Long-term Workhouse Inmates in West Ham 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Agnes | 9 | 0 | Illness | no |
| Thomas Anderson | 10 | 0 | ditto | no |
| Elizabeth Anderson | 10 | 0 | ditto | no |
| Margaret Buckley | 10 | 0 | ditto | no |
| Sarah Broughton | 10 | 0 | ditto | no |
| Thomas Baxter | 8 | 0 | ditto | no |
| Thomas Brown | 14 | 0 | ditto | no |
| Thomas Burling | 18 | 0 | ditto | no |
| Elizabeth Barker | 6 | 0 | ditto | no |
| Thomas Cunningham | 10 | 0 | ditto | no |
| John Cross | 7 | 0 | ditto | no |
| Mary Cowen | 8 | 0 | Blind | no |
| Sarah Cooledge | 20 | 0 | Illness | no |
| Elizabeth Crawley | 10 | 0 | ditto | no |
| Charlotte Cole | 15 | 0 | ditto | no |
| Charlotte Cooler | 5 | 0 | Bad legs | no |
| Margaret Carty | 20 | 0 | Illness | no |
| Margaret Cable | 30 | 0 | ditto | no |
| John Dennis | 5 | 0 | Old age | no |
| Joseph Dockerill | 9 | 0 | ditto | no |
| Jeremiah Donough | 6 | 0 | ditto | no |
| Ellen Dread | 13 | 0 | ditto | no |
| Mary Davis | 13 | 0 | ditto | no |
| Charlotte Dyche | 13 | 0 | Illness | no |
| Mary Duncombe | 20 | 0 | ditto | no |
| Susan Enever | 20 | 0 | ditto | no |
| Thomas Fitch | 12 | 0 | Old age | no |
| Emanuel Fuller | 8 | 0 | Illness | no |
| John Floyd | 19 | 0 | ditto | no |
| Ann Felstead | 8 | 0 | ditto | no |
| Elizabeth Fuller | 8 | 0 | ditto | no |
| Joseph Green | 10 | 0 | Idiot | no |
| Elizabeth Green | 12 | 0 | Old age | no |
| Elizabeth Grover | 12 | 0 | ditto | no |
| Joseph Hughes | 6 | 0 | ditto | no |
| Daniel Hurley | 6 | 0 | ditto | no |
| Robert Hills | 13 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Edward Hennessey | 19 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| John Helsden | 9 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Harwood | 8 | 0 | Weak mind | no. |
| Hannah Harrington | 30 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Ruth Hicks | 10 | 0 | Weak mind | no. |
| Susan Housden | 8 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Susan Harrison | 20 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Sarah Hills | 13 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Catherine Jones | 7 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
| Mary Jones | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Charles Kingslow | 10 | 0 | Illness | no. |
| John Kitchen | 6 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| William Lifford | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| William Loudon | 12 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| William Lilly | 18 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Susan Lane | 12 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Edward Munday | 9 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| John Moore | 6 | 0 | Illness | no. |
| William Mace | 8 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| John Morris | 7 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Michael Maloney | 14 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| John Murley | 17 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Catherine Moris | 20 | 0 | Illness | no. |
| Sarah Mead | 20 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Elizabeth Macey | 7 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Ellen Murphey | 20 | 0 | Weak mind | no. |
| Ann Maloney | 12 | 0 | Blind | no. |
| Catherine Muldoon | 7 | 0 | Illness | no. |
| Sarah Nelmes | 14 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Harriet Newell | 8 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Thomas Oglive | 8 | 0 | Illness | no. |
| Jasper Orchard | 11 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Ann Otter | 9 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| William Pettet | 11 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Charlotte Purver | 7 | 0 | Illness | no. |
| Ann Perry | 12 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Elizabeth Pannell | 9 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Thomas Rouse | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| William Rigsby | 8 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Mary Rament | 20 | 0 | Weak mind | no. |
| Mary Reed | 10 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Mary Rolf | 8 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Roach | 20 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Cornelius Sullivan | 15 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| John Spicer | 14 | 0 | Weak mind | no. |
| William Stubberfield | 9 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Richard Sims | 12 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Shannon | 12 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Sarah Smith | 20 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Elizabeth Sheerwood | 30 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Shipman | 18 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Margaret Sheppard | 16 | 0 | Cripple | no. |
| Edward Tullet | 10 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Tobias Talbot | 10 | 0 | Illness | no. |
| William Sadler | 13 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| James Vale | 8 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| John Watts | 14 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Ellen White | 14 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Mary White | 10 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Sarah Wright | 15 | 0 | Weak mind | no. |
| Susannah Wilson | 12 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Rachel Wilson | 14 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Charlotte Wilson | 13 | 0 | Weak mind | no. |
| Ann Wales | 14 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Wall | 13 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Wales | 16 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Young | 13 | 0 | Illness | no. |
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