Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Newport Union, Monmouthshire, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Harris | 12 | 0 | Nearly blind | no. |
| John Baker | 9 | 0 | Not able-bodied | no. |
| Charles Redwood | 5 | 0 | Rheumatism | no. |
| Henry Morgan | 12 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| John Nicholls | 13 | 0 | Dislocated ancle | no. |
| Thomas Phillips | 12 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Philip Leonard | 12 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Thomas Lewis | 7 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
| John Powell | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| James Jones | 12 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| William Williams | 9 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| David Morgan | 9 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| William Davies | 11 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Thomas Jones | 10 | 0 | Scrofula | no. |
| William Evans | 6 | 0 | Blind | no. |
| Joshua Morgan | 11 | 0 | Paralysed | no. |
| William Francis | 6 | 0 | Rheumatism | no. |
| Walter James | 11 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
| Evan Evans | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Susan Morgan | 6 | 0 | Not able-bodied | no. |
| Mary Marshall | 11 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
| Ann Edwards | 12 | 0 | Paralysed | no. |
| Grace Davies | 12 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
| Sarah Phillips | 13 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Daniel | 11 | 0 | Unhealthy | no. |
| Elizabeth Hopkins | 6 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
| Mary Jones | 17 | 0 | Unhealthy | no. |
| M. A. Jones | 7 | 0 | Nearly blind | no. |
| Ann Barrett | 5 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
| Elizabeth Francis | 7 | 0 | Rheumatism | no. |
| Margaret Jones | 9 | 0 | Unhealthy | no. |
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