Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Alderbury Union, Wiltshire, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Susan Light | 10 | 0 | Idiotism | no. |
| Lydia Norris | 13 | 0 | Weak intellect | no. |
| John Arnold | 5 | 0 | Subject to fits | no. |
| John Blake | 15 | 0 | General debility | no. |
| George Cooper | 12 | 0 | Idiotism | no. |
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