Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Hastings Union, Sussex, 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 Cast | 14 | 0 | Idiotic from birth | no. |
| Mary Hammond | 15 | 0 | Paralysed | no. |
| Robert White | 10 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
| Robert Pomphrey | 10 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Elizabeth Tebay | 7 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
| Maria Mann | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Richard Page | 7 | 0 | Aged and infirm | no. |
| Susanna Ginner | 20 | 0 | Blind | no. |
| Benjamin Gallop | 24 | 0 | A cripple | no. |
| James Nash | 12 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
| Ann Wingfield | 18 | 0 | Subject to fits | no. |
| Mary Pinson | 11 | 0 | Paralysed | no. |
| Harriett Mills | 11 | 0 | infirm | no. |
| John Drury | 12 | 0 | Aged and infirm | no. |
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