Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Reigate Union, 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|
Richard Burrell | 7 | 0 | Totally infirm | no. |
Benjamin Brown | 6 | 0 | Partially infirm | no. |
Hannah Staves | 25 | 0 | Totally infirm (idiot) | no. |
Catherine Carey | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
John Humphrey | 10 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Thomas Martingale | 6 | 0 | ditto (idiot) | workh. school. |
Caroline Gilliam | 5 | 0 | Partially infirm | workh. school. |
George Piper | 9 | 0 | Totally infirm | no. |
William Chilman | 16 | 0 | Partially infirm | no. |
Dinah Chilman | 21 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Mary Webb | 20 | 0 | Totally infirm | no. |
Martha Percival | 9 | 0 | Partially infirm | no. |
Elizabeth Miles | 8 | 0 | ditto | workh. school. |
Mary Richardson | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
James Baker | 7 | 0 | Totally infirm | no. |
Thomas Scrivens | 8 | 0 | ditto | no. |
William Nixon | 8 | 0 | Partially infirm | no. |
Mary Ann Potter | 11 | 0 | ditto (deaf and dumb) | no. |
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