Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Horsham 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen Wells | 16 | 0 | The pauper is an idiot | no. |
| Elizabeth Holder | 9 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Eliza Osborne | 10 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Adelaide Grinsted. | 20 | 0 | Weak mind | workh. school. |
| John Lockyer | 9 | 0 | Age and infirmity | dist. school. |
| Alexander Burford | 5 | 9 | ditto | dist. school. |
| Thomas Stringer | 12 | 0 | ditto | dist. school. |
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