The 1851 Census of The Fever Hospital which stood on Crickets Lane Ashton Under Lyne. This area was commonly known as Cricketty, and whilst originally a well to do area on the edge of town, by this date it had become a slum area filled with lodging houses and the like.

Parish

or Township of

Ecclesiastical District of

City or Borough of

Town of

Village of
Ashton Under Lyne Borough of Ashton Under Lyne Ashton Under Lyne

No. ofHouse-Holder'sSchedule

Name of Street, Place, or
Road, and Name or
No. of House

Name and Surname of each Person who abode in the house, on the Night of the 30th March, 1851

Relationship to Head of Family

Condition

Age of

 Rank, Profession, or Occupation Where Born

Whether Blind or Deaf–and– Dumb
Males Females
1 Crickets Lane Abram Newton Head Mar 28 Currier (Employing 6 Men) Lancashire Ashton Under Lyne
Hannah Newton Wife Mar 25 Lancashire Ashton Under Lyne
Anna Haigh Newton Daur 3 Lancashire Ashton Under Lyne
Sarah Ann Newton Daur 2 Lancashire Ashton Under Lyne
Margaret Jennings Servt 14 General Servant Ireland
John Mason Apprentice U 20 Currier (App Lancash Ashton Under Lyne
2 Crickets Lane Enoch Warton Davies Head Widr 24 Bellows Maker Warwicksh Birmingham
James Leigh Visiter U 24 Spinner Lancash Ashton Under Lyne
3 Charles Ellis Head Mar 29 Govenor of Fever Hospital Lancash Manchester
Elizabeth Ellis Wife Mar 24 Matron of Fever Hospital Lancash Manchester
Robert Ellis Son 2 Lancash Ashton Under Lyne
Charles Ellis 11 m Lancash Ashton Under Lyne
Richard Tyrer Servant Mar 69 General Serv Lancash Stretford
John Andrew Servant Mar 51 General Servant Yorkshe Wadele
Bernard Bretnor Servant Mar 30 General Servant Cheshe Hollingworth
Mary Ann Watson Servant W 53 General Serva Lincolnshe Spalding
Esther Lodge Servant Mar 38 General Serv Yorksh Saddleworth
4 Thomas Kelly Pauper U 17 (Idiot) Lancash Ashton Under Lyne
William Yarwood Pauper Widr 47 Fustian Dreſser Lancash Manchester
Hannah Buckley Pauper W 40 Genl Servant Lanash Ashton Under Lyne
TotalofHouses I

3

U _ B _

Total of Persons

12

8
Parish

or Township of

Ecclesiastical District of

City or Borough of

Town of

Village of
Ashton Under Lyne Borough of Ashton Under Lyne Ashton Under Lyne

No. ofHouse-Holder'sSchedule

Name of Street, Place, or
Road, and Name or
No. of House

Name and Surname of each Person who abode in the house, on the Night of the 30th March, 1851

Relationship to Head of Family

Condition

Age of

 Rank, Profession, or Occupation Where Born

Whether Blind or Deaf–and– Dumb
Males Females
Crickets Lane Francis Jackson Pauper U 27 Rover Cotton Lancash Oldham
Abraham Fielding Pauper U42 Hatter Lancash Oldham
Ann Bradbury Pauper U 47 Servant Ches Hollingworth
William Hoyles Pauper U17 Idiot Lancash Ashton Under Lyne
John Micklefield Pauper U24 Chimney Sweeper Lancash Ashton Under Lyne
Martha Howard Pauper Mar 58 Charwoman Yorks Saddleworth
Bridget Lees Pauper W 37 Charwoman Ireland
Maria Bennett Pauper U 27 Lancash Stalybridge
George Warburton Pauper Widr 58 Bleacher Cotton Lancash Radcliffe
Mary Newton Pauper U 22 Tenter (Cotton) Lancash Ashton Under Lyne Blind
Joseph Schofield Pauper U35 Hatter Lancash Droylsden
William Lavin Pauper u 18 Piecer Cotton Ireland
Henry Shaw Pauper Mar 33 Whitesmith Lancash Ashton Under Lyne
Robert Ashworth Pauper Widr 68 Hatter Lancash Ashton Under Lyne
Martin Burke Pauper Mar 63 Spinner Cotton Ireland
Richard Buckley Pauper U 42 Bricklayer Yorksh Sheffield
Gamer Oakley Pauper U 22 Rail Lab Norfolk St Mary
William Haughton Pauper M 17 Ag. Lab Lancash Denton
Samuel Blackshaw Pauper U 40 Lancash Droylesden Blind
Joseph Ellison Pauper u 20 Piecer Cotton Chesh Dukinfield
TotalofHouses I

-

U

-

B

-

Total of Persons

15

5
Parish

or Township of

Ecclesiastical District of

City orBorough of

Town of

Village of
Ashton Under Lyne Borough of Ashton Under Lyne Ashton Under Lyne

No. ofHouse-Holder'sSchedule

Name of Street, Place, or
Road, and Name or
No. of House

Name and Surname of each Person who abode in the house, on the Night of the 30th March, 1851

Relationship to Head of Family

Condition

Age of

 Rank, Profession, or Occupation Where Born

Whether Blind or Deaf–and– Dumb
Males Females
Mary

garet

 McKeon Pauper U 18 General Serv. Ireland
Margaret McKeon Pauper U General Serv. Ireland
Margaret Devine Pauper W 75 Charwoman N K Born in the Army
Susannah Booth Pauper U 28 Tenter Cotton Derbysh Chapel en le Frith
Louisa White Pauper Mar 23 Reeler Cotton Ireland
Michael White Pauper U 6 m Yorksh Sheffield
Ann Carr Pauper U 23 Tenter Cotton Berksh Windsor
James Hatton Pauper Mar 43 Carder Cotton Lancash Salford
Mary Howard Pauper U 40 Winder Cotton Ireland
Ellen Crowther Pauper U 27 Winder Cotton Lancash Colne
Joshua Nuttall Pauper U 34 Weaver Cotton Chesh Stockport
Henry Whittaker Pauper Mar 55 Dyer Lancash Edenfield
Maria Robinson Pauper U 11 An Orphan N K
Ann Chadwick Pauper Mar 20 Tenter Cotton Lancash Gorton
Sarah Wood Pauper U 63 General Servt Chesh Newton Deaf & Dumb
John Roberts Pauper Mar 51 Dreſser Woollen Yorksh Saddleworth
Margaret Duffy Pauper U 18 General Servt Ireland
James McGarran Pauper U 13 Piecer Cotton Ireland
Catharine Crossby Pauper Mar 22 General Servt Ireland
Betsey Clegg Pauper Mar 24 Charwoman Lancash Harwood
TotalofHouses I

-

U

-

B

-

Total of Persons

6

14
Parish

or Township of

Ecclesiastical District of

City orBorough of

Town of

Village of
Ashton Under Lyne Borough of Ashton Under Lyne Ashton Under Lyne

No. ofHouse-Holder'sSchedule

Name of Street, Place, or
Road, and Name or
No. of House

Name and Surname of each Person who abode in the house, on the Night of the 30th March, 1851

Relationship to Head of Family

Condition

Age of

 Rank, Profession, or Occupation Where Born

Whether Blind or Deaf–and– Dumb
Males Females
Crickets Lane Jane Middlebrook Pauper Mar 34 Charwoman Yorksh Barnsley
Robert Middlebrook Pauper 7 Lancash Stalybridge
James Middlebrook Pauper 4 Lancash Stalybridge
John Middlebrook Pauper 10 mo Lancash Stalybridge
Mary Southeran Pauper U 18 Weaver Cotton Lancash Farnworth
Elizabeth McCullock Pauper Mar 27 Tenter Cotton Lancash Preston
Mary McCullock Pauper 7 mo Lancash Preston
Susannah Robinson Pauper Mar 31 Winder Cotton Yorksh N K
Andrew Carr Pauper 2 Wks Lancash Ashton Under Lyne
Michael Maley Pauper U 16 Ag. Lab Ireland
Thomas Atkinson Pauper Widr 44 Clogger; Lancash Ashton Under Lyne
Mary McCann Pauper U 15 Piecer Cotton N K
5 James Barrow Pauper U 27 Iron Moulder Lancash Warrington
Joseph Emery Pauper Widr 60 Gardener Cheshire Davenham
Thomas Taylor Pauper U 15 Piecer Cotton Cheshire Hyde
George Wild Pauper U 67 Labourer Lancash Denton
Agnes Blackshaw Pauper U Hat Picker Westmorland Ambleside
6 Crickets Lane Ann Mather Head Mar 30 Confectioner Kent Cobham
7 Crickets Lane Hugh Rogers Head Mar 45 Miner Coals Wales Wrexham

Sarah Lane

 Sarah Rogers Wife Mar

43

 43 Lancash Ashton Under Lyne
TotalofHouses I

2

U _ B _

Total of Persons

11

9
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