Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Bristol Incorporation (Stapleton), Gloucestershire, 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 Browning | 9 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
| Thomas Baker | 8 | 0 | Rheumatism | no. |
| Henry Burnett | 27 | 0 | Paralysis | no. |
| Benjamin Brooke | 9 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| John Badger | 19 | 0 | Epilepsy | no. |
| William Clements | 5 | 0 | Diseased lungs | no. |
| William Caville | 7 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Joseph Cullis | 10 | 0 | Rheumatism | no. |
| John Chinn | 13 | 0 | Blindness | no. |
| Thomas Castle | 8 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Thomas Cokehill | 5 | 0 | Rheumatism | no. |
| George Dyer | 11 | 0 | Diseased spine | no. |
| Solomon Cooksley | 6 | 0 | Destitution | no. |
| William Downham | 10 | 0 | Lameness | yes. |
| John Fry | 9 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| John Gilbert | 9 | 0 | Rheumatism | no. |
| William George | 15 | 0 | Imbecile | yes. |
| Edward Horton | 7 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| William How | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| George Iles | 8 | 0 | Rheumatism | no. |
| William Jenkins | 6 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Joseph Jossam | 8 | 0 | Imbecile | yes. |
| William Jefferson | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Isaac Kingsbury | 5 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| James Landcastle | 8 | 0 | Destitution | no. |
| William Mountjoy | 8 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
| Thomas Medlicott | 9 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| William McCree | 27 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Joseph Neeve | 5 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| James Parker | 26 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
| Henry Padfield | 8 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Henry Phillips | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| James Price | 9 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Robert Parsons | 17 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Joseph Richards | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Charles Richards | 15 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| James Taylor | 5 | 0 | Blindness | no. |
| John Veal | 12 | 0 | Lameness | yes. |
| Elizabeth Arland | 12 | 0 | Destitution | no. |
| Elizabeth Atkins | 17 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Bees | 15 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
| Eliza Bidder | 6 | 0 | Destitution | no. |
| Mary Chinn | 6 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Ann Coles | 11 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
| Emma Crewe | 12 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Chubb | 6 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Harriet Delaney | 11 | 0 | Epilepsy | no. |
| Lucy Donelly | 9 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
| Hannah Dadey | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Amelia Fincher | 6 | 0 | ditto | yes. |
| Catharine Fitzgerald | 17 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Mary Fox | 14 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Jane Fry | 7 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
| Margaret Fowler | 16 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Sarah Franklin | 24 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Ellen Gaster | 8 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
| Mary A. George | 24 | 0 | ditto | yes. |
| Maria Gwynn | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Louisa Gardiner | 11 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Susan Grimes | 9 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Mary A. Gee | 13 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
| Mary Hillman | 10 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Ann Hunt | 19 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Jane Holloway | 10 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Ann Hicks | 8 | 0 | Destitution | no. |
| Elizabeth Hayes | 6 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
| Mary A. Holt | 20 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Caroline Harwood | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Mary James | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Margaret Jackson | 6 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Elizabeth Jones | 12 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Harriett Langdon | 8 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Eliza Miller | 23 | 0 | Paralysis | no. |
| Ann Morgan | 11 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Ruth MCDonald | 9 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
| Amelia Murphy | 8 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Eliza Moore | 11 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Louisa Maynard | 12 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Hannah Matthews | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Mary A. Morgan | 15 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Mary A. Norman | 11 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Louisa Nash | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Ann Norman | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Elizabeth Nicholls | 9 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Martha Powell | 6 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Sarah Phillips | 9 | 0 | Destitution | no. |
| Martha Penshard | 12 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Emma Probert | 11 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
| Sarah Price | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Elizabeth Parfitt | 11 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Sarah Poole | 9 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
| Eliza Pritchard | 24 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Romney | 8 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Mary Ratcliffe | 8 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Sophia Sutherland | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Caroline Smith | 23 | 0 | Blindness | no. |
| Jane Stevens | 10 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
| Ann Stevens | 9 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Emma Smith | 12 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
| Ann Samuels | 7 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Sophia Stephens | 20 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Jane Swayne | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Thomas | 5 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
| Caroline Tanner | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Woodbridge | 11 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Margaret Watts | 7 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Mary A. Williams | 8 | 0 | Epilepsy | no. |
| Emma Watkins | 13 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
| Virtue Webster | 11 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Jane Ware | 11 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Catherine White | 8 | 0 | Old age | no. |
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