Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Salisbury Union, Wiltshire, 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|
Martha Best | 8 | 0 | Deformity | not known. |
Steven Beaven | 5 | 0 | Weak mind | not known. |
Charles Colbourne | 9 | 0 | ditto | not known. |
John Chant | 15 | 0 | ditto | not known. |
Narcissus Dyer | 13 | 0 | Old age | not known. |
Elizabeth Perry | 21 | 0 | Weak mind | not known. |
William Tucker | 19 | 0 | ditto | not known. |
William Youngson | 12 | 0 | Loss of employment | neither; well educated. |
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