Long-term Workhouse Inmates in St Leonard's, Shoreditch, Middlesex, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joseph Andrews | 10 | 5 | Infirmity | no. |
| John Bridges | 6 | 8 | ditto | no. |
| Thomas Colwell | 7 | 11 | ditto | no. |
| Robert Crawley | 6 | 6 | Epilepsy | no. |
| Samuel Clamp | 6 | 5 | ditto | no. |
| William Churchill | 5 | 3 | Paralysis | no. |
| Charles Darby | 16 | 8 | Epilepsy | no. |
| James Denny | 15 | 10 | Paralysis | no. |
| James Davis | 10 | 8 | Infirmity | no. |
| John Jacob Dirr | 6 | 2 | Hereditary pauper | no. |
| Richard Dyer | 10 | 8 | Paralysis | no. |
| James Davis | 9 | 8 | Consumptive | no. |
| Robert Fryer | 16 | 1 | Infirmity | no. |
| Frederick Foster | 5 | 8 | ditto | no. |
| Edward Gregory | 6 | 8 | ditto | no. |
| Peter Greux | 5 | 7 | ditto | no. |
| William Hood | 12 | 4 | ditto | no. |
| Thomas Hingley | 8 | 3 | ditto | no. |
| George Huekwell | 8 | 8 | ditto | no. |
| Joseph Jenkins | 9 | 3 | ditto | no. |
| William Jewell | 9 | 8 | Imbecile | workh. school. |
| Joseph Johnson | 5 | 5 | Rheumatism | no. |
| John Kemp | 8 | 9 | Paralysis | no. |
| Thomas Long | 28 | 6 | Idiot | no. |
| John Lamer | 11 | 8 | Infirmity | no. |
| Thomas Manns | 10 | 3 | ditto | no. |
| Thomas Mullins | 6 | 7 | ditto | no. |
| Samuel Mitchell | 6 | 3 | ditto | no. |
| Timothy Mahoney | 5 | 10 | ditto | no. |
| Thomas Maeson | 5 | 10 | ditto | no. |
| Matthew Nixon | 16 | 10 | Paralysis | no. |
| William Norris | 9 | 2 | Old age | no. |
| John Pack | 7 | 6 | Infirmity | no. |
| John Robinson | 8 | 3 | ditto | no. |
| William Sculthorpe | 11 | 3 | ditto | no. |
| William Smith | 9 | 7 | ditto | no. |
| Thomas Sherrill | 6 | 3 | ditto | no. |
| Robert Savage | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Thomas Trickey | 12 | 6 | ditto | no. |
| Thomas Troughton | 10 | 11 | ditto | no. |
| Thomas Whatman | 8 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Joseph Wild | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| John Woodhouse | 5 | 3 | ditto | no. |
| Sarah Aldridge | 24 | 2 | ditto | no. |
| Sarah Ardley | 23 | 6 | ditto | no. |
| Sarah Andrews | 5 | 10 | ditto | no. |
| Ann Atkins | 5 | 5 | ditto | no. |
| Sarah Ainslie | 6 | 1 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Amerson | 5 | 1 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Bates | 12 | 1 | Imbecile | no. |
| Mary Ann Brandon | 11 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Mary Bailey | 11 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
| Esther Barker | 10 | 4 | Infirmity | no. |
| Rebecca Bailey | 14 | 0 | Paralysis | no. |
| Emma Burnett | 8 | 1 | Deformity, &c. | no. |
| Sarah Belcham | 8 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Elizabeth Barrett | 7 | 11 | ditto | no. |
| Hannah Beale | 5 | 8 | ditto | no. |
| Susan Burton | 7 | 3 | ditto | no. |
| Ann Baker | 7 | 2 | ditto | no. |
| Sarah Bradley | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Hannah Brightman | 5 | 3 | ditto | no. |
| Isabella Buchan | 6 | 8 | ditto | no. |
| Louisa Bean | 6 | 4 | Imbecile | no. |
| Sarah Brown | 5 | 8 | Rheumatism | no. |
| Charlotte Bryant | 6 | 2 | Infirmity | no. |
| Elizabeth Bargent | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Margaret Cottys | 13 | 4 | Imbecile | no. |
| Eleanor Cox | 12 | 6 | Infirmity | no. |
| Catchfield | 8 | 7 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Chaplin | 7 | 7 | ditto | no. |
| Ellen Copley | 6 | 3 | ditto | no. |
| Ann Cartwright | 6 | 2 | Infirmity | no. |
| Sophia, Copeland | 5 | 6 | ditto | no. |
| Rebecca Davis | 15 | 8 | ditto | no. |
| Hannah Daltry | 6 | 6 | Rheumatism | no. |
| Ann Dirr | 6 | 2 | Infirmity | no. |
| Sarah Elder | 13 | 2 | ditto | no. |
| Albina Easton | 8 | 10 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Fell | 7 | 5 | ditto | no. |
| Ann George | 18 | 10 | Imbecile | no. |
| Mary Heslop | 27 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Ann Hamilton | 11 | 6 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Ann Hensey | 8 | 8 | ditto | no. |
| Elizabeth Hodges | 6 | 8 | ditto | no. |
| Charlotte Herren | 6 | 2 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Hamblin | 6 | 1 | Rheumatism | no. |
| Mary Harrigan | 5 | 6 | Infirmity | no. |
| Maria Hawkins | 5 | 2 | ditto | no. |
| Hannah Hill | 11 | 5 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Jewell | 22 | 10 | Imbecile | no. |
| Sarah Jobson | 5 | 10 | Infirmity | no. |
| Catharine Jarvis | 5 | 6 | ditto | no. |
| Susannah King | 5 | 8 | ditto | no. |
| Sophia Landon | 9 | 6 | Imbecile | no. |
| Ann Lay | 5 | 7 | Infirmity | no. |
| Ann Luker | 7 | 6 | ditto | no. |
| Ann Malkin | 22 | 1 | Paralysis | no. |
| Sarah Manning | 10 | 2 | Infirmity | no. |
| Elizabeth Nash | 7 | 11 | ditto | no. |
| Ann Newton | 5 | 10 | ditto | no. |
| Elizabeth Osborn | 6 | 3 | ditto | no. |
| Sophia Perry | 20 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Parch | 10 | 5 | ditto | no. |
| Elizabeth Peach | 8 | 7 | ditto | no. |
| Elizabeth Perry | 7 | 4 | Paralysis | no. |
| Elizabeth Parton | 6 | 6 | Infirmity | no. |
| Sarah Pullen | 5 | 6 | ditto | no. |
| Susan Ragsdale | 26 | 3 | Blind | no. |
| Caroline Rose | 9 | 6 | Imbecile | no. |
| Mary Reeves | 7 | 7 | Infirmity | no. |
| Mary Ann Rose | 7 | 3 | Epilepsy | workh. school. |
| Phoebe Richel | 6 | 7 | Blind | no. |
| Jane Head | 9 | 1 | Infirmity | no. |
| Margaret Spurling | 7 | 3 | Paralysis | no. |
| Elizabeth Spurling | 6 | 8 | Infirmity | no. |
| Ann Stroud | 6 | 7 | Imbecile | no. |
| Ann Stokes | 5 | 7 | Infirmity | no. |
| Mary Sherrin | 5 | 6 | ditto | no. |
| Alice Taylor | 20 | 6 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Ann Utton | 11 | 8 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Whithard | 16 | 8 | Imbecile | no. |
| Mary Ann Warren | 13 | 8 | Infirmity | no. |
| Jane Wisdom | 11 | 8 | ditto | no. |
| Sarah Whitticomb | 11 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Mary White | 8 | 0 | Paralysis | no. |
| Elizabeth Watson | 7 | 5 | Imbecile | no. |
| Sarah Wolfe | 7 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Sarah Wilson | 6 | 10 | ditto | no. |
| Rebecca Wells | 5 | 4 | ditto | no. |
| Sarab Wheat | 5 | 7 | ditto | no. |
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