Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Sherborne Union, Dorset, 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 Gilmar | 16 | 0 | Infirmity | district school. |
Robert Hix | 11 | 0 | Old age | district school. |
Gustavus Hoddinott | 14 | 0 | Weak mind | district school. |
John Moore | 5 | 6 | Idiotic | no. |
Elizabeth King | 10 | 0 | ditto | district school. |
Sarah Rapson | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Sarah Baulch | 21 | 0 | Deaf and dumb | no. |
Ellen Lane | 5 | 3 | Infirmity | district school. |
Jane Strickland | 6 | 0 | Old age | district school. |
Ann Cooper | 9 | 0 | ditto | district school. |
Jane Gander | 16 | 6 | Deaf and dumb | no. |
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