Welcome to Tooting180
Restoring the names, and dignity, of the forgotten children of Tooting
In the winter of 1848–49, nearly 200 children died in a cholera outbreak at a private pauper 'farm' in Tooting, South London. Their names were largely unrecorded in the histories. The man who ran the institution was tried for manslaughter, but ultimately acquitted. His name survived. Most of the children's did not.
Tooting180 is an ongoing research project to identify each of those lost children and tell their stories. With the help of volunteers and archival research, we are building a database of the boys and girls who passed through the Tooting and Brixton pauper farms — many of them poor, orphaned, or displaced by circumstance.
So far, we have:
- Identified 849 children who lived in the Drouet institutions in Tooting and Brixton
- Tracked 1,828 movements of children into and out of the homes
- Confirmed the identities of 24 of the 180 cholera victims
This is only the beginning. With your help we can recover more names, reconnect families scattered through the system, and give these children the dignity of remembrance.
Find out more about the Tooting180 project
On this day...
- Mary HULLAH was born on this day in 1834.
- Robert HARRISON died on this day in 1848.
- Charles ADEY was transferred from Brixton Grove House to Anerley on this day in 1851.
- Benjamin BAILEY was transferred from Brixton Grove House to Anerley on this day in 1851.
- Michael BAKER was transferred from Brixton Grove House to Anerley on this day in 1851.
- Henry BANKS was transferred from Brixton Grove House to Anerley on this day in 1851.
- Albert BELL absconded from Brixton Grove House on this day in 1851.
- William BIRD was transferred from Brixton Grove House to Anerley on this day in 1851.
- John BIRT was transferred from Brixton Grove House to Anerley on this day in 1851.
- Charles BREWER was transferred from Brixton Grove House to Anerley on this day in 1851.
- John CALLAGHAN was transferred from Brixton Grove House to Anerley on this day in 1851.
- William CALLAGHAN was transferred from Brixton Grove House to Anerley on this day in 1851.
- Emma COGDEN was transferred from Brixton Grove House to Anerley on this day in 1851.
- Henry COGDON was transferred from Brixton Grove House to Anerley on this day in 1851.
- John COGDON was transferred from Brixton Grove House to Anerley on this day in 1851.
- Mary COGLAN was transferred from Brixton Grove House to Anerley on this day in 1851.
- William COGLAN was transferred from Brixton Grove House to Anerley on this day in 1851.
- George COLE was transferred from Brixton Grove House to Anerley on this day in 1851.
- Frederick COUGHLIN was transferred from Brixton Grove House to Anerley on this day in 1851.
- Jonathan COUGHLIN was transferred from Brixton Grove House to Anerley on this day in 1851.
- Robert CROWTER was transferred from Brixton Grove House to Anerley on this day in 1851.
- Alfred CULVER was transferred from Brixton Grove House to Anerley on this day in 1851.
- George CULVER was transferred from Brixton Grove House to Anerley on this day in 1851.
- John CUTLER was transferred from Brixton Grove House to Anerley on this day in 1851.
- William DAY was transferred from Brixton Grove House to Anerley on this day in 1851.
- Charles DILLON was transferred from Brixton Grove House to Anerley on this day in 1851.
- Jane DILLON was transferred from Brixton Grove House to Anerley on this day in 1851.
- Caroline DUNN was transferred from Brixton Grove House to Anerley on this day in 1851.
- Emily EDWARDS was transferred from Brixton Grove House to Anerley on this day in 1851.
- William GEORGE was transferred from Brixton Grove House to Anerley on this day in 1851.
- Charles GLOVER was transferred from Brixton Grove House to Anerley on this day in 1851.
- Ellen GRANT was transferred from Brixton Grove House to Anerley on this day in 1851.
- Henry GREEN was transferred from Brixton Grove House to Anerley on this day in 1851.
- James GREENWOOD was transferred from Brixton Grove House to Anerley on this day in 1851.
- Joseph GROUT was transferred from Brixton Grove House to Anerley on this day in 1851.
- Edward HACKETT was transferred from Brixton Grove House to Anerley on this day in 1851.
- Robert HACKETT was transferred from Brixton Grove House to Anerley on this day in 1851.
- Rosina HALL was transferred from Brixton Grove House to Anerley on this day in 1851.
- Samuel HALL was transferred from Brixton Grove House to Anerley on this day in 1851.
- Thomas HALL was transferred from Brixton Grove House to Anerley on this day in 1851.
- John HAMMOND was transferred from Brixton Grove House to Anerley on this day in 1851.
- Cornelius HARRINGTON was transferred from Brixton Grove House to Anerley on this day in 1851.
- William HARRIS was transferred from Brixton Grove House to Anerley on this day in 1851.
- Susan HAWLEY was transferred from Brixton Grove House to Anerley on this day in 1851.
- Ellen HAYES was transferred from Brixton Grove House to Anerley on this day in 1851.
- Thomas HAYES was transferred from Brixton Grove House to Anerley on this day in 1851.
- Michael HIGGINS was transferred from Brixton Grove House to Anerley on this day in 1851.
- Henrietta HINDMARSH was transferred from Brixton Grove House to Anerley on this day in 1851.
- Charles JAQUES was transferred from Brixton Grove House to Anerley on this day in 1851.
- James JARVIS was transferred from Brixton Grove House to Anerley on this day in 1851.
- Joseph JARVIS was transferred from Brixton Grove House to Anerley on this day in 1851.
- William KNIGHT was transferred from Brixton Grove House to Anerley on this day in 1851.
- James or William LEA was transferred from Brixton Grove House to Anerley on this day in 1851.
- William LOCKHART was transferred from Brixton Grove House to Anerley on this day in 1851.
- Thomas McDONALD was transferred from Brixton Grove House to Anerley on this day in 1851.
- Edward METHERELL was transferred from Brixton Grove House to Anerley on this day in 1851.
- William MORGAN was transferred from Brixton Grove House to Anerley on this day in 1851.
- John NEALE was transferred from Brixton Grove House to Anerley on this day in 1851.
- William PAXTON was transferred from Brixton Grove House to Anerley on this day in 1851.
- Joseph PERRY absconded from Brixton Grove House on this day in 1851.
- Edward RICHARDSON was transferred from Brixton Grove House to Anerley on this day in 1851.
- George RICHARDSON was transferred from Brixton Grove House to Anerley on this day in 1851.
- William RICHARDSON was transferred from Brixton Grove House to Anerley on this day in 1851.
- George RUNCORN was transferred from Brixton Grove House to Anerley on this day in 1851.
- George RYAN was transferred from Brixton Grove House to Anerley on this day in 1851.
- Alfred SCOTT was transferred from Brixton Grove House to Anerley on this day in 1851.
- Henry SCOTT was transferred from Brixton Grove House to Anerley on this day in 1851.
- Edward SEARLE was transferred from Brixton Grove House to Anerley on this day in 1851.
- Ralph SIMMONDS was transferred from Brixton Grove House to Anerley on this day in 1851.
- John SINCLAIR was transferred from Brixton Grove House to Anerley on this day in 1851.
- John SPARKS was transferred from Brixton Grove House to Anerley on this day in 1851.
- James SPINKS was transferred from Brixton Grove House to Anerley on this day in 1851.
- Ann Fanny SPREADBURY was transferred from Brixton Grove House to Anerley on this day in 1851.
- James TAYLOR was transferred from Brixton Grove House to Anerley on this day in 1851.
- William TESTER was transferred from Brixton Grove House to Anerley on this day in 1851.
- Henry THOMAS was transferred from Brixton Grove House to Anerley on this day in 1851.
- Jane THOMAS was transferred from Brixton Grove House to Anerley on this day in 1851.
- Joseph TUCKER was transferred from Brixton Grove House to Anerley on this day in 1851.
- Samuel WALLINGTON was transferred from Brixton Grove House to Anerley on this day in 1851.
- James WELCH was transferred from Brixton Grove House to Anerley on this day in 1851.
- Ann WEST was transferred from Brixton Grove House to Anerley on this day in 1851.
- Sarah WEST was transferred from Brixton Grove House to Anerley on this day in 1851.
- Valentine WEST was transferred from Brixton Grove House to Anerley on this day in 1851.
- George WESTLEY was transferred from Brixton Grove House to Anerley on this day in 1851.
- John WESTLEY was transferred from Brixton Grove House to Anerley on this day in 1851.
- John WIFFIN was transferred from Brixton Grove House to Anerley on this day in 1851.
- Josiah WILLIAMS was transferred from Brixton Grove House to Anerley on this day in 1851.
- Robert WILLIAMS was transferred from Brixton Grove House to Anerley on this day in 1851.
- William WOOD was transferred from Brixton Grove House to Anerley on this day in 1851.
- Edward WORTLEY was transferred from Brixton Grove House to Anerley on this day in 1851.
- John WOULD was transferred from Brixton Grove House to Anerley on this day in 1851.
Project status - May 2025
Recent additions to our archive include:
- Admission and discharge records from Newington St Mary, Clerkenwell Workhouse, and Southwark Christ Church workhouses
- Entries from Islington Infant Poor House mentioning Tooting
- Transcriptions of the inquests and trial
- Ongoing expansion of our searchable database
See our Analysis page for a deeper look at the stats
Chart 1. Pauper farm residents in the database, by gender