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Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Brecknock Union, Breconshire, 1861

In 1861, the Poor Law Board published a return of the name every adult pauper who had been a workhouse inmate for a continuous period of five years or more, together with the duration of their residence (in years and months), the reason for it, and whether they had been brought up in a District or separate Workhouse School. It was noted that the term 'District School' had been widely misinterpreted by respondents as meaning any school in the local area, such as a national or private school, and that there was only one instance in the whole report of an inmate actually having been in such a school.

NameYrsms.ReasonSchool
Rachel Evans90Rheumatismno.
Samuel Brown60Mental incapacityno.
Mary Williams50Blindno.
John Morgan100Paralysisno.
DaVid Evans90Old ageno.
John Parry90Rheumatismno.
Edward James80Old ageno.
William Phillips70dittono.
Mary Jones80Blindno.
Alice Mills150Rheumatismno.
Margaret Watkins80Blindno.
Ann Probert70Dementiano.

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