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Long-term Workhouse Inmates in St Ives Union, Huntingdonshire, 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.

NameYrsms.ReasonSchool
John Selby80Aged and infirm, unable to workno.
William Papworth80dittono.
James Fryer80dittono.
Thomas Minson60Aged and infirm, crippleno.
Thomas Rolls120Idioticno.
Rebecca Wheelhouse200Aged and infirm, very much afflictedno.
Judith Allen60ditto, very feeble and deafno.

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