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A local history and genealogy site for Wimpole, a village and parish in South Cambridgeshire Curated by Steve Odell Home     Arrington 1891 Census     Wimpole 1881 Census     Orwell 1881 Census 1881 Census for the Parish of Arrington (Part Two) Alms House > School House > Old North Road > Farmhouse > Arrington Mill Farm > Old North Road (con.) A local history and genealogy page for the Parish of Wimpole. Mr Joseph Smoothy's Grocers Shop and the Arrington Post Office, c1900. Hide/Show Notes The 1881 Census for Arrington, Cambridgeshire. Reference: Ref. RG13/1521 (with acknowledgement to the Public Record Office) Date of Census: 3 April 1881 There is a national Census every ten years when the year ends in a one. This page details the population of the Parish of Arrington on the night of 3 April 1881 (the list includes children and visitors from outside the parish in temporary residence within Arrington on the night of the census). The population of the Parish of Arrington on the night of the 1881 Census was: 243. My thanks and acknowledgements to the 'census team' who provided the documentation and who typed and checked the various page transcripts back in 2002/2003. Particular thanks to Mike Giddings, Susan Giddings, Alexandra Morton and John Parkins for all their help, assistance and encouragement. Any errors are probably mine. Columns (left to right):    1. Name.    2. Relation to Head of Household.    3. Married, Widow, Widowed or Unmarried (18 years and over).    4. Age.    5. Occupation.    6. Place of Birth. The census schedule does not relate to modern postal addresses. I have provided the modern postal address if known. [Information, notes and comments additional to the 1881 Census are generally shown italicised within square brackets] I would be pleased to hear from you if you can offer any additional genealogical or family information relevant to this page, especially if you possess old photographs that could be added to this site for those who follow. Please use the site's Contact Page in the first instance. Census Records (Parish of Arrington): 1881 Census:  Part One [1]  Part Two [1] 1891 Census:  Part One [2]  Part Two [2] [1] The 1881 Arrington Census is fully rebuilt. [2] The two 1891 pages are being rebuilt after their transfer to the new website. The basic listings will remain available for reference during the rebuilding. The 1881 Census for the Parish of Arrington continues from Part One: Top In the Fields (Schedule 36) Arrington Thomas COMPTON Head M 32 Agricultural Labourer Potton, Bedfordshire Sarah COMPTON Wife M 29   Bassingbourn, Cambridgeshire Andrew COMPTON Son   10 Scholar Arrington, Cambridgeshire Mahala COMPTON Daughter     8 Scholar Arrington, Cambridgeshire Inmates at the Arrington Almshouse, c1900 The Susan Countess of Hardwicke's Charity Opposite the ceremonial gateway to Wimpole Hall stands a range of six red-brick alms-houses for 'the poor in Wimpole and Arrington', built to the design of H E Kendall in 1846 for the Countess of Hardwicke. Lady Hardwicke supported the alms-houses and gave a weekly allowance to the inmates, specified to be 'two married couples and four single women (preferably widows), who were to have lived in Wimpole or Arrington for at least seven years' and unable to maintain themselves. The charity and the almshouses are still active today. Alms House (Folio 7 Schedule 7) The Susan Countess of Hardwicke's Charity, Ermine Way, Arrington 37: William WILKINS [1] Head M 77 Gate Keeper Arrington, Cambridgeshire 37: Lydia WILKINS [2] Wife M 75   Wimpole, Cambridgeshire 38: Sarah HICKS [3] Head U 70   Wimpole, Cambridgeshire 39: Uninhabited - - - - - 40: Lydia BULLEN [4] Head W 69   Wimpole, Cambridgeshire 41: Mary CHARTER [5] Head W 80   Bassingbourn, Cambridgeshire 42: Edward WILKINS [6] Head M 73 Agricultural Labourer Arrington, Cambridgeshire 42: Sarah WILKINS [7] Wife M 76   Bassingbourn, Cambridgeshire [1] William Wilkins, baptised at Arrington [some PR transcriptions say 'William Wilton'), son of William and Anne, married Lydia Rule at Wimpole on 1 December 1823, buried at Arrington 29 August 1886, aged 82. [2] Lydia Rule, baptised at Wimpole 11 May 1806, daughter of William and Elizabeth, married William Wilkins at Wimpole on 1 December 1823, buried Arrington 6 July 1883, aged 77. [3] Sarah Hicks, baptised at Wimpole on 2 March 1811, daughter of James and Lydia, unmarried, buried at Arrington 27 December 1886, aged 75. [4] Lydia Stanford, baptised at Wimpole 3 June 1810, daughter of William and Sarah, married Edward Bullen at Wimpole on 26 January 1832, buried at Wimpole 11 February 1886, aged 76. [5] Mary Ann Reynolds, born at Bassingbourn-cum-Kneesworth 16 April 1801, married James Charter (1804-1850) of Clopton-cum-Croydon at Arrington on 13 September 1824, buried Arrington 16 January 1884, aged 83. [6] Edward Wilkins, baptised Arrington 5 June 1808, son of William and Anne, married Sarah Troop[e] at Arrington on 17 March 1828, buried at Arrington 23 March 1883, aged 73. [7] Sarah Troop[e], baptised Bassingbourn-cum-Kneesworth in December 1805, daughter of Ralph and Margaret, married Edward Wilkins at Arrington on 17 March 1828, seven children in 19 years, buried Arrington on 7 April 1883, aged 76. School House and Arrington School, c1920s School House (Schedule 43) Ermine Way, Arrington Uninhabited           Old North Road (Schedule 44) [4] Crow End [?], Ermine Way, Arrington Sarah HOWES [1][2][3] Head W 59   Orwell Cambridgeshire [2] Mary REYNOLDS Niece   10 Scholar Arrington, Cambridgeshire [1] Believed born Sarah Collin. [2] Much confusion about place of birth! The 1851 Census for Arrington states birth at Barden, Herts; 1861 states Arrington, Cambridgeshire; 1881 states Green Recorder, Essex; 1891 states Bearden, Essex; 1901 states Park Green, Essex. However, Arrington parish records record that on the 29 June 1846, William Howes [Howes or Howse] of Arrington, son of William, married Sarah Collin of Orwell, daughter of William and Anne. This seems to be confirmed by the 1841 Census for Orwell which records one Sarah Collin aged 20, born Orwell, Cambridgeshire. [3] In the 1891 and 1901 census Sarah is listed as living in the Arrington Alms-House. Buried at Arrington on the 4 June 1902, aged 81. [4] Although not stated in the Census, it is likely that this entry refers to one of a row of eight thatched cottages collectively known as 'Crow End', presumably listed south to north (left to right from the road). Refer to the c1905 photograph of Crow End at the foot of this page. Old North Road (Schedule 45) [1] Crow End [?], Ermine Way, Arrington James MILLER Head M 43 General Labourer Arrington, Cambridgeshire Elizabeth MILLER Wife M 39   Arrington, Cambridgeshire John MILLER Son U 19 Agricultural Labourer Arrington, Cambridgeshire Charles MILLER Son     9 Scholar Arrington, Cambridgeshire Ellen MILLER Daughter     6 Scholar Arrington, Cambridgeshire William MILLER Son     4 Scholar Arrington, Cambridgeshire Elizabeth MILLER Daughter     2   Arrington, Cambridgeshire [1] Although not stated in the Census, it is likely that this entry refers to one of a row of eight thatched cottages collectively known as 'Crow End', presumably listed south to north (left to right from the road). Refer to the c1905 photograph of Crow End at the foot of this page. Old North Road (Folio 7 Schedule 8) [1] Crow End [?], Ermine Way, Arrington Charles REYNOLDS Head M 28 General Labourer Orwell, Cambridgeshire Ellen REYNOLDS   M 27 Wife Croxton, Cambridgeshire Arthur REYNOLDS Son     2   Arrington, Cambridgeshire William REYNOLDS Son    1m   Arrington, Cambridgeshire [1] Although not stated in the Census, it is likely that this entry refers to one of a row of eight thatched cottages collectively known as 'Crow End', presumably listed south to north (left to right from the road). Refer to the c1905 photograph of Crow End at the foot of this page. Old North Road (Folio 7 Schedule 8) [1] Crow End [?], Ermine Way, Arrington John OSBORNE Head M 41 Carman for Brewer Arrington, Cambridgeshire Lydia OSBORNE Wife M 45   Arrington, Cambridgeshire [1] Although not stated in the Census, it is likely that this entry refers to one of a row of eight thatched cottages collectively known as 'Crow End', presumably listed south to north (left to right from the road). Refer to the c1905 photograph of Crow End at the foot of this page. Old North Road (Folio 7 Schedule 8) [1] Crow End [?], Ermine Way, Arrington Elizabeth MOULE Head W 73   Wimpole, Cambridgeshire [1] Although not stated in the Census, it is likely that this entry refers to one of a row of eight thatched cottages collectively known as 'Crow End', presumably listed south to north (left to right from the road). Refer to the c1905 photograph of Crow End at the foot of this page. Old North Road (Folio 7 Schedule 8) [1] Crow End [?], Ermine Way, Arrington Frederick PELL Head (Lodger)   15 General Labourer Wimpole, Cambridgeshire [1] Although not stated in the Census, it is likely that this entry refers to one of a row of eight thatched cottages collectively known as 'Crow End', presumably listed south to north (left to right from the road). Refer to the c1905 photograph of Crow End at the foot of this page. Old North Road (Folio 7 Schedule 8) [1] Crow End [?], Ermine Way, Arrington Thomas PATMAN Head M 34 Agricultural Labourer Arrington, Cambridgeshire Eliza PATMAN Wife M 32   Comberton, Cambridgeshire William PATMAN Son     8 Scholar Wimpole, Cambridgeshire Frederick PATMAN Son     6 Scholar Wimpole, Cambridgeshire Lydia PATMAN Daughter     2   Arrington, Cambridgeshire Lois PATMAN Daughter   10m   Arrington, Cambridgeshire [1] Although not stated in the Census, it is likely that this entry refers to one of a row of eight thatched cottages collectively known as 'Crow End', presumably listed south to north (left to right from the road). Refer to the c1905 photograph of Crow End at the foot of this page. Old North Road (Folio 7 Schedule 8) [1] Crow End [?], Ermine Way, Arrington John CHARTER Head M 64 Agricultural Labourer Arrington, Cambridgeshire Elizabeth CHARTER Wife M 61   Arrington, Cambridgeshire William CHARTER Son U 24 Agricultural Labourer Arrington, Cambridgeshire Elizabeth CHARTER Daughter U 21 Dressmaker Arrington, Cambridgeshire Eliza CHARTER Grand-daughter     3   Kingston, Cambridgeshire Frederick CHARTER Grandson     2   Kingston, Cambridgeshire [1] Although not stated in the Census, it is likely that this entry refers to one of a row of eight thatched cottages collectively known as 'Crow End', presumably listed south to north (left to right from the road). Refer to the c1905 photograph of Crow End at the foot of this page. "Before each service the Sunday School was held in the Chicheley Chapel. It largely consisted in rote work. As his coadjutor in this my father had an Arrington man, John Charters; he was a Wesleyan, and sometimes had field preachings in the meadow behind his cottage under Arrington hill. He was a good and religious man, a blacksmith by trade. He had charge of the boys on the benches in the central passage during service. I see him now in his brown velveteen, with finger ever ready to slip between the pages of his large brown Prayer Book, the more effectually to swing it against some mischievous head. "One summer afternoon from his eyrie in the pulpit, my father saw two tramps creeping barefoot past the church to make an inroad on the rectory. He signalled to John Charters to go out and keep guard. And he signalled again and again. Each signal was misinterpreted as a call to exercise discipline on his charges. John's Prayer Book played about their heads, as Samson's jawbone upon the men of Lehi. His pathway was strewn with weeping, groaning boyhood. From that day John was dubbed 'the boy banger'." - Rev Alexander Campbell Yorke (Writing in "Wimpole As I Knew It") Old North Road (Folio 8 Schedule 9) Ermine Way, Arrington Joseph WAGSTAFF Head M 64 Agricultural Labourer Arrington, Cambridgeshire Sarah WAGSTAFF Laundress M 59   East Hatley, Cambridgeshire George Joseph WAGSTAFF Grandson   11 Scholar Bourn, Cambridgeshire Old North Road (Folio 8 Schedule 9) Ermine Way, Arrington Charles CHARTER Head M 49 Postman Arrington, Cambridgeshire Ellen CHARTER Wife M 48   Arrington, Cambridgeshire Farmhouse, Old North Road (Folio 8 Schedule 9) [1] Valley Farm [?] Ermine Way, Arrington George FOSTER Head M 63 Farmer 296 Acres Employing 5 Men & 3 Boys Great Ravely, Huntingdonshire Mary FOSTER Wife M 64   Steeple Morden, Cambridgeshire Isaac FOSTER Brother U 42 Farmer's Brother Woodwalton, Huntingdonshire James BARRANCE Servant U 29 Horse keeper Arrington, Cambridgeshire Ada PETT Servant   14 General Servant Domestic Arrington, Cambridgeshire [1] Valley Farm? [later known as Wragg's Farm?] Arrington Mill c1915 Photograph contributed by John Pearce. © John Pearce and the Wimpole Past website. All rights reserved. In 1827, a James Corney of Arrington applied for a loan to 'expand his business' and it is thought the mill pictured above was constructed at this time. The mill, a tower windmill, stood on Arrington Hill and was worked by the Corney family for much of the 19th century. In 1891 it was described as a windmill with auxiliary steam power, and recorded as still operational in 1908. The end came in 1923 when the top blew off [tail winded**] during a violent storm. Mill House, Old North Road (Folio 8 Schedule 9) Mill Lane, off Ermine Way, Arrington Daniel CORNEY Head M 66 Miller Royston, Hertfordshire Elizabeth CORNEY Wife M 59   Morden, Cambridgeshire James CORNEY Son U 34 Miller Kneesworth, Cambridgeshire Henry CORNEY Son U 29 Miller Arrington, Cambridgeshire Annie CORNEY Daughter U 26   Arrington, Cambridgeshire Arthur CORNEY Son   17 Carpenter Arrington, Cambridgeshire Frederick CORNEY Son   14 Carpenter Arrington, Cambridgeshire Old North Road (Folio 8 Schedule 9) Ermine Way, Arrington David PATEMAN Head M 76 Carpenter Morden, Cambridgeshire Mary PATEMAN Wife M 74   Arrington, Cambridgeshire Old North Road (Folio 8 Schedule 9) Ermine Way, Arrington William MATTHEWS Head M 52 Agricultural Labourer Arrington, Cambridgeshire Jane MATTHEWS Wife M 49   Wimpole, Cambridgeshire James MATTHEWS Son U 17 Agricultural Labourer Arrington, Cambridgeshire Philip MATTHEWS Son   15 Agricultural Labourer Arrington, Cambridgeshire Agnes MATTHEWS Daughter   12 Scholar Arrington, Cambridgeshire Alice MATTHEWS Daughter     8 Scholar Arrington, Cambridgeshire Frank MATTHEWS Grandson     4 Scholar Arrington, Cambridgeshire Old North Road (Folio 8 Schedule 10) Ermine Way, Arrington John HARRADINE Head M 57 Agricultural Labourer Bourn, Cambridgeshire Mary HARRADINE Wife M 59   Arrington, Cambridgeshire [1] "A dirty, slatternly family, of bad reputation, named Harradine, lived in one of the cottages just above the Valley Farm." - Rev Alexander Campbell Yorke (Writing in "Wimpole As I Knew It") Old North Road (Folio 8 Schedule 10) Ermine Way, Arrington William WAGSTAFF Head W 75   Arrington, Cambridgeshire John WAGSTAFF     45 Agricultural Labourer Arrington, Cambridgeshire Old North Road (Folio 8 Schedule 10) Ermine Way, Arrington Elizabeth SMITH Head W 84   Kettering, Northamptonshire Harriet SMITH Daughter U 48   Arrington, Cambridgeshire Old North Road (Schedule 60) Ermine Way, Arrington Ben DELLAR Head M 30 Agricultural Labourer Arrington, Cambridgeshire Sarah DELLAR Wife M 28   Arrington, Cambridgeshire Edith DELLAR Daughter   10 Scholar Arrington, Cambridgeshire David DELLAR Son     8 Scholar Arrington, Cambridgeshire George DELLAR Son     5   Arrington, Cambridgeshire Elizabeth DELLAR Daughter     3   Wendy, Cambridgeshire Rosa DELLAR Daughter   3m   Arrington, Cambridgeshire Schedule 61 in the Census was for a property in Church Street, Arrington and thus out of locational position. I have moved it to its correct geographical location. Old North Road (Schedule 62) Ermine Way, Arrington William COOPER Head M 47 Agricultural Labourer Arrington, Cambridgeshire Ann COOPER Wife M 41   Croydon, Cambridgeshire George COOPER Son U 17 Agricultural Labourer Arrington, Cambridgeshire Arthur COOPER Son   13 Agricultural Labourer Arrington, Cambridgeshire Elizabeth COOPER Daughter   11 Scholar Arrington, Cambridgeshire Albert COOPER Son     6 Scholar Arrington, Cambridgeshire Old North Road (Schedule 63) Ermine Way, Arrington George DELLAR Head W 76 Agricultural Labourer Wimpole, Cambridgeshire The 1881 Census for the Parish of Arrington ends here. The 1891 Census starts here. Census Records (Parish of Wimpole): Census 1881:  Part One [1]  Part Two [1]  Part Three [1]  New Orwell [1][2] Census 1891:  Part One [3]  Part Two [3]  Part Three [3]  New Orwell [1][2] Census 1901:  Part One [3]  Part Two [3]  Part Three [3]  New Orwell [1][2] [1] The 1881 Wimpole Census is fully rebuilt as are the three 'New Orwell' pages. [2] Following a parish boundary change in April 1999, much of the area of Orwell on the Cambridge Road, previously known as 'New Orwell', is now part of the modern-day Parish of Wimpole. [3] These pages are being rebuilt after their transfer to the new website. The basic listings remain available for reference during the rebuilding. Census Records (Parish of Orwell): Census 1881:  Part One [1]  Part Two [1]  Part Three [1]  New Orwell [1][2] Census 1891:  Part One [1]  Part Two [1]  Part Three [3]  New Orwell [1][2] Census 1901:  Part One [3]  Part Two [3]  Part Three [1]  New Orwell [1][2] [1] Completed pages. [2] Following a parish boundary change in April 1999, much of the area of Orwell on the Cambridge Road, previously known as 'New Orwell', is now part of the modern-day Parish of Wimpole. [3] These pages are being rebuilt after their transfer to the new website. The basic listings remain available for reference during the rebuilding. This Census listing for Arrington has been fully checked against [1] the handwritten enumerator documents, and [2] the 'Ancestry' transcription of those documents, both available on line. Arrington: Ermine Street and 'The Hardwicke Arms' c1920. Looking northwards. The foot of Arrington Hill is just visible in the distance. [From an early postcard image in my collection] Crow End, Arrington Hill, Ermine Way, c1905. Looking northwards. The foot of Arrington Hill is just beyond the second cart. [From an early postcard image in my collection] This page was last updated on: 22 March 2019. 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