Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Shaftesbury Union, Dorset, 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|
Ann Willmott | 11 | 0 | Idiotcy | no. |
William Taylor | 19 | 0 | Paralysis | no. |
Israel Barter | 9 | 0 | Cripple | no. |
Jeremiah Brockway | 8 | 0 | Blind | no. |
Maria Coombs | 7 | 0 | Deaf and dumb | no. |
Maria Bishop | 5 | 6 | Idiotcy | no. |
Eliza Wills | 5 | 6 | ditto | no. |
Ann Morgan | 13 | 0 | Illegitimate children | no. |
Hannah Extance | 8 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Elizabeth Pickett | 6 | 6 | ditto | no. |
Leah Pike | 7 | 0 | Idiotcy | no. |
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