Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Tunstead and Happing Incorporation, Norfolk, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Riches | 10 | 0 | Age and infirmity | no. |
| Mary Sexton | 12 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Sophia Cubitt | 15 | 0 | Dissolute character (has had three bastard children); unable to procure employment. | yes. |
| John Reynolds | 8 | 0 | Age and infirmity | no. |
| James Shipley | 8 | 0 | Age and infirmity, and intemperance. | no. |
| Elizabeth Spatchett | 7 | 0 | Age and infirmity | no. |
| Benjamin Griffin | 20 | 0 | General bad health | no. |
| Thomas Howard | 7 | 0 | Age and infirmity | no. |
| Mason Peggs | 6 | 0 | Age and infirmity | no. |
| William Salmon | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Charles Peggs | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
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