Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Eastry Union, Kent, 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 Brenchley | 7 | 0 | A cripple | no. |
| Thomas Hook | 24 | 0 | Blind | no. |
| Thomas Jordan | 5 | 0 | Idiot | workh. school. |
| Edward Jordan | 5 | 0 | ditto | workh. school. |
| Elizabeth Jane Jordan | 5 | 0 | ditto | workh. school. |
| Thomas Curling | 10 | 0 | Rheumatism | no. |
| Ann Hoile | 24 | 0 | Intellect slightly impaired | no. |
| John Hall | 24 | 0 | Blind 30 years | no. |
| Harriot Knight | 6 | 0 | Intellect slightly impaired | no. |
| Margaret Lemon | 9 | 0 | A cripple | no. |
| Mary Minter | 10 | 0 | Lame | no. |
| William Norris | 8 | 0 | Rheumatism | no. |
| Thomasine Drury | 17 | 0 | A cripple | no. |
| Harriot Spain | 15 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
| James Shroesbury | 9 | 0 | Crippled hands | no. |
| Stephen Walker | 13 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
| Mary Goble | 6 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Ann Shilling | 6 | 0 | Weakly constitution | no. |
| Samuel Casswell | 10 | 0 | Lame | no. |
| Peter Richard Casswell | 6 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
| Mary Kemp | 12 | 0 | Lunatic | no. |
| John Eastone | 8 | 0 | A cripple | no. |
| Jehoiakim Capp | 5 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Thomas Huxstep | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Elizabeth Ladd | 20 | 0 | Impaired intellect | no. |
| William Dixon | 5 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Harriot Arnold | 5 | 0 | Considered by medical officer unfit for service. | no. |
| Ann Finch | 25 | 0 | Idiot | workh. school. |
| Elizabeth Page | 8 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Henry Nash | 24 | 0 | Blind | no. |
| Thomas Pettman | 10 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
| William Wrake | 11 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| William Mills | 7 | 0 | Lameness | no. |
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