Long-term Workhouse Inmates Islington, 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 Boswell | 15 | 0 | Lame | no. |
| Joseph Collins | 8 | 0 | Weak intellect | no. |
| George Crossley | 10 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| John Holt | 20 | 0 | Idiocy | no. |
| Thomas Kilshaw | 5 | 0 | Lame | no. |
| Hector Ross | many years | Weak intellect | no. | |
| Charles Trevellyan | 7 | 0 | Paralytic | no. |
| Thomas Watts | 20 | 0 | Idiocy | no. |
| Anthony Wright | 12 | 0 | Aged | no. |
| Thomas Wager | 16 | 0 | Unable to work; rheumatical | no. |
| John Buckley | 10 | 0 | Aged | no. |
| George Cooper | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Henry Clarkson | 8 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| William Earl | 5 | 0 | Blind | no. |
| Timothy Guest | 6 | 0 | Aged and deaf | no. |
| George Grange | 6 | 0 | Aged | no. |
| John Hollington | 7 | 0 | Aged; very infirm | no. |
| William Hatfield | 19 | 0 | Aged; crippled hands | no. |
| Thomas Herbert | 18 | 0 | Aged | no. |
| Edward Hibbert | 9 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Edward Johnson | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| George Maddocks | 8 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| James Miller | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| William Pizey | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| John Vaux | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Samuel Wiggens | 10 | 0 | Aged; bed-ridden | no. |
| Richard White | 5 | 0 | Aged | no. |
| Richard Barker | 6 | 0 | Partially disabled | no. |
| Henry Gale | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| John Thomas | 6 | 0 | Aged | no. |
| Charles Richardson | 8 | 0 | Aged and infirm | no. |
| Caroline Allway | 10 | 0 | Very infirm | no. |
| Elizabeth Brown | 7 | 0 | Aged | no. |
| Sophia Barker | 6 | 0 | Disabled; consumptive | no. |
| Jane Mundy Fisher | 10 | 0 | Disabled | no. |
| Mary Jeffreys | 12 | 0 | Aged | no. |
| Catherine Moore | 5 | 0 | Blind | no. |
| Frances Newell | 5 | 0 | Aged | no. |
| Rosa Ross | 5 | 0 | Partially disabled | no. |
| Mary Robertson | 6 | 0 | Blind | no. |
| Elizabeth Wilkinson | 9 | 0 | Debilitas senilis | no. |
| Hannah Boswell | 13 | 0 | Aged | no. |
| Sarah Brewer | 10 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Sarah Coaffee | 12 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Catherine Coleman | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Ann Earthrowl | 8 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Elizabeth Gower | 8 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Elizabeth Hepworth | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Ann Jennings | 5 | 0 | Defective speech | no. |
| Jane Leggatt | 10 | 0 | Debilitas senilis | no. |
| Ann Littlebry | 10 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Esther Goddard | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Morgan | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Merriman | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Sarah Newman | 7 | 0 | Very infirm and aged | no. |
| Sophia Reece | 18 | 0 | Aged | no. |
| Eleanor Stallard | 18 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Simmonds | 18 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Jane Smith | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Townley | 10 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Teversham | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Elizabeth Welsh | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Ann White | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Hannah Broom | 6 | 0 | Partially disabled | no. |
| Eliza Cobb | 13 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Males | 7 | 0 | Aged, and very infirm | no. |
| Ann Pope | 5 | 0 | Partially disabled | no. |
| Jane Wall | 7 | 0 | Aged; nearly blind | no. |
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