | M | Head (Prisoner) | Bricklayers Lab | Reading, Berkshire | |
| Charles CHALK | W | 32 | M | Son | Groom | Brick Kiln, Hampshire | |
| William W. CHALK | U | 19 | M | Son | Rly Engine Cleaner | Horncorth | |
| Frederick CLARK | U | 25 | M | Son | Farm Lab | Earley, Berkshire | |
| William CLARK | M | 37 | M | Head (Prisoner) | Gen Lab | Charlton, Kent | |
| Henry COOK | U | 26 | M | Son | Gen Lab | London, Middlesex | |
| James COOK | M | 35 | M | Head (Prisoner) | Groom (8) | Oxford, Oxford | |
| Alexander COPE | U | 27 | F | Son | Serv (Dom) | London, Middlesex | |
| George COX | U | 18 | M | Son | Carter | Cookham, Berkshire | |
| William CROOK | M | 34 | M | Head (Prisoner) | Miller | Slough, Buckingham | |
| Enos CULLEY | U | 18 | M | Son | Rly Engine Driver | Hagbourne, Berkshire | |
| John DAY | U | 60 | M | Son | Gen Lab | Newport, Monmouth | |
| Robert DAVIS | U | 36 | M | Son | Gen Lab | Bath, Gloucester | |
| Thomas DAVIS | M | 30 | M | Head (Prisoner) | Gen Lab | Cocks Heath, Kent | |
| Charles DURHAM | M | 49 | M | Head (Prisoner) | Green Grocer | Cumnor, Berkshire | |
| James EUSTACE | M | 26 | M | Head (Prisoner) | Farm Lab | Wantage, Berkshire | |
| Adam EXALL | U | 30 | M | Son | Gen Lab | Clewer, Berkshire | |
| Edward G. FREEMAN | M | 32 | M | Head (Prisoner) | Painter | Oxford, Oxford | |
| Frederick GARRAWAY | U | 22 | M | Son | Gen Lab | Maidenhead, Berkshire | |
| Thomas GEORGE | U | 18 | M | Son | Soldier | Rugby, Warwick | |
| Edward GIBBONS | M | 44 | M | Head (Prisoner) | Carpenter | Newbury, Berkshire | |
| George GILBERT | U | 17 | M | Son | Printer Compositor | Aldershot, Hampshire | |
| George GILBERT | U | 27 | M | Son | Bakers Assistant | Chelsea, Middlesex | |
| John GLEASON | U | 58 | M | Son | French Polisher | London, Middlesex | |
| Joseph HALLIDAY | U | 22 | M | Son | Hawker | Leeds, York | |
| William HAMMOND | U | 27 | M | Son | Shoemaker | Newbury, Berkshire | |
| Thomas HART | M | 39 | M | Head (Prisoner) | Coal Miner | Wallington, Somerset | |
| George HAWKINS | M | 40 | M | Head (Prisoner) | Gen Lab | Worcester, Worcester | |
| Edward HAYES | U | 26 | M | Son | Gen Lab | Dublin | |
| Jonas HAYWARD | U | 22 | M | Son | Farm Lab | Pewsey, Wiltshire | |
| Robert HEAP | M | 44 | M | Head (Prisoner) | Gen Lab | Clitheroe, Lancashire | |
| William Thomas HEATH | M | 40 | M | Head (Prisoner) | Gen Dealer | Tadley, Hampshire | |
| George HENWOOD | U | 20 | M | Son | Gen Lab | Shinfield, Berkshire | |
| Frederick HERBERT | M | 28 | M | Head (Prisoner) | Bakers Assistant | Basingstoke, Hampshire | |
| James HERRIDGE | M | 36 | M | Head (Prisoner) | Gardener | Shinfield, Berkshire | |
| William HICKIE | M | 29 | M | Head (Prisoner) | Tinman | Reading, Berkshire | |
| Samuel HIGGINS | U | 38 | M | Son | Baker | Dorchester, Dorset | |
| John HILLIER | M | 33 | M | Head (Prisoner) | Gen Lab | Stratfield Saye, Hampshire | |
| Henry HOPKINS | W | 42 | M | Head (Prisoner) | Sawyer | Brown Candover, Hampshire | |
| Charles HUGHES | U | 29 | M | Son | Gen Lab | Reading, Berkshire | |
| William IRESON | U | 23 | M | Son | Labour At Steam Saw Mills Sawyer | Wormstall | |
| Henry JACKSON | M | 76 | M | Head (Prisoner) | Farmer Master | Devizes, Wiltshire | |
| George JOHNSON | U | 17 | M | Son | Bricklayers Lab | Hilsea, Hampshire | |
| Alexander KEITH | M | 45 | M | Head (Prisoner) | Carpenter | Scotland | |
| Robert KNIGHT | M | 40 | M | Head (Prisoner) | Soldier | Beenham, Berkshire | |
| Charles LAINSBURY | M | 29 | M | Head (Prisoner) | Gen Lab | Tilehurst, Berkshire | |
| Charles LAY | U | 18 | M | Son | Waiter | Woodley, Berkshire | |
| John LAWRENCE | U | 36 | M | Son | Gen Lab | Upton, Berkshire | |
| Thomas LEWIN | U | 19 | M | Son | Gen Lab | Datchet, Buckingham | |
| Harry LITTLECOTT | U | 21 | M | Son | Routine Clerk | Southampton, Hampshire | |
| John LITTEN | U | 17 | M | Son | Gen Lab | Greenwich, Kent | |
| Daniel LYNCH OR BOMBERY | U | 27 | M | Son | Soldier | Ireland | |
| Joseph William LOVELL | U | 20 | M | Son | Gen Lab | Windsor, Berkshire | |
| Edward MIDDLETON | M | 52 | M | Head (Prisoner) | Engine Driver | Abingdon, Berkshire | |
| George MOORE | U | 22 | M | Son | Tailor | Liverpool | |
| John MUDD | U | 21 | M | Son | Painter | Forest Hill, Surrey | |
| William C. NEWTON | M | 44 | M | Head (Prisoner) | Florist | Ottery St Mary, Devon | |
| William NICHOLSON | M | 28 | M | Head (Prisoner) | Hawker | Shoreditch, Middlesex | |
| John OLDFIELD | U | 19 | M | Son | Bootmaker | Windermer, Westmorland | |
| Charles OSBRIDGE | U | 19 | M | Son | Gen Lab | Deptford, Kent | |
| John OVERTON | U | 18 | M | Son | Farm Lab | Wokingham, Berkshire | |
| Joseph PARKER | U | 60 | M | Son | Gen Lab | Cookham, Berkshire | |
| George PIERCY OR PROSSEY | U | 26 | M | Son | Bricklayers Lab | Reading, Berkshire | |
| Henry PENIFER | U | 18 | M | Son | Gen Lab | Slough, Buckingham | |
| Alfred POPE | U | 17 | M | Son | Groom (D) | Moulsford, Berkshire | |
| John POTTINGER | U | 21 | M | Son | Farm Lab | West Challow, Buckingham | |
| Thomas PRIOR | M | 33 | M | Head (Prisoner) | Gen Lab | Reading, Berkshire | |
| Thomas REID | M | 29 | M | Head (Prisoner) | Waterman | London, Middlesex | |
| George ROBERTS | U | 30 | M | Son | Shoemaker Journeyman | (Naturalized British Subject), Italy | |
| Edward REVELY | U | 20 | M | Son | Painter | Germany | |
| Charles RICHARDS | U | 20 | M | Son | Railway Labourer | Feltham, Middlesex | |
| Harry RICHARDSON | U | 21 | M | Son | Gen Lab | Idiot | Reading, Berkshire |
| George SEYMOUR | M | 34 | M | Brother In Law Head | Farm Lab | Earley, Berkshire | |
| Richard SHANNON | M | 32 | M | Head (Prisoner) | Hawker | Reading, Berkshire | |
| William SILVER OR HAMLETT | M | 29 | M | Head (Prisoner) | Gardener | Long Crendon | |
| William James SIMMONS | U | 29 | M | Son | Gen Lab | London, Middlesex | |
| Edward SMITH | U | 23 | M | Son | Gen Lab | Shoreditch, Middlesex | |
| Alfred STANMORE | U | 16 | M | Son | Tailor | London, Middlesex | |
| Thomas STOKES | M | 35 | M | Head (Prisoner) | Bakers Assistant | Pembrook, Pembroke, Wales | |
| Charles TAYLOR | U | 30 | M | Son | Shoemaker | Northampton, Northampton | |
| William TAYLOR | U | 30 | M | Son | Gen Lab | Westbury, Wiltshire | |
| Thomas TERRY | U | 23 | M | Son | Carter | Pangbourne, Berkshire | |
| William TOWNSEND | U | 16 | M | Son | Rly Engine Cleaner | Appleford, Berkshire | |
| Robert WAITE | U | 29 | M | Son | Farm Lab | Harwell, Berkshire | |
| Frederic WARREN | U | 25 | M | Son | Railway Lab | Chinnor, Oxford | |
| George WEST | M | 29 | M | Head | Painters Asst | Wallingford, Berkshire | |
| Robert WHALL | M | 34 | M | Head | Seaman | Sprowston, Norfolk | |
| Philip WHIPPE | M | 27 | M | Head | Coachman | Oxford, Oxford | |
| Samuel HANNS OR HANN | U | 18 | M | Son | Painters Asst | Maidenhead, Berkshire | |
| Frederick JENKINSON | M | 28 | M | Head | Commercial Traveler | Cardiff | |
Total residents: 118
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