Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Strand Union, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Ayres | 5 | 2 | Aged | no. |
| Mary Beddow | 10 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Browning | 11 | 0 | Bedridden | no. |
| Sophia Brodnax | 10 | 2 | Aged | no. |
| Mary Black | 9 | 10 | ditto | no. |
| Eliza Barber | 7 | 4 | Idiotic | no. |
| William Beacon | 7 | 4 | Subject to fits | no. |
| Elizabeth Brown | 7 | 0 | Aged | no. |
| Jonathan Balmforth | 6 | 7 | ditto | no. |
| Thomas Baptist | 5 | 7 | ditto | no. |
| Elizabeth Beck | 5 | 6 | Idiotic | yes. |
| Joseph Collinett | 12 | 0 | Blind | no. |
| Peter E. Condy | 13 | 0 | Aged | no. |
| Sarah Chinnery | 11 | 0 | Subject to fits | no. |
| Hannah Cook | 9 | 6 | Aged | no. |
| Ann Chase | 7 | 4 | ditto | no. |
| Elizabeth Capel | 12 | 0 | Idiotic | yes. |
| Elizabeth Charlton | 5 | 10 | Aged | no. |
| John Davison | 9 | 10 | ditto | no. |
| Sarah Diggens | 5 | 4 | ditto | no. |
| Mary A. Douglas | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Maria Fuller | 6 | 7 | ditto | no. |
| Bridget Gaines | 12 | 0 | Blind | no. |
| Charlotte Goodwin | 5 | 7 | Aged | no. |
| Richard Gray | 5 | 4 | Loss of limb | no. |
| Sarah Hawkins | 13 | 6 | Aged | no. |
| Mary Herbert | 11 | 0 | Aged | no. |
| John Harris | 9 | 5 | ditto | no. |
| Hais Hurlstone | 9 | 5 | ditto | no. |
| Thomas Howell | 8 | 3 | ditto | no. |
| Bridget Healey | 8 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Catherine Jones | 10 | 7 | ditto | no. |
| Sophia Jones | 6 | 3 | ditto | no. |
| Jane Jarvis | 10 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Joseph Lucas | 12 | 0 | Deaf and dumb | yes. |
| Hannah Livins | 14 | 0 | Aged | no. |
| William Libbett | 10 | 8 | Rheumatic gout | no. |
| Jonathan Lancaster | 5 | 0 | Aged | no. |
| James Marrison | 10 | 6 | Lame | no. |
| Hannah Mitchell | 13 | 0 | Aged | no. |
| Gale Miller | 11 | 6 | ditto | no. |
| Sarah Mills | 12 | 4 | ditto | no. |
| Sarah Marsh | 10 | 6 | ditto | no. |
| Nancy Martin | 10 | 0 | Blind | no. |
| William Manning | 7 | 4 | Aged | no. |
| Mary A. Mayress | 5 | 9 | ditto | no. |
| Eliza Nettle | 11 | 4 | Idiotic | no. |
| Sarah Pitcher | 9 | 6 | Bedridden | no. |
| Sarah Parker | 12 | 5 | Idiotic | no. |
| Robert Perry | 9 | 3 | Aged | no. |
| Ann Parr | 7 | 4 | ditto | no. |
| Sarah Reed | 12 | 2 | ditto | no. |
| John Robinson | 15 | 4 | ditto | no. |
| Margaret Ramscar | 7 | 3 | ditto | no. |
| Elizabeth Rose | 6 | 6 | Bedridden | no. |
| Georgians Rogers | 5 | 2 | Idiotic | no. |
| George Smith | 14 | 0 | Aged | no. |
| Mary Sturges | 8 | 10 | ditto | no. |
| Sarah Southey | 8 | 1 | Rheumatic | no. |
| Mary Stewart | 6 | 10 | Aged | no. |
| Ann Scotcher | 5 | 5 | ditto | no. |
| Susannah Smith | 5 | 3 | ditto | no. |
| George Shirley | 5 | 1 | ditto | no. |
| Louisa Singleton | 5 | 1 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Simcock | 5 | 0 | Subject to fits | no. |
| Mary Ann Smith | 6 | 8 | Idiotic | no. |
| Rebecca Trepass | 8 | 4 | Aged | no. |
| Michael Tierney | 6 | 2 | ditto | no. |
| Eliza Taunton | 6 | 0 | Subject to fits | no. |
| Rebecca Viter | 6 | 0 | Bedridden | no. |
| Christiana Venn | 5 | 8 | Aged | no. |
| Samuel Vaughan | 5 | 3 | ditto | no. |
| Eleanor Williams | 11 | 1 | ditto | no. |
| Thomas Westbrook | 8 | 3 | Paralysed | no. |
| Anne Woolfe | 7 | 10 | Aged | no. |
| Jane Williams | 6 | 4 | ditto | no. |
| Benjamin Ward | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| George Wallace | 5 | 9 | ditto | no. |
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