Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Westbourne 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 |
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Ann Freeland | 16 | 0 | Having bastard children | dist. school. |
Stephen Glue | 14 | 0 | Idiot, and an orphan | no. |
Emma Binsted | 10 | 0 | Weak intellect | dist. school. |
Thomas Quinnell | 14 | 0 | No work, and disabled | dist. school. |
John Pain | 10 | 0 | Age and infirmity | dist. school. |
George Russell | 6 | 0 | ditto | dist. school. |
Sarah Shawyer | 16 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
Mary Elmes | 13 | 0 | Has a bastard child | dist. school. |
Emily Griffin | 24 | 0 | Weak intellect | no. |
Jane Pett | 12 | 0 | ditto | dist. school. |
James Cook | 13 | 0 | No work, and disabled | dist. school. |
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