Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Edmonton Union, 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 White | 24 | 0 | Infirmity | no |
Charles King | 24 | 0 | Paralysis | no |
William Anderson | 10 | 0 | Defective sight | no |
Richard Tingay | 7 | 0 | Infirm | no |
Christopher Sissey | 6 | 0 | ditto | no |
Joseph Tufnell | 6 | 0 | ditto | no |
William Law | 18 | 0 | ditto | no |
Thomas Blake | 15 | 0 | Asthma | no |
Diana Langton | 18 | 0 | Infirm | no |
Elizabeth Smith | 15 | 0 | Paralysis | no |
Elizabeth Kent | 7 | 0 | Lameness | no |
Alice Hart | 6 | 0 | Infirm | no |
Elizabeth Deller | 7 | 0 | Weak mind | no |
Eliza Sammy | 23 | 0 | Deaf and dumb | no |
Margaret Joplin | 22 | 0 | Infirm | no |
Ann Price | 21 | 0 | Weak mind | no |
Louisa Newman | 23 | 0 | ditto | yes |
Catherine Law | 23 | 0 | ditto | no |
Frances Gladwin | 10 | 0 | Idiocy | no |
Mary Savage | 6 | 0 | Infirm | no |
Martha Baker | 6 | 0 | ditto | no |
Ann Larman | 6 | 0 | ditto | no |
Elizabeth Lane | 11 | 0 | Defective sight | no |
George Wallis | 5 | 0 | Infirm | no |
Edward Jackson | 12 | 0 | ditto | no |
Peter Tiffin | 9 | 0 | ditto | no |
Joseph Dunn | 20 | 0 | ditto | no |
James Tyler | 15 | 0 | ditto | no |
John Willey | 8 | 0 | Disordered mind | no |
Sarah Wheeler | 10 | 0 | Infirm | no |
Ann Hill | 7 | 0 | Paralysis | no |
Susan Glover | 10 | 0 | Rheumatic gout | no |
Elizabeth Fordham | 9 | 0 | Weak mind | no |
Mary Ann Giles | 7 | 0 | ditto | yes |
Ann Leary | 6 | 0 | Infirm | no |
William Marshall | 18 | 0 | Paralysis | no |
Mary Atkins | 10 | 0 | Infirm | no |
Elizabeth Day | 18 | 0 | ditto | no |
Catherine Blunt | 6 | 0 | Paralysis | no |
Louisa Dymock | 8 | 0 | Epilepsy | no |
Sarah Powell | 6 | 0 | Lame | no |
Elizabeth Hamilton | 17 | 0 | ditto | no |
William Quick | 10 | 0 | Infirm | no |
Thomas Wilkinson | 11 | 0 | ditto | no |
Thomas Wackett | 9 | 0 | ditto | no |
Robert Keep | 7 | 0 | ditto | no |
Joseph Pinnock | 18 | 0 | Infirmity | no |
John Bird | 16 | 0 | Cripple | no |
William Kingham | 16 | 0 | Scrofula | yes |
Charles Kingham | 5 | 0 | ditto | no |
John Bettice | 18 | 0 | Idiocy | no |
Elizabeth Richmond | 7 | 0 | Weak mind | no |
Elizabeth Rose | 8 | 0 | Infirmity | no |
Sarah Roberts | 8 | 0 | Weak mind | yes |
Charlotte Heath | 6 | 0 | Idiocy | no |
Elizabeth Rice | 18 | 0 | Imbecile | no |
John Webb | 10 | 0 | Cripple | no |
John Todd | 8 | 0 | Infirm | no |
Henry Champness | 7 | 0 | ditto | no |
Henry Mears | 5 | 0 | ditto | no |
John Burgess | 10 | 0 | ditto | no |
Ann Abbott | 14 | 0 | ditto | no |
Elizabeth Dawkins | 6 | 0 | Lame | no |
Elizabeth French | 8 | 0 | Weak mind | yes |
Susan Richardson | 7 | 0 | ditto | no |
Jane Herbert | 18 | 0 | Lame | no |
Ann Philpott | 6 | 0 | Infirm | no |
John Dye | 7 | 0 | ditto | no |
William Beale | 6 | 0 | ditto | no |
William Bush | 15 | 0 | ditto | no |
James Woodbridge | 18 | 0 | Insane | no |
James Lewis | 8 | 0 | Idiocy | no |
Hannah Livermore | 10 | 0 | Infirm | no |
Sophia Akers | 18 | 0 | ditto | no |
Mary Sayers | 10 | 0 | ditto | no |
Elizabeth Osbourn | 7 | 0 | ditto | no |
Harriet Chandler | 18 | 0 | ditto | no |
Louisa Knightley | 18 | 0 | Infirm | no |
Sophia Brett | 18 | 0 | Weak mind | no |
Sophia Smith | 6 | 0 | ditto | no |
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