Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Rotherhithe Parish, Surrey, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Taylor | 13 | 0 | Infirm | |
| Stephen Robinson | 18 | 0 | Subject to fits | |
| George Hambrook | 34 | 0 | Blind | |
| William Bellis | 17 | 0 | Epileptic | |
| Thomas Greaves | 10 | 0 | ditto | |
| Isaac Johnson | 12 | 0 | Paralysis | |
| Joseph Hales | 8 | 0 | Infirm | |
| John Garrity | 10 | 0 | ditto | |
| Cornelius Dacey | 7 | 0 | ditto | |
| Robert Maltwood | 7 | 0 | ditto | |
| Henry Norton | 6 | 0 | ditto | |
| Michael Collins | 6 | 0 | ditto | |
| Thomas Davis | 7 | 0 | ditto | |
| Thomas Johnson | 6 | 0 | Idiotic (harmless) | |
| John Taylor | 6 | 0 | Infirm | |
| Frederick Johnson | 6 | 0 | ditto | |
| Joseph Norris | 10 | 0 | ditto | |
| Joseph Henderson | 6 | 0 | ditto | |
| Samuel Bayley | 5 | 0 | Rheumatism | |
| James Aldridge | 5 | 0 | Paralysis | |
| James Livermore | 6 | 0 | Infirm | |
| Andrew Lind | 8 | 0 | ditto | |
| William Dummer | 5 | 0 | ditto | |
| John Harris | 5 | 0 | ditto | |
| Edward Gough | 5 | 0 | ditto | |
| William Walker | uncertain | ditto | ||
| William James | 5 | 0 | Paralysis | |
| George Garrett | 5 | 0 | infirm | |
| William Humber | 28 | 0 | Nearly blind | workh. school. |
| John Eastwood | 17 | 0 | Infirm | |
| William Robson | 10 | 0 | ditto | |
| Ann Davey | 8 | 0 | Came in with her husband, since dead | |
| Mary Murch | 32 | 0 | Insufficient earnings | |
| Mary Grunt | 26 | 0 | Paralysis | |
| Mary Gater | 12 | 0 | Lame | |
| Elizabeth Hay | 20 | 0 | Insufficient earnings | |
| Elizabeth Tirrell | 12 | 0 | Idiotic (harmless) | |
| Mary Pell | 28 | 0 | Insufficient earnings | |
| Sarah Pittman | 47 | 0 | Imbecile | |
| Ann Atley | 36 | 0 | Insufficient earnings | |
| Ann Rippon | 35 | 0 | Nearly blind | workh. school. |
| Louisa Gray | 25 | 0 | Sickness | |
| Sarah Crossby | 14 | 0 | Infirm | |
| Sarah Jacques | 10 | 0 | Paralysis | |
| Sarah Axtell | 11 | 0 | Lame | |
| Mary Bradley | 8 | 0 | Blind | |
| Mary Hands | 8 | 0 | Infirm | |
| Martha Trench | 8 | 0 | ditto | |
| Harriet Hawes | 10 | 0 | Idiotic (harmless) | |
| Harriet Nunn | 8 | 0 | Rheumatism | |
| Harriet Evans | 9 | 0 | Sickness | |
| Elizabeth Glasier | 8 | 0 | Imbecile | |
| Sarah Watkins | 6 | 0 | Sickness | |
| Mary Lloyd | 6 | 0 | ditto | |
| Mary Leary | 8 | 0 | Nearly blind | |
| Esther Hunter | 8 | 0 | Nearly blind | |
| Ann Hill | 7 | 0 | Blind | |
| Mary Oliver | 5 | 0 | Deserted by husband | |
| Sarah Dowson | 7 | 0 | Insufficient earnings | |
| Emma Boswell | 6 | 0 | Sickness | |
| Ann Freeland | 10 | 0 | Infirm | |
| Sarah Milmoth | 6 | 0 | Sickness | |
| Eliza Edghill | 6 | 0 | Insufficient earnings | |
| Mary Revell | 21 | 0 | Epileptic | |
| Mary Hill | 5 | 0 | Insufficient earnings | |
| Mary Ford | 8 | 0 | Sickness | |
| Mary Fairbairns | 7 | 0 | ditto | |
| Mary Stephenson | 15 | 0 | Imbecile | |
| Mary Dooling | 17 | 0 | Sickness | |
| Mary Ann Brown | 10 | 0 | Insufficient earnings | |
| Lydia Reed | 7 | 0 | Rheumatism | |
| Mary Dalley | 7 | 0 | Sickness | |
| Mary Price | 6 | 0 | Paralysis |
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