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Long-term Workhouse Inmates in St Margaret and St John, Westminster, 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.

NameYrsms.ReasonSchool
William Whaling70Sicknessno.
James Brierly70Old ageno.
John Birch70dittono.
William Eadon60dittono.
James Coleman60dittono.
William McClatchie50Infirmityno.
William Stubbs70Paralysis and loss of speechno.
William Barnes7.0Old ageno.
Richard Barnett69dittono.
George Holloway52dittono.
Daniel Shatford60dittono.
John Nicholls52dittono.
Thomas Cook61Age and epilepsyno.
George Holdsworth63Old ageno.
Charles Coleman51Injury to backno.
Henry Wheatley70Weak intellectno.
Thomas Fitch70dittono.
Thomas Cobb53Old ageno.
John Strachan50dittono.
James Redman70dittono.
William Cave61dittono.
Richard Bunduck53dittono.
James Norris55dittono.
George Matthews50dittono.
William Witticks70dittono.
John Sullivan51dittono.
Thomas Denford70dittono.
John Rosentreder56dittono.
Francis Metcalfe70Sicknessno.
Joseph Allen70Bad. legsno.
James Read70dittono.
Carl Witte66Sicknessno.
Sarah Terry58Old ageno.
Elizabeth Hobbs70Weak intellect and ageno.
Elizabeth Barrow55Old ageno.
Mary Hines70dittono.
Elizabeth Holloway52dittono.
Sarah Abrahams55Old age and infirmityno.
Eliza Ward54Weak intellectno.
Mary Ann Billingham70Lamenessno.
Elizabeth Squibb70Old ageno.
Ann Bryant70Old age and infirmityno.
Mary Ann Smith65Weakintellectno.
Ann Rutt70Old ageno.
Elizabeth Wade70dittono.
Amelia Burrows70dittono.
Caroline Leach70Weak intellectno.
Eliza Blackwell70dittono.
Mary Ann Wilkes54Blindnessno.
Mary Ann Clift70Paralysisno.
Frances Shingles70Old ageno.
Elizabeth Ward70Age and weak intellectno.
Mary Preston (or Cockrane)70Age and sicknessno.
Elizabeth Ince70Old ageno.
Jane Reid60Age and blindnessno.
Margaret Heelis70Sicknessno.
Sarah Graben70dittono.
Eliza Powell68Partial blindnessno.
Ann Rosentreder57Husband being a pauperno.
Martha Dimelo70Old ageno.
Charlotte Cottle70dittono.
Sarah Underhill70dittono.
Margaret Sargeant57dittono.
Mary McEwen70dittono.
Jane Teece70dittono.
Margaret Caswell70dittono.
Selina Evans70Old age and infirmityno.
Ann Dixon70Old ageno.
Frances Pranklen70dittono.
Jane Nicholls70dittono.
Ann Ramsay70dittono.
Rebecca Chambers70dittono.
Elizabeth Moon70dittono.
Ann Twelves52dittono.
Nicholas Stables50dittono.
Eleanor Pyle50dittono.
Matilda Bradford70Weak intellectno.
Eleanor Watkins70Sicknessno.
Elizabeth Brett70Infirmityno.
Eliza Humphris70dittono.
Charles Whibley70Old ageno.
Samuel Fleming70dittono.
Thomas Mort57Defective sightno.

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