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Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Tewkesbury Union, Gloucestershire, 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
Hannah Sadler70Weak intellectno.
Ann Hamblin260dittono.
Henry Kerdle260A crippleno.
Esther Peak200Weak intellectno.
Ann Attwood250dittono.
Mary Attwood250dittono.
Lot Clutterbuck180Paralysisno.
John Lewis150Infirmityno.
Henry Davis150Weak intellectno.
Ann Collett150dittono.
William Matthews140dittono.
John Rudgeno.
Joseph Linton50Paralysisno.
Elizabeth Brookes50Infirmityno.
Jane Weaver70dittono.
Diana Yornale100Weak intellectno.
Maria Jakeman50dittono.

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