Railway Workers in the 1891 Census
Wharf area immediately south of the station [X410/19]
The following people were recorded on the 1841 census as living in Linslade and having jobs connected with the railways - clearly other railway employees on this stretch of line would have lived elsewhere but these figures show the impact of the railway on Linslade.
Bridge Street
- Ernest G.Smith, 18, railway civil engineer, Burton-on-Trent [Staffordshire]
Church Road
- Joseph Marks, 45, railway foreman, Albury [Hertfordshire]
- Joseph Coltman, 41, railway porter, Sarratt [Hertfordshire]
Ledburn Road
- Thomas Parker, 33, railway carpenter, Sandy
- John Stapleton, 73, railway gate keeper, Bedford
New Road
- George H.Watson, 29, railway smith's hammerman, Wolverton [Buckinghamshire]
- Charles Chance, 39, railway guard, Winslow [Buckinghamshire]
- Ernest Lister, 27, railway fireman, Crawley [Sussex]
- George Orchard, 55, railway guard, Lower Winchendon [Buckinghamshire]
- John Small, 20, railway platelayer, Little Winchendon [Buckinghamshire]
- William Lewis, 20, railway porter, Bicester [Oxfordshire]
- Walter Dennie, 23, railway blacksmith, Wetheringsett [Suffolk]
- Thomas E.Curtis, 19, railway clerk, Windsor [Berkshire]
- George Cox, 30, railwayman, Yarrington[?] [Gloucestershire]
- A.J.Holmes, 20, railway engine driver, London
- William Franklin, bricklayer on railway, Thornborough [Buckinghamshire]
- Fleetwood Franklin, 21, bricklayer's labourer on railway, Nash [Buckinghamshire]
- Richard Fasey, 26, railway labourer, Kingswinford [Staffordshire]
- William H.White, 19, railway clerk, Old Bradwell [Buckinghamshire]
- George J.Cable, 56, station master, Northampton
Old Road
- Samuel Williams, 42, fitter on railway, West Bromwich [Staffordshire]
- Robert Sumpter, 62, railway inspector, Manton [Rutland]
- Harry Stokes, 19, railway carpenter's labourer, King's Norton [Worcestershire]
- John Clarke, 46, railway porter, Bedford
- Arthur Pilgrim, 25, railway shunter, Ridgmont
- James Webster, 68, disabled railway labourer, Leighton Buzzard
- William Bambrook, 34, railway labourer, Linslade
- Henry J.Short, 25, railway flagman, Linslade
- George Smith, 62, railway labourer, Leighton Buzzard
- William Brown, 31, railway shunter, Green's Norton [Northamptonshire]
- James Tring, 16, railway labourer, Linslade
- James Turner, 65, railway porter, Linslade
- Edward Bard, 31, railway porter, Drayton [Leicestershire]
- William A.Jeffs, 37, railway signalman, Middleton Cheney [Northamptonshire]
Old Station Road
- John Gaylor, 31, railway platelayer, Clophill
- James Sinfield, 30, railway flagman, Linslade
Rock Lane
- Ambrose Holland, 45, railway porter, Leighton Buzzard
Ship Road
- 2 - William Brain, 31, plumber on railway, Oxford
- 3 - Arthur Roff, 30, railway labourer, Slapton [Buckinghamshire]
- 7 - Harry Goodwin, 30, railway fireman, Bedford
- 10 - Abraham Orchard, 38, railway labourer, Soulbury [Buckinghamshire]
- 11 - Thomas Baines, 28, railway labourer, Leighton Buzzard
- 12 - William J.Brantom, 21, railway engine driver, Heath & Reach
- 13 - James Tilcock, 19, engine cleaner, Houghton Regis
- Charles Fosbrook, 35, railway engine driver, Manchester
- Jonas Sinfield, 41, railway engine driver, Tilsworth
Soulbury Road
- Emmanuel Jelly, 46, platelayer, Southcott
- George Harvey, 38, platelayer, Linslade
- Henry Harvey, 68, railway labourer, Southcott
- Frederick Turner, 34, railway labourer, Plaistow March [Essex]
- William Doughty, 26, railway platelayer, Dudley [Worcestershire]
- George Gibbons, 60, railway labourer, Leighton Buzzard
- William B.Hart, 27, railway signalman, Dunstable
- John Hammond, 34, railway porter, Leighton Buzzard
- William Seabrook, 25, railway labourer, Linslade
Southcott
- George Brandom, 26, railway engine stoker, Leighton Buzzard
- William Coles, 47, railway labourer, Quainton [Buckinghamshire]
- Charles Holland, 48, railway labourer, Staplehurst [Kent]
- Joseph Brandom, 21, railway labourer, Linslade
- James Potter, 33, railway brakeman, London Colney [Hertfordshire]
- Henry Vickers, 36, railway engine driver, Linslade
Station
- "End of passenger platform" - Thomas W.Munday, 32, railway platelayer, Eggington
Station Road
- William Smith, 55, platelayer's labourer, Leighton Buzzard
- William J.Horne, 50, railway guard, Kentish Town [Middlesex]
- Thomas Elliott, 45, railway porter, Soulbury [Buckinghamshire]
- William Collins, 50, railway labourer, Leighton Buzzard
- Albert Levick, 26, railway timekeeper, Camden Town [Middlesex]
- Edward Pratt, 40, railway ballast guard, Leighton Buzzard
- Henry Rowe, 24, railway smith's hammerman, Leighton Buzzard
- William Maskell, 34, railway signalman, Theale [Berkshire]
- Frederick C.Maskell, railway porter, Hythe [Kent]
- Joseph Baldwin, 53, railway blacksmith, Abbotts Langley [Hertfordshire]
Stoke Road
- Joseph Woods, 41, railway engine driver, Hadley [Middlesex]
- John Seabrook, 57, railway labourer, Linslade
- Alfred Whiting, 41, railway labourer, Stoke Hammond [Buckinghamshire]
- John Woolhead, 28, railway labourer, Stewkley [Buckinghamshire]
- Francis Lambert, 57, railway signalman, Kempston
Waterloo Road
- Thomas Viccars, 32, railway engine fireman, Great Horwood [Buckinghamshire]
- Ernest E.Tring, 20, railway labourer, Leighton Buzzard
- Thomas Watson, 55, railway engine driver, Hougham [Lincolnshire]
- James Tompkins, 20, railway labourer, Linslade
- William Tompkins, 19, railway servant, Linslade
- John Tompkins, 18, railway goods clerk, Linslade
- Frederick W.Hammond, 25, railway clerk, Leighton Buzzard
- Samuel Roberts, 55, railway plumber, Flitwick
- Jesse Thompson, 30, goods department foreman, Kington [Cambridgeshire]
- Thomas Walduck, 51, railway labourer, Linslade
- The Institute Cottage - Frederick B.Croxford, railway clerk, Linslade
- Arthur Russell, 32, railway clerk, Sydenham [Kent]
- Walter J.Ide, 17, railway clerk, Bermondsey [Surrey]
- Henry J.Marshall, 46, railway traffic inspector, Chelsea [Middlesex]
- Albert S.Brooks, 17, railway booking clerk, Enstone [Oxfordshire]
- Arthur W.Currell, 38, railway signalman, Bishop's Stortford [Hertfordshire]
- William Gamble, 41, railway foreman, Welham [Leicestershire]
- Thomas Gamble, 23, railway signalman, Welham [Leicestershire]
- William Scurr, 47, railway carpenter, Yorkshire
- Charles H.Brown, 16, railway clerk, Linslade
Wing Road
- Thomas Pullen, 53, railway signalman, Linslade
- Richard Armsdon, 28, railway striker, Dudley
- David Darby, 38, painter in railway, Linslade
- Henry Samuel, 32, railway labourer, Leighton Buzzard
- George Powell, 50, railway turntable fitter, Leighton Buzzard
- Joseph Flavell, 26, railway plumber, Linslade
- William Wooldridge, 40, railway fitter, Dudley
- Charles Flavell, 55, railway sawyer, Bourton [Warwickshire]
- Richard Flavell, 25, attending[?] station master, Linslade
- George R.Sharp, 21, railway fireman, Battersea [Surrey]
- Richard Busson, 32, rivetter [sic] on railway, Dudley
- William Walker, 74, railway gate keeper, Leighton Buzzard
- Richard Whitman, 50, railway platform foreman, Linslade
- John J.Burdett, 27, railway labourer, Northampton
- Joseph Frost, 35, railway engine driver, Broughton [Buckinghamshire]
- Robert Halsey, 50, railway engine driver, Saint Pancras [Middlesex]
Total: 113
24 railway labourers
9 clerks
9 engine drivers
9 porters
7 signalmen
6 platelayers
4 firemen
4 foremen
3 fitters
3 guards
3 plumbers
2 blacksmiths
2 carpenters
2 flagmen
2 gate keepers
2 hammermen
2 inspectors
2 shunters
1 ballast guard
1 brakeman
1 bricklayer
1 bricklayer's labourer
1 carpenter's labourer
1 civil engineer
1 engine cleaner
1 painter
1 platelayer's labourer
1 railwayman
1 riveter[?]
1 sawyer
1 servant
1 station master
1 station master's attendant[?]
1 stoker
1 striker
1 timekeeper