Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Solihull Union, Warwickshire, 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|
Henry Jones | 22 | 0 | An idiot from birth | no. |
Thomas Taylor | 22 | 0 | Deaf and dumb | no. |
Mary Smith | 20 | 0 | Imbecility caused by fits | no. |
Sarah Corsnett | 17 | 0 | Imbecility and old age | no. |
Joseph Beardsman | 10 | 0 | Imbecility and fits | no. |
Joseph Mills | 7 | 0 | Infirmity and old age | no. |
Sarah Dawes | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Mary Wardle | 7 | 0 | Widow, with two children, unable to maintain herself and children. | no. |
William Freeman | 5 | 0 | Infirmities and old age | no. |
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