Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Fareham Union, Hampshire, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Allen | 6 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| William Bush | 11 | 3 | ditto | no. |
| Maria Bush | 11 | 3 | ditto | no. |
| Oliver Betteridge | 8 | 6 | Idiocy | no. |
| James Bide | 6 | 3 | Infirmity | no. |
| Harriet Bunce | 6 | 0 | Bad legs, and no employ | no. |
| Hannah Cawte | 20 | 0 | Cripple | yes. |
| John Churchill | 9 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| John Cullimore | 11 | 3 | ditto | no. |
| Cornelius Hayden | 16 | 4 | Bad legs | no. |
| James Jackson | 6 | 0 | Stricture and infirmity | yes. |
| John King | 11 | 0 | Rupture and infirmity | no. |
| Henry Linney | 7 | 9 | Infirmity | no. |
| Thomas Meacher | 10 | 6 | ditto | no. |
| Thomas Morton | 10 | 9 | ditto | no. |
| Jane Olding | 8 | 0 | Weak intellect | no. |
| Jane Page | 9 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Thomas Russell | 8 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Russell | 8 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| James Sparkes | 5 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| George Smith | 12 | 3 | ditto | no. |
| William Strugnell | 12 | 9 | ditto | no. |
| Charlotte Small | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| John Shawyer | 12 | 6 | ditto | no. |
| Isaac Wiltshire | 24 | 3 | Blindness | no. |
| Eliza Wyatt | 5 | 3 | ditto | no. |
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