Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Depwade Union, Norfolk, 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 Baldry | 17 | 8 | Age and infirmity | no. |
Mary, his wife | 17 | 8 | ditto | no. |
James, their son | 17 | 8 | Weak intellect | no. |
John Nunn | 7 | 0 | Rupture | no. |
Mary Ann Pulford | 5 | 5 | Three illegitimate children | no. |
John Thurling | 18 | 6 | Age and infirmity | no. |
Frances Jackson | 22 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
Elizabeth Leathers | 8 | 9 | Age and infirmity | no. |
Susan Moore | 8 | 0 | Cripple | no. |
Lydia Gardiner | 14 | 0 | Lame | no. |
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