Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Yeovil Union, Somerset, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lucy Gillingham | 20 | 0 | Idiocy | no. |
| Ann Gillingham | 18 | 0 | Crippled | workh. school. |
| Josiah Abbott | 8 | 0 | Idiocy | no. |
| Eliza Bartlett | 20 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Betty Perry | 20 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| George Scrivens | 6 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Fanny Brister | 20 | 0 | Idiocy | no. |
| Charlotte Cole | 20 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Jane Davey | 20 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Joseph Ross | 20 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Bishop | 20 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Mary Warren | 20 | 0 | Idiocy | no. |
| Grace Evans | 7 | 0 | Insanity | no. |
| Louisa Hancock | 7 | 0 | Blindness | no. |
| Charles Lewis | 6 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| George Martin | 20 | 0 | Idiocy | no. |
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