Long-term Workhouse Inmates, St Giles-in-the-Fields and St George Bloomsbury, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mary Price | 5 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Mary Campbell | 15 | 0 | Bad health | no. |
| Elizabeth Antill | 17 | 0 | Paralysed | yes. |
| Joanna Collins | 8 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Ann Ridley | 6 | 0 | Absence of husband, three children | no. |
| Elizabeth Furze | 11 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Mary King | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Jane Riche | 8 | 0 | Bad health | no. |
| Isabella James | 8 | 0 | ditto | yes. |
| Margaret Barber | 9 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Mary Farrell | 16 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Ellen Clancey | 13 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Elize Trinks | 10 | 0 | ditto | yes. |
| Margaret Flim | 8 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Ann Scholefield | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Phillis Willis | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Ann Gilbert | 20 | 0 | Palsy | yes. |
| Charlotte McGary | 10 | 0 | Bad health | no. |
| Sarah Porter | 10 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Sarah Standing | 10 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Ann Fitzgerrald | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Jane Smith | 10 | 0 | Bad health | no. |
| Bridget Gnynon | 9 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Mary Phay | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Louisa Pitkin | 30 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Frances Salter | 8 | 0 | ditto | yes. |
| Mary McDonald | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Sarah Sawyer | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Sarah Burke | 9 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Elizabeth Sawyer | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Emmerton | 11 | 0 | Bedridden | no. |
| Sarah Hewson | 15 | 0 | Paralysed | no. |
| Mary McCrie | 34 | 0 | Weak intellect | no. |
| Mary Marney | 16 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Rebecca Rokeby | 11 | 0 | Bedridden | no. |
| Bridget Giblin | 18 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Ann Burke | 17 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Sarah Goodman | 22 | 0 | Bad health | yes. |
| Ann Hannwell | 5 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Emma Rudd | 6 | 0 | Weak intellect | no. |
| Mary Ann Davis | 39 | 0 | Bad health | no. |
| Ellen O'Farrell | 13 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Mary McCarthy | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Ann Saville | 6 | 0 | ditto | yes. |
| Mary Donovan | 23 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Hdnnah Codey | 12 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Ann Crampton | 20 | 0 | ditto | yes. |
| Mary Ann Hill | 10 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Graves | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Elizabeth Cousins | 30 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Brian | 6 | 0 | ditto | yes. |
| Martha Cook | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Sarah Smith | 8 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Elizabeth Harrison | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Catherine Herring | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Rook | 10 | 0 | ditto | yes. |
| Catherine Keegan | 12 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Cocklen | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Ann Sweeney | 8 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Ellen Sullivan | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Foley | 17 | 0 | Bad health | no. |
| Ann Rumball | 6 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Mary Brian | 9 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Smith | 8 | 0 | Bad health | no. |
| Mary O'Brien | 6 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Mary Ann Pisey | 14 | 0 | ditto | yes. |
| Phcebe Sears | 5 | 0 | Weak intellect | no. |
| Ellen Donovan | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Ann Davis | 6 | 0 | Bad health | no. |
| Martha Bradley | 6 | 0 | Weak intellect | no. |
| Rebecca Jaques | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Jones | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Thomas Pisey | 14 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| James Forest | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Daniel Harvey | 12 | 0 | Weak intellect | no. |
| John King | 12 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| James Todman | 17 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| John Sullivan | 9 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Pierre Sapet | 12 | 0 | Weak intellect | no. |
| George Mitchell | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Joseph Groves | 15 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Richard Cockhead | 10 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| William Grabs | 9 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| William Redcliffe | 9 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Gotfried Polke | 8 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| John Roache | 6 | 0 | Lame | no. |
| George Green | 12 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Robert Ransome | 12 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Joseph Holmes | 5 | 6 | ditto | no. |
| Richard Franklin | 13 | 0 | Lame | no. |
| James Christie | 9 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Thomas Keppell | 5 | 6 | ditto | no. |
| Francis Powers | 16 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Thomas Hazlewood | 8 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Thomas Reeves | 8 | 0 | Bad health | no. |
| John Robinson | 6 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Thomas Fitzgerald | 6 | 6 | ditto | no. |
| Michael Gannon | 13 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| John Dale | 9 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Robert Wicks | 13 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Timothy Lorney | 10 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Timothy Harrington | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
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