Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Portsea Island Union, Hampshire, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benjamin Phillips | 6 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| George Routleff | 9 | 0 | Blind | no. |
| William Parnell | 9 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Richard Reading | 15 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Henry Burnett | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| John Prince | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| George Holding | 15 | 0 | Deafness, and bodily infirmity | no. |
| Ralph Starker | 10 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Thomas Marshall | 15 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Peter Bailey | 11 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Frederick Batchelor | 8 | 0 | Bodily infirmity | no. |
| Francis Harvey | 13 | 0 | General debility and lameness | no. |
| Harvey Youngman | 5 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| James Lee | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| James Wilson | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| William Hutchins | 11 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| David Gundry | 6 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Edmund Payne | 10 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| James Trivess | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Benjamin Barber | 15 | 0 | Weak minded | no. |
| John Thomas | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| William Champion | 15 | 0 | Deafness | no. |
| Cornelius West | 5 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| George Hobbs | 15 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| George Dowey | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| James Pearce | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Charles Hewlett | 5 | 0 | Fits | no. |
| John Baggs | 8 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Henry Ward | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Stephen Cable | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Richard Booker | 15 | 0 | Deaf and dumb | no. |
| John Howe | 15 | 0 | Heart disease | no. |
| John Nipper | 10 | 0 | Paralysis | no. |
| William Wake | 6 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| James Colley | 14 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| James Alderton | 11 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Samuel Pearson | 5 | 0 | Blind | no. |
| Edward Turner | 5 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| James Bragg | 7 | 0 | Heart disease | no. |
| Thomas Adams | 10 | 0 | Old age, and lameness | no. |
| Thomas Elcock | 7 | 0 | Palsy | no. |
| Thomas Gamblin | 6 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Samuel Earwicker | 9 | 0 | Asthma | no. |
| William Payne | 7 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Nicholas Lake | 10 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Samuel Drew | 8 | 0 | Rheumatism | no. |
| William Smith | 8 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| William Smith (2) | 10 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| John Andrews | 10 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| William Reed | 8 | 0 | Rheumatism | no. |
| Thomas Davis | 15 | 0 | Weak iminded | no. |
| Thomas Claydon | 5 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Thomas Staben | 6 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Samuel Darley | 15 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| George Vicat | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| James Smedmore | 15 | 0 | Deaf and dumb | no. |
| James Baker | 15 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Robert Thompson | 10 | 0 | Weak minded | no. |
| James Downer | 7 | 0 | Paralysed | no. |
| Edward Lampard | 8 | 0 | Cripple | no. |
| John Jenkins | 7 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| John Shelliot | 8 | 0 | Weak minded | no. |
| Thomas Boxall | 5 | 0 | Cripple | no. |
| Levi Peckham | 8 | 0 | Weak minded | no. |
| Joseph Turner | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| John Henwood | 8 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Robert Medus | 12 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Kennedy Brian | 7 | 0 | Weak minded | no. |
| William Ellis | 10 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| John Collins | 10 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Henry White | 5 | 0 | Weak minded | no. |
| James Sweatman | 13 | 0 | Cripple | no. |
| Charles Parsons | 8 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| William Newman | 9 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| James C. Johns | 13 | 0 | Weak minded | no. |
| Edwin Freeman | 6 | 0 | Cripple | no. |
| Charles Beck | 15 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| William Steele | 6 | 0 | Cripple | no. |
| Henry Poulden | 15 | 0 | Lunatic | no. |
| James Cotterell | 10 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| John Ramson | 15 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| David Rogers | 15 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Arthur Tarrant | 8 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Franco Rossi | 15 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| John Golding | 15 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Joseph Morey | 15 | 0 | Lunatic | no. |
| Thomas Scrivens | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| William Hellyer | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| William Cannaway | 15 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| William Bardaway | 15 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Henry Turner | 10 | 0 | Weak minded | yes. |
| Eliza Earle | 11 | 0 | Lunatic | no. |
| Jane Yatman | 15 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Maria Taylor | 15 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Jane Carpenter | 15 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Grimes | 8 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Elizabeth Rider | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Catherine Randall | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Charlotte Brereton | 8 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Rose Green | 12 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Jane Flood | 15 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Sarah Wells | 15 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Sarah Bishop | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Ann Thomas | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Sarah Powers | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Ann Newton | 15 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Jane Manns | 15 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Eliza Brooks | 15 | 0 | Weak minded | no. |
| Emma Vine | 15 | 0 | Ditto | no. |
| Mary Harding | 8 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Louisa Fulljames | 15 | 0 | Deafness | no. |
| Caroline Hatch | 8 | 0 | Fits | no. |
| Mary Tobin | 15 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Elizabeth Warner | 11 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Elizabeth Peters | 15 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Elizabeth Neate | 8 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Mary Morgan | 15 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Eccles | 15 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Ann Edwards | 13 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Martha Bartlett | 15 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Hargrave | 15 | 0 | Paralysed | no. |
| Ann Sullivan | 8 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Elizabeth Perry | 8 | 0 | Sickness | no. |
| Margaret Parris | 9 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Leah McPherson | 15 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Jane Roberts | 8 | 0 | Lameness | no. |
| Sarah Turner | 9 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Mary Stacey | 15 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Jane Haslett | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Martha Matthewman | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Elizabeth Moore | 5 | 0 | ditte | no. |
| Mary Snedden | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Jane Riggs | 13 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Charlotte Chapman | 11 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Emma Stothard | 9 | 0 | Weak minded | no. |
| Elizabeth Baggs | 10 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Harriet Eaves | 14 | 0 | Blind | no. |
| Mary Ann Searle | 14 | 0 | Weak minded | no. |
| Francis Langford | 6 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Ann Sims | 5 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Charlotte Groundwater | 14 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Sarah Foy | 5 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Mary Ann Jard | 15 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Elizabeth Davis | 14 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Sarah Mitchell | 5 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Elizabeth Rice | 8 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Eleanor Cole | 11 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Jane Vine | 10 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Margaret Eaves | 15 | 0 | Blind | no. |
| Sarah Freeland | 7 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Harriet Gossage | 10 | 0 | Lunatic | no. |
| Ann Buchanan | 5 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Celia Whettensteel | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Caroline Payne | 6 | 0 | Paralysis | no. |
| Harriet Tandy | 10 | 0 | Sickness | no. |
| Ann Verry | 10 | 0 | Blind | no. |
| Elizabeth Maw | 6 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Jane Pragnell | 9 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Sarah Grundy | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Elizabeth Mussell | 10 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Martha Elson | 10 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Louisa Ford | 8 | 0 | Paralysed | no. |
| Margaret French | 6 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Elizabeth Cranbrook | 14 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Elizabeth Nichols | 12 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Plicebe Peranx | 13 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Ann Watts | 15 | 0 | Weak minded | no. |
| Charlotte Garnett | 9 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Mary Loveday | 9 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Hobbs | 15 | 0 | Blind | no. |
| Mary Doling | 10 | 0 | Weak minded | no. |
| Louisa Fone | 7 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Harriet Passingham | 9 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Harriet Ford | 15 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Elizabeth Burch | 15 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Elizabeth Smee | 15 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Flynn | 15 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Bridget Jones | 15 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Mary Green | 8 | 0 | Weak minded | no. |
| Ann Saxey | 15 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Eliza Goodridge | 15 | 0 | Weak minded | no. |
| Catherine Smith | 10 | 0 | Sickness | no. |
| Ursula Norris | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Ann Jackson | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Heffron | 9 | 0 | Debility | no. |
| Jane Hooper | 10 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Jane Beck | 14 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Elnisley | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Rebecca Wagstaff | 15 | 0 | Weak minded | no. |
| Jane Nelson | 15 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Sarah Green | 15 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Elizabeth Haggard | 5 | 0 | Sickness | no. |
| Mary Belam | 7 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Sarah Penny | 11 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Elizabeth Russell | 6 | 0 | Idiotic | no. |
| Ann Tate | 10 | 0 | Sickness | no. |
| Epiphany Harvey | 10 | 0 | Debility | no. |
| Fanny Collins | 14 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Ann Baldey | 9 | 0 | Blind | no. |
| Mary Collins | 15 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Susan Yeo | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Esther Moody | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Styles | 11 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Sarah Mundy | 10 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Catherine Ash | 15 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Ann Weaver | 15 | 0 | Blind | no. |
| Ann Good | 8 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Martha Lucas | 12 | 0 | Weak minded | no. |
| Lucy Lockett | 15 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Ann Hemmings | 9 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Anne Cooper | 15 | 0 | workh. school. |
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