Long-term Workhouse Inmates in St Albans Union, Hertfordshire, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samuel Kemp | 6 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Ann Cockle | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Sarah Humphrey | 20 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
| Ann Robinson | 8 | 0 | Blind | no. |
| Elizabeth Thomas | 13 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
| William Hammett | 19 | 0 | ditto | yes. |
| Susan Adams | 18 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Thomas Holland | 6 | 0 | Paralysed | no. |
| Sarah Simpson | 11 | 0 | Came from old workhouse, Redhourn | no. |
| Dinah Dean | 8 | 0 | Imbecile | yes. |
| John Wilmott | 5 | 0 | Destitute | no. |
| Thomas Webb | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Emma Wheeler | 20 | 0 | Imbecile | yes. |
| Elizabeth Andrews | 8 | 0 | Subject to fits, and destitute | no. |
| Mary Lewis | 8 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
| William Parkins | 8 | 0 | Destitute | no. |
| Ann Fowler | 20 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Joseph Wykes | 9 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Sarah Morris | 18 | 0 | Bad health, which continues | no. |
| William Simmons | 44 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
| William Gladman | 20 | 0 | Aged, and bad legs | no. |
| Mary Hawes | 22 | 0 | Destitute | no. |
| Thomas Osman | 6 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Ann Richardson | 9 | 0 | Paralysed | no. |
| Esther Seeby | 6 | 0 | Blind and destitute | no. |
| Mary Downing | 8 | 0 | Destitute | no. |
| Susan Irons | 10 | 0 | Blind and destitute | no. |
| James Mitchell | 5 | 0 | Aged and destitute | no. |
| Thomas Hull | 7 | 0 | Bad eyes and destitute | no. |
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