Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Edmonton Union, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| George White | 24 | 0 | Infirmity | no |
| Charles King | 24 | 0 | Paralysis | no |
| William Anderson | 10 | 0 | Defective sight | no |
| Richard Tingay | 7 | 0 | Infirm | no |
| Christopher Sissey | 6 | 0 | ditto | no |
| Joseph Tufnell | 6 | 0 | ditto | no |
| William Law | 18 | 0 | ditto | no |
| Thomas Blake | 15 | 0 | Asthma | no |
| Diana Langton | 18 | 0 | Infirm | no |
| Elizabeth Smith | 15 | 0 | Paralysis | no |
| Elizabeth Kent | 7 | 0 | Lameness | no |
| Alice Hart | 6 | 0 | Infirm | no |
| Elizabeth Deller | 7 | 0 | Weak mind | no |
| Eliza Sammy | 23 | 0 | Deaf and dumb | no |
| Margaret Joplin | 22 | 0 | Infirm | no |
| Ann Price | 21 | 0 | Weak mind | no |
| Louisa Newman | 23 | 0 | ditto | yes |
| Catherine Law | 23 | 0 | ditto | no |
| Frances Gladwin | 10 | 0 | Idiocy | no |
| Mary Savage | 6 | 0 | Infirm | no |
| Martha Baker | 6 | 0 | ditto | no |
| Ann Larman | 6 | 0 | ditto | no |
| Elizabeth Lane | 11 | 0 | Defective sight | no |
| George Wallis | 5 | 0 | Infirm | no |
| Edward Jackson | 12 | 0 | ditto | no |
| Peter Tiffin | 9 | 0 | ditto | no |
| Joseph Dunn | 20 | 0 | ditto | no |
| James Tyler | 15 | 0 | ditto | no |
| John Willey | 8 | 0 | Disordered mind | no |
| Sarah Wheeler | 10 | 0 | Infirm | no |
| Ann Hill | 7 | 0 | Paralysis | no |
| Susan Glover | 10 | 0 | Rheumatic gout | no |
| Elizabeth Fordham | 9 | 0 | Weak mind | no |
| Mary Ann Giles | 7 | 0 | ditto | yes |
| Ann Leary | 6 | 0 | Infirm | no |
| William Marshall | 18 | 0 | Paralysis | no |
| Mary Atkins | 10 | 0 | Infirm | no |
| Elizabeth Day | 18 | 0 | ditto | no |
| Catherine Blunt | 6 | 0 | Paralysis | no |
| Louisa Dymock | 8 | 0 | Epilepsy | no |
| Sarah Powell | 6 | 0 | Lame | no |
| Elizabeth Hamilton | 17 | 0 | ditto | no |
| William Quick | 10 | 0 | Infirm | no |
| Thomas Wilkinson | 11 | 0 | ditto | no |
| Thomas Wackett | 9 | 0 | ditto | no |
| Robert Keep | 7 | 0 | ditto | no |
| Joseph Pinnock | 18 | 0 | Infirmity | no |
| John Bird | 16 | 0 | Cripple | no |
| William Kingham | 16 | 0 | Scrofula | yes |
| Charles Kingham | 5 | 0 | ditto | no |
| John Bettice | 18 | 0 | Idiocy | no |
| Elizabeth Richmond | 7 | 0 | Weak mind | no |
| Elizabeth Rose | 8 | 0 | Infirmity | no |
| Sarah Roberts | 8 | 0 | Weak mind | yes |
| Charlotte Heath | 6 | 0 | Idiocy | no |
| Elizabeth Rice | 18 | 0 | Imbecile | no |
| John Webb | 10 | 0 | Cripple | no |
| John Todd | 8 | 0 | Infirm | no |
| Henry Champness | 7 | 0 | ditto | no |
| Henry Mears | 5 | 0 | ditto | no |
| John Burgess | 10 | 0 | ditto | no |
| Ann Abbott | 14 | 0 | ditto | no |
| Elizabeth Dawkins | 6 | 0 | Lame | no |
| Elizabeth French | 8 | 0 | Weak mind | yes |
| Susan Richardson | 7 | 0 | ditto | no |
| Jane Herbert | 18 | 0 | Lame | no |
| Ann Philpott | 6 | 0 | Infirm | no |
| John Dye | 7 | 0 | ditto | no |
| William Beale | 6 | 0 | ditto | no |
| William Bush | 15 | 0 | ditto | no |
| James Woodbridge | 18 | 0 | Insane | no |
| James Lewis | 8 | 0 | Idiocy | no |
| Hannah Livermore | 10 | 0 | Infirm | no |
| Sophia Akers | 18 | 0 | ditto | no |
| Mary Sayers | 10 | 0 | ditto | no |
| Elizabeth Osbourn | 7 | 0 | ditto | no |
| Harriet Chandler | 18 | 0 | ditto | no |
| Louisa Knightley | 18 | 0 | Infirm | no |
| Sophia Brett | 18 | 0 | Weak mind | no |
| Sophia Smith | 6 | 0 | ditto | no |
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