Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Newport Pagnell Union, Buckinghamshire, 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|
William Eaglestone | 20 | 0 | Idiotcy | no. |
Ann Atwood | 16 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Elizabeth Huckle | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Mary Stimpson | 16 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Elizabeth Horn | 16 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Samuel Brown | 16 | 0 | Age and infirmity | no. |
James Nichols | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
John Osborn | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Sarah Fowler | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Susan Mapley | 16 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Ann Allen | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Ann Cooper | 5 | 0 | Fits | no. |
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