Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Newtown and Llanidloes Union, Montgomeryshire, 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.
Name | Yrs | ms. | Reason | School |
---|---|---|---|---|
Ann Pryce | 10 | 0 | Idiotic | no. |
Hester Jones | 19 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Elizabeth Evans | 11 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Mary Ann Pryce | 10 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Ann Owen | 14 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Hannah Thomas | 5 | 0 | Old age and blind | no. |
Mary Jerman | 11 | 0 | Sickness | dist. school. |
David Jerman | 11 | 0 | Illegitimate, and sickness of mother | workh. school. |
Ruth Nicholas | 14 | 0 | Idiotic | no. |
Mary Owen | 10 | 0 | Illegitimate; mother deserted | workh. school. |
Mary Ann Williams | 10 | 0 | ditto | workh. school. |
William Davies | 5 | 0 | ditto | workh. school. |
Thomas Williams | 10 | 0 | ditto | workh. school. |
Samuel Owen | 5 | 0 | ditto | workh. school. |
Walter Corbett | 7 | 0 | Parents deserted | workh. school. |
Thomas Jones | 6 | 0 | Illegitimate; mother deserted | workh. school. |
Charles Ashton | 5 | 0 | Orphan | workh. school. |
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