Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Strand Union, 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|
John Ayres | 5 | 2 | Aged | no. |
Mary Beddow | 10 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Mary Browning | 11 | 0 | Bedridden | no. |
Sophia Brodnax | 10 | 2 | Aged | no. |
Mary Black | 9 | 10 | ditto | no. |
Eliza Barber | 7 | 4 | Idiotic | no. |
William Beacon | 7 | 4 | Subject to fits | no. |
Elizabeth Brown | 7 | 0 | Aged | no. |
Jonathan Balmforth | 6 | 7 | ditto | no. |
Thomas Baptist | 5 | 7 | ditto | no. |
Elizabeth Beck | 5 | 6 | Idiotic | yes. |
Joseph Collinett | 12 | 0 | Blind | no. |
Peter E. Condy | 13 | 0 | Aged | no. |
Sarah Chinnery | 11 | 0 | Subject to fits | no. |
Hannah Cook | 9 | 6 | Aged | no. |
Ann Chase | 7 | 4 | ditto | no. |
Elizabeth Capel | 12 | 0 | Idiotic | yes. |
Elizabeth Charlton | 5 | 10 | Aged | no. |
John Davison | 9 | 10 | ditto | no. |
Sarah Diggens | 5 | 4 | ditto | no. |
Mary A. Douglas | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Maria Fuller | 6 | 7 | ditto | no. |
Bridget Gaines | 12 | 0 | Blind | no. |
Charlotte Goodwin | 5 | 7 | Aged | no. |
Richard Gray | 5 | 4 | Loss of limb | no. |
Sarah Hawkins | 13 | 6 | Aged | no. |
Mary Herbert | 11 | 0 | Aged | no. |
John Harris | 9 | 5 | ditto | no. |
Hais Hurlstone | 9 | 5 | ditto | no. |
Thomas Howell | 8 | 3 | ditto | no. |
Bridget Healey | 8 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Catherine Jones | 10 | 7 | ditto | no. |
Sophia Jones | 6 | 3 | ditto | no. |
Jane Jarvis | 10 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Joseph Lucas | 12 | 0 | Deaf and dumb | yes. |
Hannah Livins | 14 | 0 | Aged | no. |
William Libbett | 10 | 8 | Rheumatic gout | no. |
Jonathan Lancaster | 5 | 0 | Aged | no. |
James Marrison | 10 | 6 | Lame | no. |
Hannah Mitchell | 13 | 0 | Aged | no. |
Gale Miller | 11 | 6 | ditto | no. |
Sarah Mills | 12 | 4 | ditto | no. |
Sarah Marsh | 10 | 6 | ditto | no. |
Nancy Martin | 10 | 0 | Blind | no. |
William Manning | 7 | 4 | Aged | no. |
Mary A. Mayress | 5 | 9 | ditto | no. |
Eliza Nettle | 11 | 4 | Idiotic | no. |
Sarah Pitcher | 9 | 6 | Bedridden | no. |
Sarah Parker | 12 | 5 | Idiotic | no. |
Robert Perry | 9 | 3 | Aged | no. |
Ann Parr | 7 | 4 | ditto | no. |
Sarah Reed | 12 | 2 | ditto | no. |
John Robinson | 15 | 4 | ditto | no. |
Margaret Ramscar | 7 | 3 | ditto | no. |
Elizabeth Rose | 6 | 6 | Bedridden | no. |
Georgians Rogers | 5 | 2 | Idiotic | no. |
George Smith | 14 | 0 | Aged | no. |
Mary Sturges | 8 | 10 | ditto | no. |
Sarah Southey | 8 | 1 | Rheumatic | no. |
Mary Stewart | 6 | 10 | Aged | no. |
Ann Scotcher | 5 | 5 | ditto | no. |
Susannah Smith | 5 | 3 | ditto | no. |
George Shirley | 5 | 1 | ditto | no. |
Louisa Singleton | 5 | 1 | ditto | no. |
Mary Simcock | 5 | 0 | Subject to fits | no. |
Mary Ann Smith | 6 | 8 | Idiotic | no. |
Rebecca Trepass | 8 | 4 | Aged | no. |
Michael Tierney | 6 | 2 | ditto | no. |
Eliza Taunton | 6 | 0 | Subject to fits | no. |
Rebecca Viter | 6 | 0 | Bedridden | no. |
Christiana Venn | 5 | 8 | Aged | no. |
Samuel Vaughan | 5 | 3 | ditto | no. |
Eleanor Williams | 11 | 1 | ditto | no. |
Thomas Westbrook | 8 | 3 | Paralysed | no. |
Anne Woolfe | 7 | 10 | Aged | no. |
Jane Williams | 6 | 4 | ditto | no. |
Benjamin Ward | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
George Wallace | 5 | 9 | ditto | no. |
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