Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Westbury and Whorwellsdown Union, Wiltshire, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jane King | 11 | 0 | Mental derangement | no. |
| Catherine Farr | 12 | 0 | Epilepsy | no. |
| Joseph Case | 8 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Eliza Sharp | 7 | 0 | Mental imbecility | no. |
| Rachel Sainsbury | 5 | 0 | Insanity | no. |
| Mary Ann Marks | 5 | 0 | Idiocy | no. |
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