Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Uxbridge 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Farmer | 6 | 0 | Disabled | dist. school. |
| Thomas Weedon | 10 | 0 | ditto | ditto |
| Charlotte Dunton | 20 | 0 | Idiot | ditto |
| Elizabeth White | 8 | 0 | Fits | no. |
| Ann Kitchen | 12 | 0 | Disabled | dist. school. |
| Elizabeth Nash | 23 | 0 | Fits | no. |
| Elizabeth Woodcock | 5 | 0 | Disabled | dist. school. |
| Ann Fisher | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| June East | 20 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
| Elizabeth Austin | 22 | 0 | Disabled | no. |
| William Fenner | 6 | 0 | Disabled from work | dist. school. |
| Joseph Leake | 20 | 0 | Bad legs | no. |
| James Griffin | 30 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
| William Foster | 10 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Thomas Ball | 11 | 0 | Aged and disabled | dist. school. |
| James Little | 20 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| William Martin | 6 | 0 | Disabled | dist. school. |
| John Clark | 13 | 0 | ditto | ditto |
| William Tims | 6 | 0 | ditto | ditto |
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