Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Sturminster Union, Dorset, 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 Hanham | 7 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
Thomas Duffett | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Susan Jeans | 18 | 0 | Diseased legs | no. |
William Matcham | 8 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
William Small | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Elizabeth Baker | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Henry Green | 8 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Thomas Cuff | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Ann Toop | 9 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Joseph Monckton | 6 | 0 | Polypus of the nose | no. |
Francis Bagley | 23 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
John Brown | 5 | 0 | Idiotic | no. |
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