Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Cheltenham Union, Gloucestershire, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Young | 5 | 0 | Cripple | no. |
| John Melsom | 7 | 0 | Lame, and nearly blind | no. |
| David Rees | 11 | 0 | Disease of chest | no. |
| Simon Harrison | 7 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| James Carpenter | 14 | 0 | Illness | no. |
| Francis Cox | 18 | 0 | Lameness | no. |
| William Bullinger | 6 | 0 | Illness | no. |
| William Perkins | 16 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| George Mason | 8 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Henry Field | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| John Banks | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Ingram Dix | 6 | 0 | Weak intellect | no. |
| James Barton | 5 | 0 | Illness | no. |
| Michael Dolphin | 10 | 0 | Bad legs | no. |
| Joseph Guest | 7 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| William Joins | 11 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Joseph Pitt | 7 | 0 | Deaf and blind | no. |
| Edward Morris | 10 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| George Hiscock | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Samuel Turner | 5 | 0 | Lost a leg | no. |
| John Newport | 6 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| John Spires | 20 | 0 | Nearly blind | no. |
| William Bramage | 10 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| James Stratford | 9 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
| Richard Lafford | 5 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Joseph Hawkins | 10 | 0 | Illness | no. |
| John Mastoe | 7 | 0 | Weak intellect | no. |
| James Preece | 5 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
| Charlotte Carpenter | 14 | 0 | Illness | no. |
| Martha Hawkins | 10 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Elizabeth Phillips | 12 | 0 | Weak intellect | no. |
| Mary Ann Marshall | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Eliza Phipps | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Ann Done | 10 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Ann Gotham | 29 | 0 | ditto | workh. school. |
| Rosina Jeanes | 7 | 0 | Paralysis | no. |
| Sophia Watts | 16 | 0 | Cripple | workhouse. |
| Sarah Clarke | 18 | 0 | Weak intellect | no. |
| Ann Caudle | 6 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Mary Cook | 9 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Hannah Hobbs | 7 | 0 | Lameness | no. |
| Harriett Grimshaw | 5 | 0 | Destitute | no. |
| Esther Bliss | 20 | 0 | Weak intellect | no. |
| Sarah Preece | 5 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Phoebe Berwick | 13 | 0 | Weak intellect | workhouse. |
| Mary Ann Hagger | 5 | 0 | Illness | no. |
| Mary Harding | 25 | 0 | Weak intellect | no. |
| Catherine Hallowley | 15 | 0 | Paralysis | no. |
| Elizabeth Willis | 6 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Rebecca Jay | 14 | 0 | ditto | no. |
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