Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Wangford Union, Suffolk, 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|
William Holland | 40 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
Mary Wiggett | 11 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
Anna Carter | 9 | 0 | Epileptic fits | yes. |
Elizabeth Hannah | 20 | 0 | Paralysis | no. |
William Knighton | 5 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
Maria Cable | 13 | 0 | Weak intellect | yes. |
Samuel Baldry | 5 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
Samuel Gooch | 31 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
James Mills | 10 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
Francis Gant | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Martha Covell | 34 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Anne Woolnough | 40 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
Eleanor Skinner | 7 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
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