Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Tendring Union, Essex, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joseph Brazier | 5 | 0 | Speechless | no. |
| Elizabeth Steady | 20 | 0 | Imbecility | no. |
| Francis Jowers | 8 | 0 | Old age and infirmity | no. |
| John Smith | 18 | 0 | Imbecility | no. |
| William Keeble | 6 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| John Borrett Smith | 12 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| William Hines | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Elizabeth Bird | 6 | 0 | Epilepsy | no. |
| John Maskell | 17 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Mary Ann Saxby | 12 | 0 | Deformity | workh. school. |
| Mary Ann Garnham | 9 | 0 | ditto | workh. school. |
| Susan Church | 6 | 0 | Partial disability | workh. school. |
| Daniel Manning | 10 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Thomas Flowerdee | 14 | 0 | Old age and infirmity | no. |
| Isaac Mills | 7 | 0 | Blindness | no. |
| John Garnham | 7 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| John Snell | 8 | 0 | Infirmity and deficient sight | no. |
| Sarah Sorrell | 10 | 0 | Imbecility | no. |
| William Southgate | 12 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| John Pratt | 9 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| William Clark | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
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