Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Amersham Union, Buckinghamshire, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mary Avis | 7 | 0 | Infirm through age | no. |
| Edward Bowler | 12 | 0 | Infirm through old age | no. |
| Joseph Bowler | 10 | 0 | Weak intellect | no. |
| Hannah Barnes | 22 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Joseph Brackley | 6 | 6 | ditto | no. |
| Joseph Brandon | 8 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Alfred Butler | 6 | 6 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Blake | 10 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
| Maria Carter | 15 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Henry Chilton | 10 | 6 | Infirm through illness | yes. |
| Mary Collier | 7 | 0 | Infirm through old age | no. |
| Ellen Cox | 6 | 6 | Illness | no. |
| William Dover | 8 | 0 | Infirm through paralysis | no. |
| Isaac Gunn | 20 | 0 | Weak intellect | no. |
| Sarah Green | 6 | 0 | Infirm through age and illness | no. |
| Sarah Hare | 15 | 0 | Infirm through illness | no. |
| Emma Howard | 22 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
| William Hawkes | 8 | 6 | Infirm through illness | no. |
| Thomas Leverno | 20 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Maria Matthews | 7 | 0 | Infirm through illness | no. |
| Emma Mayo | 20 | 0 | Weak intellect | no. |
| Mary Ann Mealing | 16 | 0 | Orphan; weak intellect | yes. |
| Mary Lee | 5 | 0 | Bedridden | no. |
| John Nash | 11 | 0 | Blind | no. |
| Samuel Pearce | 20 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
| Judith Parslow | 12 | 0 | Illness | yes. |
| Mary Saunders | 8 | 0 | Five children in the workhouse | no. |
| Joseph Saunders | 9 | 6 | Infirm with rheumatics | no. |
| James Worley | 6 | 0 | Infirm through age | no. |
| Mary Walden | 14 | 0 | Cripple | yes. |
| Ann Woodbridge | 15 | 6 | Infirm through age and illness | no. |
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