Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Eton Union, Buckinghamshire, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mary Maddocks | 9 | 0 | Ulcerated legs | no. |
| Sarah Turnock | 6 | 0 | General debility | no. |
| Jane Hatt | 13 | 0 | Blind | no. |
| Charlotte Hunt | 23 | 0 | Paralysed | no. |
| Mary Ann Cade | 17 | 0 | Dropsical | no. |
| Ann Nicholls | 6 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Sarah Atkins | 14 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Charlotte Gardiner | 23 | 0 | Weak mind | no. |
| Mary Goodchild | 5 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Ann Mattingley | 8 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Ann Stevens | 10 | 0 | Crippled feet and legs | no. |
| James Larkin | 15 | 0 | Weak mind | no. |
| Joseph Moulder | 13 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| John Hawes | 19 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Thomas Lovett | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| John Coleman | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| John Bailey | 5 | 0 | Bad feet | no. |
| Thomas Stuart | 11 | 0 | Paralysed | no. |
| Isaac Nicholls | 6 | 0 | Swelled legs | no. |
| Thomas Bullock | 7 | 0 | Compound rupture | no. |
| Edward King | 5 | 0 | Ulcerated legs | no. |
| Daniel Lovett | 13 | 0 | Fits | no. |
| William Barnett | 13 | 0 | Ulcerated legs | no. |
| Robert Adams | 5 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Joseph Peverill | 20 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| John Bateman | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Matthew Bamford | 20 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| James Smith | 23 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Gilbert Healy | 8 | 0 | Blind | no. |
| Henry Barnes | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Thomas Hinton | 6 | 0 | Lumbago | no. |
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