Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Tonbridge Union, Kent, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frederick Parker | 6 | 0 | An orphan and hospital patient | not known. |
| George Pocock | 7 | 0 | Idiotic | not known. |
| Thomas Manser | 7 | 0 | ditto | not known. |
| Thomas Wallis | 9 | 0 | Old and infirm | not known. |
| Isaac Batchelor | 5 | 0 | ditto | not known. |
| George Love | 6 | 0 | ditto | not known. |
| Ann Pope | 5 | 0 | Imbecile | not known. |
| Mary Kinchin | 9 | 0 | Blind and bedridden | not known. |
| Elizabeth Manner | 5 | 0 | Idiotic | not known. |
| Mary Moore | 9 | 0 | ditto | not known. |
| Sarah Skinner | 7 | 0 | Deaf and dumb | not known. |
| Eliza Combridge | 6 | 0 | Idiotic | not known. |
| Eliza Oliver | 9 | 0 | Bedridden and crippled | not known. |
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