Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Hungerford Union, Berkshire, 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|
George Taylor | 24 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
Ann Wiggins | 24 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Mary Ayres | 24 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Jane Vyse | 14 | 0 | Chronie disease | no. |
Mary Fidler | 12 | 0 | Blind | no. |
George Thomas | 12 | 0 | Old age, &c. | no. |
William Reed | 11 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
Elizabeth Prater | 8 | 0 | Chronic disease | no. |
Mary King | 8 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
John Lewington | 7 | 0 | Cripple and imbecile | no. |
Mary Lewington | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
James Willoughby | 7 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
Sarah Gould | 6 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
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