Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Maldon Union, Essex, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mary Bailey | 12 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Sarah Clarke | 20 | 0 | Infirmity and lameness | no. |
| Mary Taylor | 6 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Mary Polley | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Morris | 20 | 0 | Sickness | no. |
| Elizabeth Cottee | 8 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Payne | 10 | 0 | ditto | yes. |
| Sarah Malone | 10 | 0 | Blindness | no. |
| Mary Kerridge | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Hannah Bassam | 8 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Sophia Ransom | 12 | 0 | Unsound mind | no. |
| Maria Downing | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Lewin | 7 | 0 | Has illegitimate child | no. |
| Mary Hawkes | 6 | 0 | Has two illegitimate children | no. |
| William Clark | 10 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Robert Gepp | 6 | 0 | Infirmity and lameness | no. |
| Thomas Nicholls | 6 | 0 | Paralysis | no. |
| Edward Turner | 25 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Samuel Cottis | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| John Hayward | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Richard Poole | 10 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| William Miller | 26 | 0 | Lameness | no. |
| Joseph Bunstock | 10 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| James Rouse | 12 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Jabez Ford | 12 | 0 | Idiotcy | no. |
| Joseph Springate | 7 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
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