Please visit this link for details of Keighley Workhouse, pictures, plans and information.
http://users.ox.ac.uk/~peter/workhouse/Keighley/Keighley.shtml 

Details to be found in Keighley Library and local books

• Keighley Reference Library, North Street, Keighley, BD2 1 3SX. Holdings include: Guardians' minutes (1837-1930), Letter books (1837-1910); Ledgers (1884-1923); etc.
• Chadwick, A (1996) Skipton and Keighley Workhouses (Ripon Museum Trust leaflet)
• Dodd, EE (1958) Bingley - A Yorkshire Town Through Nine Centuries (Bingley: Harrison)

 

Keighley Union Workhouse
& Infirmary Holycroft,
& Fell Lane, Keighley
1891 census

Transcribed by Jan Perkins ©2003

Remember to check original source before using, as some names/place names are difficult to read.

® denotes a retired person

Enoch SOUTHWELL	Hd	Marr	39	Workhouse Master	Denholme Yorks
Mary Ann SOUTHWELL	Wife	Marr	45	Workhouse Matron	Nottingham Notts
Albert SOUTHWELL	Son	nil	9	nil	Pontefract Yorks
Gertrude SOUTHWELL	Dau	nil	4	nil	Keighley Yorks
Thomas MURGATROYD	Nurse	Marr	56	Male Nurse	Haworth Yorks
Martha MURGATROYD	Cook	Marr	58	Infirmary Cook	Addingham Yorks
Hannah THOMPSON	Nurse	Marr	34	Workhouse Nurse	Keighley Yorks
Jane Price THOMPSON	Servt	Single	37	Infirmary Nurse	Brompton Kent
Hugh CARRIC	Inmate	Wdr	44	Gardener	Belfast, Ireland
Ellen SLATER	Visitor	Wid	67	House Keeper Dom	West Marton/West Morton Yorks
Sarah DUNLAVEY	Inmate	Wid	54	House Keeper	Highclare Ireland
Elizabeth DUNLAVEY	Inmate	Single	20	Worsted Spinner	Galway Ireland
Catherine DUNLEVEY	Inmate	Single	13	Worsted Spinner	Galway Ireland
Jonas WRIGHT	Servt	Single	45	Workhouse Porter	Oakworth Yorks
James MILNER	Inmate	Single	62	Worsted Weaver ®	Cullingworth Yorks
Charles THOMPSON	Inmate	Wdr	54	Bricklayers Lab	Crowthorpe Norfolk
Ephraim HARTLEY	Inmate	Single	48	Stone Mason	Haworth Yorks
John (L) (R) ILEY	Inmate	Wdr	82	Worsted Weaver®	Wycoller Lancs
John HOLMES	Inmate	Wdr	69	Stone Mason ®	Keighley Yorks
Thomas TRETTON	Inmate	Single	27	Painter (house)	Liverpool Lancs
James JACKSON	Inmate	Wdr	69	Wool Comber ®	Gomersal Yorks
William HEMMINGWAY	Inmate	Single	42	Iron Moulders Lab	Keighley Yorks
John JENNINGS	Inmate	Single	33	Iron Moulders Lab	Barnhard Castle Durham
John NAREY	Inmate	Wdr	77	Wool Comber®	Sligo Ireland
Richard HEY	Inmate	Single	81	Milk Dealer ®	Bingley Yorks	Imbecile
Patrick FLYNN	Inmate	Wdr	80	Ag Lab®	Bellananagh Ireland
Jonathan MURGATROYD	Inmate	Wdr	54	Ag Lab	Keighley Yorks
George CROWTHER	Inmate	Wdr	72	Wool Comber ®	Keighley Yorks
Richard GOODALL	Inmate	Wdr	59	MechanicsLab	Leeds Yorks
Benjamin SMITH	Inmate	Wdr	60	Worsted Weaver ®	Cowling Yorks
William CORPS	Inmate	Wdr	75	Wool Comber ®	Northallerton Yorks
Clara OGDEN	Inmate	Marr	27	Winder	Keighley Yorks
Willie OGDEN	Inmate	Son	7	nil	Keighley Yorks
Ruth OGDEN	Inmate	Dau	4	nil	Keighley Yorks
Fanny OGDEN	Inmate	Dau	2	nil	Keighley Yorks
Stephen BOTTOMLEY	Inmate	Wdr	62	Wool Sorter ®	Bingley Yorks	Imbecile
John TIDSWELL	Inmate	Wdr	79	Worsted Weaver ®	Cottingley Yorks
Robert DENBY	Inmate	Single	82	Wool Comber ®	Oxenhope Yorks
James KILBY	Inmate	Marr	68	Ag Lab ®	Langford Beds
William MOORE	Inmate	Single	64	Wool Comber ®	Bingley Yorks
John HOLMES	Inmate	Single	73	Wool Comber ®	Haworth Yorks
Thomas MIDDLETON	Inmate	Single	59	Groom	Settle Yorks
Patrick DALEY	Inmate	Widr	69	Ag Lab ®	Ballemough Ireland ?
Thomas McKNIFF	Inmate	Marr	29	Ag Lab	Derby Derbys
John HILTON	Inmate	Wdr	70	Ag Lab ®	?enton, Cheshire
John APPLEYARD	Inmate	Wdr	74	Worsted Weaver®	Haworth Yorks
John CARRODUS	Inmate	Marr	50	Hairdresser	Keighley Yorks
Jonathon BRADLEY	Inmate	Marr	65	Mech Lab ®	Keighley Yorks
Thomas FEATHER	Inmate	Single	68	Woolcomber ®	Haworth Yorks
William PROCTOR	Inmate	Wdr	72	Woolcomber ®	Keighley Yorks
Holmes BROOKE	Inmate	Single	75	Woolcomber ®	Haworth Yorks
John Wm SHARPE	Inmate	Single	25	Mech Lab	Keighley Yorks
Joseph GREEN	Inmate	Single	54	Mech Lab	Broom Beds
Richard CAYGILL	Inmate	Single	55	Worsted Weaver	Burnley Lancs
Michael McNULTY	Inmate	Wdr	63	Tailor ®	Rashduff ?? Ireland
John O'HARA	Inmate	Single	34	Mech Lab Spin	Keighley Yorks
Ann CALLAGHAN	Inmate	Wdr	72	Housekeeper ®	Cavan Yorks
Maria HEY	Inmate	Marr	44	Housekeeper	Halifax Yorks
Mary HEY	Inmate	Dau	8	nil	Keighley Yorks
William HEY	Inmate	Son	4	nil	Keighley Yorks
Ann RODDY	Inmate	Single	42	Worsted Spinner	Sligo Ireland	Imbecile
Mary Jane CROMWELL	Inmate	Single	28	?	Bradford Yorks	Imbecile
Catherine OÆHARA	Inmate	Marr	58	Dom Housekeeper	Sligo Ireland
Margaret ROPER	Inmate	Marr	34	Dom Housekeeper	Keighley Yorks
Thomas ROPER	Inmate	Son	6	nil	Keighley Yorks
James ROPER	Inmate	Son	4	nil	Keighley Yorks
Mary Jane BERRY	Inmate	Single	24	Dom Servant	Silsden Yorks
Alice BROWN	Inmate	Single	21	Dom Servant	London Middlesex
Dorothy BROWN	Inmate	Single	23	Dom Servant	Hawes Yorks
Sarah WEST	Inmate	Single	56	Dom Servant	Harewood Yorks
Susannah WILSON	Inmate	Wid	72	Worsted Weaver ®	Oakworth Yorks
Ellen HAMMOND	Inmate	Single	70	Worsted Drawer ®	Tipperary Ireland
Mary WRAY (KRAY)	Inmate	Wid	73	Housekeeper ®	Timble Yorks
Jane McGREGOR	Inmate	Wid	60	Hawker ®	Edinburgh Scotland
Mary Ann CLARKE	Inmate	Marr	50	Worsted Weaver	Keighley Yorks
FlorrieCLARKE	Inmate	nil	9	nil	Keighley Yorks
Margaret SPENCER	Inmate	Single	63	Dom Servant ®	Kildwick Yorks	Imbecile
Jane WHITTAKER	Inmate	Single	55	Dom Servant	South Shields Durham
Martha Ann DOBBY	Inmate	Single	23	Dom Servant	Bingley Yorks	Imbecile
Mary SUNDERLAND	Inmate	Wid	48	Worsted Weaver	Bingley Yorks	Imbecile
Elizabeth REDMAN	Inmate	Single	45	Dom Servant	Pateley Bridge	Imbecile
Ann REDDIOUGH	Inmate	Wid	64	Worsted Drawer ®	Keighley Yorks
Catherine FLYNN	Inmate	Marr	25	Worsted Spinner	York Yorks
Ann Elizabeth FLYNN	Inmate	dau	2	nil	Keighley Yorks
Sabma O'HARA	Inmate	marr	27	Worsted Twister	Holvweston ?? Durham
Thomas O'HARA	Inmate	son	2	nil	Keighley Yorks
Mary Elizabeth O'HARA	Inmate	nil	1 month	nil	Keighley, Yorks
John William WHITEOAK	Inmate	nil	7	nil	Keighley Yorks
Sarah Jane JOYCE	Inmate	nil	12	nil	Bradford Yorks
Lucy HOLGATE	Inmate	nil	14	nil	Keighley Yorks
Charlotte TILLOTSON	Inmate	nil	10	nil	Bingley Yorks
Sam TILLOTSON	Inmate	nil	7	nil	Bingley Yorks
William PLUNKETT	Inmate	Marr	35	Woolsorter	Otley Yorks
John GLENCANNON	Inmate	Wdr	62	Ag Lab ®	Marleborough Ireland
James ASHWORTH	Inmate	Wdr	62	Stone Mason ®	Spottland??Lancs
Betty DANIELS	Inmate	Wid	91	Housekeeper ®	Idle Yorks
Anne STAFFORD	Inmate	Marr	54	Dom Housekeeper	Belfast Ireland
Mary SLATER	Inmate	Single	67	Housekeeper ®	Earby Yorks	Imbecile
Lucy WALTER	Inmate	Single	46	Domestic Ser	Clay Green Barracks Suffolk
Mary BUTLER	Inmate	Marr	39	Worsted Spinner	Lace Ireland
Ann NAREY	Inmate	Single	17	Worsted Spinner	Keighley Yorks
Lilley PICKLES	Inmate	Single	19	Worsted Spinner	Haworth Yorks
Edith Emily HOLM	Inmate	Marr	19	Dom Servant	Wolverhampton Staffs
Sarah Jane SHAW HERD	Inmate	Single	25	Worsted Spinner	Dewsbury Yorks
Janet WILLIAMS	Inmate	Single	21	Worsted Spinner	Plymouth Devonshire
Jane BEANLAND	Inmate	Single	20	Worsted Spinner	Bradford Yorks
Sarah HEMMINGWAY	Inmate	Wid	62	Dom Servant ®	Silverton ?Devonshire (Tiverton) ?
Jane WRIGHT	Inmate	Wid	38	Dom Servant	Alnwick Northumberland
James WRIGHT	Inmate	Son	10	nil	Haworth Yorks
Hannah DICKINSON	Inmate	Single	6*	Worsted Weaver	Sutton Yorks	Imbecile
Elizabeth GILL	Inmate	Wid	73	Dressmaker ®	Keighley Yorks
Catherine FLYNN	Inmate	Wid	63	Dom Servant	York Yorks
Eliza ROWLEY	Inmate	Single	28	Dom Servant	Dale Abbey Derbys
Hannah BARTLE	Inmate	Single	58	Worsted Weaver	Allerton Yorks
Elizabeth Alice BARNES	Inmate	Marr	28	Worsted Weaver	Blackburn Lance
Harriet GOLDING	Inmate	Wid	45	Worsted Weaver	Bradford Yorks
Mary BIRSTE	Inmate	Single	47	Dom Servant	Bingley Yorks	Imbecile
Elizabeth SCHOON	Inmate	Marr	52	Dom Servant	Kendal Westmoreland
Margaret EVANS	Inmate	Single	52	Worsted Weaver	Sligo County Ireland
Mary SMITH	Inmate	Single	59	Worsted Weaver	Keighley Yorks	Imbecile
Elizabeth CLAPHAM	Inmate	Wid	80	Dom Servant ®	Tadcaster Yorks
Elizabeth SUGDEN	Inmate	Single	18	Worsted Spinner	Cullingworth Yorks
Margaret CLARKE	Inmate	Wid	64	Worsted Weaver ®	Dublin Ireland
Elizabeth ROBERTS	Inmate	Marr	28	Worsted Weaver	Bishop Aukland Durham
Daniel ROBERTS	Inmate	Son	1	nil	Keighley Yorks
Mary Ann MIDGLEY	Inmate	Single	43	Worsted Weaver	Oakworth Yorks	Imbecile
Ellen SHUTT	Inmate	Marr	31	Worsted Weaver	Wakefield Yorks
Sarah Ellen DELVES	Inmate	Marr	51	Worsted Weaver	Keighley Yorks
Catherine LILLEY	Inmate	Wid	70	Worsted Weaver ®	Partlarlington Ireland
Sarah WARD	Inmate	Single	25	Worsted Spinner	Weston St MaryÆs Lancs	Imbecile
Ann KNIGHT	Inmate	Single	54	Worsted Spinne	Oakworth Yorks	Imbecile
Lavine CLOUGH	Inmate	Single	30	nil	Sutton Yorks
Amy SMITH	Inmate	Wid	66	Housekeeper ®	Keighley Yorks
Sarah CLOUGH	Inmate	Wid	55	Dom Housekeeper	Sutton Yorks
Esther FEATHER	Inmate	Single	70	Worsted Weaver ®	Bingley Yorks	Imbecile
Ralph CARR	Inmate	Wdr	85	Wool Comber ®	Keighley Yorks
Peter RAPE	Inmate	Wdr	67	Ag Lab ®	Mayo Ireland
Frederick OLDFIELD	Inmate	Single	61	Woolcomber ®	Keighley Yorks
Thomas CAINE	Inmate	Single	20	Joiners Lab	Howden Durham	Imbecile
Thomas LANCASTER	Inmate	Single	48	Spinning Mech	Keighley Yorks
Joseph FEATHER	Inmate	Wdr	65	Woolcomber ®	Keighley Yorks	Imbecile
William FEATHER	Inmate	Single	57	Woolcomber	Keighley Yorks	Imbecile
John SMITH	Inmate	Single	32	Mech Lab spinning	Keighley Yorks	Imbecile
Abraham BANCROFT	Inmate	Single	82	Woolcomber ®	Haworth Yorks
Abraham PICKLES	Inmate	Single	50	Wor Warp Twister	Keighley Yorks	Imbecile
John FAIRBANK	Inmate	Single	26	Ag Lab	Bingley Yorks
Eli BROWN	Inmate	Wdr	66	Woolcomber ®	Keighley Yorks
Thomas WEIGHALL	Inmate	Wdr	36	Tailor	Krayton ? Yorks
Danny McNAREY	Inmate	Wdr	68	Stone Mason ®	Galway Ireland
Robert HARGREAVES	Inmate	Wdr	71	Cotton Weaver ®	Burnley Lancs
Joseph WOOD	Inmate	Wdr	70	Hairdresser ®	Heaton Yorks
John HORSFALL	Inmate	Wdr	54	Designer	Harden Yorks
William SIMPSON	Inmate	Wdr	66	Mech Lab ®	Leeds Yorks
John BARRETT	Inmate	Single	64	Wood Sawyer ®	St Helens Lancs
John JOUL	Inmate	Marr	58	Worsted Weaver	Stansford? ?Derbys
Thomas FINLAN	Inmate	Single	60	Ag Lab	Belle Clare Ireland
George WHITTAKER	Inmate	Wdr	63	Navvy	Booth Bridge Yorks
George BINNS	Inmate	Marr	67	Plate Layer®	Harden Yorks
Henry PLATTS	Inmate	Single	72	Woolcomber ®	Bingley Yorks
Thomas BARNES	Inmate	Marr	6	Blacksmith	Hebden Bridge Yorks	Blind
Abraham LUND	Inmate	Wdr	77	Butcher ®	Keighley Yorks
John STORER	Inmate	Marr	43	Signalman ®	Belper Derbys	Imbecile
James LAMB	Inmate	Wdr	75	Ag Lab®	Stainburn Yorks
Joseph HAMILTON	Inmate	Single	65	Shoemaker ®	Stockton on Tees Durham
Septimus KNOWLES	Inmate	Wdr	72	Worsted Twister®	Barnoldswick Yorks
Roger SHACKLETON	Inmate	Marr	67	Woolcomber ®	Wadward??Yorks
Patrick BARTLE	Inmate	Wdr	63	Ag Lab ®	Sligo Ireland
Abraham MURGATROYD	Inmate	Single	63	Woolcomber ®	Keighley Yorks
Amos ROGERSON	Inmate	Marr	42	Mech Spinning	Barnsley Yorks
Benjamin BANCROFT	Inmate	Marr	57	Joiners Lab	Keighley Yorks
Henry DOWNS	Inmate	Single	19	nil	Oakworth Yorks	Deaf & Dumb
Edmund FOULDS	Inmate	Wdr	77	Shoemaker ®	Carleton Yorks
James WRAY	Inmate	Wdr	65	Woolcomber ®	Keighley Yorks
John WALBANK	Inmate	Wdr	61	Woolsorter ®	Bingley Yorks
John RATCLIFFE	Inmate	Wdr	73	Woolcomber ®	Allerton Yorks
Henry BROWN	Inmate	Wdr	65	Woolcomber ®	Oxford Oxon
Joseph HARTLEY	Inmate	Single	41	Worsted Weaver	Trawden Lance
Elijah LAYCOCK	Inmate	Single	60	Blacksmiths Lab ®	Keighley Yorks
William THOMPSON	Inmate	Single	73	Worsted Weaver ®	Baildon Yorks	Deaf & Dumb
John Swift HALSTEAD	Inmate	Marr	64	Stone Mason ®	Keighley Yorks
Anthony RILEY	Inmate	Marr	55	Worsted Weaver	Lothersdale Yorks
Richard ELLIOTT	Inmate	nil	10	nil	Keighley Yorks
Harry SMITH	Inmate	nil	7	nil	Keighley Yorks
Margaret ELSTON	Inmate	Wid	38	Dom Housekeeper	Keighley Yorks
Robert ELSTON	Inmate	nil	11	nil	Punjab India Nat Br Subject
Arthur ELSTON	Inmate	nil	8	nil	Punjab India Nat.Br.Subject
Anthony NAREY	Inmate	nil	9	nil	Keighley Yorks
John JOYCE	Inmate	nil	9	nil	Bradford Yorks
Joseph CAVANNAGH	Inmate	nil	8	nil	Keighley Yorks
James MYERS	Inmate	Single	52	Mechanic Spin	Burley Yorks
John DAISH	Inmate	Single	50	Mech's Lab Spin	Harden Yorks	Imbecile
Martha ELLISON	Inmate	Single	56	Worsted Twister	Cullingworth Yorks
Sarah Ellen GLEDHILL	Inmate	nil	4	nil	Keighley Yorks
Margaret ELSTON	Inmate	nil	1	nil	Keighley Yorks	Imbecile
Maria STABLES	Inmate	Single	38	Worsted Spinner	Keighley Yorks
Henry MOONEY	Inmate	Single	30	Worsted Weaver	Keighley Yorks
Mary(ia) WALTON	Inmate	Single	22	Worsted Spinner	Keighley Yorks
Louisa WALTON	Inmate	nil	1	nil	Keighley Yorks
James ROBERTS	Inmate	Marr	52	Mech LabSpin	Bingley Yorks
Catherine MOFFITT	Inmate	nil	4	nil	Keighley Yorks
Annie MOFFITT	Inmate	nil	2	nil	Keighley Yorks

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Transcribed by
Jan Perkins, ©2003
R12/3541 Page 256 - 262

Please check original images mistakes may occur during transcription......Jan

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