Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Chipping Norton Union, Oxfordshire, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth Cross | 24 | 0 | Weak intellect | no. |
| Jane Grantham | 6 | 8 | General debility | no. |
| Isaac Gibbs | 14 | 9 | Infirmity | no. |
| Beta Holyhawk | 17 | 6 | Age and infirmity | no. |
| Stephen Lainchbury | 8 | 10 | Infirmity | no. |
| Leah Marshall | 7 | 9 | Scrofulous affection | no. |
| Jane Moseley | 9 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Mary Rathband | 18 | 0 | Weak intellect | no. |
| Isaiah Smith | 19 | 7 | Infirmity | no. |
| William Tapling | 7 | 5 | ditto | no. |
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