SurnameFirst Name(s)AuthorStory TitleUse Link To OpenDate FromDate To 
PaulSarahLouis GildingSarah Paul the wife of Alfred GildingClick to Open1871 1930
WainWilliamAnne PayneWilliam Wain Click to Open1830 1868
SmartWilliam EdwardDena FanshaweWilliam Edward Smart Click to Open18571934
FanshawHenryDena FanshaweHenry Fanshaw Click to Open18821932
LavenderPeterValerie BladonFrom the Irish Famine to Destitution in ChesterfieldClick to Open17851864
PreeceElizabethValerie BladonDied died in the Workhouse in 1907 aged 15Click to Open18921907
WheatcroftWilliamDavid WheatcroftWilliam WheatcroftClick to Open18271884
Stevenson/ BarkerClaraAnne PayneThe Life and Sad Demise of Clara Stevenson Aka BarkerClick to Open18641883
AshmoreWilliamSue PurdyWilliam Ashmore, his ‘Very Short Life’ and the fate of his FamilyClick to Open1903
DitchurnLukeSue PurdyLuke DitchburnClick to Open18801889
TivnanJohn & AnnieWendy StevensonJohn & Annie Tivnan – A Conundrum of SpellingsClick to Open18511925
DelaneyJames & EdithCarol MorrisJames & Edith DelaneyClick to Open18841926
RamsdenJohn HirdSue PurdyChesterfield Workhouse Master 1841-1868Click to Open18411868
BeedallFrancesValerie BladonFrances Beedall and her Two BabiesClick to Open18401875
WilbournePeterValerie BladonPeter Wilbourne 1809-1879Click to Open18091879
PembertonAlbert & JohnElizabeth PembertonAlbert and John PembertonClick to Open18551904
WilbrahamAnnValerie BladonAnn Wilbraham nee Wallis died in the Workhouse 1883Click to Open18141883
SimsWilliam & JohnCathy SimsWilliam and John SimsClick to Open18341906
LeversWilliam HenryValerie BladonWilliam Henry LeversClick to Open18521920
LeversEliza and MathewValerie BladonEliza Levers and her Infant Son MatthewClick to Open18651907
HunterJohn William Carol WoodhouseJohn William HunterClick to Open1860
Jones Morris Charlotte Alan WardCharlotte Jones Morris 1856-1894Click to Open18561894
KellyMartinSusan North21 Days in Gaol for the Death of a Child, Martin KellyClick to Open18501852
LeversElizaValerie BladonEliza Levers of GrassmoorClick to Open18321913
HopkinsonFamilyMargaret LinacreThe Hopkinson Family of WaltonClick to Open17861902
HodgsonAnnValerie BladonNurse at the Chesterfield WorkhouseClick to Open18501860
King FannyJanice AshleyPauper KingsClick to Open18851956
SimsHarryCathy SimsHarry SimmsClick to Open18501860
PorringtonWilliamValerie BladonNurse at the Chesterfield WorkhouseClick to Open18801911
VardyJohnMary BullasSign of the Times’ A Miner’s lot!Click to Open18151882
ChapmanJosephLynn McNairJoseph ChapmanClick to Open17851867
BarkerWilliamCarol WoodhouseA Tale of Two ChildrenClick to Open18381840
ShawFrancisValerie BladonMaster & Officer of the Chesterfield Workhouse & UnionClick to open18271904
WilbrahamWilliamValerie BladonPattern MakerClick to open18031860
WilbrahamMaryValerie BladonNurse & Sewing MistressClick to open18591950
StevensonFrancesDena FanshaweWorkhouse Staff MemberClick to open18121881
The religious instruction of workhouse inmates in the 19th CenturyClick to open
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