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Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Highworth and Swindon Union, Wiltshire, 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
Mary Kibblewhite40Idiot, and subject to fitsno.
Jane Garlick140Idiotworkh. school.
Elizabeth Lewis140Old ageno.
Jane Walker140dittono.
Hannah Adams120Weak intellectno.
Robert May100Paralysis.no.
Ann Clargo50Old ageno.
Mary Knight70Sicknessno.
Sophia Athrill70dittono.
Ruth Cornwell60Idiotno.

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