Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Lambeth Parish, Surrey, 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|
William Ashby | 6 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
Esther Anderson | 6 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
Catherine Albury | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Thomas Beech | 35 | 0 | Illness | no. |
Ann Brown | 14 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
William Blackwell | 8 | 0 | Illness | no. |
Ann Bastock | 7 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
Geort Boto | 7 | 0 | Blind | no. |
Charles Bolingbroke | 7 | 0 | Illness | no. |
Edwin Braddick | 6 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
Susan Bantham | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Ann Burwood | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Mary Byott | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Samael Cobb | 30 | 0 | ditto | no. |
William Cowing | 13 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
Sarah Cowing | 10 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Sophia Crooks | 9 | 0 | Widowhood | no. |
John Christmas | 7 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
William Chitts | 6 | 0 | Cripple | no. |
Mary Chitty | 6 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
Thomas Cook | 6 | 0 | Illness | no. |
Robert Crisp | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Elizabeth Carpenter | 6 | 0 | Paralysis | no. |
Sophia Chaloner | 6 | 0 | Accident | no. |
Thomas Clissold | 5 | 0 | Illness | no. |
Susanna Clark | 5 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
Henry Carter | 5 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
Elizabeth Dennis | 19 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Mary Dakin | 13 | 0 | ditto | no. |
George Dyson | 5 | 0 | Cripple | no. |
Diana Donald | 5 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
Ann Eyles | 15 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
Jane Ellison | 9 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Charity Field | 13 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Ellen Fogerty | 9 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Robert Furley | 8 | 0 | ditto | no. |
William Franklin | 8 | 0 | Cripple | no. |
Mary Fisher | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Henry Figg | 6 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
Harriet Gandee | 7 | 0 | Paralysis | no. |
Jane Goulston | 5 | 0 | Illness | no. |
William Hales | 12 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
Margaret Hughes | 10 | 0 | Cripple | no. |
Mary Harris | 9 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
William Honour | 8 | 0 | Cripple | no. |
Thomas Headington | 8 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
Elizabeth Hannam | 8 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
Daniel Herbert | 6 | 0 | Cripple | no. |
Amelia Hall | 6 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
John Hill | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Joseph Hancock | 5 | 0 | Illness | no. |
Elizabeth Jackman | 5 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
Thomas Kingston | 7 | 0 | Paralysis | no. |
Henry Robert Loft | 8 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
Ann Lilley | 15 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
Charles Lewin | 12 | 0 | Cripple | no. |
Philip Lynch | 7 | 0 | Old age | no. |
Elizabeth Loosely | 5 | 0 | Destitution | no. |
Ann Minton | 20 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
Mary Moon | 7 | 0 | Blindness | no. |
Thomas Mills | 7 | 0 | Cripple | no. |
Joanna McGrath | 6 | 0 | Blindness | no. |
Elizabeth McKenzie | 6 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
John McDonald | 5 | 0 | No work | no. |
Samuel Matthews | 5 | 0 | Defective sight | no. |
George Nash | 12 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
John Neale | 7 | 0 | Illness | no. |
Elizabeth Nash | 5 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
Lewis Benjamin Owen | 5 | 0 | Blindness | no. |
Joseph Powell | 5 | 0 | Illness | no. |
Sarah Perry | 14 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Elizabeth Prosser | 8 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
Hannah Price | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
John Robinson | 20 | 0 | Cripple | no. |
Thomas Robinson | 14 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
George Rye | 12 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Catherine Ryan | 8 | 0 | Cripple | no. |
Georgiana Reed | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Thomas Smith | 17 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
William Sutton | 14 | 0 | Blindness | no. |
Catherine Squib | 13 | 0 | Cripple | no. |
Mary Stevenson | 11 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
Sarah Sitch | 10 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Charlotte Sharpe | 10 | 0 | Paralysis | no. |
Thomas Seary | 9 | 0 | Cripple | no. |
Ann Sample | 8 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Ann Sullivan | 8 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
Charles Skidmore | 6 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
Frederick Simpkins | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Robert Sims | 5 | 0 | Sickness | no. |
John Taylor | 10 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
William Toombs | 10 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
John Taylor (2) | 9 | 0 | Rheumatic gout | no. |
Susanna Thorne | 5 | 0 | Illness | no. |
James Worsfold | 15 | 0 | Infirm and blind | no. |
John Wells | 20 | 0 | Imbecile | yes. |
Elizabeth Whitehead | 12 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
James Webb | 10 | 0 | Blind | no. |
Ellen Wicks | 10 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
Sophia Winkle | 9 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
Sarah Williams | 7 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
George Webb | 7 | 0 | Cripple | no. |
Sarah Wickils | 7 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
Samuel Wilson | 6 | 0 | Illness | no. |
Isabella Watkins | 6 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
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