Long-term Workhouse Inmates in South Stoneham Union, Hampshire, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Susan Stanbrook | 24 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| William Horn | 26 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Timothy Ware | 13 | 0 | Sickness | no. |
| Christiana Vare | 9 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Thomas Smith | 9 | 0 | Bad legs | no. |
| Mary Miller | 9 | 0 | Weak mind | no. |
| James Whitehorn | 12 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Hannah Wade | 8 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Standbridge | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Eliza Monaghan | 8 | 0 | Sickness | no. |
| Sarah Lawes | 6 | 0 | Weak mind | no. |
| Emma Lawes | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Heath | 13 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Joseph Crowder | 8 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Robert Meacher | 9 | 0 | Sickness | no. |
| Thomas Elkins | 10 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Manoah Sheppard | 8 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| John Stewart | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
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