Long-term Workhouse Inmates in St Martin-in-the-Fields, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Apps | 9 | 0 | Old age and infirmity | no. |
| William Barker | 22 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Nathaniel Berry | 8 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Thomas T. Boswell | 19 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| William James | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Robert Burchell | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| William P. Bywater | 5 | 6 | Infirmity | no. |
| John Cade | 12 | 3 | Old age and infirmity | no. |
| Joseph Cox | 5 | 0 | Semi-idiot | no. |
| Richard Cumming | 9 | 6 | Old age and infirmity | no. |
| Michael Delany | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Thomas Dowling | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| William Fletcher | 5 | 9 | ditto | no. |
| John Hague | 6 | 0 | Semi-idiot | no. |
| William Leach | 9 | 6 | Deaf and dumb | no. |
| Michael Lundy | - | - | Semi-idiot | no. |
| James Martin | 14 | 0 | Old age and infirmity | no. |
| William Martin | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Peter McRea | 18 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Jaines Mills | 5 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| William Nunney | 10 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| William Newman | 23 | 0 | Idiocy | no. |
| Richard Parselle | 19 | 6 | Old age and infirmity | no. |
| George Paterson | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| John Partridge | 18 | 6 | ditto | no. |
| Francis Pearson | 9 | 6 | Paralysed | no. |
| William Priddle | 5 | 0 | Idiocy | no. |
| Robert Quadling | 14 | 9 | Old age and infirmity | no. |
| George Roberts | 14 | 6 | ditto | no. |
| Charles Russell | 5 | 3 | ditto | no. |
| John Scott | 13 | 9 | ditto | no. |
| Robert Skinner | 12 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| William M. Steggle | 5 | 9 | Old agv. and infirmity | no. |
| William Strekley | 16 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| William Sullivan | 17 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Daniel Sutton | 19 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Bryan Sweeney | 13 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| John Travers | 15 | 3 | ditto | no. |
| Robert Waterman | 29 | 6 | Idiocy | no. |
| Thomas Waterman | 29 | 6 | ditto | no. |
| James Woods | 5 | 0 | Insanity | no. |
| Ann Addison | 14 | 0 | Old age and infirmity | no. |
| Ann Atkins | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Charlotte Belcher | 13 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Ann Berry | 11 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Wilmot Bellamy | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Elizabeth Billett | 8 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Hannah Bishop | 9 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Elizabeth Bosworth | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Rebecca Brewer | 6 | 0 | With husband | no. |
| Catherine Brock | 5 | 0 | Old age and infirmity | no. |
| Rebecca Beenham | 9 | 6 | ditto | no. |
| Eleanor Barry | 5 | 0 | Insanity | no. |
| Amelia Bell | 5 | 0 | Subject to fits | no. |
| Elizabeth Brown | 8 | 0 | Old age and infirmity | no. |
| Elizabeth Brown | 19 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Sarah Caddick | 19 | 9 | ditto | no. |
| Alice Callard | 18 | 6 | Infirmity | no. |
| Amy Candle | 10 | 6 | ditto | no. |
| Emma Charlton | 6 | 0 | Subject to epileptic fits | no. |
| Anne Cooke | 15 | 6 | Old age and infirmity | no. |
| Sarah Coleman | 10 | 0 | Semi-idiot; hydrocephalus | no. |
| Mary Collier | 16 | 0 | Old age and infirmity | no. |
| Elizabeth Crawley | 12 | 6 | ditto | no. |
| Rebecca Crisp | 5 | 6 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Ann Curtis | 7 | 0 | Subject to fits | no. |
| Sarah Derry | 17 | 0 | Old age and infirmity | no. |
| Sarah Dyer | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Farlow | 8 | 9 | ditto | no. |
| Catherine Filkins | 8 | 6 | ditto | no. |
| Bridget Garan | 15 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Sarah Gardner | 12 | 9 | ditto | no. |
| Ann Gear | 14 | 6 | ditto | no. |
| Sarah Geeves | 9 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Martha Gibbs | 31 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Winfred Gibbs | 14 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Ann Grant | 10 | 6 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Grimmett | 5 | 9 | ditto | no. |
| Martha Greener | 9 | 6 | ditto | no. |
| Sarah Harrison | 7 | 6 | ditto | no. |
| Sarah Handford | 13 | 6 | ditto | no. |
| Elizabeth Hawkins | 8 | 6 | Blindness | no. |
| Jane Henderson | 7 | 0 | Old age and infirmity | no. |
| Elizabeth Heath | 5 | 6 | ditto | no. |
| Ellen Hill | 5 | 6 | ditto | no. |
| Hannah Hill | 15 | 6 | ditto | no. |
| Sarah Hinds | 13 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Sarah Holmes | 10 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Ann Isted | 13 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Ann Ivey | 7 | 6 | ditto | no. |
| Elizabeth Kent | 8 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Louisa Legg | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Jane Millings | 8 | 9 | ditto | no. |
| Elizabeth Miller | 9 | 6 | Infirmity | no. |
| Rebecca Morgan | 6 | 3 | Paralysed | no. |
| Esther Murphy | 18 | 0 | Old age and infirmity | no. |
| Sophia Myatt | 11 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Catherine Newton | 11 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Ann O'Connell | 5 | 6 | ditto | no. |
| Elizabeth Pearce | 6 | 6 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Ann Perks | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Jane Purt | 16 | 0 | Imbecility | no. |
| Margaret Read | 12 | 9 | Old age and infirmity | no. |
| Elizbeth Reeves | 5 | 6 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Roberts | 5 | 3 | ditto | no. |
| Sarah Skeel | 10 | 6 | ditto | no. |
| Martha Slater | 14 | 9 | ditto | no. |
| Eliza Slater | 11 | 6 | ditto | no. |
| Elizabeth Smith | 19 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Frances Smithers | 5 | 0 | Blindness | no. |
| Isabella Stevens | 6 | 3 | Old age and infirmity | no. |
| Ann Stone | 8 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Augusta Taylor | 7 | 3 | Semi-idiot | no. |
| Mary Tomlinson | 10 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Townsend | 8 | 6 | Old age and infirmity | no. |
| Ann Trees | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Elizabeth Mary Turreff | 9 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Martha Underwood | 26 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Ann Waggett | 9 | 0 | Infirmity; blindness | no. |
| Lucy Weaver | 10 | 9 | Old age and infirmity | no. |
| Harriett Matilda West | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Frances Elizabeth Wickens | 11 | 6 | ditto | no. |
| Jane Wignell | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Elizabeth Wright | 6 | 9 | Paralysed | no. |
| Elizabeth Wyatt | 28 | 0 | Old age and infirmity | no. |
| Elizabeth Yard | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Sophia Parsloe | 8 | 0 | ditto | no. |
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