Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Hailsham Union, Sussex, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jane Cox | 7 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
| Sarah Cornford | 6 | 0 | Epileptic fits | no. |
| Thomas Crouch | 7 | 0 | Rheumatic gout | no. |
| Caroline Funnell | 15 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
| Elizabeth Follington | 6 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Elizabeth Grigsby | 12 | 0 | Epileptic fits | no. |
| Henry Gander | 14 | 0 | Unable to work from debility | no. |
| Naomi Jones | 24 | 0 | Idiot | union school. |
| Philadelphia Lambert | 24 | 0 | Lunatic | no. |
| John Miller | 12 | 0 | Idiot | union school. |
| Thomas Pellett | 12 | 0 | Idiocy caused by epileptic fits | no. |
| Arthur Page | 16 | 0 | Imbecile in mind | no. |
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