Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Dartford 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Clifford | 9 | 0 | Rheumatism | dist. school. |
| George Corduroy | 7 | 0 | Cripple | dist. school. |
| William Blacksall | 10 | 0 | Old age and rheumatism | dist. school. |
| John Fielder | 7 | 0 | Rheumatism | dist. school. |
| Richard Ware | 7 | 0 | Loss of sight | dist. school. |
| John Clements | 9 | 0 | Cripple | dist. school. |
| John Funnell | 5 | 0 | Spasmodic affection | dist. school. |
| Thomas Brown | 5 | 0 | Rheumatism | dist. school. |
| Michael Dixon | 5 | 0 | ditto | dist. school. |
| George Shaves | 6 | 0 | Paralysis | dist. school. |
| Thomas Stoneham | 14 | 0 | Deaf and dumb | no. |
| Mary Ann Gibbons | 10 | 0 | Widow, and destitute | dist. school. |
| Susan Maxwell | 16 | 0 | ditto | dist. school. |
| Mary Wiffin | 15 | 0 | ditto | dist. school. |
| Charlotte Terry | 5 | 0 | Rheumatism | dist. school. |
| Sarah Jarrett | 5 | 0 | Widow | dist. school. |
| Mary Wise | 8 | 0 | Cripple | dist. school. |
| Susan Pearson | 8 | 0 | Blind | no. |
| Ann French | 14 | 0 | Rheumatism; widow | dist. school. |
| Maria Singleton | 20 | 0 | Idiot. | no. |
| Ann Jackson | 6 | 0 | ditto. | no. |
| Elizabeth Welsh | 13 | 0 | ditto. | no. |
| Charlotte Paine | 6 | 0 | Widow; fits | dist. school. |
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