Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Hackney Union, Middlesex, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Buxton | 6 | 0 | Lame | no. |
| John Cripps | 11 | 0 | Illness | no. |
| Elizabeth Cripps | 11 | 0 | Fits | no. |
| Thomas Edwards | 20 | 0 | Idiotic | no. |
| David Evans | 9 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Isaac Earl | 10 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Bilby Farrow | 21 | 0 | Paralysis | no. |
| James Fry | 7 | 0 | Illness | no. |
| Robert Francis | 6 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Edward Hadrill | 15 | 0 | Idiotic | no. |
| William Haydon | 25 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Thomas Jennings | 10 | 0 | Illlness | no. |
| John Jude | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Elizabeth Jude | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| John Kendall | 14 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Richard Musgrove | 20 | 0 | Lame | no. |
| William Peckham | 22 | 0 | Idiotic | no. |
| Robert Rickwood | 10 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Timothy Reardon | 12 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Desper Rumens | 7 | 0 | Illness | no. |
| James Reading | 6 | 0 | Paralysis | no. |
| George Sutton | 8 | 0 | Fits | no. |
| Thomas Smith | 5 | 0 | Illness | no. |
| Charles William Lee | 9 | 0 | Idiotic | no. |
| Josiah Turner | 8 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Robert Wildsmith | 14 | 0 | Idiotic | no. |
| Benjamin Wilson | 0 | 0 | Illness | no. |
| William Ward | 6 | 0 | Rheumatism | no. |
| James Webster | 9 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Sarah Blowen | 20 | 0 | Illness | no. |
| Elizabeth Bates | 15 | 0 | Lame | no. |
| Sarah Challis | 22 | 0 | Illness | no. |
| Maria Coulter | 32 | 0 | Idiotic | no. |
| Hannah Clements | 20 | 0 | Illness | no. |
| Mary Ann Crow | 9 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Ann Dale | 19 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Evans | 6 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Mary Francis | 10 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Ann Farmer | 12 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Martha Goodbody | 15 | 0 | Idiotic | no. |
| Theodosia Herrick | 13 | 0 | Illness | no. |
| Mary Ann Hope | 20 | 0 | Bad hands | no. |
| Elizabeth Judd | 14 | 0 | Bad legs | no. |
| Mary Judd | 13 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Harriet Jackson | 12 | 0 | Idiotic | no. |
| Susan Lye | 9 | 0 | Destitute | no. |
| Mary Miles | 11 | 0 | Illness | no. |
| Elizabeth Maddel | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Sarah Mashford | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Harriet Moss | 8 | 0 | Fits | no. |
| Ann North | 5 | 0 | Idiotic | no. |
| Margaret Norton | 14 | 0 | Illness | no. |
| Elizabeth Perry | 12 | 0 | Idiotic | no. |
| Sarah Percival | 8 | 0 | Illness | no. |
| Rebecca Shopperd | 21 | 0 | Lame | no. |
| Elizabeth Strange | 18 | 0 | Fits | no. |
| Ann Stevens | 20 | 0 | Illness | no. |
| Ann Scott | 20 | 0 | Idiotic | no. |
| Sarah Staines | 10 | 0 | Illness | no. |
| Elizabeth Sherrard | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Sarah Turner | 16 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Tagg | 10 | 0 | Lame | no. |
| Matilda Tomlin | 20 | 0 | Illness | no. |
| Sarah Wilson | 28 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Catherine Whittenbury | 28 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Hannah Wade | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Sarah Jushaw | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Samuel Moody | 5 | 0 | Lame | no. |
| Elizabeth Blinks | 5 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| William Hutchins | 6 | 0 | Idiotic | no. |
| Isabella Coward | 15 | 0 | Illness | no. |
| Clarissa Davis | 8 | 0 | Idiotic | no. |
| Alfred Meudows | 20 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| James Richardson | 5 | 0 | Bad legs | no. |
| Lucy Rule | 6 | 0 | Illness | no. |
| Eliza Townsend | 11 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Eleanor Vines | 21 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Ann Fiddeman | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Richard Fiddeman | 5 | 0 | Idiotic | no. |
| James Bird | 6 | 0 | Illness | no. |
| Susan Draper | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Elizabeth Dawson | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Sophia Deller | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| John Hampton | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Ann Richmond | 8 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Richard Woolard | 11 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Williams | 6 | 0 | Idiotic | no. |
| Esther Bodman | 5 | 0 | Illness | no. |
| Martha Crook | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Isabella Durant | 13 | 0 | Idiotic | no. |
| Mary Taylor | 7 | 0 | Illness | no. |
| George Chambers | 11 | 0 | Blind | no. |
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