Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Thame Union, Oxfordshire, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Susan Folley | 10 | 0 | Deserted by her father | no. |
| Mary Surman | 18 | 0 | Cripple, and infirm | no. |
| Edwin Bayles | 16 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
| Ann Stephenson | 14 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Hannah Jarvis | 6 | 0 | Blind | no. |
| Mary Burnham | 22 | 0 | Two illegitimate children | no. |
| Eliza Burnham | 14 | 0 | Five illegitimate children | no. |
| John Moore | 22 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
| Keziah Shrimpton | 14 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
| Joseph Newton | 12 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Susan Parker | 11 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Eliza Stanmore | 12 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
| William Bartlett | 13 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
| Ann Hamp | 14 | 0 | Two illegitimate children | no. |
| John Collins | 7 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
| John Ives | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| John Jackman | 7 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
| Thomas East | 6 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
| Caroline Chamberlain | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Sarah Gibbert | 14 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
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