Warwickshire Institutional Census Record Collection
Please note that this database is new, as of 6 May 2024 it contains over over 14100 names from the 1841, 1861, 1871 & 1891, 1901 Census returns. We will be adding new records very soon.
This database contains the Census information for the numerous Boarding Schools & Colleges, Workhouses, Poor Law Schools, Reformatories, Prisons, Orphanages and other similar institutions that existed in Warwickshire. The census often contain words that are no longer in general use or are now used in derogatory terms and had a slightly different meaning at the time, we have not altered or omitted any words used in the records. Below is a table showing each Workhouse with data in the database by the year of the Census. Please also note that each census collected slightly different data hence the empty spaces in the table. Please also note that in some cases there are only name initials - if you are looking for a relative named, for instance, Fred Blogs enter F B in the Last Name field.
1901 - Nuneaton The Elms School, (George Eliot's school)
Learn more about Childrens Homes - Poor Law Schools on the Children's Homes website.
Religious Institutions
1841 - St Mary's Priory, Stretton on Dunsmore
1861 - Atherstone Priory
1861 - St Mary's Priory, Stretton on Dunsmore
1871 - St Mary's Priory, Stretton on Dunsmore
1881 - Atherstone Priory
1891 - St Mary's Priory, Stretton on Dunsmore
Colleges
1861 - St. Maries Roman Catholic College, Rugby
Asylums/Hospitals
1841 - Birmingham Asylum for Destitute Women
1841 - Sutton Coldfield Lunatic Asylum
1861 - Birmingham Paupers Lunatic Asylum (initials only for inmates)
1871 - Coventry Stoney Stanton Road Hospital
1891 - Hatton Asylum
1891 - Knowle Lunatic Asylum
1891 - Leamington Spa Home for Incurables
Reformatories
1881 - Birmingham Corporation Industrial School - Shustoke
1891 - Birmingham Corporation Industrial School - Shustoke
1891 - Saltley Reformatory
1891 - Weston under Wetherly Reformatory
Prisons/Police
1841 - Birmingham Police Stations
1841 - Warwick House of Correction
1841 - Warwick County Gaol
1861 - Winson Green Prison (initials only for inmates)
1891 - Warwick Prison
Please use the search boxes below to find what you are looking for, we suggest that you start with a Last Name and then First Name and expand your searches from them. We have displayed all the information available on the original record but as ever please do not hesitate to contact us via the orange contact button on the Home Page (click the Logo or here). Please quote EasyTable 41 in your message.
