I have found an entry in the 1911 England & Wales Census Collection which states a Mrs Edwards was living at Haughton Farm. A total of 2 males and 3 females were living there. No other information is given as to the occupants. I think this may be an ancestor of mine. Am I right in thinking that this is where the workhouse was? Would there be any records anywhere giving more information as to who these people were? I've looked at all the usual ancestry websites and they only appear on this Census Collection, not in the normal 1911 Census. Its a puzzle, especially as there's not even a christian name for Mrs Edwards! Thanks.
Hi Mike, thanks for your reply.
The entry is definitely from the 1911 England Census Summary Book from the Ancestry.co.uk website. I've looked at the image and the civil parish is Ellesmere and the Ecclesiastical parish Ellesmere St Mary. The image doesn't give any other details but the name Mrs Edwards and the number of people living in Haughton Farm.
The addresses adjacent to this entry are Swan Hill, Haughton, Haughton Cottage.
Alison
Hello Alison
When you search the 1911 census on Ancestry there are two distinct record sets that you can look at. You have looked at the Summary Books which give less information about individual properties but have the advantage that they list the head of the household for that enumerators area.
Having found the entry in the summary book you need to go on and find the page for the individual household which will give you the full details for that house. First of all print the page from the summary book because you will need some information from there to find the individual household then go into Search --> Census --> 1911 England Census. You should then have reached this page.
Enter Edwards in the surname field. Using the numbers and other details from the summary book page enter them in the census search page. Unfortunately they are not in the same order.
After you click search you should get a list of people that fit the references you have filled in. Depending on how many fields you fill in you may get some results that are not connected with your family. The entry you are looking for is F S Edwards born about 1850 Audlem, Cheshire. She is a widow and Head of the household. It is unfortunate that she hasn't given her forenames so they could be used in the search.
On the household image if you look at the address in the bottom right hand corner it merely gives Haughton, Ellesmere without specifying that it is Haughton Farm but the census enumerator obviously knew it was Haughton Farm and that is the address he has shown in the census summary book, so it is always worth looking at both.
Mike
Hi Alison,
To simplify Michael's explanation, click on the this page link in his explanation above, then enter Edwards in surname field, scroll to bottom of form and enter 16178 into the Piece field and click search. You should give you a results page with F S Edwards as first entry plus two further member of family listed below, ignore anyone else listed below, they are different returns.
Edit:- Just spotted a hint for 1901 census for a Fanny S Edwards, husband Phillip J Edwards
Class: RG13; Piece: 2549; Folio: 16; Page: 24
There are Lucy and Stanley (who are list in 1911) in family et. al.
Hi Mike
Thank you so much for your help. I have found the entry from your directions but unfortunately it is not my ancestor. I had looked at this in the past but was just looking for Mrs Edwards and not putting the additional information in. However this will be valuable information for me in the future
I guess my search for Hannah Edwards goes on. I am unable to find a death for her but I will not give up hope!
Thanks again, Alison 
Thanks Macwil, as you can see from my reply to Mike, I have found the entry on the 1911 census and its not my ancestor. She was Hannah and did not have children named Lucy or Stanley. I had suspected she was probably dead by 1911, but as I can't find a record of this, anything is possible.
My search goes on....
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Hello Alison
From the details you have given I am wondering whether you have found this entry in the 1939 Register rather than the 1911 census.
There are at least two places called Haughton Farm in Shropshire, one at Shifnal and the other at Neen Sollars. Which one are we looking for?
Please give us some more details about the entry you have found so we can look it up and then we can provide you with a better answer.
Mike