Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Bristol Incorporation (Stapleton), Gloucestershire, 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|
John Browning | 9 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
Thomas Baker | 8 | 0 | Rheumatism | no. |
Henry Burnett | 27 | 0 | Paralysis | no. |
Benjamin Brooke | 9 | 0 | Old age | no. |
John Badger | 19 | 0 | Epilepsy | no. |
William Clements | 5 | 0 | Diseased lungs | no. |
William Caville | 7 | 0 | Old age | no. |
Joseph Cullis | 10 | 0 | Rheumatism | no. |
John Chinn | 13 | 0 | Blindness | no. |
Thomas Castle | 8 | 0 | Old age | no. |
Thomas Cokehill | 5 | 0 | Rheumatism | no. |
George Dyer | 11 | 0 | Diseased spine | no. |
Solomon Cooksley | 6 | 0 | Destitution | no. |
William Downham | 10 | 0 | Lameness | yes. |
John Fry | 9 | 0 | Old age | no. |
John Gilbert | 9 | 0 | Rheumatism | no. |
William George | 15 | 0 | Imbecile | yes. |
Edward Horton | 7 | 0 | Old age | no. |
William How | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
George Iles | 8 | 0 | Rheumatism | no. |
William Jenkins | 6 | 0 | Old age | no. |
Joseph Jossam | 8 | 0 | Imbecile | yes. |
William Jefferson | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Isaac Kingsbury | 5 | 0 | Old age | no. |
James Landcastle | 8 | 0 | Destitution | no. |
William Mountjoy | 8 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
Thomas Medlicott | 9 | 0 | ditto | no. |
William McCree | 27 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Joseph Neeve | 5 | 0 | Old age | no. |
James Parker | 26 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
Henry Padfield | 8 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Henry Phillips | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
James Price | 9 | 0 | Old age | no. |
Robert Parsons | 17 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Joseph Richards | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Charles Richards | 15 | 0 | ditto | no. |
James Taylor | 5 | 0 | Blindness | no. |
John Veal | 12 | 0 | Lameness | yes. |
Elizabeth Arland | 12 | 0 | Destitution | no. |
Elizabeth Atkins | 17 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Mary Bees | 15 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
Eliza Bidder | 6 | 0 | Destitution | no. |
Mary Chinn | 6 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
Ann Coles | 11 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
Emma Crewe | 12 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Mary Chubb | 6 | 0 | Old age | no. |
Harriet Delaney | 11 | 0 | Epilepsy | no. |
Lucy Donelly | 9 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
Hannah Dadey | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Amelia Fincher | 6 | 0 | ditto | yes. |
Catharine Fitzgerald | 17 | 0 | Old age | no. |
Mary Fox | 14 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
Jane Fry | 7 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
Margaret Fowler | 16 | 0 | Old age | no. |
Sarah Franklin | 24 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
Ellen Gaster | 8 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
Mary A. George | 24 | 0 | ditto | yes. |
Maria Gwynn | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Louisa Gardiner | 11 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Susan Grimes | 9 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
Mary A. Gee | 13 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
Mary Hillman | 10 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Ann Hunt | 19 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Jane Holloway | 10 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Ann Hicks | 8 | 0 | Destitution | no. |
Elizabeth Hayes | 6 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
Mary A. Holt | 20 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Caroline Harwood | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Mary James | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Margaret Jackson | 6 | 0 | Old age | no. |
Elizabeth Jones | 12 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
Harriett Langdon | 8 | 0 | Old age | no. |
Eliza Miller | 23 | 0 | Paralysis | no. |
Ann Morgan | 11 | 0 | Old age | no. |
Ruth MCDonald | 9 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
Amelia Murphy | 8 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Eliza Moore | 11 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Louisa Maynard | 12 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Hannah Matthews | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Mary A. Morgan | 15 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Mary A. Norman | 11 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Louisa Nash | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Ann Norman | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Elizabeth Nicholls | 9 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Martha Powell | 6 | 0 | Old age | no. |
Sarah Phillips | 9 | 0 | Destitution | no. |
Martha Penshard | 12 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
Emma Probert | 11 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
Sarah Price | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Elizabeth Parfitt | 11 | 0 | Old age | no. |
Sarah Poole | 9 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
Eliza Pritchard | 24 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Mary Romney | 8 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
Mary Ratcliffe | 8 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Sophia Sutherland | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Caroline Smith | 23 | 0 | Blindness | no. |
Jane Stevens | 10 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
Ann Stevens | 9 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
Emma Smith | 12 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
Ann Samuels | 7 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
Sophia Stephens | 20 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Jane Swayne | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Mary Thomas | 5 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
Caroline Tanner | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Mary Woodbridge | 11 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Margaret Watts | 7 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
Mary A. Williams | 8 | 0 | Epilepsy | no. |
Emma Watkins | 13 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
Virtue Webster | 11 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Jane Ware | 11 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Catherine White | 8 | 0 | Old age | no. |
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