Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Steyning Union, Sussex, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Henry Golds | 24 | 0 | Idiot | yes |
| Eliza Woolgar | 6 | 0 | Idiot | no |
| James Stenning | 18 | 0 | Weak intellect | no |
| Anne Groome | 25 | 0 | Weak intellect | no |
| Sarah Groome | 25 | 0 | Weak intellect | no |
| Thomas Warne | 12 | 0 | Weak intellect | no |
| William Thompsett | 7 | 0 | Paralysis | no |
| John Wells | 6 | 0 | Rheumatic | no |
| Charles Nye | 6 | 0 | Idiot | no |
| Mary Hickox | 25 | 0 | Idiot | no |
| John Town | 25 | 0 | Idiot | no |
| James Boniface | 5 | 0 | Aged | no |
| Richard Welling | 5 | 0 | Aged | no |
| William Jackson | 5 | 0 | Infirm | no |
| Maria Jackson | 5 | 0 | Infirm | no |
| John Shepherd | 6 | 0 | Infirm | no |
| Lucy Smart | 6 | 0 | Infant family | no |
| James Brown | 6 | 0 | Infirm | no |
| John Galland | 5 | 0 | Infirm | no |
| James Bawcombe | 7 | 0 | Infirm | no |
| Ann Holst | 5 | 0 | Infirm | no |
| Mary Deeprose | 7 | 0 | Infirm | no |
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