Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Maidstone Union, Kent, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Collins | 10 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
| Thomas Davis | 15 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| George Baker | 22 | 0 | Epileptic | workh. school. |
| Thomas Reynolds | 23 | 0 | Weak mind | no. |
| William Swinnock | 12 | 0 | Age | no. |
| George Steele | 11 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Edward Tilbee | 23 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
| William Turner | 9 | 0 | Cripple | no. |
| John Thorpe | 11 | 0 | Epileptic | no. |
| James Weeden | 6 | 0 | Cripple | no. |
| John Woollton | 11 | 0 | Age | no. |
| William Enfield | 9 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| John Bennett | 9 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Joseph Algar | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Henry Baldwin | 9 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
| Richard Chapman | 5 | 0 | Age | no. |
| James Pawley | 11 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| William Middleton | 10 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Arthur Crofford | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Richard Humphrey | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| George Bishop | 20 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
| Peter Presnail | 12 | 0 | Cripple | no. |
| John Usher | 10 | 0 | Blind | no. |
| John Hosmer | 9 | 0 | Age | no. |
| Mary Baker | 22 | 0 | Widow | no. |
| Elizabeth Terry | 10 | 0 | Idiot | workh. school. |
| Ellen Fronninger | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Ann Jones | 10 | 0 | Lame | no. |
| Fanny Reynolds | 12 | 0 | Weak mind | workh. school. |
| Mary Medhurst | 12 | 0 | Blind | no. |
| Ann Brooker | 14 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
| Charlotte Hyland | 7 | 0 | Weak mind | no. |
| Ann Burren | 14 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
| Catherine Waters | 16 | 0 | ditto | workh. school. |
| Jane Barham | 16 | 0 | Weak mind | workh. school. |
| Elizabeth Jordan | 10 | 0 | Age | no. |
| Sarah Moon | 22 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
| Mary Freeman | 8 | 0 | Age | no. |
| Amelia Buxton | 8 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
| Mary Finch | 11 | 0 | Blind | no. |
| Margaret Daws | 7 | 0 | Widow | no. |
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