Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Ware Union, Hertfordshire, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ann Adams | 25 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
| Charlotte Daniels | 8 | 0 | Paralysed | no. |
| Sarah Clibbon | 5 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
| Susan Perry | 25 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| William Taylor | 25 | 0 | Nearly blind, and deaf | no. |
| William Stracey | 5 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Ann Dale | 25 | 0 | Blind | no. |
| Ann Conyard | 5 | 0 | Old age and blind | no. |
| Elizabeth Bradford | 5 | 0 | Bad eyes and very delicate | union. |
| Mary Smith | 25 | 0 | Imbecile and bad legs | no. |
| James Pitty | 20 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| James Byatt | 6 | 0 | Bad feet | no. |
| Daniel Ricketts | 10 | 0 | Bad legs | no. |
| Ann Banks | 10 | 0 | Deaf and imbecile | no. |
| John Grey | 6 | 0 | Past work | no. |
| Ann Bigg | 25 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| David Chalkley | 20 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Sarah Farnham | 25 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
| George Squires | 7 | 0 | Past work | no. |
| William Warner | 6 | 0 | no. |
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