Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Hambledon 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Brown | 14 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
| Henry Butcher | 6 | 0 | Cripple | no. |
| John Dicker | 10 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Esther Dicker | 10 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Martha Ellis | 24 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
| Ann Gibbons | 9 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
| Henry Hill | 20 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
| Martha Hill | 20 | 0 | Cripple | no. |
| Hannah Luff | 14 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
| Mary Older | 12 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| George Peters | 20 | 0 | Defective sight; nearly blind | no. |
| Edmund Sparkes | 10 | 0 | Infirm; old age | no. |
| James Stedman | 10 | 0 | Crippie | no. |
| William Stevens | 5 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Mary Virgo | 8 | 0 | Imbecile; old age | no. |
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