Long-term Workhouse Inmates in St George in the East, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hannah Ashby | 12 | 6 | Age | no. |
| Sarah Adams | 12 | 5 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Atkins | 10 | 11 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Anderson | 7 | 11 | ditto | no. |
| Jane Airzee | 7 | 5 | ditto | no. |
| Richard Appleby | 6 | 8 | Age and asthma | no. |
| Charlotte Bright | 20 | 2 | Weak intellect | no. |
| Ellen Britton | 15 | 7 | Age | no. |
| Frances Bannister | 15 | 1 | Paralysis | no. |
| Ann Broker | 14 | 2 | Age | no. |
| Matilda Batt | 13 | 8 | Paralysis | no. |
| Mary Berg | 10 | 11 | Age | no. |
| Sarah Butlin | 10 | 8 | ditto | no. |
| Harriet Brown | 9 | 1 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Buckley | 8 | 7 | ditto | no. |
| Elizabeth Bacon | 7 | 11 | ditto | no. |
| Catherine Black | 7 | 4 | ditto | no. |
| Catherine Beecher | 7 | 3 | Deformity | no. |
| Joseph Bastock | 6 | 6 | Paralysis | no. |
| John Blake | 5 | 10 | Age | no. |
| John Barber | 5 | 2 | Age and paralysis | no. |
| Jesse Babey | 5 | 2 | Age | no. |
| Catherine Coleman | 17 | 8 | ditto | no. |
| Esther Crookshanks | 17 | 6 | Blindness | no. |
| Thomas Clarke | 15 | 7 | Paralysis | no. |
| Ann Collins | 15 | 4 | Dissipation | no. |
| Mary Connor | 13 | 3 | Age | no. |
| William Croker | 13 | 1 | ditto | no. |
| Cornelius Canty | 12 | 3 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Campbell | 11 | 5 | ditto | no. |
| Frances Crawley | 11 | 5 | ditto | no. |
| Sarah Christy | 11 | 3 | ditto | no. |
| Charlotte Cavalier | 8 | 2 | ditto | no. |
| John Cummings | 6 | 11 | Age and paralysis | no. |
| Ann Clarke | 5 | 10 | Age | no. |
| Barbara Carowell | 5 | 2 | ditto | no. |
| Harriet Cole | 4 | 8 | ditto | no. |
| Marcella Coyle | 4 | 2 | ditto | no. |
| Edward Connop | 4 | 2 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Ann Delaney | 5 | 7 | Age and blind | no. |
| Mary Driscoll | 5 | 4 | Paralysis | no. |
| Sarah Drake | 3 | 9 | Age | no. |
| Owen Delay | 4 | 9 | ditto | no. |
| Eleanor Dodgin | 12 | 9 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Driscoll | 8 | 3 | ditto | no. |
| John Duncan | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Driscoll | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Evans | 12 | 1 | ditto | no. |
| Eliza Elliott | 10 | 5 | Chronic rheumatism | no. |
| Thomas Evans | 6 | 10 | Age | no. |
| Henry Ellmers | 6 | 7 | Age and paralysis | no. |
| Elizabeth Evans | 6 | 6 | Age | no. |
| Harriet Emerton | 6 | 2 | Age and paralysis | no. |
| Mary Eden | 5 | 2 | Age | no. |
| Rosanna Firman | 24 | 1 | Paralysis | no. |
| Thomas Foster | 14 | 2 | ditto | no. |
| Thomas Ford | 14 | 11 | Age and paralysis | no. |
| Elizabeth Foster | 13 | 11 | Age | no. |
| William Finck | 10 | 2 | Weak intellect | no. |
| Mary Foley | 10 | 5 | Age | no. |
| Henry Finck | 7 | 11 | OP | no. |
| Eliza Gardner | 5 | 11 | Weak intellect | no. |
| Lucy Gillham | 12 | 2 | ditto | no. |
| William Gow | 7 | 5 | Age and blindness | no. |
| Ann Goodwin | 7 | 6 | Age | no. |
| Mary Groves | 7 | 4 | ditto | no. |
| Eliza Greaves | 7 | 3 | Dissipation | no. |
| Julia Gould | 7 | 2 | Paralysis | no. |
| Ann Glover | 6 | 1 | Age | no. |
| William Green | 6 | 11 | ditto | no. |
| Elizabeth Gordon | 6 | 11 | Paralysis | no. |
| Thomas Haswell | 37 | 11 | Paralysis and imbecility | no. |
| Mary Haggarty | 20 | 6 | Age | no. |
| Daniel Heaton | 18 | 2 | Age and paralysis | no. |
| Sarah Holt | 51 | 9 | Weak intellect | no. |
| Eliza Hayes | 13 | 0 | Age | no. |
| Eleanor Hawkins | 12 | 2 | ditto | no. |
| Charles Hill | 10 | 2 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Hurley | 8 | 7 | Age | no. |
| Mary Hornsey | 8 | 6 | ditto | no. |
| Elizabeth Hadway | 8 | 4 | Diseased uterus | no. |
| Dennis Haley | 8 | 1 | Lame, deaf and dumb | no. |
| William Hicks | 7 | 9 | Age | no. |
| Joseph Hart | 7 | 1 | ditto | no. |
| Ann Hennessy | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| George Hall | 5 | 9 | Weak intellect | no. |
| Elizabeth Horncastle | 5 | 4 | Age | no. |
| Mary Hodges | 5 | 3 | ditto | no. |
| John James | 11 | 1 | Age and hernia | no. |
| Thomas James | 8 | 0 | Paralysis | no. |
| Jane Jones | 5 | 1 | Age | no. |
| Jeo. Kershaw | 16 | 7 | Weak intellect | no. |
| William Looseley | 29 | 8 | ditto | no. |
| Maria Lindsey | 18 | 2 | Age and paralysis | no. |
| Elizabeth Loyde | 14 | 8 | Age | no. |
| Elizabeth Lynch | 13 | 4 | ditto | no. |
| William Lettes | 11 | 7 | Age and hernia | no. |
| Ann Lathlief | 10 | 4 | Widow with family | no. |
| Henry Lee | 9 | 7 | Age and hernia | no. |
| Ann Leversuch | 8 | 9 | ditto | no. |
| Frederick Luden | 6 | 7 | Incapacity | no. |
| Edward Layton | 6 | 1 | Age | no. |
| Thomas Lowman | 5 | 4 | Age and asthma | no. |
| Margaret Moore | 13 | 0 | Age | no. |
| Ann Middleton | 13 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Ann Moses | 16 | 8 | ditto | no. |
| Thomas Meek | 16 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Elizabeth Masters | 10 | 3 | Weak intellect | no. |
| Mary Mackie | 10 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Cecilia Marshall | 7 | 8 | Age | no. |
| Sarah Miller | 7 | 2 | ditto | no. |
| Jane Meredith | 6 | 11 | Widow with family | no. |
| Malcolm McNaughton | 6 | 1 | Age | no. |
| Francis Meek | 5 | 10 | ditto | no. |
| Thomas Marshall | 5 | 6 | ditto | no. |
| Phoebe Morris | 5 | 2 | ditto | no. |
| Robert Newton | 8 | 6 | ditto | no. |
| William Nunn | 10 | 2 | ditto | no. |
| Jane Neale | 5 | 7 | ditto | no. |
| Ann O'Neal | 14 | 5 | Weak intellect | no. |
| Sarah Oram | 7 | 5 | Age | no. |
| Eleanor Ouston | 7 | 1 | ditto | no. |
| James Overan | 6 | 2 | Fits and weak intellect | no. |
| Sarah Pluck | 20 | 9 | Age and asthma | no. |
| George Putt | 10 | 11 | Age and hernia | no. |
| Sarah Powell | 8 | 9 | Age | no. |
| Elizabeth Peckham | 8 | 8 | ditto | no. |
| John Powling | 7 | 3 | Age and hernia | no. |
| Sarah Phillips | 7 | 3 | Age | no. |
| William Pearson | 6 | 3 | ditto | no. |
| Anna Raleigh | 8 | 11 | ditto | no. |
| Daniel Ragan | 8 | 6 | ditto | no. |
| John Reader | 6 | 1 | Age and bad sight | no. |
| William Ryan | 5 | 10 | Age | no. |
| Jane Ryan | 5 | 10 | ditto | no. |
| Ellen Riley | 5 | 6 | Widow with family | no. |
| Harriet Standon | 20 | 9 | Age and paralysis | no. |
| Eliza Stainer | 15 | 7 | Age | no. |
| Ann Sutton | 14 | 9 | ditto | no. |
| John Smith | 13 | 1 | ditto | no. |
| Elizabeth Shuttleworth | 11 | 5 | ditto | no. |
| Catherine Stevens | 10 | 1 | ditto | no. |
| Sarah Sherburd | 8 | 5 | Scrofula | no. |
| William Simmons | 7 | 8 | Age | no. |
| Sarah Spicer | 7 | 8 | ditto | no. |
| Maria Sleeman | 6 | 10 | Debility from syphilis | no. |
| Margaret Smart | 6 | 9 | Age | no. |
| Richard Smithers | 6 | 6 | Weak intellect | no. |
| Isabella Samson | 6 | 6 | Age | no. |
| Richard Stone | 5 | 7 | ditto | no. |
| Elizabeth Sweeney | 5 | 6 | ditto | no. |
| John Sullivan | 5 | 2 | ditto | no. |
| Edward Salt | 5 | 3 | Weak intellect | no. |
| Eliza Salt | 5 | 3 | Age | no. |
| Jane Taylor | 9 | 3 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Totterdale | 8 | 5 | Widow with family | no. |
| Stephen Tolhurst | 6 | 10 | Paralysis | no. |
| Ann Terry | 6 | 0 | Tumour in knee | no. |
| Ann Taylor | 5 | 2 | Age | no. |
| Margaret Underhill | 7 | 7 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Youlman | 8 | 5 | Incapacity | no. |
| Robert Winch | 22 | 9 | Paralysis | no. |
| Mary Wright | 22 | 2 | Age | no. |
| Amelia Williams | 19 | 3 | Weak intellect | no. |
| Ann Walker | 12 | 4 | Abscess | no. |
| Susan Wohlenbrol | 11 | 0 | Widow with children | no. |
| Ellen Walker | 9 | 6 | Age and abscess | no. |
| Mary Wigman | 28 | 1 | Age and paralysis | no. |
| Samuel Wilkinson | 7 | 1 | Age | no. |
| Ann Whitaker | 6 | 4 | ditto | no. |
| Charles Wilkinson | 6 | 2 | Lame | no. |
| Mary Williamson | 6 | 1 | Age | no. |
| Ann Wath | 5 | 10 | ditto | no. |
| Margaret Wright | 5 | 6 | ditto | no. |
| Ann Wilmot | 5 | 4 | ditto | no. |
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