Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Brighton Union, Sussex, 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|
John Akin | 10 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
John Allen | 13 | 0 | Consumptive, and weak intellect | no. |
Susannah Bull | 9 | 0 | Unable to maintain herself and family | no. |
William Bonham | 8 | 6 | Infirmity | no. |
Mark Braden | 8 | 6 | ditto | no. |
Edward Bolingbroke | 18 | 0 | Paralysis | no. |
William Bradshaw | 18 | 0 | Loss of sight | no. |
Rachel Brewer | 6 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
Hugh Budgen | 6 | 0 | Incapable of taking care of himself | no. |
Samson Boore | 5 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
Eliza Crouch | 30 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Jane Channon | 20 | 0 | Blindness and idiotcy | no. |
Thomas Camfenny | 9 | 6 | Weak intellect | no. |
George Carter | 24 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Richard Cook | 5 | 0 | Ruptured and infirmity | no. |
Elizabeth Dobson | 10 | 0 | Infirmity, and weak intellect | no. |
Susan Dunstone | 10 | 0 | Insanity | no. |
James Devenish | 9 | 0 | Subject to fits | no. |
Thomas Dale | 8 | 6 | Infirmity | no. |
Mary Dyer | 8 | 0 | Weak intellect | no. |
Sarah Dredge | 5 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
Sarah Eves | 8 | 0 | Loss of sight | no. |
George Fairhall | 16 | 0 | Weak intellect | no. |
Thomas Fox | 9 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
Edward Feldwich | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Mary Forbes | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Mary Gorsuch | 11 | 0 | Infirmity and bad leg | no. |
James Gresley | 19 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
George Gates | 8 | 6 | Weak intellect | no. |
Thomas Gardiner | 7 | 6 | Infirmity | no. |
Gabriel Gillam | 6 | 6 | ditto | no. |
Edward Gillam | 7 | 6 | Infirmity and lameness | no. |
John Grinyer | 7 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
Thomas Guy | 8 | 0 | Bad legs | no. |
Thomas Golds | 6 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
William Hill | 14 | 0 | Weak mind | no. |
William Humphrey | 12 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
James Hill | 19 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Henry. Home | 10 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Jane Hayller | 13 | 0 | Weak intellect | no. |
William Herryett | 8 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
Phillis Hemsley | 8 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Jane Holland | 9 | 0 | ditto | no. |
George Hobb | 9 | 0 | Lame and infirmity | no. |
Mary Hedgely | 7 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
Janet Harris | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
John Harris | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Robert Haggett | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Mary Harden | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
James Ingledew | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Joseph Jenkins | 8 | 6 | Unable to maintain himself | no. |
William Longhurst | 17 | 0 | Bad eyes | no. |
Henry Le Mar | 29 | 0 | Idiotic | no. |
Frances Lower | 10 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
William Lower | 20 | 0 | ditto | no. |
John Long | 11 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Fanny Leach | 10 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Harriett Martin | 24 | 0 | Weak intellect | no. |
Francis Miles | 25 | 0 | ditto | no. |
George Morley | 8 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
Elizabeth Mackey | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Thomas Marchant | 11 | 0 | ditto | no. |
William Henry Onions | 14 | 0 | Lame | no. |
Richard Poynter | 26 | 0 | Paralysis | no. |
Nicholas Piper | 9 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
William Payne | 19 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Henry Pelling | 13 | 6 | ditto | no. |
Margaret Pattison | 13 | 6 | ditto | no. |
Ann Parton | 12 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Benjamin Patching | 17 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Edward Parker | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Ann Quin | 11 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Susan Russell | 12 | 0 | ditto | no. |
James Reed | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Luke Sinden | 14 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Ann New Seek | 12 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Elizabeth Simms | 7 | 6 | Unable to maintain herself and children. | no. |
Richard Simmonds | 6 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
Eliza Spears | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Charlotte Seachenman | 6 | 6 | ditto | no. |
Elizabeth Streeter | 5 | 0 | Unable to maintain herself and child. | no. |
Jane Tamkin | 20 | 6 | Infirmity | no. |
Henry Tettersall | 20 | 0 | Weak intellect | no. |
Allen Ticehurst | 8 | 6 | Paralysis | no. |
Mary Tapsall | 33 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
Mary Teague | 8 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Charlotte Townsen | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Henry Virgo | 5 | 0 | Fits | no. |
Edward Wisden | 14 | 0 | Loss of sight | no. |
Mary B. Washington | 10 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
Hannah Welch | 19 | 0 | ditto | no. |
John Wiggens | 12 | 0 | ditto | no. |
George Whittington | 6 | 6 | ditto | no. |
Martha Whinchester | 6 | 6 | ditto | no. |
Sarah T. Watt | 5 | 6 | ditto | no. |
Robert White | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Elizabeth Wymark | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
William Weller | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
James Yeates | 11 | 0 | ditto | no. |
James Yeates (2) | 17 | 0 | ditto | no. |
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