Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Cranbrook Union, Kent, 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mary Haines | 10 | 0 | Age and infirmity | no. |
William Martin | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Thomas Russell | 18 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Martha Williams | 20 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Harriett Wells | 15 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Maria Bussenden | 20 | 0 | ditto | no. |
William Spice | 11 | 0 | ditto | no. |
John Furley | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Stephen Beech | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
William Doble | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Duke Brooke | 9 | 0 | ditto | no. |
John Coppinger | 12 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Ann Pusey | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
John Spice | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Ann Cutbush | 18 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Charles Cutbush | 18 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Sarah Rose | 18 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Thomas Stiles | 20 | 0 | ditto | no. |
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