Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Windsor 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|
William Farmer | 19 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
Frederick Pickett | 19 | 0 | ditto | no. |
John Barfoot | 19 | 0 | Loss of leg | no. |
James Hobbs | 17 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
William Knott | 12 | 0 | Chest disease | no. |
William Smith | 12 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
Thomas Dowsett | 10 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
Thomas Tindall | 9 | 0 | Disabled | no. |
William Smith | 8 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
Edward Press | 7 | 0 | Old age | no. |
Charles Merredew | 5 | 0 | Old age | no. |
John Perrey | 5 | 0 | Crippled | no. |
Frederick Finch | 5 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
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