Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Rye 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mary Lapworth | 18 | 0 | Lame | |
| Mary Tiltman | 38 | 0 | Idiot | |
| William Hunter | 9 | 0 | Lunatic. | |
| Robert Moore | 5 | 0 | Infirmity | |
| Louisa Paine | 12 | 0 | Weak intellect | |
| William Pankhurst | 12 | 0 | Idiot | |
| Henry Golden | 12 | 0 | Weak intellect | workh. school. |
| Albert Newsham | 10 | 0 | Diseased chest | |
| Ann Relf | 20 | 0 | Idiot | |
| William Butler | 23 | 0 | ditto | workh. school. |
| Harriet Smith | 7 | 0 | Blind | |
| Mary Betts | 6 | 0 | Infirmity | |
| Elizabeth Parris | 32 | 0 | Weak intellect | |
| Samuel Brown | 15 | 0 | Blind | |
| Jesse Paine | 29 | 0 | Idiot | workh. school. |
| Mary Ann Pope | 7 | 0 | Lame |
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