Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Dorking 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth Rose | 7 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| William Ledger | 18 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
| Emily Harwood | 18 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Ann Rowland | 18 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| John Croucher | 18 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Wilkins | 18 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Thomas Tidy | 18 | 0 | d itto | no. |
| John Reeves | 10 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Jane Coe | 12 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Mary Mullets | 12 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Benjamin Cleer | 10 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Ann Bax | 9 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
| Rebecca Lee | 6 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Caroline Dibble | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| John Souter | 5 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
| Elizabeth Crouch | 10 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| John Grout | 10 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Elizabeth Elliott | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| William Tidy | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| John Etheridge | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Jane Harriott | 8 | 0 | Scrofula | workh. school. |
| Sarah Harriott | 7 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| William Gilham | 10 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Edward Peters | 18 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
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