Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Guildford Union, Surrey, 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 Bullen | 9 | 0 | Age | no. |
| James Boylett | 12 | 0 | ditto | yes. |
| John May | 7 | 0 | Orphan | no. |
| Samuel West | 9 | 0 | Age | no. |
| Robert Heather | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Charles Anderson | 15 | 0 | Bad leg | no. |
| Sarah Attfield | 22 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
| Richard Withall | 6 | 0 | Age | no. |
| James Edwards | 14 | 0 | Bad eyes | no. |
| Jane Edwards | 22 | 0 | Imbecile | yes. |
| Mary Turvile | 17 | 0 | ditto | yes. |
| Caroline Hill | 8 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
| Thomas Peto | 6 | 0 | Weak mind | no. |
| Sarah Yeates | 11 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Bridget Clarke | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Hamott Mason | 22 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| James Dallen | 6 | 0 | Unable to work | no. |
| Thomas Page | 13 | 0 | Cripple | no. |
| Jane Poyle | 8 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Ellen Brown | 5 | 0 | Weak mind | no. |
| Caroline Pullen | 22 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Richard Barrett | 22 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Thomas Robinson | 9 | 0 | Cripple | no. |
| John Colburn | 22 | 0 | Weak mind | no. |
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