Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Aylsham Union, Norfolk, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth Waters | 20 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Hannah Louice | 30 | 0 | Infirmity, weak intellect | no. |
| James Leeds | 8 | 0 | Infirmity and age | no. |
| Rebecca Wakefield | 13 | 0 | Weak mind | no. |
| John Paine | 8 | 0 | Age and infirmity | no. |
| John Steward | 7 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Samuel Cook | 10 | 0 | Age and infirmity | no. |
| James Stearman | 10 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| George Legg | 11 | 0 | Weak mind | no. |
| Peter Wright | 11 | 0 | Weak mind and infirmity | no. |
| Mary Ploughditch | 5 | 0 | Weak mind | no. |
| Sarah Chamberlain | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Emily Starling | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
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