Long-term Workhouse Inmates in North Witchford Union, Cambridgeshire, 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 Coten | 5 | 0 | Aged and infirm | no. |
| john Miller | 22 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| William Pear | 9 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Butcher | 9 | 0 | Disabled, and weak of mind | no. |
| John Grant | 10 | 0 | Aged and infirm | no. |
| Robert Green | 9 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Anthony Miller | 9 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| William Reynolds | 14 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Joseph East | 13 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Thomas Franklin | 9 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Philip Bedford | 14 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| John Palmer | 7 | 0 | Disabled | no. |
| John Ground | 9 | 0 | Aged and infirm | no. |
| William Stokley | 9 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Ann Green | 12 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Isaac Payne | 8 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Elizabeth Coulson | 11 | 0 | Disabled, and weak of mind | no. |
| William Kent | 12 | 0 | Aged and infirm | no. |
| Patrick Cooney | 9 | 0 | Cripple | no. |
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