Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Forehoe Union, Norfolk, 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 Winter | 10 | 0 | Old age | no. |
Philip Barnes | 9 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Charles Griston | 8 | 0 | Lameness | no. |
Joseph Edgling | 6 | 0 | Old age | no. |
William Nobbs | 6 | 0 | Blindness | no. |
Thomas Taylor | 5 | 0 | Old age | no. |
Elizabeth Melton | 21 | 0 | Idiot | workh. school. |
Mary Hardiment | 13 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Jane Clarke | 7 | 0 | Weak mind | no. |
Caroline Brighty | 5 | 0 | Subject to fits | no. |
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