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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.

NameYrsms.ReasonSchool
Joseph Andrews105Infirmityno.
John Bridges68dittono.
Thomas Colwell711dittono.
Robert Crawley66Epilepsyno.
Samuel Clamp65dittono.
William Churchill53Paralysisno.
Charles Darby168Epilepsyno.
James Denny1510Paralysisno.
James Davis108Infirmityno.
John Jacob Dirr62Hereditary pauperno.
Richard Dyer108Paralysisno.
James Davis98Consumptiveno.
Robert Fryer161Infirmityno.
Frederick Foster58dittono.
Edward Gregory68dittono.
Peter Greux57dittono.
William Hood124dittono.
Thomas Hingley83dittono.
George Huekwell88dittono.
Joseph Jenkins93dittono.
William Jewell98Imbecileworkh. school.
Joseph Johnson55Rheumatismno.
John Kemp89Paralysisno.
Thomas Long286Idiotno.
John Lamer118Infirmityno.
Thomas Manns103dittono.
Thomas Mullins67dittono.
Samuel Mitchell63dittono.
Timothy Mahoney510dittono.
Thomas Maeson510dittono.
Matthew Nixon1610Paralysisno.
William Norris92Old ageno.
John Pack76Infirmityno.
John Robinson83dittono.
William Sculthorpe113dittono.
William Smith97dittono.
Thomas Sherrill63dittono.
Robert Savage60dittono.
Thomas Trickey126dittono.
Thomas Troughton1011dittono.
Thomas Whatman80dittono.
Joseph Wild60dittono.
John Woodhouse53dittono.
Sarah Aldridge242dittono.
Sarah Ardley236dittono.
Sarah Andrews510dittono.
Ann Atkins55dittono.
Sarah Ainslie61dittono.
Mary Amerson51dittono.
Mary Bates121Imbecileno.
Mary Ann Brandon110Infirmityno.
Mary Bailey110Imbecileno.
Esther Barker104Infirmityno.
Rebecca Bailey140Paralysisno.
Emma Burnett81Deformity, &c.no.
Sarah Belcham80Infirmityno.
Elizabeth Barrett711dittono.
Hannah Beale58dittono.
Susan Burton73dittono.
Ann Baker72dittono.
Sarah Bradley70dittono.
Hannah Brightman53dittono.
Isabella Buchan68dittono.
Louisa Bean64Imbecileno.
Sarah Brown58Rheumatismno.
Charlotte Bryant62Infirmityno.
Elizabeth Bargent60dittono.
Margaret Cottys134Imbecileno.
Eleanor Cox126Infirmityno.
Catchfield87dittono.
Mary Chaplin77dittono.
Ellen Copley63dittono.
Ann Cartwright62Infirmityno.
Sophia, Copeland56dittono.
Rebecca Davis158dittono.
Hannah Daltry66Rheumatismno.
Ann Dirr62Infirmityno.
Sarah Elder132dittono.
Albina Easton810dittono.
Mary Fell75dittono.
Ann George1810Imbecileno.
Mary Heslop270Infirmityno.
Ann Hamilton116dittono.
Mary Ann Hensey88dittono.
Elizabeth Hodges68dittono.
Charlotte Herren62dittono.
Mary Hamblin61Rheumatismno.
Mary Harrigan56Infirmityno.
Maria Hawkins52dittono.
Hannah Hill115dittono.
Mary Jewell2210Imbecileno.
Sarah Jobson510Infirmityno.
Catharine Jarvis56dittono.
Susannah King58dittono.
Sophia Landon96Imbecileno.
Ann Lay57Infirmityno.
Ann Luker76dittono.
Ann Malkin221Paralysisno.
Sarah Manning102Infirmityno.
Elizabeth Nash711dittono.
Ann Newton510dittono.
Elizabeth Osborn63dittono.
Sophia Perry200dittono.
Mary Parch105dittono.
Elizabeth Peach87dittono.
Elizabeth Perry74Paralysisno.
Elizabeth Parton66Infirmityno.
Sarah Pullen56dittono.
Susan Ragsdale263Blindno.
Caroline Rose96Imbecileno.
Mary Reeves77Infirmityno.
Mary Ann Rose73Epilepsyworkh. school.
Phoebe Richel67Blindno.
Jane Head91Infirmityno.
Margaret Spurling73Paralysisno.
Elizabeth Spurling68Infirmityno.
Ann Stroud67Imbecileno.
Ann Stokes57Infirmityno.
Mary Sherrin56dittono.
Alice Taylor206dittono.
Mary Ann Utton118dittono.
Mary Whithard168Imbecileno.
Mary Ann Warren138Infirmityno.
Jane Wisdom118dittono.
Sarah Whitticomb110dittono.
Mary White80Paralysisno.
Elizabeth Watson75Imbecileno.
Sarah Wolfe70Infirmityno.
Sarah Wilson610dittono.
Rebecca Wells54dittono.
Sarab Wheat57dittono.

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