Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Romsey Union, Hampshire, 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 Attwood | 8 | 0 | Imbecility | no. |
| Elizabeth Austin | 8 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Sarah Southwell | 7 | 6 | Having illegitimate children | no. |
| Charlotte Ballard | 7 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| William Stockwell | 5 | 6 | ditto | no. |
| Margaret Jones | 25 | 0 | Imbecility | yes. |
| Sarah Martin | 20 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| James Courteney | 11 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| James Marshall | 10 | 0 | Imbecility (deaf and dumb) | no. |
| James Dickman | 10 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Daniel John Wright | 5 | 9 | Infirmity | no. |
| Mary Cheater | 7 | 0 | Having an illegitimate child | no. |
| Ann Gruncell | 5 | 0 | Imbecility | no. |
| Thomas Earle | 7 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Sarah Moreton | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
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