1881 Census: Boys' Refuge, Commercial Street, Whitechapel, London, Middlesex
| Name | Mar | Age | Sex | Relation | Occupation | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | ||||||
| Thomas LANGFORD | M | 40 | M | Head | Superintendant (Inst Serv) | Kingsdown, Kent |
| Rebecca LANGFORD | M | 38 | F | Wife | Matron (Inst Serv) | Halls, Norfolk |
| Edgar N. LANGFORD | U | 12 | M | Son | Forest Gate, Essex | |
| Harold R. LANGFORD | U | 4 | M | Son | Whitechapel, Middlesex | |
| Thomas N. LANGFORD | U | 1 | M | Son | Whitechapel, Middlesex | |
| Anna M. VINCENT | U | 26 | F | Servant | Assistant | Halls, Norfolk |
| Rebecca MITCHELL | U | 24 | F | Servant | Domestic | St Georges, Middlesex |
| Elizabeth LAMBET | U | 31 | F | Servant | Domestic | St Georges, Middlesex |
| George KING | M | 29 | M | Servant | Schoolmaster | Ditton, Kent |
| Inmates | ||||||
| Alfred A. ADAMS | U | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Greenwich, Kent |
| William ANDREWS | U | 14 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Southwark, Surrey |
| Richard ASHENDEN | U | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Bermondsey, Surrey |
| William BAILY | U | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Peckham, Surrey |
| Joseph BERRY | U | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Lewisham, Kent |
| William BLANKS | U | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Southwark, Surrey |
| Frederick BONE | U | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Camberwell, Surrey |
| Francis BOSTICK | U | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Lambeth, Surrey |
| Henry BOWDEN | U | 16 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Marylebone, Middlesex |
| Joseph BOWME | U | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Peckham, Surrey |
| Walter BOXALL | U | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Battersea, Surrey |
| George BRAMPTON | U | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | St Pancras, Middlesex |
| Frederick BRAY | U | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Newington, Surrey |
| Frederick BRAYS | U | 14 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Uxbridge, Middlesex |
| Edward BRIAN | U | 14 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Brixton, Surrey |
| Robert H. BROWN | U | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Kennington, Surrey |
| Harry BYRNE | U | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Lambeth, Surrey |
| James CADDEY | U | 14 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Paddington, Middlesex |
| Albert CHANDLER | U | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Bow E, Middlesex |
| John CHRISTOPHER | U | 15 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Walworth, Surrey |
| Frederick CONSBEER | U | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Battersea, Surrey |
| Charles COULSON | U | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Rotherithe, Surrey |
| Albert A. CRABB | U | 17 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Uxbridge, Middlesex |
| Arthur CROSBY | U | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Lambeth, Surrey |
| Edwin CROSS | U | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Soho, Middlesex |
| John DARLING | U | 14 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Hammersmith, Surrey |
| Charles DAVIS | U | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Walworth, Surrey |
| George DAVIS | U | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | London City Of, Middlesex |
| Joseph DAVIS | U | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | St Lukes, Middlesex |
| Thomas DAY | U | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Stockwell, Surrey |
| John DEARLE | U | 15 | M | Inmate | Scholar | London City Of, Middlesex |
| George DELHAY | U | 14 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Marylebone, Middlesex |
| John DESMOND | U | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | London City Of, Middlesex |
| William DIXON | U | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Brixton, Surrey |
| Jas. DORRINGTON | U | 15 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Lambeth, Surrey |
| Thomas ESPLINE | U | 14 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Woolwich, Kent |
| Charles EVANS | U | 14 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Battersea, Surrey |
| James EVANS | U | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | St Lukes, Middlesex |
| William FARMER | U | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Lambeth, Surrey |
| George FAULKENER | U | 14 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Kentish Town, Middlesex |
| Thomas FISHER | U | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Blackfriars, Surrey |
| Gerald FRITTOD | U | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | London City Of, Middlesex |
| William GIDDART | U | 16 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Stratford, Essex |
| Frederick GODFREY | U | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Battersea, Surrey |
| Alfred GOODDAY | U | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Rotherithe, Surrey |
| William GREEN | U | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Southwark, Surrey |
| John GURNEY | U | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Marylebone, Middlesex |
| James HALEY | U | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Bow St, Middlesex |
| Arnold HALL | U | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | London City Of, Middlesex |
| Charles HARRIS | U | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Woolwich, Kent |
| Tobin HERD | U | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Bermondsey, Surrey |
| Henry HILL | U | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Peckham, Surrey |
| James HILOS | U | 14 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Westminster, Middlesex |
| Henry HIPSON | U | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Clerkenwell, Middlesex |
| Richard HOCKHAM | U | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Wandsworth, Surrey |
| Frederick HOWARD | U | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Westminster, Middlesex |
| John HUSSEY | U | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Plumstead, Kent |
| Henry JARVIS | U | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | St Lukes, Middlesex |
| Henry JAY | U | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Walworth, Surrey |
| Frederick JOHNSON | U | 14 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Chelsea, Middlesex |
| George JONES | U | 15 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Clapham, Surrey |
| Thomas JONES | U | 14 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Rotherithe, Surrey |
| George JOYCE | U | 14 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Spitalfields, Middlesex |
| Joshua KIPPS | U | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Notting Hill, Middlesex |
| Albert LANE | U | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Poplar, Middlesex |
| Thomas LEE | U | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Camberwell, Surrey |
| Jeremiah LESTE | U | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Sydenham, Kent |
| William LOGAN | U | 14 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Holborn, Middlesex |
| James LOVEDAY | U | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Battersea, Surrey |
| John LOVELL | U | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | New Kent Rd, Surrey |
| Charles LYONS | U | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Bermondsey, Surrey |
| Frances MARKS | U | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Kensington, Middlesex |
| Alfred MAWES | U | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Westminster, Middlesex |
| George MILTON | U | 15 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Westminster, Middlesex |
| Henry MILTON | U | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Westminster, Middlesex |
| Ernest MOORE | U | 14 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Uxbridge, Middlesex |
| Frederick MOORE | U | 15 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Uxbridge, Middlesex |
| John MORRELL | U | 10 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Walworth, Surrey |
| John M. MORRIS | U | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Shadwell, Middlesex |
| John MURRAY | U | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Paddington, Middlesex |
| John W. NALES | U | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Lambeth, Surrey |
| Richard NEVILLE | U | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Camberwell, Surrey |
| John NEWMAN | U | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Holborn, Middlesex |
| Alfred NICHOLLS | U | 15 | M | Inmate | Scholar | St Georges, Middlesex |
| Alfred NORRIS | U | 14 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Bermondsey, Surrey |
| Thomas PALE | U | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Hammersmith, Middlesex |
| Edward PAULSTON | U | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Greenwich, Kent |
| William R. PAYNE | U | 14 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Chelsea, Middlesex |
| William PEARCE | U | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Battersea, Surrey |
| Robert PHILLIPS | U | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Camberwell, Surrey |
| Thomas POCKNELL | U | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Lambeth, Surrey |
| Thomas POULTER | U | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Newington, Surrey |
| Charles QUAINTRELL | U | 15 | M | Inmate | Scholar | London City Of, Middlesex |
| Joseph RAY | U | 15 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Marylebone, Middlesex |
| William REWES | U | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Lambeth, Surrey |
| Walter REYNOLDS | U | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Lambeth, Surrey |
| William RIDDLE | U | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Marylebone, Middlesex |
| Edward H. RILEY | U | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Lambeth, Surrey |
| Frederick ROBSON | U | 15 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Deptford, Kent |
| John RODGERS | U | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Clerkenwell, Middlesex |
| Albert ROSWORTHY | U | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Peckham, Surrey |
| James RYAN | U | 15 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Clerkenwell, Middlesex |
| Frederick SAUNDERS | U | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Bow St, Middlesex |
| Jesse SAUNDERS | U | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Old Kent Rd, Surrey |
| Albert SCHOOLING | U | 15 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Peckham, Surrey |
| Frederick SELF | U | 15 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Clerkenwell, Middlesex |
| Edwin E. SHERWARD | U | 14 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Walworth, Surrey |
| Alfred SMITH | U | 15 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Stockwell |
| Edmund SOMES | U | 15 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Lambeth, Surrey |
| James SPALDING | U | 14 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Deptford, Kent |
| Robert SPINKS | U | 14 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Spitalfields, Middlesex |
| Alfred THORNE | U | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Clerkenwell, Middlesex |
| Herbert TROTT | U | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Peckham, Surrey |
| Edward TUCK | U | 14 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Uxbridge, Middlesex |
| James UTTING | U | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Peckham, Surrey |
| James VARNEY | U | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Southwark, Surrey |
| Joseph WAINBRIGHT | U | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Surrey |
| Henry WALLER | U | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Woolwich, Kent |
| Frederick G. WATER | U | 15 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Pimlico, Middlesex |
| Mathew WATERS | U | 14 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Vauxhall, Surrey |
| Henry WEATHERS | U | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Blackfriars, Surrey |
| Henry WEBB | U | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Bermondsey, Surrey |
| Francis WHEELER | U | 14 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Kent |
| Thomas WIGHTMAN | U | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Holloway, Middlesex |
| Alfred WILLIS | U | 15 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Uxbridge, Middlesex |
| John N. WOOD | U | 11 | M | Inmate | Scholar | London City Of, Middlesex |
| William WOOD | U | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Bethnal Green, Middlesex |
| Ernest R. WRIGHT | U | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Deptford, Kent |
| Henry J. WRIGHT | U | 12 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Pimlico, Middlesex |
| Thomas YAMBLE | U | 13 | M | Inmate | Scholar | St Lukes, Middlesex |
| Albert YOUNG | U | 14 | M | Inmate | Scholar | Holborn, Middlesex |
Total residents: 140
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