1881 Census: HM Prison Dana, Shrewsbury St Mary, Shropshire
| Name | Mar | Age | Sex | Relation | Occupation | Handicap | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | |||||||
| John WARD | M | 32 | M | Head | Chief Warder (Prison) | Hanwood Shrewsbury | |
| Mary WARD | M | 33 | F | Wife | Fontm ll Magna, Dorset | ||
| John G. WARD | U | 9 | M | Son | Scholar | Shrewsbury | |
| Jesse S. WARD | U | 7 | F | Daur | School Girl | Shrewsbury | |
| Virtue M. WARD | U | 5 | F | Daur | School Girl | Shrewsbury | |
| William A. WARD | U | 3 | M | Son | Shrewsbury | ||
| Ethel S. WARD | U | 2 | F | Daur | Shrewsbury | ||
| Elizabeth FLOCKSON | U | 44 | F | Matron | Matron (Prison Serv) | Wakefield | |
| Jane SMITH | U | 29 | F | Officer | Assistant Warder | Wolverhampton, Stafford | |
| Elizabeth J. HILL | W | 36 | F | Officer | Assistant Warder | Bexhill, Sussex | |
| Thomas ASHLEY | M | 47 | M | Officer | Assistant Warder | Weston, Shropshire | |
| Alexander DOWNEY | M | 44 | M | Officer | Assistant Warder | Scotland | |
| William M. UPTON | U | 28 | M | Officer | Assistant Warder | Plymouth, Devon | |
| George TINSLEY | M | 50 | M | Officer | Assistant Warder | Knockin, Shropshire | |
| Maria BELL | M | 37 | F | Wife (Head) | Cape Of Good Hope | ||
| Ethel BELL | U | 17 | F | Daughter | Norfolk | ||
| Charlotte STANLEY | M | 21 | F | Servant | Housemaid | Shrewsbury | |
| Fanny ROSTER | U | 18 | F | Servant | Cook | Stafford | |
| Charlotte MARSHALL | U | 21 | F | Servant | Parlourmaid | Colkirk, Norfolk | |
| Inmates | |||||||
| George HARRIES | M | 71 | M | Inmate | Greengrocer | Lythwood, Shropshire | |
| George NIGHTINGALE | U | 12 | M | Inmate | School Boy | Shrewsbury | |
| William P. HANCOCKS | M | 28 | M | Inmate | Writing Clerk | Ludlow, Shropshire | |
| Charles BREEZE | U | 13 | M | Inmate | School Boy | Wytherford, Shropshire | |
| Isabella BENSON | U | 40 | F | Inmate | Manchester | ||
| Richard SPENCER | U | 13 | M | Inmate | Errand Boy | Onslow, Shropshire | |
| George JONES | U | 13 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Shrewsbury | |
| James DAVIES | U | 14 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Shrewsbury | |
| Amelia WHITAKER | U | 16 | F | Inmate | Servant (Dom) | America | |
| John PERKINS | M | 24 | M | Inmate | Horsebreaker | Welspool, Montgomery, Wales | |
| George LLOYD | M | 24 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Ludlow, Shropshire | |
| Samuel SPENCER | M | 24 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Whitchurch, Shropshire | |
| Thomas JONES | U | 23 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Porthywren, Montgomery, Wales | |
| George DYKE | M | 40 | M | Inmate | Ag Lab | Albrighton, Shropshire | |
| John SHINGLES | M | 38 | M | Inmate | Railway Porter | Newtown, Stafford | |
| Thomas OSBORNE | U | 21 | M | Inmate | Ag Labourer | Slansley Wood, Shropshire | |
| Edward MARTIN | U | 24 | M | Inmate | Ag Labourer | Cleobury Mortimer, Shropshire | |
| James EVANS | U | 17 | M | Inmate | Ag Labourer | Minsterley, Shropshire | |
| Edward POWELL | M | 43 | M | Inmate | Rockman (S Quarier) | Nantmawr, Montgomery, Wales | |
| Isaac MYTTON | U | 30 | M | Inmate | Brushmaker | Ireland | |
| David HUGHES | U | 30 | M | Inmate | (Tailor) | Llanfyllin, Montgomery, Wales | |
| Ann PRYCE | M | 46 | F | Inmate | Newtown, Montgomery, Wales | ||
| Edward W. EVANS | U | 27 | M | Inmate | Miller (C) | Llandyssil, Montgomery, Wales | |
| John BOUGHEY | U | 16 | M | Inmate | Ag Labourer | Wellington, Shropshire | |
| John WILLIAMS | U | 45 | M | Inmate | Ag Labourer | Llanfair, Montgomery, Wales | |
| George PILFIELD | U | 24 | M | Inmate | Ag Labourer | Manchester | |
| Thomas EVANS | U | 30 | M | Inmate | Hawker | Llangollen, Montgomery, Wales | |
| John P. JONES | U | 30 | M | Inmate | Ag Labourer | Llanfyllin, Montgomery, Wales | |
| William JONES | U | 19 | M | Inmate | Ag Labourer | Bridgnorth, Shropshire | |
| William DOWLEY | M | 28 | M | Inmate | Brickmaker | Shrewsbury | |
| Patrick RYAN | U | 19 | M | Inmate | Ag Labourer | Coventry, Warwick | |
| John CROSS | U | 24 | M | Inmate | Fitter (Artiz) | Birmingham | |
| James RAWLINSON | M | 19 | M | Inmate | Ag Labourer | Warrington, Lancashire | |
| John GORDON | U | 32 | M | Inmate | Ag Labourer | Glasgow, Scotland | |
| Peter GALLOWAY | M | 56 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | Isle of Wight, Hampshire | |
| William RICKERS | M | 34 | M | Inmate | Ag Labourer | Shaw Bank, Shropshire | |
| William PAYNE | M | 30 | M | Inmate | Machine Man (22.2) | Bridgnorth, Shropshire | |
| George JACKSON | U | 22 | M | Inmate | Metal Roller | Birmingham | |
| Joseph MORRIS | M | 22 | M | Inmate | Ag Labourer | Shifnal, Shropshire | |
| Charles COLLEY | U | 35 | M | Inmate | Ag Labourer | Stafford | |
| John OWEN | U | 40 | M | Inmate | Collier (C Miner) | Shrewsbury | |
| Philip BLACKIE | M | 28 | M | Inmate | General Labourer | Kidderminster, Worcester | |
| Thomas WOOD | U | 35 | M | Inmate | Mason | Cheltenham, Gloucester | |
| George JONES | U | 26 | M | Inmate | Ag Labourer | Bucknell, Shropshire | |
| James BEDFORD | U | 18 | M | Inmate | Baker | Walford, Shropshire | |
| Sarah ADAMS | U | 18 | F | Inmate | Baker | Newtown, Shropshire | |
| Robert DALEY | U | 35 | M | Inmate | Painter | Wellington, Shropshire | |
| Thomas SAMUEL | U | 42 | M | Inmate | Tailor | Aberystwith, Cardigan, Wales | |
| Henry MILLWOOD | U | 61 | M | Inmate | Ag Labourer | Liverpool | |
| John KELLY | U | 21 | M | Inmate | Ag Labourer | Welshpool, Montgomery, Wales | |
| Edward EVANS | M | 67 | M | Inmate | Miller (C) | Carno, Montgomery, Wales | |
| William SWAIN | M | 30 | M | Inmate | Ag Labourer | Worthen, Shropshire | |
| William TAYLOR | U | 17 | M | Inmate | Ag Labourer | Shrewsbury | |
| Arthur CLARKE | U | 19 | M | Inmate | Ag Labourer | Shifnal, Shropshire | |
| Sarah DEAKIN | M | 37 | F | Inmate | Bickerton, Cheshire | ||
| Richard ASKIN | M | 30 | M | Inmate | Breaksman (Rly) | Shrewsbury | |
| Edward P. TONKISS | U | 22 | M | Inmate | Writing Clerk | Bridgnorth, Shropshire | |
| Thomas HOROBIN | M | 26 | M | Inmate | Hawker | Stafford | |
| Ellen HOROBIN | M | 28 | F | Inmate | Hawker | Wolverhampton | |
| Elizabeth QUINTON | M | 29 | F | Inmate | Marine Store Dealer | Stafford | |
| Thomas HUGHES | U | 30 | M | Inmate | Collier (C Miner) | Manchester | |
| Blanche BREMMER | U | 16 | F | Inmate | Stafford | ||
| Ann COSTELLO | U | 29 | F | Inmate | Laundress | Ireland | |
| Charles FOX | U | 50 | M | Inmate | Tailor | Glasgow | |
| Ambrose NICKSON | U | 55 | M | Inmate | Ag Labourer | Cheshire | |
| Anthony GANGON | M | 30 | M | Inmate | Hawker | Madeley, Shropshire | |
| John WOOD | U | 29 | M | Inmate | Boilermaker | Ireland | |
| Henry CADMAN | U | 28 | M | Inmate | Ag Labourer | Tunstaff, Stafford | |
| Mary MORRIS | U | 21 | F | Inmate | Oswestry, Shropshire | ||
| John JONES | U | 36 | M | Inmate | Brassdresser | Walsall, Stafford | |
| Richard WILLIAMS | U | 28 | M | Inmate | Blacksmith | Berriew, Montgomery, Wales | |
| Richard BOWEN | U | 23 | M | Inmate | Ag Labourer | Bridgnorth, Shropshire | |
| Patrick HART | U | 20 | M | Inmate | Ag Labourer | Mayo Co, Ireland | |
| George POPE | U | 27 | M | Inmate | Ag Labourer | Jackfield, Shropshire | |
| Mary SPEAKE | U | 29 | F | Inmate | Pit Lab (Coal) | Pontesbury, Shropshire | |
| Edwin DAVIES | U | 19 | M | Inmate | Ag Labourer | Welshpool, Montgomery, Wales | |
| Thomas BUTLER | U | 50 | M | Inmate | Ag Labourer | Cork Co, Ireland | |
| Thomas CHIDLOW | U | 27 | M | Inmate | Wood Man | Market Drayton, Shropshire | |
| Louisa HALL | M | 31 | F | Inmate | Prostitute | Ludlow, Shropshire | |
| John MINSHALL | M | 40 | M | Inmate | Ag Labourer | Prees, Shropshire | |
| John WHITTINGHAM | U | 33 | M | Inmate | Ag Labourer | Golden Hill, Shropshire | |
| John PARKER | U | 46 | M | Inmate | Ag Labourer | Shrewsbury | |
| George HUGHES | U | 27 | M | Inmate | Writing Clerk | West Pembroke, Hereford | |
| James McLOUGHLIN | U | 41 | M | Inmate | Tailor | Jersey, Channel Islands | |
| Thomas JONES | U | 53 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | Llansneadr, Denbigh, Wales | |
| Edward BURKE | U | 30 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | Wrexham, Denbigh, Wales | |
| Mary JONES | U | 20 | F | Inmate | Servant (Dom) | Llangynog, Montgomery, Wales | |
| William SHAKESPEAR | U | 31 | M | Inmate | Gen Lab | Shrewsbury | |
| Joshua HARRIS | M | 36 | M | Inmate | Writing Clerk | Shrewsbury | |
| Annie PLATT | M | 22 | F | Inmate | Bickerton, Cheshire | ||
| Peter MAUND | U | 19 | M | Inmate | Ag Labourer | Tenbury, Worcester | |
| Thomas MARTIN | M | 54 | M | Inmate | Ag Labourer | St Martins, Shropshire | |
| Edwin EVANS | U | 18 | M | Inmate | Ag Labourer | Westbury, Shropshire | |
| John BEDDOWES | U | 20 | M | Inmate | Boatman (Barge) | Wolverhampton | |
| William DAVIES | U | 29 | M | Inmate | Ag Labourer | Shrewsbury | |
| Emanuel ECCLESTON | U | 14 | M | Inmate | Chimney Sweep | Ludlow, Shropshire | |
| Charles RAWLINGS | U | 19 | M | Inmate | Ag Labourer | Ludlow, Shropshire | |
| Edward GRIFFITHS | M | 36 | M | Inmate | Farmer | Knockin, Shropshire | |
| Thomas ROGERS | M | 36 | M | Inmate | Ag Labourer | Ironbridge, Shropshire | |
| George ISLES | U | 15 | M | Inmate | Ag Labourer | Gloucester | |
| John BANGLE | U | 28 | M | Inmate | Ag Labourer | Madeley, Shropshire | |
| Mary A. WILLIAMS | U | 27 | F | Inmate | Prostitute | Flint, Wales | |
| Hannah POOLE | U | 20 | F | Inmate | Prostitute | Shrewsbury | |
| William PORTER | U | 17 | M | Inmate | Ag Labourer | Wem, Shropshire | |
| Henry WEBB | U | 22 | M | Inmate | Collier (C Miner) | Little Dawley, Shropshire | |
| Sarah SUNNALLS | M | 64 | F | Inmate | Manchester | ||
| James PADDOCK | U | 47 | M | Inmate | Ag Labourer | Wroxeter, Shropshire | |
| Isaac HISTON | M | 60 | M | Inmate | Ag Labourer | Bomer Heath, Shropshire | |
| John COLLEY | U | 40 | M | Inmate | Ag Labourer | Ireland | |
| William HUMPHREYS | U | 15 | M | Inmate | Ag Labourer | Wales | |
| Thomas DAVIES | U | 30 | M | Inmate | Ag Labourer | The Netherlands | |
| Francis MORGAN | M | 33 | M | Inmate | Ag Labourer | Oswestry, Shropshire | |
| Samuel MYATT | M | 55 | M | Inmate | Earthenware Dealer | Longna, Stafford | |
| Peter BEESTON | U | 15 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | Newport, Shropshire | |
| Elizabeth GWYN | M | 57 | F | Inmate | Wenlock, Shropshire | ||
| Thomas DAVIES | M | 39 | M | Inmate | Ag Labourer | Guilsfield, Montgomery, Wales | |
| Samuel SMITH | U | 40 | M | Inmate | Ag Labourer | At Sea | |
| Robert PICKIN | M | 40 | M | Inmate | Ag Labourer | Albrighton, Shropshire | |
| David DIGGORY | U | 25 | M | Inmate | Ag Labourer | Harmer Hill, Shropshire | |
| Richard BARRETT | U | 27 | M | Inmate | Ag Labourer | Newport, Shropshire | |
| John SNEAD | M | 28 | M | Inmate | Ag Labourer | Snedshill, Shropshire | |
| Frank POWELL | U | 17 | M | Inmate | Ag Labourer | Shrewsbury | |
| William CLAY | U | 36 | M | Inmate | Ag Labourer | Dudley, Stafford | |
| Mary A. JONES | M | 29 | F | Inmate | Hawker | London, London, Middlesex | |
| Samuel FOSTER | U | 20 | M | Inmate | Ag Labourer | Hodnet, Shropshire | |
| Eliza MORRIS | M | 24 | F | Inmate | Smethcote, Shropshire | ||
| Mary HILL | U | 17 | F | Inmate | Servant (Dom) | Homer, Shropshire | |
| John BENNETT | U | 42 | M | Inmate | Ag Labourer | Droitwych, Worcester | |
| William LLOYD | U | 51 | M | Inmate | Ag Labourer | Bishops Castle, Shropshire | |
| William GOUGH | M | 52 | M | Inmate | Shoemaker | Cwynnoch, Shropshire | |
| William DAVIES | U | 38 | M | Inmate | Ag Labourer | Baschurch, Shropshire | |
| Catherine WATERS | M | 35 | F | Inmate | Tailoress | Bury, Lancashire | |
| Edwin HUSBAND | M | 24 | M | Inmate | Ag Labourer | Bishops Castle, Shropshire | |
| Daniel MASON | U | 56 | M | Inmate | Forgeman (B Smith) | Horsehay, Shropshire | |
| Mary A. DAVIES | U | 17 | F | Inmate | Servant (D) | Shrewsbury | |
| Elizabeth LATTERS | U | 22 | F | Inmate | Prostitute | Shrewsbury | |
| William JONES | U | 32 | M | Inmate | Puddler (Iron) | Princes End, Stafford | |
| Aquilla BUTTER | U | 28 | M | Inmate | Ag Labourer | Wellington, Shropshire | |
| Samuel PIGGION | U | 48 | M | Inmate | Tailor | Honiton, Devon | |
| William JONES | U | 30 | M | Inmate | Ag Labourer | Llanfyllin, Montgomery, Wales | |
| Henry DIDLAKE | M | 53 | M | Inmate | Wellsinker | Clee Hill, Shropshire | |
| George SWAN | U | 40 | M | Inmate | Ag Labourer | Shrewsbury | |
| Uriel MORALLY | M | 31 | M | Inmate | Sawyer | Llanidloes, Montgomery, Wales | |
| Joseph BROOKES | U | 46 | M | Inmate | Ag Labourer | Bunbury, Cheshire | |
Total residents: 163
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