Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Bosmere and Claydon 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eliza Maple | 12 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
| William Clarke | 11 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| James Bristo | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| George Phillips | 12 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Mary English | 61 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Eliza Turner | 13 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
| Lucy Woods | 58 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
| Mary Garrod | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Andrew Gower | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| John Cousins | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Robert Barnesby | 11 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Peter Jacob | 8 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
| Lucy Jordan | 12 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| John Lee | 6 | 0 | Infirm | dist. school. |
| Lydia Lee | 7 | 0 | ditto | dist. school. |
| David Finbow | 13 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
| William Pettit | 9 | 0 | Infirm | dist. school. |
| Eliza Chapman | 17 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
| William Rush | 5 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
| Mary Askew | 12 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
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