Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Poplar Union, Middlesex, 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 Bollard | 16 | 0 | Of weak mind | no. |
Henry Bevan | 17 | 0 | ditto | workh. school. |
George Beenham | 5 | 0 | Bad sight | no. |
James Brian | 10 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
Ann Barefield | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Thomas Cook | 13 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Thomas Curtiss | 12 | 0 | Lameness | no. |
William Creek | 6 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
John Collins | 7 | 0 | Lameness | no. |
Elizabeth Constantine | 13 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
William Darling | 13 | 0 | ditto | no. |
John Daniels | 12 | 0 | Blind | no. |
Timothy Driscoll | 10 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
John Dowling | 10 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Jane Davies | 29 | 0 | Of weak mind | no. |
William Ellis | 7 | 0 | Blind | no. |
Jane Evans | 24 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
Elizabeth Edy | 17 | 0 | Ditto | no. |
Michael Foley | 11 | 0 | Lame | no. |
John Furgeson | 10 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Thomas Gould | 9 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
Ellis Hall | 8 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Joseph Horsley | 11 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Mary Keith | 9 | 0 | Deformed | no. |
Peter Ladbury | 9 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
Edward Liddard | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Isabella Mitchell | 17 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Michael Geary | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Catherine Morgan | 9 | 0 | Weak mind | no. |
Fanny Oughton | 12 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Mary Pearce | 6 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
Elizabeth Pegg | 14 | 0 | ditto | no. |
George Randle | 23 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
Martha Robins | 21 | 0 | Incapable | union school. |
Caroline Richards | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Stephenis Sadholtz | 11 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
Phoebe Skinner | 8 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Sarah Stone | 7 | 0 | Infirmity and fits | no. |
Mary Stern | 13 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
George Wilkins | 9 | 0 | ditto | no. |
James Wharf | 9 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Margaret Whitehead | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Eliza Arnott | 11 | 0 | Illness, permanent | no. |
Sarah Day | 5 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
Sophia Dagwell | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Ann Fitzgerald | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Samuel Heath | 12 | 0 | Incapable | no. |
Thomas Humphries | 7 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
Cecily Herbert | 9 | 0 | Bedridden; very infirm | no. |
James Kinchin | 8 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
William Lowe | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Mary Newman | 9 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Mary Ann Taylor | 13 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Sarah Briscoe | 6 | 0 | Weak mind | no. |
Daniel Crawley | 10 | 0 | Lameness | workh. school. |
Charles Fisher | 5 | 0 | Incapable; deaf | no. |
Elizabeth Giles | 5 | 0 | Incapable | no. |
Eleanor Matthews | 6 | 0 | Weak mind | no. |
Mary Piper | 12 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
Ann Pring | 9 | 0 | ditto" | no. |
John Sheen | 12 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Jane Lines | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
George White | 5 | 0 | Very delicate constitution | workh. school. |
James Reid | 22 | 0 | Incapable; weak eyes | no. |
James Brian | 10 | 0 | lnfirmity | no. |
Honorah Barrett | 9 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Bridget Brian | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Randle Donovan | 10 | 0 | ditto | no. |
James Davell | 5 | 0 | Bedridden; infirmity | no. |
Mary Dyer | 8 | 0 | Infirmity and weak mind | no. |
Mary Dillon | 7 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
Sarah Fielder | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Lucy Graves | 11 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Mary Haggerty | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Patrick Mahoney | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
James Magna | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
William Miller | 5 | 0 | Incapable | no. |
Julia Neil | 10 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
George Norris | 6 | 0 | Infirmity; nearly blind | no. |
Susan Plaisted | 5 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
Margaret Pendigrass | 10 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Daniel Sullivan | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Mary Silversides | 14 | 0 | Incapable | no. |
Elizabeth Witherow | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
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