Long-term Workhouse Inmates in East London Union, 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|
James Arnold | 7 | 0 | Old age | no. |
William Andrews | 6 | 0 | Paralysis | no. |
John Bradshaw | 8 | 0 | Blind | no. |
Thomas Bartlett | 12 | 0 | Old age | no. |
Charles Benbow | 8 | 0 | Idiocy | no. |
Heaseman Britten | 10 | 0 | Old age | no. |
James Bennett | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
James Barton | 5 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
James Barnfield | 9 | 0 | Bad sight | no. |
William Bierton | 5 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
Thomas Burry | 5 | 0 | Old age | no. |
Michael Cushen | 5 | 0 | Lameness | no. |
Michael Cusack | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Robert Crawford | 9 | 0 | Lameness (one leg) | yes. |
William Colley | 5 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
William Cooper | 6 | 0 | Old age | no. |
James Chapman | 6 | 0 | Subject to epilepsy | no. |
William Charlton | 6 | 0 | Old age | no. |
Walter Day | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
John Evans | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Thomas Fraser | 14 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Patrick Fox | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Henry Green | 10 | 0 | Deformed | no. |
William Gussen | 5 | 0 | Old age | no. |
Jeremiah Gardner | 5 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
John Hare | 6 | 0 | Old age | no. |
Thomas Humm | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Edward Hemmings | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
James Henry | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
David Hughes | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
John Hollis | 8 | 0 | Blindness | no. |
George Jackson | 8 | 0 | Old age | no. |
John Lobley | 5 | 0 | Lameness | no. |
John Lester | 7 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
Samuel Matthews | 5 | 0 | Old age | no. |
James McKay | 7 | 0 | Lameness | no. |
William Norgate | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
John Patton | 8 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
Richard Pye | 5 | 0 | Old age | no. |
George Payne | 5 | 0 | Paralysis | no. |
John Pearse | 7 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
Edward Pratt | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
James Price | 8 | 0 | ditto | no. |
George Royal | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Michael Ryan | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Charles Reddington | 6 | 0 | Old age | no. |
Patrick Shaunessey | 6 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
Thomas Stevens | 6 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
John Bernard Saunders | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
William Sutton | 8 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Dennis White | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
John Ward | 6 | 0 | Weak intellect | no. |
George Wooley | 5 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
Richard Wall | 14 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
Henry White | 10 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
Charles Yeaton | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Mary Adams | 6 | 0 | Deaf | no. |
Mary Booth | 6 | 0 | Old age | no. |
Elizabeth Beck | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Mary Ann Bowman | 6 | 0 | Paralysis | no. |
Elizabeth Bull | 5 | 0 | Old age | no. |
Jane Carroll | 6 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
Winnifred Conolly | 8 | 0 | Old age | no. |
Anna Clegg | 17 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Rebecca Collins | 6 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
Ann Cousins | 13 | 0 | Blind | no. |
Mary Drew | 14 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
Mary Driscoll | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Mary Denman | 22 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Mary Demar | 9 | 0 | Epilepsy | no. |
Mary Durkin | 5 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
Mary Elmes | 5 | 0 | Weak mind | no. |
Maria Ellis | 8 | 0 | Dropsical | no. |
Frances Edwards | 16 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
Ann Field | 5 | 0 | Old age | no. |
Mary Ann Fielder | 6 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
Mary Farroll | 9 | 0 | Blind | no. |
Dorothy Green | 6 | o | Infirm | no. |
Ann Gregory | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Margaret Gussen | 5 | 0 | Weak mind | no. |
Maria Harrold | 17 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
Elizabeth Hillman | 6 | 0 | Weak intellect | yes. |
Ann Hawkins | 7 | 0 | Intemperance | no. |
Maria Higgs | 12 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
Sarah Higgs | 12 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Sarah Hunt | 9 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
Jane Hancock | 14 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
Jane Heather | 10 | 0 | Weak intellect | no. |
Ann Hunt | 9 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
Mary Ann Jepsom | 5 | 0 | Weak mind | no. |
Susan Jiggett | 6 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
Mary Ann King | 6 | 0 | Weak intellect | no. |
Mary Kelly | 5. | 0 | Old age | no. |
Catherine Long | 20 | 0 | Blind | no. |
Charlotte Leman | 6 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
Elizabeth Mason | 6 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
Catherine Mahoney | 13 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Ann Morgan | 7 | 0 | Weak intellect | no. |
Eliza McNeil | 6 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
Catherine Montague | 60 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Mary Ann Moncey | 12 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
Elizabeth Moss | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Rachel Nathan | 10 | 0 | Weak intellect | no. |
Elizabeth Nichols | 5 | 0 | Intemperance | no. |
Harriet Palmer | 10 | 0 | Weak intellect | no. |
Mary Pearson | 13 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Ann Patrick | 10 | 0 | Lameness | no. |
Mary Quince | 5 | 0 | Old age, 97 years | no. |
Elizabeth Stewart | 5 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
Mary Steadman | 5 | 0 | Old age | no. |
Eliza Sharp | 9 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
Hannah Smith | 5 | 0 | Paralysis | no. |
Susan Smith | 18 | 0 | Intemperance | no. |
Catherine Sullivan | 6 | 0 | Lameness | no. |
Sophia Toft | 14 | 0 | Weak mind | no. |
Elizabeth Tucker | 10 | 0 | Epileptic | no. |
Jane Thompson | 20 | 0 | Old age, 93 years | no. |
Sarah Tunnell | 7 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
Mary Taylor | 7 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
Sarah Trusty | 7 | 0 | Weak intellect | yes. |
Mary Treacher | 5 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
Ann Udell | 11 | 0 | Intemperance | no. |
Sarah Warrington | 11 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
Elizabeth Watts | 5 | 0 | Illness | no. |
Louisa White | 15 | 0 | Lameness | no. |
Ann Wilcox | 5 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
Martha Willis | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
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