Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Dover 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Tonbridge | 12 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
| William Valentine | 14 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
| Joseph Graves | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Obadiah Mannering | 8 | 0 | Simple | no. |
| Martha Horn | 8 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
| Ann Pratt | 10 | 0 | Ditto | no. |
| Elizabeth Brett | 12 | 0 | Blind | no. |
| Mary Bowles | 12 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
| Elizabeth Crabb | 12 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Farrier | 12 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Gibbons | 12 | 0 | Blind | no. |
| Marian Hayes | 6 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
| Richard Jarman | 8 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Ann Jarman | 8 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Ann Wheeler | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| John West | 7 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
| Elizabeth Garnett | 12 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
| James Matson | 11 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Sarah Cresson | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Ann Laws | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Janet Belsey | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| David Norcock | 12 | 0 | ditto | no. |
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