Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Isle of Wight Union, Hampshire, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catherine Bramble | 52 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
| Hannah Phillips | 53 | 0 | Blind | workh. school. |
| John Cook | 51 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Henry Conway | 19 | 11 | Idiot | no. |
| Harriet Lawrence | 40 | 6 | ditto | no. |
| Sarah Folk | 30 | 7 | ditto | no. |
| Henry Folk | 21 | 10 | ditto | no. |
| James Masters | 22 | 1 | Cripple | no. |
| Sarah Harley | 18 | 7 | Cripple, and weak intellect | no. |
| John White | 18 | 6 | Idiot | no. |
| William Brooker | 18 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Henry Knight | 16 | 8 | Idiot | no. |
| Elizabeth Quick | 16 | 0 | Weak intellect | no. |
| Thomas Williams | 15 | 3 | Infirmity | no. |
| Frances James | 13 | 9 | Cripple | no. |
| William Hawkins | 13 | 9 | Infirmity | no. |
| William Nutkins | 12 | 7 | Ditto | no. |
| Leonard Salter | 11 | 8 | Idiot | no. |
| William Pike | 12 | 6 | ditto | no. |
| Elizabeth Riall | 11 | 10 | Infirmity | no. |
| Edgar John Webb | 11 | 3 | Debility | no. |
| James Bishop | 11 | 3 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Jacobs | 11 | 3 | Cripple | no. |
| Amelia Dore | 10 | 9 | Idiot | no. |
| James Head | 10 | 1 | Blind | no. |
| George Head | 10 | 1 | Idiot | no. |
| James Wimbleton | 10 | 7 | Infirmity | no. |
| John Whittington | 10 | 2 | Cripple | no. |
| John Rooke | 10 | 1 | Infirmity | no. |
| Keziah Chambers | 9 | 2 | Idiot | no. |
| Dinah Kent | 9 | 2 | Infirmity | no. |
| Martha Benenzie | 8 | 7 | ditto | no. |
| Ann Dimmick | 8 | 5 | Cripple, and weak intellect | no. |
| Edward Day | 8 | 6 | Cripple | no. |
| Louisa Lale | 8 | 2 | Idiot | no. |
| William Bradie | 8 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Mary Ann Perkins | 8 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
| William Kent | 7 | 11 | Cripple | no. |
| Sarah Dashwood | 7 | 6 | Blind | no. |
| William Rann | 7 | 3 | Cripple | no. |
| Harriett Bull | 7 | 3 | Weak Intellect | no. |
| William Summers | 6 | 3 | Cripple | no. |
| Elizabeth Trim | 6 | 1 | Infirmity | no. |
| William Fiander | 6 | 9 | ditto | no. |
| Barnabas Salter | 6 | 9 | Cripple | no. |
| Matilda Young | 6 | 10 | Idiot | no. |
| James Moorey | 6 | 8 | Infirmity | no. |
| Mallett Pike | 5 | 11 | Weak intellect | no. |
| Benjamin Gladwell | 5 | 8 | Infirmity | no. |
| Rebecca Ogden | 5 | 7 | ditto | no. |
| Priscilla Harslon | 5 | 2 | Weak intellect | no. |
| Benjamin Whitmarsh | 5 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Charles Cavell | 5 | 0 | Cripple | no. |
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