Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Hollingbourne Union, Kent, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benjamin Tovey | 12 | 0 | Infirmity from age | no. |
| Mary Kemp | 24 | 0 | Imbecility of mind | no. |
| Sarah Fullagar | 11 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| William Jenner | 7 | 0 | Paralysis | no. |
| John Burnett | 11 | 0 | Worn out | no. |
| Sarah Artifold | 7 | 0 | Imbecility of mind | no. |
| Richard Beard | 24 | 0 | Blind | no. |
| Thomas Banks | 5 | 0 | Worn out | no. |
| George Dale | 24 | 0 | Imbecility of mind | no. |
| John Higgens | 7 | 0 | Worn out | no. |
| Elizabeth Higgens | 16 | 0 | Illness, &c. | no. |
| Sarah Record | 11 | 0 | Imbecility of mind | no. |
| Ann Gillett | 12 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Edward Mills | 10 | 0 | Worn out | no. |
| John Sedgwick | 8 | 0 | Bad legs | no. |
| Sarah Bottle | 6 | 0 | Worn out | no. |
| William Couchman | 11 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Harriet May | 9 | 0 | Rheumatic gout | no. |
| William Millgate | 7 | 0 | Imbecility of mind | no. |
| Daniel Sutherland | 8 | 0 | Worn out | no. |
| James Ware | 9 | 0 | Bad. legs | no. |
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