Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Clutton Union, Somerset, 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|
Ann Bartlett | 13 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
William Crocum | 6 | 0 | Infirm and aged | no. |
Henry Latcham | 12 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
Christiana Gooding | 8 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
Maria Smith | 8 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Martha Harrison | 10 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
Francis James | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
George Carter | 6 | 0 | Aged and infirm | no. |
William Collins | 9 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Thomas Templar | 10 | 0 | ditto | no. |
James Mapstone | 7 | 0 | Paralysed | no. |
William Mapstone | 10 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
James Wallace | 18 | 0 | Water on the brain | no. |
Adam Shearn | 8 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
Caroline Cobb | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
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