Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Wandsworth and Clapham, Surrey, 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|
Elizabeth Adams | 8 | 0 | Lame | no. |
Richard Alfrey | 11 | 0 | Age and debility | no. |
Mary Avery | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Mary Bain | 15 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Elizabeth Bass | 13 | 0 | ditto | no. |
William Burridge | 8 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Sarah Benson | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Ellen Burridge | 15 | 0 | Weak intellect | no. |
James Booker | 18 | 0 | Blind | no. |
John Brown | 17 | 0 | Age and debility | no. |
Charlotte Bellington | 13 | 0 | Subject to fits | no. |
James Blencowe | 9 | 0 | Age and debility | no. |
Isaac Beere | 9 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Harriet Beadman | 7 | 0 | Weak intellect | no. |
Jacob Bull | 10 | 0 | Age and debility | no. |
William Brown | 11 | 0 | Weak intellect | no. |
Lucy Brown | 9 | 0 | Age and debility | no. |
John Baker | 11 | 0 | Age | no. |
Samuel Brown | 7 | 0 | Weak intellect | no. |
Benjamin Crump | 8 | 0 | Age and debility | no. |
William Cumberland | 7 | 0 | Lame arm | no. |
Sarah Clarke | 13 | 0 | Age and debility | no. |
Mary Craven | 8 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Louisa Duane | 11 | 0 | Age and deafness | no. |
Richard Denby | 12 | 0 | Age and debility | no. |
Sarah Deane | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Sarah Death | 7 | 0 | Weak intellect | no. |
William Ellis | 13 | 0 | Paralysed | no. |
William Edwards | 9 | 0 | Age and debility | no. |
Robert Fair | 8 | 0 | Age | no. |
Ann Flutter | 8 | 0 | Paralysed | no. |
Sarah Faithhorn | 5 | 0 | Age and debility | no. |
Elizabeth Finch | 20 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Thomas Gray | 9 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Philip Grover | 7 | 0 | Weak intellect | no. |
Ann Goff | 9 | 0 | Age and debility | no. |
Stephen Garman | 21 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Thomas Grimsdale | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Elizabeth Gardner | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Joseph Harrington | 10 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Elizabeth Hoath | 9 | 0 | Paralysed | no. |
Susan Hoborough | 7 | 0 | Age and debility | no. |
John Hawkins | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
James Hone | 6 | 0 | Weak intellect | no. |
Eliza Hobbs | 6 | 0 | Age and debility | no. |
John Hutson | 13 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Sarah Hales | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Rosina Kerr | 6 | 0 | Weak intellect | no. |
George Larter | 7 | 0 | Blind and paralysed | no. |
Jonathan Legg | 6 | 0 | Age and debility | no. |
Isaac Lock | 15 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Hannah Livard | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
William Morrison | 11 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Elizabeth Miller | 7 | 0 | Bad health | no. |
Mary Maloy | 9 | 0 | Age and debility | no. |
Elizabeth Macrow | 15 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Clarissa Marr | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Thomas Orton | 8 | 0 | Subject to fits | no. |
James Powell | 10 | 0 | Age and debility | no. |
William Pipe | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Jane Pipe | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
William Pugh | 16 | 0 | Weak intellect | no. |
John Pennicard | 8 | 0 | Age and debility | no. |
William Potts | 22 | 0 | Weak intellect | no. |
Alice Penton | 16 | 0 | Age and debility | no. |
Anne Pridmore | 5 | 0 | Paralysed | no. |
Mary Rogers | 13 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Richard Roberts | 13 | 0 | Age and debility | no. |
Henrietta Roberts | 7 | 0 | Ill health, and loss of character | no. |
Thomas Rance | 5 | 0 | Age and debility | no. |
Elizabeth Sleath | 10 | 0 | Weak intellect | no. |
Catherine Spratt | 6 | 0 | Age and debility | no. |
James Sanders | 6 | 0 | Weak intellect | no. |
William Henry Smith | 8 | 0 | Paralysed | no. |
Abraham Spiers | 9 | 0 | Age and debility | no. |
Ann Smith | 10 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Mary Say | 11 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Mary Stone | 19 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Catherine Standen | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
William Smith | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
John Smith | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Sarah Tizzard | 20 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Richard Tickell | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
William Wright | 8 | 0 | Paralysed | no. |
Elizabeth Warne | 17 | 0 | Age and debility | no. |
Jane White | 9 | 0 | Deafness | no. |
John Welch | 13 | 0 | Age and debility | no. |
Elizabeth White | 10 | 0 | ditto | no. |
John Wiggens | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Harriet Wallis | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
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