Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Henley Union, Oxfordshire, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Pratt | 8 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Susan Taylor | 20 | 0 | Weakness of intellect | no. |
| Caroline Webb | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Charles Hawkins | 7 | 0 | Infirmity from paralysis | no. |
| Amelia Wilkinson | 7 | 0 | Weak intellect; epileptic | no. |
| Susan Woodward | 6 | 0 | Having illegitimate children | no. |
| Thomas Smith | 6 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| William Brown | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| John Sadler | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Jane Townsend | 8 | 0 | Weakness of intellect | no. |
| John Fisher | 9 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| John Mole | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Lucy Major | 11 | 0 | Having illegitimate children | no. |
| George Toomer | 20 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Mary Jones | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Sarah Deane | 11 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Catherine Wise | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Eliza Brooker | 11 | 0 | Having illegitimate children | no. |
| Eliza Betteridge | 12 | 0 | Weakness of intellect | no. |
| Mark Brown | 6 | 0 | Blindness | no. |
| Ann King | 12 | 0 | Weakness of intellect | no. |
| Mary Wheeler | 9 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Sarah Barney | 7 | 0 | Deaf and dumb, and having an illegitimate child. | no. |
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