Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Alton Union, Hampshire, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joseph Bridgen | 30 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
| John Deadman | 55 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
| Charles Barnett | 12 | 0 | Loss of leg | no. |
| Lucy Albury | 6 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
| William North | 24 | 0 | Weak intellect | no. |
| Harriet Doe | 22 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
| Ann Gillett | 14 | 0 | Weak intellect | no. |
| Henry Knight | 24 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
| James Langridge | 13 | 0 | Cripple | no. |
| Harriet Winter | 24 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
| Thomas Fielder | 18 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
| James Grover | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Isaac Harrison | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| David Vicar | 11 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
| Eliza Budd | 9 | 0 | Weak intellect | no. |
| Thomas Vidler | 7 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
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