Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Hoxne Union, Suffolk, 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|
Ann Manning | 12 | 0 | Lameness | no. |
John Woods | 6 | 0 | Paralysed | no. |
Edmund Turner | 23 | 0 | Imbecility | no. |
George Offord | 23 | 0 | Deaf and dumb | no. |
John Johnson | 10 | 0 | Old age | no. |
Jemima Barrett | 7 | 0 | Idiotic | no. |
William Freston | 19 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
Suffolk Riches | 7 | 0 | Insanity | no. |
Sarah Ford | 5 | 0 | Old age | no. |
James Burleigh | 9 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
Mary Andrews | 12 | 0 | ditto | no. |
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