Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Atcham Union, Shropshire, 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 Howells | 15 | 0 | Chronic rheumatism | no. |
Martha Cliff | 9 | 0 | Weak intellect; has two bastard children. | no. |
Sarah Bristow | 9 | 0 | Deaf and dumb; health delicate | no. |
Sarah Edwards | 7 | 0 | Heart disease | no. |
Anne Manning | 5 | 0 | General debility (aged 85 years) | no. |
John Cooper | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Francis Manning | 5 | 0 | Paralysis | no. |
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