Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Montgomery and Pool (Forden) Union, Montgomeryshire, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Astley | 52 | 0 | A dumb idiot | workh. school. |
| Richard Evans | 12 | 0 | Nearly blind | workh. school. |
| John Thomas | 9 | 9 | Spinal disease, with curvature | no. |
| Richard Owen | 7 | 0 | Old and infirm | no. |
| John Samuel | 5 | 6 | ditto | no. |
| David Francis | 9 | 6 | Idiot | no. |
| Richard Jones | 8 | 9 | ditto | no. |
| Edward Davies | 8 | 0 | Old and infirm | no. |
| Meredith Humphreys | 8 | 6 | ditto | no. |
| Sarah Bowen | 12 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
| Solomon Owen | 19 | 9 | ditto | no. |
| John Owen | 17 | 6 | ditto | no. |
| Richard Jarman | 5 | 3 | Epileptic and paralytic | national school. |
| Mary Lawrence | 11 | 0 | Deaf and dumb | deaf and dumb school. |
| Thomas Edwards | 6 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
| John Poulter | 12 | 0 | Old and infirm | no. |
| Elizabeth Jones | 11 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Thomas Lee | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
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