Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Witney Union, Oxfordshire, 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|
Maria Bond | 22 | 0 | Imbecile; unable to obtain employment. | yes. |
Amy Akerman | 14 | 0 | Deaf and dumb | yes. |
Fanny Clapton | 24 | 0 | Idiotic | no. |
Jane Martin | 19 | 0 | Unable to work | no. |
Sophia Sessions | 24 | 0 | Idiotic | no. |
Jane Sessions | 24 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Martha Deuce | 24 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Susannah Druce | 22 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Martha Druce, jun. | 24 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Hannah Browning | 23 | 0 | ditto | yes. |
Ellen Clark | 8 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Charlotte Morgan | 10 | 0 | Unable to work | yes. |
Robert Lardner | 6 | 0 | Aged and infirm | no. |
James Cox | 6 | 0 | Unable to work | no. |
Henry Townsend | 20 | 0 | Idiotic | no. |
Thomas Smith | 9 | 0 | Unable to work | no. |
James Hedges | 5 | 0 | Idiotic | no. |
Matthew Morgan | 10 | 0 | Aged and infirm | no. |
John Joyner | 13 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Thomas Brownett | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
William Dix | 15 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
John Taylor | 10 | 0 | Aged and infirm | no. |
Richard Brooks | 8 | 0 | Unable to work | no. |
Ann Roberts | 14 | 0 | Aged and infirm | no. |
Charles Minto | 24 | 0 | Idiotic | no. |
Jane Lewis | 12 | 0 | ditto | yes. |
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