Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Cirencester Union, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Harvey | 18 | 0 | Idiotcy | workh. school. |
| Joseph Harvey | 9 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Henry Goddard | 16 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Richard Strange | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Hannah Reynolds | 5 | 1 | Insanity | no. |
| Hester Gale | 25 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Samuel Hamblett | 11 | 0 | Paralysis; bedridden | no. |
| Jane Townsend | 22 | 0 | infirmity | no. |
| John Lewis | 10 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Elizabeth Thatcher | 6 | 0 | no. | |
| Eleanor Reynolds | 10 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Hannah Savory | 14 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| William Keeley | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Elizabeth Baldwin | 11 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Martha Baldwin | 11 | 0 | Illegitimate children | no. |
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