Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Keynsham Union, Somerset, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samuel Prigg | 18 | 6 | Indolence originally, infirmity now | no. |
| Thomas Gibbs | 9 | 6 | Age | no. |
| Samuel Wilcox | 19 | 0 | Blind | no. |
| William Clements | 14 | 0 | Imecile | no. |
| Maria Durston | 9 | 0 | Illness | no. |
| John Marsh | 24 | 0 | A cripple | no. |
| Mary Rich | 19 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
| Elizabeth Birchell | 16 | 0 | Indolence | no. |
| John Rogers | 5 | 6 | ditto | no. |
| Daniel Gage | 18 | 6 | Injured arm, and asthma | no. |
| Joseph Gingell | 19 | 6 | Blind | no. |
| George Gene | 10 | 0 | Epileptic | no. |
| Langley James Smart | 6 | 6 | Old age | no. |
| John Banwell | 7 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
| Thomas Spicer | 9 | 6 | Age | no. |
| Martha Summerill | 5 | 6 | Having a bastard child | no. |
| James Harris | 21 | 0 | Age | no. |
| George Tanner | 5 | 6 | Epileptic | no. |
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