Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Cambridge Union, Cambridgeshire, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Sully | 7 | 0 | A cripple | no. |
| Robert Spray | 9 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
| Stacey Gee | 8 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| John Layton | 9 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| William Taylor | 10 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| William Cain | 8 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Daniel Moore | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Elizabeth Moore | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Arthur Norris | 8 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Jonathan Swann | 17 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| George Kent | 10 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Adams Hodson | 6 | 0 | A cripple | no. |
| Sarah Smith | 7 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
| Mary Parker | 9 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
| Hitson Newman | 10 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Ellen Macwatt | 7 | 0 | Fits | no. |
| Emma Dunn | 19 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
| Rebecca Peachey | 20 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Mason | 6 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
| William Stokes | 8 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Elizabeth Powell | 8 | 0 | Two illegitimate children | no. |
| William Dawkins | 20 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
| Elizabeth Cowell | 7 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
| William Rust | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Jane Picken | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
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