The 1881 census was taken in April 1881 just over a year before the explosion took place. This is a list of all the men who were killed in the disaster as they appeared on that census. Their names appear in bold type.

NB where a surname appears only once all members of that household have the same surname.

Name of Street Place or Road and name or number of house	Name and Surname of each person in the house	Relation to head of family	Condition	Age	Rank profession or occupation	Where born
Grendon Common	Charles ALBRIGHTON	Head	Mar	46	Coal miner	Baddesley Ensor
	Sarah	Wife	Mar	42		Atherstone
	Dick	Son	Un	20	Coal miner	Grendon
	Charles	Son	Un	19	Coal miner	Grendon
	Eliza	Dau	Un	17	Hat trimmer	Grendon
	Julia	Dau	Un	11	Scholar	Grendon
	Frances	Dau		9	Scholar	Grendon
	Priscilla	Dau		7	Scholar	Grendon
	Florence E	Dau		4		Grendon
	Sarah M	Dau		5 mths		Grendon

Name of Street Place or Road and name or number of house	Name and Surname of each person in the house	Relation to head of family	Condition	Age	Rank profession or occupation	Where born
Bingham Row, Atherstone	Richard ARCHER	Head	Mar	31	Coal miner	Baddesley
	Emma Archer	Wife	Mar	28	Hat trimmer	Baddesley
	William Blount Archer	Son		9	Scholar	Atherstone
	Joseph Archer	Son		7	Scholar	Atherstone
	Ada Selina Archer	Dau		6	Scholar	Atherstone
	Arthur Archer	Son		2		Atherstone
	Mary Jane Archer	Dau		9 mths		Atherstone

Name of Street Place or Road and name or number of house	Name and Surname of each person in the house	Relation to head of family	Condition	Age	Rank profession or occupation	Where born
Baddesley Ensor	John ATKINS	Head	Mar	34	Deputy in coal mine	Baddesley
	Eliza	Wife	Mar	30		Baddesley
	George E	Son		4		Baddesley
	Frank	Son		2		Baddesley
	Harriet	Sister	Un	22	Domestic servant	Baddesley

Name of Street Place or Road and name or number of house	Name and Surname of each person in the house	Relation to head of family	Condition	Age	Rank profession or occupation	Where born
Baddesley Ensor	George BALL	Head	Mar	53	Carpenter	Grendon
	Jane Ball	Wife	Mar	53		Baddesley
	George Ball	Son	Un	30	Coal miner	Grendon
	Amos Ball	Son	Un	25	Coal miner	Grendon
	Thomas Ball	Son	Un	19	Coal miner	Grendon
	Catherine Ball	Dau	Un	17	Dom servant	Grendon
	Joseph Ball	Son	Un	16	Coal miner	Grendon
	Richard Ball	Son	Un	15	Coal miner	Grendon
	Letitia Ball	Dau	Un	13	Scholar	Grendon
	Henry Ball	Son		8	Scholar	Grendon
	Jane EVANS	Boarder		6	Scholar	Baxterley

Name of Street Place or Road and name or number of house	Name and Surname of each person in the house	Relation to head of family	Condition	Age	Rank profession or occupation	Where born
Baxterley	Joseph BALL	Head	Mar	46	Colliery engineer	Baddesley Ensor
	Harriet	Wife	Mar	45		Castle Bromwich
	William	Son	Un	23	Colliery engineer	Dordon
	Joseph	Son	Un	14	Colliery Err.	Baxterley

Name of Street Place or Road and name or number of house	Name and Surname of each person in the house	Relation to head of family	Condition	Age	Rank profession or occupation	Where born
No 16 Baxterley Hall Cottages	George BATES	Head	Mar	36	Coal miner	Baddesley
Baxterley	Hannah	Wife	Mar	32		Baxterley
	Arthur	Son	Un	11	Ag Lab boy	Baxterley
	Mary	Dau		9	Scholar	Baxterley
	George	Son		7	Scholar	Baxterley
	Thomas	Son		5	Scholar	Baxterley
	Herbert	Son		2		Baxterley
	Edward	Son		6 mths		Baxterley

Name of Street Place or Road and name or number of house	Name and Surname of each person in the house	Relation to head of family	Condition	Age	Rank profession or occupation	Where born
No 8 Baxterley Hall Cottages	Thomas BESSON	Head	Mar	48	Coal miner	Baxterley
	Ann	Wife	Mar	37		Higham on hill LEI
	Joseph	Son		12	Scholar	Baxterley
	William	Son		10	Scholar	Baxterley
	Alfred	Son		6	Scholar	Baxterley
	Arthur	Son		3		Baxterley
	Henry	Son		1		Baxterley

Name of Street Place or Road and name or number of house	Name and Surname of each person in the house	Relation to head of family	Condition	Age	Rank profession or occupation	Where born
Grendon	William BLOWER	Head	Mar	25	Coal miner	Grendon
	Eliza	Wife	Mar	22		Aston, Birmingham
	Bertha E	Dau		2		Aston, Birmingham

Name of Street Place or Road and name or number of house	Name and Surname of each person in the house	Relation to head of family	Condition	Age	Rank profession or occupation	Where born
Grendon	Samuel BOONHAM	Head	Mar	49	Coal miner	Grendon
	Sarah	Wife	Mar	47		Polesworth
	John	Son		9	Scholar	Grendon
	William	Son		5	Scholar	Grendon

Name of Street Place or Road and name or number of house	Name and Surname of each person in the house	Relation to head of family	Condition	Age	Rank profession or occupation	Where born
No 1 Baxterley Hall Cottages	Joseph CLAY	Head	Mar	50	Coal miner	Chilvers Coton
Baxterley	Elizabeth	Wife	Mar	42		Attleborough
	William	Son	Un	18	Coal miner	Baddesley Ensor
	Sarah	Dau	Un	13	Scholar	Baxterley
	Susan L	Dau	Un	11	Scholar	Baxterley
	Joseph	Son		8	Scholar	Baxterley
	Florence A	Dau		4		Baxterley
	Frederick B	Son		1		Baxterley

Name of Street Place or Road and name or number of house	Name and Surname of each person in the house	Relation to head of family	Condition	Age	Rank profession or occupation	Where born
No 3 Baxterley Hall Cottages	Edward COLLINS	Head	Mar	47	Coal miner	Birmingham
Baxterley	Elizabeth Collins	Wife	Mar	44		Newport, SAL
	Sarah Collins	Dau	Un	19	Gen servant	Walsall, STS
	John Collins	Son	Un	16	Coal miner's boy	Polesworth
	Edward Collins	Son	Un	12	Scholar	Baddesley Ensor
	Jane Collins	Dau		10	Scholar	Baddesley Ensor
	Charlotte Collins	Dau		5		Baxterley
	Enoch Collins	Son		8 mths		Baxterley
	Elizabeth R THURSMAN	G/dau		1		Norton LEI

Name of Street Place or Road and name or number of house	Name and Surname of each person in the house	Relation to head of family	Condition	Age	Rank profession or occupation	Where born
Grendon Common	Charles DAY	Head	Mar	51	Coal miner	Baddesley Ensor
	Eliza	Wife	Mar	49		Grendon
	William	Son	Un	21	Coal miner	Grendon
	Thomas	Son	Un	19	Coal miner	Grendon
	Charles	Son		13	Scholar	Grendon
	Henry	Son		10	Scholar	Grendon
	Eliza	Dau		7	Scholar	Grendon

Name of Street Place or Road and name or number of house	Name and Surname of each person in the house	Relation to head of family	Condition	Age	Rank profession or occupation	Where born
Speedwell Row	Joseph DAY	Head	Mar	30	Coal miner	Grendon
Baddesley Ensor	Ann	Wife	Mar	35		Witherley
	Alfred C	Son		6	Scholar	Baxterley
	William H	Son		2		Baddesley Ensor
	Joseph T	Son		5 mths		Baddesley Ensor

Name of Street Place or Road and name or number of house	Name and Surname of each person in the house	Relation to head of family	Condition	Age	Rank profession or occupation	Where born
Bingham Row, Atherstone	William DAY	Head	Mar	69	Coal miner	Baddesley Ensor
	Ann	Wife	Mar	52		Merevale
	Catherine	Dau	Un	23	Dressmaker	Baddesley Ensor
	Martha Ruth	Dau	Un	19	Gen labourer	Baddesley Ensor
	George	Son		9	Scholar	Merevale

Name of Street Place or Road and name or number of house	Name and Surname of each person in the house	Relation to head of family	Condition	Age	Rank profession or occupation	Where born
Merevale Hall, Merevale	William Stratford DUGDALE	Head	Mar	52	Magistrate	London
	Alice Frances	Wife	Mar	35		Clapham SUR
	Edgar Trevelyan	Son		4		Merevale

Name of Street Place or Road and name or number of house	Name and Surname of each person in the house	Relation to head of family	Condition	Age	Rank profession or occupation	Where born
Polesworth, Birchmoor	Charles EVANS	Head	Mar	31	Coalminer	Cinderford GLS
	Emma	Wife	Mar	30		Hillwood GLS
	Thomas	Son		10	Scholar	Little Deans Hill GLS
	Matilda	Dau		8	Scholar	Cinderford GLS
	Clara	Dau		6	Scholar	Cinderford GLS
	Samuel	Son		4	Scholar	Cinderford GLS

Name of Street Place or Road and name or number of house	Name and Surname of each person in the house	Relation to head of family	Condition	Age	Rank profession or occupation	Where born
No 12 Baxterley Hall Cottages	Dick EVANS	Head	Mar	26	Coalminer	Dordon
Baxterley	Mary	Wife	Mar	24		Baddesley Ensor
	William	Son		4		Baddesley Ensor
	Mary A	Dau		3		Atherstone
	Frederick	Son		1		Baxterley

Name of Street Place or Road and name or number of house	Name and Surname of each person in the house	Relation to head of family	Condition	Age	Rank profession or occupation	Where born
Baddesley Ensor	John EVANS	Head	Mar	24	Coal miner	Polesworth
	Sarah A	Wife	Mar	24		Baddesley Ensor
	Beatrice A	Dau		3	Scholar	Baddesley Ensor
	Joseph	Son		1		Baddesley Ensor

Name of Street Place or Road and name or number of house	Name and Surname of each person in the house	Relation to head of family	Condition	Age	Rank profession or occupation	Where born
Rose Cottages	Joseph HORTON	Head	Mar	34	Coal miner	Baddesley Ensor
Baddesley Ensor	Mary	Wife	Mar	34		Baddesley Ensor
	Joseph	Son	Un	13	Coal miner	Baddesley Ensor
	Benjamin	Son		11	Scholar	Baddesley Ensor
	Elizabeth	Dau		9	Scholar	Baddesley Ensor
	Ellen	Dau		8	Scholar	Baddesley Ensor
	Lavinia	Dau		6	Scholar	Baddesley Ensor
	Jane	Dau		3		Baddesley Ensor
	Alice	Dau		1		Baddesley Ensor

Name of Street Place or Road and name or number of house	Name and Surname of each person in the house	Relation to head of family	Condition	Age	Rank profession or occupation	Where born
Boot Lane, Baddesley Ensor	William HORTON	Head	Mar	56	Coal miner	Polesworth
	Amy	Wife	Mar	55		Polesworth
	Henry	Son	Un	24	Coal miner	Polesworth
	Edmund	Son	Un	22	Coal miner	Polesworth
	Hannah	Dau	Un	12		Baddesley Ensor

Name of Street Place or Road and name or number of house	Name and Surname of each person in the house	Relation to head of family	Condition	Age	Rank profession or occupation	Where born
Baxterley	William KNIGHT	Head	Mar	30	Coal miner	Witherley
	Elizabeth	Wife	Mar	31		Witherley
	Amy	Dau		7		Witherley
	George	Brother	Un	26	Coal miner's lab	Witherley

Name of Street Place or Road and name or number of house	Name and Surname of each person in the house	Relation to head of family	Condition	Age	Rank profession or occupation	Where born
Baxterley	John PARKER	Head	Mar	57	Colliery manager	Codnor DBY
	Sarah Parker	Wife	Mar	51		Baxterley
	William Parker	Son	Un	14	Scholar	Baxterley
	Sarah A Parker	Dau		8	Scholar	Baxterley
	Elizabeth ROSS	Moth/L	W	86		Nuneaton

Name of Street Place or Road and name or number of house	Name and Surname of each person in the house	Relation to head of family	Condition	Age	Rank profession or occupation	Where born
Colliery Agent's House	John POGMORE	Head	Mar	57	Colliry Agent	Hurdsfield CHS
Merevale	Frances Pogmore	Wife	Mar	58		Sutton
	Harriet Ashton Pogmore	Dau	Un	30		Merevale
	Francis Herbert Pogmore	Son	Un	26	Solicitor	Merevale
	Harriet ATKINS	Serv	Un	33	Gen serv	Baddesley Ensor
	John Marler STANTON	Vis	Un	27	Plumber	Atherstone

Name of Street Place or Road and name or number of house	Name and Surname of each person in the house	Relation to head of family	Condition	Age	Rank profession or occupation	Where born
Grendon Common	Henry RADFORD	Head	Mar	50	Coal miner	Atherstone
	Catherine	Wife	Mar	48		Atherstone
	Henry	Son	Un	25	Coal miner	Grendon

Name of Street Place or Road and name or number of house	Name and Surname of each person in the house	Relation to head of family	Condition	Age	Rank profession or occupation	Where born
Polesworth	John ROSS	Head	Mar	41	Coal miner	Baxterley
	Emma	Wife	Mar	47	Miner's wife	Polesworth
	Sarah Jane	Dau	Un	13		Dordon
	William	Son	Un	16	Coal miner	Dordon

Name of Street Place or Road and name or number of house	Name and Surname of each person in the house	Relation to head of family	Condition	Age	Rank profession or occupation	Where born
Baddesley Ensor	Edward SCATTERGOOD	Head	Mar	43	Blacksmith	Fillongley
	Mary A	Wife	Mar	42		Baddesley Ensor
	Frederick A	Son	Un	15		Coleshill
	Joseph H	Son	Un	12	Scholar	Coleshill
	Mary A E	Dau		10	Scholar	Baddesley Ensor
	Sarah J	Dau		6	Scholar	Baddesley Ensor
	Edward T	Son		2		Baddesley Ensor

Name of Street Place or Road

and name or number of house

Name and Surname of each person

in the house

Relation to

head of family

Condition

Age

Rank profession or

occupation

Where born

12 Speedwell Row

John SMALLWOOD

Head

Mar

Coal miner

Baddesley Ensor

Emma

Wife

Mar

Bentley

Name of Street Place or Road and name or number of house	Name and Surname of each person in the house	Relation to head of family	Condition	Age	Rank profession or occupation	Where born
No 2 Baxterley Hall Cottages	Eli SMITH	Head	Mar	43	Coal miner	Grendon
Baxterley	Elizabeth	Wife	Mar	40		Atherstone
	Eli	Son	Un	18	Coal miner	Baddesley Ensor
	Susan	Dau	Un	13		Baxterley
	Dick	Son		10	Scholar	Baxterley
	Alice	Dau		8	Scholar	Baxterley
	Joseph	Son		6	Scholar	Baxterley
	James	Son		1		Baxterley
		Son		3days		Baxterley

Name of Street Place or Road and name or number of house	Name and Surname of each person in the house	Relation to head of family	Condition	Age	Rank profession or occupation	Where born
Baddesley Ensor	William SMITH	Head	Mar	45	Coal miner	Atherstone
	Elizabeth Smith	Wife	Mar	45		Atherstone
	William Smith	Son	Un	20	Coal miner	Atherstone
	Sarah A Smith	Dau	Un	18	Hat trimmer	Dordon
	John Smith	Son	Un	16	Coal miner	Dordon
	Joseph Smith	Son		11	Scholar	Dordon
	Elizabeth Smith	Dau		9	Scholar	Baddesley Ensor
	Kate Smith	Dau		2		Baddesley Ensor
	Henry DENNIS	G/son		1		Baddesley Ensor

Name of Street Place or Road and name or number of house	Name and Surname of each person in the house	Relation to head of family	Condition	Age	Rank profession or occupation	Where born
Baxterley	Thomas TILL	Head	Mar	62	Colliery carpenter	Baddesley Ensor
	Mary	Wife	Mar	67		Baddesley Ensor
	Roland	Son	Un	27	Colliery carpenter	Baddesley Ensor
	Mary J	Dau	Un	19		Baxterley