Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Wisbech Union, Cambridgeshire, 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|
Thomas Dean | 22 | 0 | Cripple and weak intellect | no. |
Jane Woodward | 22 | 0 | Weak intellect | no. |
Rebecca Selby | 9 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Ann Manning | 10 | 0 | ditto | no. |
John Green | 10 | 0 | ditto | no. |
William White | 10 | 0 | But one arm, and subject to fits | no. |
Henry Selby | 6 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
Josiah Wiles | 7 | 0 | Crippled hand | no. |
William Oakey | 8 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
William Gilbert | 9 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Francis Barrett | 22 | 0 | Bad legs | no. |
John Howard | 7 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
William Cooper | 9 | 0 | ditto | no. |
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