Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Ross Union, Herefordshire, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Baker | 12 | 0 | Epileptic fits | no. |
| Samuel Andrews | 6 | 0 | Blind | no. |
| Philip Hattin | 7 | 0 | Idiot- | no. |
| Maria Watkins | 9 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Elizabeth Waldwyn | 22 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Ann Waldwyn | 22 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Fanny Scrivens | 20 | 0 | Dumb | no. |
| Ann Morgan | 18 | 0 | Scrofula | no. |
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