Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Lymington 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen Mansbridge | 18 | 0 | Blindness | no. |
| George Rowe | 14 | 0 | Weak minded | no. |
| William Rann | 12 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Thomas Cutler | 10 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Sarah Chandler | 12 | 0 | Weak minded | no. |
| Mary Lawrence | 7 | 0 | A cripple | no. |
| Thomas Burton | 40 | 0 | Weak minded | no. |
| Mary Ann Burton | 40 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Sarah Foster | 20 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| George Green | 12 | 0 | Debility and old age | no. |
| James Jenks | 16 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Jane Parker | 12 | 0 | Debility | no. |
| Richard Plowman | 12 | 0 | Weak minded | no. |
| William Woodford | 12 | 0 | Old age and illness | no. |
| George Baker | 6 | 0 | Weak minded | no. |
| Ann Colbourne | 20 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Clara Cheddell | 19 | 0 | Deafness | no. |
| Francis Brown | 7 | 0 | Weak minded | no. |
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