1871 census West Firle Union Workhouse

Number of paupers

Males	total	= 27
Females	total	= 15
Total inmates		= 42

Notes on the transcription:

1. The following abbreviations have been used for marital status: mar = married, unm = unmarried, wid = widow or widower.
2. The place of birth of Elizabeth Akehurst looks to be Perryfort with the County being unreadable. I could find nowhere called Perryfort or similar in a search of the internet so I have left a question mark for this entry.
3. William Burfield, although listed among the paupers, is not described as a pauper in the occupation column but as a sailor. In the relationship to the head of the workhouse he was described as a visitor so may simply have paid for a night’s lodging in the house rather than be a pauper inmate.
4. In all entries it is difficult to read the person’s age. The enumerator, probably when adding up the totals of males and females or checking their ages, has run a thick line through every entry of age on the census.