Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Brighton Union, Sussex, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Akin | 10 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| John Allen | 13 | 0 | Consumptive, and weak intellect | no. |
| Susannah Bull | 9 | 0 | Unable to maintain herself and family | no. |
| William Bonham | 8 | 6 | Infirmity | no. |
| Mark Braden | 8 | 6 | ditto | no. |
| Edward Bolingbroke | 18 | 0 | Paralysis | no. |
| William Bradshaw | 18 | 0 | Loss of sight | no. |
| Rachel Brewer | 6 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Hugh Budgen | 6 | 0 | Incapable of taking care of himself | no. |
| Samson Boore | 5 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Eliza Crouch | 30 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Jane Channon | 20 | 0 | Blindness and idiotcy | no. |
| Thomas Camfenny | 9 | 6 | Weak intellect | no. |
| George Carter | 24 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Richard Cook | 5 | 0 | Ruptured and infirmity | no. |
| Elizabeth Dobson | 10 | 0 | Infirmity, and weak intellect | no. |
| Susan Dunstone | 10 | 0 | Insanity | no. |
| James Devenish | 9 | 0 | Subject to fits | no. |
| Thomas Dale | 8 | 6 | Infirmity | no. |
| Mary Dyer | 8 | 0 | Weak intellect | no. |
| Sarah Dredge | 5 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Sarah Eves | 8 | 0 | Loss of sight | no. |
| George Fairhall | 16 | 0 | Weak intellect | no. |
| Thomas Fox | 9 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Edward Feldwich | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Forbes | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Gorsuch | 11 | 0 | Infirmity and bad leg | no. |
| James Gresley | 19 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| George Gates | 8 | 6 | Weak intellect | no. |
| Thomas Gardiner | 7 | 6 | Infirmity | no. |
| Gabriel Gillam | 6 | 6 | ditto | no. |
| Edward Gillam | 7 | 6 | Infirmity and lameness | no. |
| John Grinyer | 7 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Thomas Guy | 8 | 0 | Bad legs | no. |
| Thomas Golds | 6 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| William Hill | 14 | 0 | Weak mind | no. |
| William Humphrey | 12 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| James Hill | 19 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Henry. Home | 10 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Jane Hayller | 13 | 0 | Weak intellect | no. |
| William Herryett | 8 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Phillis Hemsley | 8 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Jane Holland | 9 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| George Hobb | 9 | 0 | Lame and infirmity | no. |
| Mary Hedgely | 7 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Janet Harris | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| John Harris | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Robert Haggett | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Harden | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| James Ingledew | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Joseph Jenkins | 8 | 6 | Unable to maintain himself | no. |
| William Longhurst | 17 | 0 | Bad eyes | no. |
| Henry Le Mar | 29 | 0 | Idiotic | no. |
| Frances Lower | 10 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| William Lower | 20 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| John Long | 11 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Fanny Leach | 10 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Harriett Martin | 24 | 0 | Weak intellect | no. |
| Francis Miles | 25 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| George Morley | 8 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Elizabeth Mackey | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Thomas Marchant | 11 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| William Henry Onions | 14 | 0 | Lame | no. |
| Richard Poynter | 26 | 0 | Paralysis | no. |
| Nicholas Piper | 9 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| William Payne | 19 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Henry Pelling | 13 | 6 | ditto | no. |
| Margaret Pattison | 13 | 6 | ditto | no. |
| Ann Parton | 12 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Benjamin Patching | 17 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Edward Parker | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Ann Quin | 11 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Susan Russell | 12 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| James Reed | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Luke Sinden | 14 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Ann New Seek | 12 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Elizabeth Simms | 7 | 6 | Unable to maintain herself and children. | no. |
| Richard Simmonds | 6 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Eliza Spears | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Charlotte Seachenman | 6 | 6 | ditto | no. |
| Elizabeth Streeter | 5 | 0 | Unable to maintain herself and child. | no. |
| Jane Tamkin | 20 | 6 | Infirmity | no. |
| Henry Tettersall | 20 | 0 | Weak intellect | no. |
| Allen Ticehurst | 8 | 6 | Paralysis | no. |
| Mary Tapsall | 33 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Mary Teague | 8 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Charlotte Townsen | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Henry Virgo | 5 | 0 | Fits | no. |
| Edward Wisden | 14 | 0 | Loss of sight | no. |
| Mary B. Washington | 10 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Hannah Welch | 19 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| John Wiggens | 12 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| George Whittington | 6 | 6 | ditto | no. |
| Martha Whinchester | 6 | 6 | ditto | no. |
| Sarah T. Watt | 5 | 6 | ditto | no. |
| Robert White | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Elizabeth Wymark | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| William Weller | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| James Yeates | 11 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| James Yeates (2) | 17 | 0 | ditto | no. |
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