Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Buckingham 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edward Harris | 22 | 0 | Idiotic | no. |
| Fanny Mansfield | 22 | 0 | Epilepsy and other illness | no. |
| Joseph Bull | 18 | 0 | Defective eyesight from a child | no. |
| Edward Bachelor | 16 | 0 | Defective eyesight for 17 years | no. |
| George Tasker | 13 | 0 | Epilepsy | no. |
| Marie Hurst | 9 | 0 | Weak minded | no. |
| Rebecca Tompkins | 8 | 0 | Dropsical | no. |
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