Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Ticehurst Union, Sussex, 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mary Baldock (1) | 24 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
Mary Baldock (2) | 24 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Philadelphia Roberson | 19 | 0 | Lunatic (not dangerous) | no. |
Catherine Friend | 9 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Henry Oliver | 8 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
Henry Roberts | 7 | 9 | Unable to work | no. |
Mary Homewood | 6 | 3 | Imbecile | no. |
James Bailey | 5 | 9 | Unable to work | no. |
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