Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Chertsey Union, Surrey, 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 Lawrence | 23 | 0 | Crippled | no. |
| Henry Taylor | 23 | 0 | Idiotic | no. |
| Mary Patfield | 20 | 0 | Defective sight | yes. |
| Samuel Tilleard | 13 | 0 | Aged | no. |
| William Mice | 15 | 0 | Bad legs | no. |
| John Drummond | 12 | 0 | Aged | no. |
| William Littlefield | 10 | 0 | Crippled | no. |
| Benjamin Thoone | 6 | 0 | Aged | no. |
| Thomas Howard | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Jane Wallis | 18 | 0 | Illegitimate family | no. |
| James Church | 6 | 0 | Idiotic | no. |
| Dimas Street | 6 | 0 | Aged | no. |
| Charlotte Haywood | 20 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
| Hannah Knowles | 6 | 0 | Deserted | no. |
| Sarah Snelling | 15 | 0 | Scrofitlous | no. |
| Elizabeth Rose | 10 | 0 | Has an illegitimate child | no. |
| Henry Hill | 16 | 0 | Bad legs | no. |
| Mary Welland | 20 | 0 | Subject to fits | no. |
| Francis Snellgrove | 18 | 0 | Aged | no. |
| Elizabeth Piper | 16 | 0 | Idiotic | no. |
| John Oxley | 15 | 0 | Aged | no. |
| Eliza Rogerson | 8 | 0 | Illegitimate family | no. |
| Richard Wheatley | 7 | 0 | Dropsical | no. |
| John Rosewell | 6 | 0 | Crippled | no. |
| John Chapman | 11 | 0 | Aged | no. |
| Ann Harcourt | 18 | 0 | Idiotic | no. |
| Elizabeth Harcourt | 18 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Hannah Modell | 12 | 0 | Aged | no. |
| Thomas Cowsell | 9 | 0 | Crippled | no. |
| William Amey | 7 | 0 | Bad legs | no. |
| Henry Jennings | 5 | 0 | Aged | no. |
| Clara Eustace | 14 | 0 | Idiotic | no. |
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