Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Tewkesbury Union, Gloucestershire, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hannah Sadler | 7 | 0 | Weak intellect | no. |
| Ann Hamblin | 26 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Henry Kerdle | 26 | 0 | A cripple | no. |
| Esther Peak | 20 | 0 | Weak intellect | no. |
| Ann Attwood | 25 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Attwood | 25 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Lot Clutterbuck | 18 | 0 | Paralysis | no. |
| John Lewis | 15 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Henry Davis | 15 | 0 | Weak intellect | no. |
| Ann Collett | 15 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| William Matthews | 14 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| John Rudge | no. | |||
| Joseph Linton | 5 | 0 | Paralysis | no. |
| Elizabeth Brookes | 5 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Jane Weaver | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Diana Yornale | 10 | 0 | Weak intellect | no. |
| Maria Jakeman | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
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