Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Epsom 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Young | 5 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Henry Teel | 13 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| John Osman | 9 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Edward Heasman | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| James Ansell | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Henry Corbett | 15 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Thomas Bullen | 22 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| William Pacey | 22 | 0 | Idiotic | no. |
| John Nicholls | 18 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Robert Waters | 22 | 0 | Weak intellect | workh. school. |
| Richard Saker | 17 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| John Brown | 14 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| William Stevens | 11 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| William Elson | 16 | 0 | Idiptic | no. |
| William Tate | 15 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| John Linnett | 12 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Charles Stammers | 15 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| James Miller | 22 | 0 | Paralytic | no. |
| William Jell | 5 | 0 | Idiotic | no. |
| Mary Sturt | 22 | 0 | Paralytic | no. |
| Eliza Palmer | 9 | 0 | Weak intellect, and one illegitimate child | no. |
| Ann Waters | 22 | 0 | Weak intellect | no. |
| Susan Stent | 22 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Ann Pardnie | 18 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Harriet Beagier | 11 | 0 | Widow; one illegitimate child | no. |
| Lucy Nicholls | 5 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Charlotte Terry | 8 | 0 | Weak intellect, and one illegitimate child | no. |
| Ann Hines | 9 | 0 | Weak intellect | no. |
| Sarah Arthur | 22 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Sarah Hazell | 5 | 0 | One illegitimate child | no. |
| Sarah Reed | 22 | 0 | Weak intellect | no. |
| Lucy Apted | 17 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Susan Borer | 8 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Mary Jefferies | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Sarah Neal | 16 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Leaney | 8 | 0 | Weak intellect | no. |
| Emma Miles | 10 | 0 | ditto | workh. school. |
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