Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Croydon Union, Surrey, 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 Baker | 8 | 0 | Imbecile from birth | no. |
| Maria Blake | 8 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Elizabeth Boult | 7 | 0 | Infirm from age | no. |
| Major Ballinger | 8 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Isaac Charlwood | 10 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Abel Cook | 8 | 0 | Cripple | no. |
| Helen Dean | 12 | 0 | Partially infirm | no. |
| George Drew | 8 | 0 | Infirm from age | no. |
| William Drinkwater | 13 | 0 | Ruptured | no. |
| Sarah Denmar | 8 | 0 | Mother of illegitimate children | no. |
| George Deacon | 6 | 0 | Infirm from age | no. |
| Thomas Donaldson | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| William Feldwick | 10 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| James Foster | 8 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Henry Garland | 8 | 0 | Imbecile from birth | no. |
| Elizabeth Griffiths | 6 | 0 | Returned from lunatic asylum | no. |
| Sarah Howard | 8 | 0 | Spinal disease | no. |
| Harriet Hone | 7 | 6 | Imbecile from birth | no. |
| Mary Ingram | 8 | 0 | Infirm from age | no. |
| Mary Johnson | 7 | 0 | Mother of illegitimate children | no. |
| Sarah King | 7 | 0 | Debility | no. |
| Wiliam Lee | 12 | 0 | Infirm from age | no. |
| Harriet Lewis | 8 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
| Sarah Larner | 8 | 0 | Imbecile from birth | no. |
| James Nicholson | 8 | 0 | Withered arm | no. |
| Salome Morley | 8 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
| John Mineke | 5 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
| Sophie Pratt | 8 | 0 | Imbecile from birth | no. |
| Sarah A. Reid | 13 | 0 | Mother of illegitimate children | no. |
| Harriet Stagg | 10 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Catherine Robinson | 8 | 0 | Great debility | no. |
| Harriet South | 13 | 0 | Mother of illegitimate children | no. |
| Thomas Tapp | 7 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| James Webb | 10 | 0 | Infirm from age | no. |
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