Long-term Workhouse Inmates in St Luke Parish, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ann Anning | 8 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Martha Ackroyd | 8 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| George Alken | 5 | 0 | Paralysis | no. |
| Ann Allen | 8 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Celia Burke | 13 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Martha Briggs | 19 | 0 | Weak mind | no. |
| Emma Beadle | 14 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Sarah Bennett | 9 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
| John Blanton | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Sophia Blanton | 5 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| James Barber | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Hannah Bolton | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Giles. Collins | 10 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| James Collins | 27 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| John Clarke | 18 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
| Sarah Constable | 8 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Sarah Chapman | 8 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Mary Clarke | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Ann Coffin | 6 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
| Martha Cole | 5 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Jeremiah Donavan | 23 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Elizabeth Davis | 20 | 0 | Blind | no. |
| John Drake | 6 | 0 | Weak intellect | no. |
| Elizabeth Doe | 6 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Sarah Davis | 5 | 0 | Blind | no. |
| Ann Dale | 5 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
| Jane Dimond | 5 | 0 | Age and general debility | no. |
| Ann Eades | 23 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Ann Everard | 15 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Susan Ellis | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Nathaniel Edghill | 12 | 0 | Idiotic | no. |
| Mary Ellis | 11 | 0 | Deaf and dumb | no. |
| Thomas Emery | 5 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
| Sarah Fisher | 11 | 0 | General debility, &c. | no. |
| James Ford | 10 | 0 | Blind | no. |
| Thomas Fox | 6 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Rebecca Ford | 5 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Frances Ford | 6 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Martha Giles | 15 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Thomas Garrod | 14 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
| John Thomas Garrett | 11 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| John Gill | 11 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| John Henry Green | 10 | 0 | Paralysis | no. |
| Eliza Mary Green | 10 | 0 | Husband's paralysis | no. |
| Sarah Goding | 9 | 0 | Heart disease | no. |
| John Gable | 8 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Ann Gathard | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| William Garlick | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Rebecca Henman | 19 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
| Mary Ann Haw | 19 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Sarah Hopkins | 28 | 0 | Weak mind | no. |
| Mary Henley | 14 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Eliza Haskins | 14 | 0 | Paralysis | no. |
| Margaret Hewitson | 11 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| William Hulme | 10 | 0 | Mental eccentricity | no. |
| John Hodgson | 10 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Hannah Hunt | 9 | 0 | Deformity | no. |
| Mary Hughes | 9 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Mary Hutton | 8 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Thomas Alfred Hoare | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Abraham Howard | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Esther Headley | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| James Jerrard | 15 | 0 | Idiotic | no. |
| Mary Johnson | 14 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Jane Jerden | 8 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Martha Jeffries | 8 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Phoebe Jackson | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Ann Jones | 5 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
| Ri4ard Jones | 5 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| George Johnson | 5 | 0 | Consumptive tendency | yes. |
| Ann Kestin | 11 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Joseph Kitchen | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Sarah Lamb | 19 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| James Lee | 16 | 0 | Paralysis | no. |
| Mary Lynch | 9 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Samuel Lecount | 8 | 0 | Epileptic | no. |
| James William Lee | 6 | 0 | Idiotic | no. |
| Mary Lovell | 5 | 0 | Old age and paralysis | no. |
| Elizabeth May | 19 | 0 | Weak mind | no. |
| Susan McFarlane | 37 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
| John Martin | 13 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Ann Miller | 13 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
| Amelia Miller | 10 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Thomas Morey | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Ann Marshall | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Thomas Matthews | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Elizabeth Miles | 9 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Rees Morgan | 18 | 0 | Lunatic | no. |
| Sarah North | 6 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Joseph Newstead | 5 | 0 | Idiotic | no. |
| John Patience | 5 | 0 | Idiotic | no. |
| Sarah Price | 8 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Charlotte Phillips | 46 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Elizabeth Rundle | 13 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Elizabeth Richardson | 12 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Riddles | 12 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Joseph Robinson | 17 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Elizabeth Shanks | 14 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Elizabeth Sullivan | 16 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| George Southey | 10 | 0 | Deaf and dumb | no. |
| Elizabeth Stevens | 10 | 0 | Old a | no. |
| Ann Shields | 9 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Emma Spear | 9 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
| William Scroggs | 8 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Susan Shelford | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Edward Sylvester | 6 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
| Mary Symonds | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Strange | 6 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Mary Smith | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Joyce Shell | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Elizabeth Scott | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Philip Samuels | 10 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
| James Sully | 7 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Sophia Shaw | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Charles Slater | 8 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
| Elizabeth Tyson | 13 | 0 | Old age and paralysis | no. |
| Ann Tuffield | 11 | 0 | Idiotic | no. |
| Danby Thompson | 8 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| John Taylor | 9 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Traies | 8 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
| Rebecca Williamson | 13 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Mary Wheeler | 26 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
| Elizabeth Wagner | 12 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Michael Wall | 11 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Charles Whitcombe | 9 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
| Maria Whittingham | 5 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Thomas Wright | 5 | 0 | Crippled, imbecile | no. |
| John James Wall | 6 | 0 | Epileptic | no. |
| Thomas Whittingham | 5 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Mary Ann White | 7 | 0 | Idiotic | no. |
| Sarah Ann Witheredge | 6 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
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