Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Bradfield Union, Berkshire, 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|
George Austin | 11 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
Caroline Chump | 16 | 0 | Subject to fits | no. |
Elizabeth Cullmore | 11 | 0 | Weak mind | no. |
Lucy Butler | 6 | 0 | Afflicted with paralysis | no. |
Emma Nash | 6 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
John Nash | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Ann Mathews | 20 | 0 | Bad sight | no. |
Mary Savandy | 21 | 0 | Cripple, one leg | no. |
Benjamin Knapp | 17 | 0 | Bad sight | no. |
Hannah Green | 24 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
John Minchin | 10 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
Richard Simmonds | 12 | 0 | Afflicted with paralysis | no. |
John Kimble | 8 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
John Franklin | 6 | 0 | Weak mind and paralysis | no. |
Frederick Gibson | 10 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
Edward Tegg | 14 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
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