Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Newhaven 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Teeling | 24 | 6 | Deformed and imbecile | not known. |
| William Duly | 24 | 0 | Of weak intellect | not known. |
| James Eager | 24 | 6 | ditto | not known. |
| Sarah Chapman | 25 | 0 | ditto | not known. |
| George Bennett | 7 | 0 | Old and infirm | no. |
| Caroline Greenyer | 19 | 6 | Weak intellect, and diseased legs | workh. school. |
| Clarissa Husecrof | 24 | 6 | Weak intellect | workh. school. |
| Eliza Hughes | 24 | 0 | Idiotic | no. |
| Mary Moppett | 12 | 6 | Weak intellect; idiotic | no. |
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