1841 census West Firle Union Workhouse

Notes on the transcription:

1. The original entry for all the inmates, including women, children and infants, gave their occupation as ‘pauper labourer’ but the second word has been crossed through in the enumerator’s book. I have only put the word ‘pauper’ for these entries. A few other occupations were given and for these I have included the full description, although the second word was again crossed through.
2. The enumerator apparently had some trouble spelling or writing some of the names. I have altered both first and second names where I think the spelling should be corrected to make more sense (ie, I changed Thomas Bays to Thomas Boys). The one exception is for John Muckeridge, which probably should have been John Muggeridge. One problem with the spelling is that few, if any, of the older inmates of the workhouse would have been able to read or write, although it is to be hoped that the children were being taught literacy by Emily Sanderson, the workhouse’s resident schoolmistress.