Long-term Workhouse Inmates Kensington, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eliza Ashton | 14 | 0 | Illness | no. |
| James Arundale | 14 | 0 | Employed as messenger | no. |
| Maria Anderson | 10 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| James Blundy | 11 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Charles Batchelor | 12 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| John Bigley | 11 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Brown | 11 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Margaret Barnett | 10 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| John Cocking | 13 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Stephen Collins | 7 | 0 | Subject to fits | no. |
| Mary Ann Citre | 6 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Susan Cartwright | 5 | 0 | Illness | no. |
| Thomas Cowley | 7 | 0 | Bad legs | no. |
| Elizabeth Devonport | 6 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| John Doolun | 8 | 0 | A cripple | no. |
| William Edwards | 5 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Mary Elgin | 8 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Elizabeth Freeman | 5 | 0 | Bad legs | no. |
| Elizabeth Griffiths | 5 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Maria Gale | 6 | 0 | Subject to fits | no. |
| James Groves | 11 | 0 | Old age and illness | no. |
| Margaret. Gudgeon | 6 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| James Gray | 7 | 0 | Chronic rheumatism | no. |
| Jessie Garrick | 6 | 0 | Imbecility | no. |
| Ann Hendry | 7 | 0 | Old age and illness | no. |
| Gwyne Howell | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Ann Hemmings | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| William Iken | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Jonathan Key | 5 | 0 | Bad legs | no. |
| Sarah Leetion | 5 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Sarah Midwinter | 20 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Harriet Marriott | 11 | 0 | Deaf and dumb | no. |
| William Miller | 6 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Harriet Morton | 6 | 0 | Paralysed | no. |
| Mary Oldbury | 5 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| James Platt | 6 | 0 | Insane | no. |
| Elizabeth Peak | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Peat | 11 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Mary Parrott | 11 | 0 | Paralysed | no. |
| Hannah Plim | 7 | 0 | Palsy | no. |
| Rebecca Plim | 6 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Elizabeth Parry | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Hugh Ross | 12 | 0 | Bad legs | no. |
| Ann Roberts | 10 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Fanny Steward | 7 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Richard Symons | 11 | 0 | Imbecile, and deaf and dumb | no. |
| William Stevens | 7 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Mary Slade | 12 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Rebecca Treeve | 12 | 0 | Illness | no. |
| William Tilbury | 5 | 0 | Blind | no. |
| Catherine Thomas | 8 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Rebecca Vindin | 8 | 0 | Bad legs | no. |
| Rebecca Venters | 7 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Margaret Weir | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Hannah Wheatley | 12 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
| Edward Westwood | 9 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
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