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Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Loddon and Clavering Union, Norfolk, 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
Daniel Clarke910Disabled, from paralysisno.
John Fowler170Lame ankles from fractureno.
Charles Goodwin66Debility from old ageno.
Charles Blake160Lame and partially blindno.
Ann Elgood53An idiot (harmless)no.
Mary Ann Farrell83dittono.

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