Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Faringdon Union, Berkshire, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hannah Ayers | 15 | 0 | Aged woman; was many years ago at a lunatic asylum. | no. |
| Mary Thatcher | 8 | 0 | Widow with three children; one illegitimate. | no. |
| Mary Oakley | 12 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
| Sarah Curtis | 14 | 0 | Aged woman | no. |
| William Norton | 7 | 6 | Aged man; once at the asylum | no. |
| John Blagrove | 56 | 0 | Idiot | workh. school. |
| Caroline Westall | 10 | 0 | Subject to fits | no. |
| Patience Pike | 5 | 2 | ditto | no. |
| Dinah Pearce | 8 | 0 | Widow with three children; one illegitimate. | no. |
| Elizabeth Thorne | 13 | 0 | Deformed, unable to work | no. |
| William Higgs | 10 | 6 | Aged man | no. |
| Thomas Pocock | 9 | 0 | Deformed, unable to work | workh. school. |
| Julia Travers | 14 | 0 | Idiotic | no. |
| Eleanor Ball | 20 | 0 | Deaf; unable to get her living; one illegitimate child. | workh. school. |
| Elizabeth Lambourne | 15 | 0 | Idiotic | workh. school. |
| Sarah Walker | 11 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Harriet Stallard | 20 | 0 | Aged woman | no. |
| Elizabeth Allen | 6 | 6 | Aged woman; once at an asylum | no. |
| Thomas Hughes | 6 | 3 | Aged man; ruptured | no. |
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