Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Hartley Wintney Union, Hampshire, 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 Hoar | 20 | 0 | Idiot | workhouse. |
| Eliza Cook | 24 | 0 | ditto | workhouse. |
| John Cook | 24 | 0 | Not able-bodied | workhouse. |
| James Prince | 7 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
| Ann Flowers | 5 | 0 | Unsound mind | no. |
| Elizabeth Flowers | 10 | 0 | Not able-bodied | dist. school. |
| Thomas Caesar | 16 | 0 | Fits | no. |
| Edward Ellis | 10 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
| Robert Mulless | 17 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Ann Bailey | 15 | 0 | Disabled from illness | workhouse. |
| Harriett Harmsworth | 24 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Martha Englefield | 10 | 0 | Weak in mind | no. |
| Elizabeth Cranford | 20 | 0 | ditto | no. |
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