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Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Christchurch Union, Hampshire, 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.

NameYrsms.ReasonSchool
James Johnston200Infirmityno.
Caleb Butler190Idiocyno.
Jane Rogers180dittono.
Elizabeth Barnes120dittono.
Sarah Eggs120Ill-healthyes.
Matilda Eggs120Crippleyes.
Elizabeth Hurdle110Misconduct, &c.no.
James Read110Infirmityno.
Moses Richards80dittono.
Sarah Barrow70Idiotno.
Mary Tarrant60dittono.

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