Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Petworth Union, Sussex, 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|
Moses Miles | 5 | 0 | Failing eye-sight | no. |
Thomas Lucas | 6 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
Sophia Watkins | 12 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Edward Lindfield | 25 | 0 | Weak intellect | no. |
Thomas Penfold | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Sampson Voice | 8 | 0 | Cripple | no. |
George Balchin | 18 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
Ann Lucas | 16 | 0 | Bad leg | dist. school. |
William Johnson | 15 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
James Puttick | 8 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Francis Moore | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Sarah Standing | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
William Jenner | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
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