Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Bromsgrove Union, Worcestershire, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edward Shaw | 8 | 0 | Age and infirmity | no. |
| John Griffin | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| William Dipple | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Joseph Harris | 16 | 0 | Paralysis | no. |
| Thomas Weaver | 14 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Alexander Clarke | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Richard James | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Joseph Webb | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Benjamin Berresford | 10 | 0 | Idiocy | no. |
| James Hill | 12 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| William Foxhall | 9 | 0 | ditto | workhouse. |
| Mary Gibbs | 9 | 0 | Age and infirmity | no. |
| Hannah Kirk | 20 | 0 | Fits | no. |
| Sarah Andrews | 16 | 0 | Idiocy | no. |
| Charlotte Parsonage | 20 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Hannah Waldron | 20 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Ann Hemming | 20 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Maria Hill | 12 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Hannah Randle | 12 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Eliza Houghton | 9 | 0 | Idiocy | no. |
| Mary Smith | 20 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Allen | 12 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Elizabeth Smith | 20 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Elizabeth George | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Perkins | 15 | 0 | Blind | no. |
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