Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Sheppey Union, Kent, 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 Eaves | 14 | 0 | Infirm, lame | no. |
| Attwood Kelsey | 13 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
| Samuel Palmer | 14 | 0 | Epileptic fits | no. |
| John Coultrip | 15 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
| John Horn | 15 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| George Henry Piper | 6 | 0 | Injury of the spine | no. |
| Michael Dod | 13 | 0 | Subject to insanity | no. |
| Mary Bartlett | 14 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
| Elizabeth Humphries | 17 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Caroline Fox | 16 | 0 | Deaf and dumb | no. |
| Sarah Palmer | 13 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Jane Carrier | 9 | 0 | Deaf and dumb | yes. |
| Ann Attwood | 8 | 0 | Epileptic fits | no. |
| Ann French | 14 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Sarah Eason | 16 | 0 | Epileptic fits | no. |
| Harriett Hall | 14 | 0 | Lameness | no. |
| Ann Buffum | 11 | 0 | Old age | no. |
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