Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Wallingford Union, Berkshire, 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mary Baines | 6 | 0 | Weak intellect | no. |
Mary Chance | 17 | 0 | Affection of throat | workh. school. |
James Curtis | 9 | 0 | Idiotic | no. |
Mary Gosford | 14 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Caroline Lewingdon | 16 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Richard Miles | 16 | 0 | Age, &c | no. |
Charles Taylor | 14 | 0 | Paralysis | no. |
Elizabeth Woodley | 6 | 0 | Loss of leg | no. |
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