Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Hemel Hempstead Union, Hertfordshire, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sarah Faulkner | 25 | 0 | Paralysed | no. |
| Abigail Cook | 22 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| James Atwood | 21 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
| Rebecca Pryor | 19 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
| George Bedford | 17 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
| Betsey Drayton | 14 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| William Harrowell | 13 | 0 | Cripple | no. |
| Amelia Pedley | 9 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
| James Puddefoot | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| James Seabrook | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Sarah Kempster | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Thomas Hubert | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Esther Hart | 6 | 0 | Paralysed | no. |
| John Puddefoot | 5 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
| Ann Puddefoot | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
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