Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Brentford Union, 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 Chalk | 12 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| James Higgs | 10 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| George Wyatt | 6 | 0 | Lame | no. |
| George Strut | 6 | 0 | Dumb | no. |
| Henry Fowler | 8 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Joseph Blake | 20 | 0 | Paralysis | no. |
| John Jessop | 20 | 0 | Imbecility | no. |
| Edward Godfrey | 8 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Henry Sharp | 6 | 0 | Bad legs | no. |
| Richard Weston | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| James Brown | 6 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| James Howson | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| John Hedges | 20 | 0 | Lame | no. |
| Solomon Shepherd | 8 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| William Cross | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Thomas Jeffreys | 20 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
| Thomas Tutton | 10 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Joseph Parker | 11 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Charles Sealey | 8 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| William Wilkinson | 7 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
| William Downey | 7 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Joseph Parker | 8 | 0 | Lame | no. |
| Henry Hickin | 10 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| George Bristow | 12 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| John Hayes | 8 | 0 | Deaf and dumb | no. |
| Thomas Stuckey | 6 | 0 | Sickness | no. |
| James Surndell | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| James Drinkwater | 8 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| James Coyle | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Alice Wilson | 7 | 0 | Blind | no. |
| Sarah Pearce | 20 | 0 | Subject to fits | no. |
| Elizabeth Pearce | 20 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Elizabeth Webb | 10 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Sarah Wapshott | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Eleanor Smith | 11 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Sarah Myers | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Elizabeth Essam | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Ann Bailey | 20 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
| Ellen Baker | 9 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Elizabeth Bonthron | 10 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Susannah Edlis | 9 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Rachael Bucas | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Storey | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Elizabeth Hanaway | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Hicks | 13 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Sarah Hopkins | 20 | 0 | Imbecile | union school |
| Jane Fishlock | 6 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Ann Dickson | 8 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Ann Hetherington | 6 | 0 | Sickness | no. |
| Sarah Brotherhood | 10 | 0 | Deformed and lame | union school |
| Emma Sanders | 6 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
| Sarah Widmer | 6 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Esther Pearse | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Sarah Eagle | 7 | 0 | Bad eyes | no. |
| Catherine Emmonson | 6 | 0 | Sickness | no. |
| Emma Turner | 20 | 0 | Cripple | no. |
| Susannah Thorogood | 15 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Elizabeth Turner | 10 | 0 | Defective sight | union school |
| Mary Brooks | 6 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Sarah Henderson | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Ann Brain | 6 | 0 | Blind | no. |
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