Long-term Workhouse Inmates in St James, Westminster, 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|
Harriet Atkins | 21 | 0 | Weak intellect | no. |
Ellen Anglim | 20 | 0 | Lame | no. |
John Armstrong | 23 | 0 | Paralysed | yes. |
Mary Ansell | 9 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
John Arnold | 6 | 0 | Bedridden | no. |
Ann Barnes | 19 | 0 | Imbecile | yes. |
Thomas Bushell | 20 | 0 | Deaf and dumb | no. |
Junius Bertram | 13 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
Thomas Bowland | 13 | 0 | ditto | no. |
John Bishop | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
John Blake | 7 | 0 | ditto | yes. |
Thomas Boddy | 7 | 0 | Gout | yes. |
Mary Ann Broomhead | 9 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
Bridget Brien | 9 | 0 | Illness | no. |
Jane Baldock | 8 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
Mary Barry | 8 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Sarah Bryant | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Mary Burton | 7 | 0 | ditto | yes. |
Elizabeth Blake | 6 | 0 | Idiotic | no. |
Henry Child | 48 | 0 | Deaf and dumb | no. |
Dominic Connelly | 10 | 0 | Paralysed | no. |
William Chesterman | 9 | 0 | ditto | no. |
John Collier | 5 | 0 | Nearly blind | no. |
Diana Clipperton | 8 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
Christienna Crowley | 8 | 0 | Bedridden | no. |
Sarah Clark, alias Henson | 7 | 0 | Lame | no. |
Winifred Callagan | 6 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
Maria Cloney | 6 | 0 | Distress | yes. |
Ann Coates | 5 | 0 | Nearly blind | yes. |
Susannah Dawson | 9 | 0 | A cripple | no. |
Margaret Dockery | 9 | 0 | Lame | no. |
George Dunton | 7 | 0 | Bed-ridden | yes. |
Phoebe Eve | 16 | 0 | Lame | no. |
Mary Ann Elliott | 13 | 0 | Blind | no. |
Ellen Elder | 7 | 0 | Old and infirm | no. |
Maria Eaton | 7 | 0 | Illness | no. |
Mary Ann Fullwood | 24 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
Thomas Francis | 9 | 0 | Idiotic | no. |
Esther Flack | 5 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
Mary Foot | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Sarah Gardner | 20 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Caroline Guest | 15 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
Ann Glover | 12 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
James Gibbons | 13 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Thomas George | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Elizabeth Hicks | 16 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Mary Hawkins | 19 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
Mary Hudson | 13 | 0 | Distress and two children (deserted by husband). | yes. |
James Hunt | 13 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
Thomas Hedley | 13 | 0 | Blind | no. |
John Hansley | 13 | 0 | Illness | no. |
Thomas Hinton | 11 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
James Tuff Herring | 8 | 0 | Fits | yes. |
Dennis Hurley | 7 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
Johannah Hurley | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Mary Higgins | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Jane Hepworth | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Ann Ipgrave | 19 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Mary Jenkins | 19 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Joseph Heslop | 14 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Mary Ann Jackson | 16 | 0 | ditto | yes. |
Elizabeth Jacquier | 13 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Mary Kain | 14 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Michael Kennedy | 22 | 0 | A cripple | no. |
Charlotte Kynaston | 10 | 0 | Weak intellect | no. |
Sarah Kent | 7 | 0 | Illness | no. |
Mary Lee | 12 | 0 | Bad sight | no. |
William Lynch | 6 | 0 | ditto | yes. |
Sarah Lynch | 6 | 0 | Distress; husband and family in workhouse. | yes. |
Mary Langan | 11 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
George Leserve | 10 | 0 | Weak intellect | no. |
James Langler | 6 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
Maria May | 15 | 0 | Bed-ridden | no. |
Ann Monk | 18 | 0 | Deaf | no. |
Micah Morgan | 9 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
James Musgrove | 9 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Richard! Moss | 6 | 0 | Deaf | no. |
James Morley | 6 | 0 | Infirm | yes. |
Joseph Moretti | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Ann Newell | 17 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
Hannah Nelson | 12 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
Syble Noon | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
John Newman | 9 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Elizabeth Osborne | 8 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Charlotte Oates | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Susan Oburn | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Caroline Parsons | 26 | 0 | Paralysed | yes. |
John Phillips | 9 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
William Pike | 8 | 0 | Ditto | yes. |
Ann Preston | 11 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Emily Priddy | 10 | 0 | Blind | no. |
Margaret Quinlivan | 25 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
Mary Rowland | 18 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
Amy Rydel | 12 | 0 | Weak intellect | no. |
Sarah Rickerby | 8 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
Bridget Rawley | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Sarah Read | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Catherine Riley | 5 | 0 | Illness | yes. |
Sarah Rae | 5 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
John Salmon | 31 | 0 | Blind | yes. |
James Sherbourn | 16 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
James William Snell | 13 | 0 | Idiotic | no. |
Annie Smith | 6 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
Thomas Stone | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
John Smith | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
William Stewart | 6 | 0 | Fits | yes. |
William Spencer | 6 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
William Sawyer | 5 | 0 | Paralysed | no. |
Mary Ann Tadd | 31 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
Rachael Turner | 22 | 0 | Imbecile | yes. |
William James Tabor | 15 | 0 | Idiotic | no. |
Mary Wilding | 27 | 0 | Blind | yes. |
Mary Winter | 21 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
Frances Ward | 24 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
Edward West | 6 | 0 | Epileptic and imbecile | no. |
George Watts | 5 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
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