Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Bethnal Green, 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|
Elizabeth Alder | 10 | 0 | Insane | no. |
Louisa Aller | 8 | 0 | Illness and destitution | no. |
Sophia Amos | 12 | 0 | Destitution | no. |
Elizabeth Agar | 8 | 0 | Aged | no. |
Sarah Adams | 5 | 0 | Destitution | no. |
George Barrett | 18 | 0 | Aged | no. |
James Bhone | 40 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Edward Bentley | 40 | 0 | Aged, and blind | workh. school |
Edward Bailey | 20 | 0 | Destitution | no. |
George Bartrice | 13 | 0 | Aged | no. |
Catherine Brackett | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Sophia Borson | 11 | 0 | Destitution | no. |
Louisa Baugh | 7 | 0 | Aged, and destitution | no. |
William Boison | 7 | 0 | no. | |
Charles Bennett | 7 | 0 | Rupture | no. |
Elizabeth Brooks | 5 | 0 | Broken arm | no. |
John Budmore | 9 | 0 | Illness | no. |
Elizabeth Bennett | 7 | 0 | Aged, and illness | no. |
John Bramah | 9 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Thomas Bardon | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
William Cox | 16 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Sarah Crawley | 22 | 0 | Aged and infirm | no. |
Mary Castel | 12 | 0 | Destitution | no. |
Elizabeth Clay | 10 | 0 | Aged, and afflicted with gout | no. |
Edward Clare | 9 | 0 | Aged | no. |
Samuel Crook | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Charles Cecil | 7 | 0 | Aged and asthmatic. | no. |
George Clark | 9 | 0 | Aged. | no. |
Robert Crawley | 13 | 0 | Aged, and deaf | no. |
Samuel Collins | 6 | 0 | Unable to walk | no. |
Jane Cox | 14 | 0 | Destitution | no. |
Ann Clark | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Elizabeth Derine | 14 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Eliza Douglas | 7 | 0 | Paralysis | no. |
Mary Downs | 7 | 0 | Aged | no. |
Ann Eastman | 11 | 0 | Bed-ridden | no. |
Mary Evans | 7 | 0 | Destitution | no. |
Phcebe Ellison | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Eliza Fulcher | 8 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Mary Ann Flawn | 5 | 0 | Insane | workh. school |
Susannah Gill | 10 | 0 | Destitution | no. |
John Godfrey | 10 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Ann Gallaway | 9 | 0 | ditto | no. |
John Gallaway | 9 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Elizabeth Griffiths | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Joseph Grisley | 9 | 0 | Aged | no. |
George Grey | 12 | 0 | Aged | no. |
Mary Guest | 5 | 0 | Aged, and partially blind | no. |
Elizabeth Ghent | 16 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
James Hammersley | 8 | 0 | Aged | no. |
Ann Hayes | 11 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Charles Harris | 8 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Maria Hull | 11 | 0 | Destitution | no. |
Amelia Hart | 12 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Sarah Harmer | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Mary Junis | 64 | 0 | Aged, and blind | no. |
Jane Jones | 14 | 0 | Destitution | no. |
Mary Johnson | 11 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
Clara Jenkins | 9 | 0 | Destitution | no. |
M. A. Kenny | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Ann Kenny | 18 | 0 | Blind | no. |
Harriett Messer | 10 | 0 | Destitution | no. |
Ann Merit | 9 | 0 | Paralysis | no. |
Charlotte Mason | 20 | 0 | Destitution | no. |
Ann Mills | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Isaac Mallindine | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
George Marslin | 8 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Ann Marriott | 7 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
Maria May | 7 | 0 | Destitution | no. |
James Mason | 13 | 0 | ditto | no. |
James Martin | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Sarah Nadall | 5 | 0 | Insane | no. |
Ann Naughton | 12 | 0 | Destitution | no. |
Louisa Nelson | 10 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Maria Newdick | 20 | 0 | no. | |
Elizabeth Newman | 5 | 0 | Deaf and dumb | no. |
Elizabeth Potts | 10 | 0 | Destitution | no. |
James Paine | 11 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Mary Parker | 11 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Richard Perryman | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
William Paine | 10 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Mary Quince | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Samuel Rebeck | 8 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Thomas Ripley | 12 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Thomas Simmons | 12 | 0 | Aged | no. |
M. A. Saunders | 17 | 0 | Aged, and infirm | no. |
Mary Smith | 6 | 0 | Lame | no. |
William Simpson | 8 | 0 | Lost use of limbs | no. |
Sarah Saint | 11 | 0 | Destitution | no. |
Emma Sutton | 11 | 0 | Fits | no. |
Sarah Soul | 6 | 0 | Illness | no. |
William Smith | 8 | 0 | Destitution | no. |
Mary Smith | 15 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Moses Scannels | 6 | 0 | Illness, and destitution | no. |
Aaron Scannels | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Stephen Stokes | 5 | 0 | Destitution | no. |
Mary Smith | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Ann Short | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
James Taberdaux | 13 | 0 | Old age | no. |
Joseph Titchener | 13 | 0 | Old age, and infirm | no. |
Charlotte Trander | 8 | 0 | Destitution | no. |
Susan Thorn | 10 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Henry Taylor | 9 | 0 | Destitution | no. |
William Turrier | 11 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
John Tyler | 6 | 0 | Bad legs | no. |
Catherine Vardin | 6 | 0 | Old age | no. |
Susan Vandon | 5 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
Henry Wright | 14 | 0 | Destitution | no. |
John Whittenbuck | 7 | 0 | Paralysis | no. |
William Walker | 20 | 0 | Destitution | no. |
Sophia Wood | 20 | 0 | Insane | no. |
Elizabeth Witton | 20 | 0 | Destitution | no. |
Elizabeth Williams | 9 | 0 | Illness, and destitution | no. |
William White | 6 | 0 | Lame, and destitution | no. |
Ann White | 6 | 0 | Destitution | no. |
Hannah Warhruck | 7 | 0 | Illness and destitution | no. |
James Wilson | 6 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
Elizabeth Westwood | 17 | 0 | Blind | no. |
Nathaniel Wynes | 5 | 0 | Destitution | no. |
Richard Wright | 12 | 0 | ditto | no. |
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