Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Catherington Union, Hampshire, 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|
Joseph Edney | 12 | 0 | Old age | no. |
George Smith | 15 | 0 | A complete cripple | no. |
William Carpenter | 14 | 0 | Cripple, with bad legs | no. |
Martha Parr | 22 | 0 | Rupture, admitted with two bastard children. | no. |
Mary Pearson | 23 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
Emma Martin | 15 | 0 | Admitted with two bastard children, now subject to fits. | no. |
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