1891 Census for Wimpole

Parish Census 1891
Wimpole, Cambridgeshire

The 1891 Census for Wimpole, Cambridgeshire.
Reference: Ref. RG13/1521 (with acknowledgement to the Public Record Office)

Introduction

This is the 1891 Census for the Parish of Wimpole in Cambridgeshire.

The census commences with the School House in the village at the eastern end of Cambridge Road then follows the northern side of the road westwards [most of the village properties on the southern side of Cambridge Road were in the Parish of Orwell until 1999] towards the hamlet of Arrington Bridge. The census then jumps straight to the Rectory and Wimpole Hall, before recording the farms and dwellings around the Wimpole Estate. The 5th Earl of Hardwicke [= Yorke Family Tree] is not in residence - in just three year's time he will be selling Wimpole to settle massive gambling debts.

The Population of Wimpole:

There is a national Census every ten years when the year ends in a one. The following table gives the population of the Parish of Wimpole from 1801 to 1951 (the numbers include children and visitors from outside the parish in temporary residence within Wimpole on the date of census).

1801:
1811:
1821:
1831:
1841:
1851:

324
366
493
583
464
452

1861:
1871:
1881:
1891:
1901:
1911:

406
419
355
290
240
238

1921:
1931:
1941:
1951:

244
218
(Not taken)
239

Other Censuses

Arrington	Wimpole	Orwell	Local
1881 Census 1891 Census 1901 Census *	1881 Census 1891 Census 1901 Census	1881 Census 1891 Census 1901 Census	1881 Workhouse *incomplete

Acknowledgements

My thanks and acknowedgements to the 'census team' who provided the documentation and who typed and checked the various page transcripts. Particular thanks to Mike Giddings, Susan Giddings, Alexandra Morton and John Parkins for all their help, assistance and encouragement.

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The 1891 Census for Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
Date of Census: 5 April 1891.

[Information, notes and comments additional to the 1891 Census are shown within square brackets]

1. Name.
2. Relation to Head of Household.
3. Married, Widowed or Single.
4. Age.
5. Occupation.
6. Place of Birth.

School House (Schedule 67)
[Now School House, 22 Cambridge Road, Wimpole]

School House (c1905)
Pupils playing in the school grounds with School House in the background. The Old School House (or Old Wooden School) Schedule 30, is just off
to the left of this photograph.

Samuel HORSFIELD	Head	S	57	School Master	Colne Lancashire
Emily HORSFIELD	Daughter	S	32	School Mistress	Badminton Gloucestershire

Old School Cottage (Schedule 68)
[Now demolished, was situated on site of 30 Cambridge Road, Wimpole]

Old Wooden School
This was the original school building in Wimpole. After the new 'brick' C of E School was built in 1874, the building was converted into one then two small dwellings. It was listed as an Almshouse in 1933 (this image is the only photograph of the school I have been able to find and is taken from an ink 'duplicated' WI pamphlet issued in 1958). The original Wimpole Village Hall (1924-1977) can be glimpsed on the right.

Samuel INGREY	Head	M	79	Agricultural Labourer	Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
Judith INGREY	Wife	M	77		Croydon, Cambridgeshire

Old School Cottage (Schedule 69) [See Schedule 68 above]
Charles BULLEN	Head	M	27	Bricklayer Jimmy	Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
Emma BULLEN	Wife	M	25		Croydon, Cambridgeshire

1 New Wimpole (Schedule 1) [Now ?? Cambridge Road, Wimpole]
Samuel CLARK	Head	M	53	Brickmaker	Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
Emma CLARK	Wife	M	57		Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
Cornelius CLARK	Son	S	17	Agricultural Labourer	Wimpole, Cambridgeshire

2/3 New Wimpole (Schedule 2) [Now ?? Cambridge Road, Wimpole]
Henry WILKINS	Head	M	28	Gardener Labourer	Arrington, Cambridgeshire
Emily A. WILKINS	Wife	M	24		Orwell, Cambridgeshire
Charles H. WILKINS	Son		4		Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
Hilda M. WILKINS	Daughter		3m		Wimpole, Cambridgeshire

4/5 New Wimpole (Schedule 3) [Now ?? Cambridge Road, Wimpole]
John GOATES	Head	M	52	Agricultural Labourer	Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
Priscilla GOATES	Wife	M	51		Kingston, Cambridgeshire
Arthur GOATES	Son		13	Agricultural Labourer	Wimpole, Cambridgeshire

6 New Wimpole (Schedule 4) [Now ?? Cambridge Road, Wimpole]
William WHITBY	Head	M	39	Agricultural Labourer	Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
Sarah WHITBY	Wife	M	40		Toft, Cambridgeshire
Charles WHITBY	Son		12	Agricultural Labourer	Toft, Cambridgeshire
Albert WHITBY	Son		11	Agricultural Labourer	Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
Frank WHITBY	Son		9	Scholar	Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
William WHITBY	Son		7	Scholar	Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
James WHITBY	Son		5	Scholar	Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
Emma J WHITBY	Daughter		3		Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
Andrew WHITBY	Son		2m		Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
Ruth WHITBY	Mother	W	79		Wimpole, Cambridgeshire

7/8 New Wimpole (Schedule 5) [Now: 40 Cambridge Road, Wimpole]
David PRATT	Head	M	53	Agricultural Labourer	Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
Mary A[nn] PRATT	Wife	M	57		Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
Arthur [J] PRATT	Son		14	Agricultural Labourer	Arrington, Cambridgeshire
Flora PRATT	Daughter		10	Scholar	Wimpole, Cambridgeshire

[Notes:
(a) David Pratt (b 1838) married Mary Ann Rule (b 1839) on the 22 January 1858 and they had seven children, the first of whom was Charles Pratt (b 1860) - see schedule 14 below.
(b) See also 1901 census entry (Schedule 36) for photograph and additional information]

9/10 New Wimpole (Schedule 6) [Now ?? Cambridge Road, Wimpole]
William BULLEN	Head	M	62	Agricultural Labourer	Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
Ann BULLEN	Wife	M	61		Orwell, Cambridgeshire

11 New Wimpole (Schedule 7) [Now ?? Cambridge Road, Wimpole]
David SPAXMAN	Head	M	70	Retired pensioner from charity at Oxford	Long Stowe, Cambridgeshire
Elizabeth SPAXMAN	Wife	M	69		Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
William SPAXMAN	Grandson		5	Scholar	London

[Note: Often spelt Spacksman in Wimpole records]

Cambridge Road (c1905)
No 22 New Wimpole is on the left then numbers run down to No 1 New Wimpole (in mid-distance before the tree). Each building has either two or three dwellings. From an original postcard postmarked Arrington, and dated November 1 1905. The image may be earlier.

12/13 New Wimpole (Schedule 8) [Now ?? Cambridge Road, Wimpole]
James RULE	Head	M	56	Agricultural Labourer	Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
Elizabeth RULE	Wife	M	54		Arrington, Cambridgeshire
William RULE	Son		15	Bricklayer's Labourer	Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
Kate HOUSDEN (Visitor)	Grand- Daughter		12		Hatley, Cambridgeshire

14/15 New Wimpole (Schedule 9) [Now ?? Cambridge Road, Wimpole]
Elizabeth MULBERRY	Head	W	78		Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
Jonathan MULBERRY	Son	S	44	Agricultural Labourer	Wimpole, Cambridgeshire

16/17 New Wimpole (Schedule 10) [Now ?? Cambridge Road, Wimpole]
Joseph GADD	Head	S	57	Tailor	Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
Keziah GADD	Sister	S	54		Wimpole, Cambridgeshire

18/19 New Wimpole (Schedule 11) [Now ?? Cambridge Road, Wimpole]
Uninhabited

20 New Wimpole (Schedule 12) [Now ?? Cambridge Road, Wimpole]
James OSBORNE	Head	M	50	Agricultural Labourer	Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
Mary OSBORNE	Wife	M	60		Wilbraham, Cambridgeshire
George OSBORNE	Son		12	Scholar	Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
Samuel OSBORNE	Father	W	83		Hatley, Cambridgeshire

21 New Wimpole (Schedule 13) [Now ?? Cambridge Road, Wimpole]
William CARTER	Head	M	37	Agricultural Labourer	Croydon, Cambridgeshire
Elizabeth CARTER	Wife	M	33		Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
Sidney CARTER	Son		14	Agricultural Labourer	Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
Lily CARTER	Daughter		12	Scholar	Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
Alice CARTER	Daughter		10	Scholar	Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
Annie CARTER	Daughter		7	Scholar	Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
Nellie CARTER	Daughter		3		Wimpole, Cambridgeshire

22/23 New Wimpole (Schedule 14) [Now ?? Cambridge Road, Wimpole]
Charles PRATT	Head	M	30	Gardener	Arrington, Cambridgeshire
Martha PRATT	Wife	M	28	Domestic	Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
Chas PRATT	Son		6	Scholar	Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
David PRATT	Son		3		Caxton, Cambridgeshire
Annie PRATT	Daughter		8m		Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
William INGREY	Son		8		Caxton, Cambridgeshire

24 New Wimpole (Schedule 15) [Now ?? Cambridge Road, Wimpole]
John BULLEN	Head	M	40	Carpenter Journeyman	Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
Annie BULLEN	Wife	M	39		Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
Thomas BULLEN	Son		14	Labourer	Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
Andrew BULLEN	Son		10	Scholar	Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
Alice BULLEN	Daughter		7	Scholar	Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
Harry BULLEN	Son		5	Scholar	Wimpole, Cambridgeshire

New Wimpole (No Number) (Schedule 16) [Now ?? Cambridge Road, Wimpole]
Robert HURST	Head	M	65	Agricultural Labourer	Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
Caroline HURST	Wife	M	61		Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
John HURST	Son	S	41	Agricultural Labourer	Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
Elizabeth HURST	Daughter	S	18		Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
Robert HURST	Grandson		7	Scholar	Wimpole, Cambridgeshire

New Wimpole (No Number) (Schedule 17) [Now ?? Cambridge Road, Wimpole]
Charles SKINNER	Head	M	31	General Labourer	Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
Ellen SKINNER	Wife	M	26		Barrington, Cambridgeshire
Margaret SKINNER	Daughter		1		Wimpole, Cambridgeshire

Brickyard, New Wimpole (Schedule 18) [Dwelling demolished, now The Woodyard, Wimpole]
James SMITH	Head	M	54	Agricultural Labourer	Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
Lydia SMITH	Wife	M	52		Arrington, Cambridgeshire
John SMITH	Son	S	17	Agricultural Labourer	Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
Arthur SMITH	Son		13	Agricultural Labourer	Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
Harry SMITH	Son		10	Scholar	Wimpole, Cambridgeshire

Brickyard, New Wimpole (Schedule 19) [Dwelling demolished, now The Woodyard, Wimpole]
Elizabeth RULE	Head	W	81		Foxton, Cambridgeshire
Charles RULE	Son	S	42	Agricultural Labourer	Wimpole, Cambridgeshire

Hoback Farm, New Wimpole (Schedule 20) [Now Hoback Farm, Cambridge Road, Wimpole]
William GENTLE	Head	M	70	Farmers Foreman	Ashwell, Hertfordshire
Mary GENTLE	Wife	M	69		Arrington, Cambridgeshire

Cambridge Road Farm, New Wimpole (Schedule 21) [Now Cambridge Road Farm. Cambridge Road, Wimpole]
John HAGGER	Head	M	43	Farmer	Bourn, Cambridgeshire
Annie HAGGER	Wife	M	41		Wendy, Cambridgeshire
Reginald HAGGER	Son		12	Scholar	Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
Alice HAGGER	Daughter		9	Scholar	Orwell, Cambridgeshire
Annie HAGGER	Daughter		5	Scholar	Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
Alice SOLE	Servant	S	15	General Servant	Morden, Cambridgeshire

28 New Wimpole (Schedule 22) [Now ?? Cambridge Road, Wimpole]
James SKINNER	Head	M	52	Agricultural Labourer	Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
Ann SKINNER	Wife	M	53		Willingham, Cambridgeshire
Arthur SKINNER	Son	S	23	Agricultural Labourer	Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
Abraham SKINNER	Brother Visitor	S	56	Agricultural Labourer	Wimpole, Cambridgeshire

29 New Wimpole (Schedule 23) [Now ?? Cambridge Road, Wimpole]
James RULE	Head	M	81		Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
Rebecca RULE	Wife	M	78		Croydon, Cambridgeshire
David RULE	Son	M	55	Labourer	Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
Jane RULE	Wife	M	52		Orwell, Cambridgeshire

River Cam Farm, New Wimpole (Schedule 24) [Now River Cam Farm, Cambridge Road, Wimpole]
John DAWSON	Head	M	37	Farmer	Bourn, Cambridgeshire
Martha DAWSON	Wife	M	32		Abbots Ripton, Huntingdonshire
Selina DAWSON	Daughter		5		Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
Stephen DAWSON	Son		3		Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
Herbert DAWSON	Son		8m		Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
Florence E WATSON	Servant		14	General Servant	Wendy, Cambridgeshire

The Avenue, Arrington Bridge (Schedule 25) [Cottage demolished, now approx site of ?? Cambridge Road, Wimpole]
Mary WHETSTONE	Head	W	83		Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
William WHETSTONE	Son	S	58	Bricklayer Journeyman	Wimpole, Cambridgeshire

The Avenue, Arrington Bridge (Schedule 26) [Cottage demolished, now approx site of ?? Cambridge Road, Wimpole]
Mary JOHNSON	Head	S	56		Arrington, Cambridgeshire
Charles CHARTER	Son	S	36	Agricultural Labourer	Arrington, Cambridgeshire

32 & 33 Arrington Bridge (Schedule 27) [Now ?? Cambridge Road, Wimpole]
Charles COOPER	Head	W	53	Agricultural Labourer	Arrington, Cambridgeshire
Charles COOPER	Son	S	22	Agricultural Labourer	Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
Mary COOPER	Daughter	S	18		Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
Eliza COOPER	Daughter	S	16	Housekeeper	Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
Tom COOPER	Son		14	Agriculture Labourer	Wimpole, Cambridgeshire

34 & 35 Arrington Bridge (Schedule 28) [Now ?? Cambridge Road, Wimpole]
Ann REED	Head	W	64		Whaddon, Cambridgeshire
William REED	Son	S	23	Agricultural Labourer	Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
Jane REED	Daughter	S	30	Dressmaker	Wimpole, Cambridgeshire

36 Arrington Bridge (Schedule 29) [Now ?? Cambridge Road, Wimpole]
Albert J LITCHFIELD	Head	M	24	Blacksmith Journeyman	Long Stowe, Cambridgeshire
Eliza LITCHFIELD	Wife	M	30		Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
Agnes J LITCHFIELD	Daughter		8m		Wimpole, Cambridgeshire

38 Arrington Bridge (Schedule 30) [Now ?? Cambridge Road, Wimpole]
Julia RUMBOLD	Head	W	40	Laundress	Aldenham, Hertfordshire
Eleanor RUMBOLD	Daughter		13		Bushey, Hertfordshire
Charlotte RUMBOLD	Daughter		11	Scholar	Bushey, Hertfordshire
William RUMBOLD	Son		9	Scholar	Chalk Farm, London
Charles RUMBOLD	Son		6	Scholar	Kingston, Cambridgeshire

37 Arrington Bridge (Schedule 31) [Now ?? Cambridge Road, Wimpole]
David LONG	Head	W	36	Agricultural Labourer	Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
Lily LONG	Daughter		8	Scholar	Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
Sarah LAURENCE	Servant	W	50	Servant	Bassingbourn, Cambridgeshire

39 Arrington Bridge (Schedule 32) [Now ?? Cambridge Road, Wimpole]
David BULLEN	Head	W	55	Agricultural Labourer	Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
David BULLEN	Son	S	24	Agricultural Labourer	Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
George BULLEN	Son	S	18	Agricultural Labourer	Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
Emma BULLEN	Daughter	S	18		Wimpole, Cambridgeshire

40 & 41 Arrington Bridge (Schedule 33) [Now ?? Cambridge Road, Wimpole]
Benjamin BULLEN	Head	M	53	Groom & Gardener Domestic	Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
Emma BULLEN	Wife	M	36		Chrishall, , Essex
Ernest BULLEN	Son	S	18	Stable Boy & Groom	Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
Charles BULLEN	Son		15	Agricultural Labourer	Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
Walter BULLEN	Son		2m		Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
Susan SOOLE	Mother Visitor	W	77		Ickleton, Cambridgeshire

Arrington Bridge (c1920)
The road junction at Arrington Bridge taken from the Great North Road and looking towards the road to Wimpole and Cambridge. On the right is the Agent's House ("Wimpole Lodge" - Schedule 34 below) and the white cottage beyond is No 38 (Schedule 30 above). The newly erected Arrington and Wimpole War Memorial is on the left. The junction was closed in 1991, following construction of a new roundabout some 200m to the north.

Agent's House, Arrington Bridge (Schedule 34) [Now Wimpole Lodge, Cambridge Road, Wimpole]
Reginald FELLOWS	Head	S	36	Land Agent	Beighton, Norfolk
T Lawrey COOKSON	Visitor	M	24	Land Agent	Durham, Durham
L Lawrey COOKSON	Border	S	26	Land Agent	Durham, Durham
Mary A NOBBIN	Servant	M	38	Domestic	Irstead, Norfolk
Julia RINGER	Servant	S	20	Domestic	Wells, Norfolk

8 Elms Farm, Arrington Bridge (Schedule 35) [Now 8 Elms Farm, Ermine Street, Arrington]
Martha F HASTING	Wife	M	24		Arrington, Cambridgeshire
Florence DISHERY	Servant		14	Domestic General	Kneesworth, Cambridgeshire

The Rectory (Schedule 36)
[Now The Rectory Restaurant and Estate Offices, Wimpole Estate]

Wimpole Rectory (image c1908)
Wimpole Rectory still stands in the grounds of Wimpole Hall. In
1996, the National Trust converted the lower floor into the Rectory Restaurant. The upper floors have since been refurbished and are
now estate offices.

Edward L FELLOWS	Head	M	45	Rector of Wimpole	Lingwood, Norfolk
Margaret R FELLOWS	Wife	M	42		Oxford, Oxford
Thomas L FELLOWS	Daughter		15		Cumnor, Berkshire
Rosamond S FELLOWS	Daughter		13		Oxford, Oxford
Constance J FELLOWS	Daughter		9		Oxford, Oxford
Gertrude RANSOME	Servant	S	34	Governess	Ipswich, Suffolk
Mary A YOUNG	Servant	S	21	Cook	Sandy, , Bedfordshire
Emma JENKINS	Servant	S	27	Housemaid	East Harling, Norfolk
Ellen DANIELS	Servant	S	21	Maid	Sandy, , Bedfordshire

Wimpole Hall (Schedule 37)
[Still Wimpole Hall, a major National Trust Property and open to the public]

Wimpole Hall (image c1915)
Front (South) Elevation.

[The owner, Charles Philip Yorke, the 5th Earl of Hardwicke