Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Plomesgate Union, Suffolk, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hannah Curtis | 14 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
| Amos King | 15 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Edward Woods | 21 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
| William Turner | 10 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
| Emily Durrant | 6 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
| John Stannard | 6 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Hannah Bridges | 7 | 0 | Sickness | no. |
| Richard Garrett | 15 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
| Lucy Garrett | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Davis | 14 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Samuel Richardson | 6 | 0 | Scrofula | no. |
| Maria Ward | 7 | 0 | Spinal affection | no. |
| William Burleigh | 20 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
| George Dunn | 8 | 0 | Blindness | no. |
| Sarah Baldry | 11 | 0 | Sickness | no. |
| Charlotte Brown | 12 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
| Henry Newson | 7 | 0 | Old age | no. |
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