Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Oxford Union, Oxfordshire, 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|
John Allder | 8 | 0 | Cripple | no. |
Lucy Andrews | 10 | 0 | Blind | no. |
Martha Adams | 5 | 0 | Old age | no. |
Mary Adams | 20 | 0 | Two children | no. |
Sophia Adams | 20 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
Jane Adams | 20 | 0 | ditto | no. |
William Baylis | 6 | 0 | Old age | no. |
Martha Beesley | 12 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
Thomas Burton | 12 | 0 | Old age | no. |
William Clifton | 15 | 0 | ditto | no. |
John Cromwell | 14 | 0 | ditto | no. |
John Coombs | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
John Creed | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Thomas Colcutt | 9 | 0 | ditto | no. |
James Crawford | 20 | 0 | Cripple | no. |
Sarah Crawford | 10 | 0 | Old age | no. |
Elizabeth Cox | 23 | 0 | Blind | no. |
Plicebe Crawford | 7 | 0 | Old age | no. |
Mary Colcutt | 8 | 0 | Not fit for service | no. |
Sarah Cox | 55 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
Mary Creed | 8 | 0 | Age | no. |
John Dodson | 5 | 0 | Age | no. |
Henry Dicks | 9 | 0 | ditto | no. |
William Dickeson | 14 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
Sarah Day | 20 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Thomas Farren | 5 | 0 | Age | no. |
Ann Fleury | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Temperance Goodman | 15 | 0 | Blind | no. |
Elizabeth Gardner | 10 | 0 | Age | no. |
William Gardner | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Emma Goodman | 5 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
Joseph Gardner | 5 | 0 | Age | no. |
John Hilsdon | 13 | 0 | ditto | no. |
John Holyoak | 13 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Thomas Hastings | 10 | 0 | ditto | no. |
John Hains | 9 | 0 | Cripple | no. |
Thomas Hayes | 7 | 0 | Subject to fits | no. |
Sarah Hall | 13 | 0 | Bedridden | no. |
Sarah Hemming | 21 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Edward Hunt | 17 | 0 | Cripple | no. |
Thomas Kempson | 16 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Philip Margetts | 8 | 0 | Old age | no. |
Thomas Maisey | 4 | 0 | ditto | no. |
William Meade | 30 | 0 | Idiot and blind | no. |
William Miles | 5 | 0 | Cripple | no. |
Richard Oldacre | 5 | 0 | Old age | no. |
Hannah Orchard | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Charlotte Orchard | 7 | 0 | Cripple | no. |
Thomas Ricketts | 5 | 0 | Old age | no. |
William Roberts | 12 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Charles Robinson | 6 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
Robert Russell | 16 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
William Smith | 6 | 0 | Old age | no. |
Thomas Slaymaker | 30 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Adelaide Slate | 11 | 0 | Cripple | no. |
Jane Slatter | 6 | 0 | Old age | no. |
Rebecca Sumworth | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Sarah Smith | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
George Taylor | 15 | 0 | Idiotic | no. |
Elizabeth Townsend | 5 | 0 | Old age | no. |
Lydia Williams | 10 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Ann Weston | 18 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Emma Winchester | 19 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
Jane Walker | 5 | 0 | Old age | no. |
Josiah West | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Sarah West | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Thomas Wright | 8 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Martha White | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Thomas Richard Sutton | 15 | 0 | ditto | no. |
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