Long-term Workhouse Inmates in St Leonard's, Shoreditch, Middlesex, 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|
Joseph Andrews | 10 | 5 | Infirmity | no. |
John Bridges | 6 | 8 | ditto | no. |
Thomas Colwell | 7 | 11 | ditto | no. |
Robert Crawley | 6 | 6 | Epilepsy | no. |
Samuel Clamp | 6 | 5 | ditto | no. |
William Churchill | 5 | 3 | Paralysis | no. |
Charles Darby | 16 | 8 | Epilepsy | no. |
James Denny | 15 | 10 | Paralysis | no. |
James Davis | 10 | 8 | Infirmity | no. |
John Jacob Dirr | 6 | 2 | Hereditary pauper | no. |
Richard Dyer | 10 | 8 | Paralysis | no. |
James Davis | 9 | 8 | Consumptive | no. |
Robert Fryer | 16 | 1 | Infirmity | no. |
Frederick Foster | 5 | 8 | ditto | no. |
Edward Gregory | 6 | 8 | ditto | no. |
Peter Greux | 5 | 7 | ditto | no. |
William Hood | 12 | 4 | ditto | no. |
Thomas Hingley | 8 | 3 | ditto | no. |
George Huekwell | 8 | 8 | ditto | no. |
Joseph Jenkins | 9 | 3 | ditto | no. |
William Jewell | 9 | 8 | Imbecile | workh. school. |
Joseph Johnson | 5 | 5 | Rheumatism | no. |
John Kemp | 8 | 9 | Paralysis | no. |
Thomas Long | 28 | 6 | Idiot | no. |
John Lamer | 11 | 8 | Infirmity | no. |
Thomas Manns | 10 | 3 | ditto | no. |
Thomas Mullins | 6 | 7 | ditto | no. |
Samuel Mitchell | 6 | 3 | ditto | no. |
Timothy Mahoney | 5 | 10 | ditto | no. |
Thomas Maeson | 5 | 10 | ditto | no. |
Matthew Nixon | 16 | 10 | Paralysis | no. |
William Norris | 9 | 2 | Old age | no. |
John Pack | 7 | 6 | Infirmity | no. |
John Robinson | 8 | 3 | ditto | no. |
William Sculthorpe | 11 | 3 | ditto | no. |
William Smith | 9 | 7 | ditto | no. |
Thomas Sherrill | 6 | 3 | ditto | no. |
Robert Savage | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Thomas Trickey | 12 | 6 | ditto | no. |
Thomas Troughton | 10 | 11 | ditto | no. |
Thomas Whatman | 8 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Joseph Wild | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
John Woodhouse | 5 | 3 | ditto | no. |
Sarah Aldridge | 24 | 2 | ditto | no. |
Sarah Ardley | 23 | 6 | ditto | no. |
Sarah Andrews | 5 | 10 | ditto | no. |
Ann Atkins | 5 | 5 | ditto | no. |
Sarah Ainslie | 6 | 1 | ditto | no. |
Mary Amerson | 5 | 1 | ditto | no. |
Mary Bates | 12 | 1 | Imbecile | no. |
Mary Ann Brandon | 11 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
Mary Bailey | 11 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
Esther Barker | 10 | 4 | Infirmity | no. |
Rebecca Bailey | 14 | 0 | Paralysis | no. |
Emma Burnett | 8 | 1 | Deformity, &c. | no. |
Sarah Belcham | 8 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
Elizabeth Barrett | 7 | 11 | ditto | no. |
Hannah Beale | 5 | 8 | ditto | no. |
Susan Burton | 7 | 3 | ditto | no. |
Ann Baker | 7 | 2 | ditto | no. |
Sarah Bradley | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Hannah Brightman | 5 | 3 | ditto | no. |
Isabella Buchan | 6 | 8 | ditto | no. |
Louisa Bean | 6 | 4 | Imbecile | no. |
Sarah Brown | 5 | 8 | Rheumatism | no. |
Charlotte Bryant | 6 | 2 | Infirmity | no. |
Elizabeth Bargent | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Margaret Cottys | 13 | 4 | Imbecile | no. |
Eleanor Cox | 12 | 6 | Infirmity | no. |
Catchfield | 8 | 7 | ditto | no. |
Mary Chaplin | 7 | 7 | ditto | no. |
Ellen Copley | 6 | 3 | ditto | no. |
Ann Cartwright | 6 | 2 | Infirmity | no. |
Sophia, Copeland | 5 | 6 | ditto | no. |
Rebecca Davis | 15 | 8 | ditto | no. |
Hannah Daltry | 6 | 6 | Rheumatism | no. |
Ann Dirr | 6 | 2 | Infirmity | no. |
Sarah Elder | 13 | 2 | ditto | no. |
Albina Easton | 8 | 10 | ditto | no. |
Mary Fell | 7 | 5 | ditto | no. |
Ann George | 18 | 10 | Imbecile | no. |
Mary Heslop | 27 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
Ann Hamilton | 11 | 6 | ditto | no. |
Mary Ann Hensey | 8 | 8 | ditto | no. |
Elizabeth Hodges | 6 | 8 | ditto | no. |
Charlotte Herren | 6 | 2 | ditto | no. |
Mary Hamblin | 6 | 1 | Rheumatism | no. |
Mary Harrigan | 5 | 6 | Infirmity | no. |
Maria Hawkins | 5 | 2 | ditto | no. |
Hannah Hill | 11 | 5 | ditto | no. |
Mary Jewell | 22 | 10 | Imbecile | no. |
Sarah Jobson | 5 | 10 | Infirmity | no. |
Catharine Jarvis | 5 | 6 | ditto | no. |
Susannah King | 5 | 8 | ditto | no. |
Sophia Landon | 9 | 6 | Imbecile | no. |
Ann Lay | 5 | 7 | Infirmity | no. |
Ann Luker | 7 | 6 | ditto | no. |
Ann Malkin | 22 | 1 | Paralysis | no. |
Sarah Manning | 10 | 2 | Infirmity | no. |
Elizabeth Nash | 7 | 11 | ditto | no. |
Ann Newton | 5 | 10 | ditto | no. |
Elizabeth Osborn | 6 | 3 | ditto | no. |
Sophia Perry | 20 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Mary Parch | 10 | 5 | ditto | no. |
Elizabeth Peach | 8 | 7 | ditto | no. |
Elizabeth Perry | 7 | 4 | Paralysis | no. |
Elizabeth Parton | 6 | 6 | Infirmity | no. |
Sarah Pullen | 5 | 6 | ditto | no. |
Susan Ragsdale | 26 | 3 | Blind | no. |
Caroline Rose | 9 | 6 | Imbecile | no. |
Mary Reeves | 7 | 7 | Infirmity | no. |
Mary Ann Rose | 7 | 3 | Epilepsy | workh. school. |
Phoebe Richel | 6 | 7 | Blind | no. |
Jane Head | 9 | 1 | Infirmity | no. |
Margaret Spurling | 7 | 3 | Paralysis | no. |
Elizabeth Spurling | 6 | 8 | Infirmity | no. |
Ann Stroud | 6 | 7 | Imbecile | no. |
Ann Stokes | 5 | 7 | Infirmity | no. |
Mary Sherrin | 5 | 6 | ditto | no. |
Alice Taylor | 20 | 6 | ditto | no. |
Mary Ann Utton | 11 | 8 | ditto | no. |
Mary Whithard | 16 | 8 | Imbecile | no. |
Mary Ann Warren | 13 | 8 | Infirmity | no. |
Jane Wisdom | 11 | 8 | ditto | no. |
Sarah Whitticomb | 11 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Mary White | 8 | 0 | Paralysis | no. |
Elizabeth Watson | 7 | 5 | Imbecile | no. |
Sarah Wolfe | 7 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
Sarah Wilson | 6 | 10 | ditto | no. |
Rebecca Wells | 5 | 4 | ditto | no. |
Sarab Wheat | 5 | 7 | ditto | no. |
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