Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Steyning Union, Sussex, 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|
Henry Golds | 24 | 0 | Idiot | yes |
Eliza Woolgar | 6 | 0 | Idiot | no |
James Stenning | 18 | 0 | Weak intellect | no |
Anne Groome | 25 | 0 | Weak intellect | no |
Sarah Groome | 25 | 0 | Weak intellect | no |
Thomas Warne | 12 | 0 | Weak intellect | no |
William Thompsett | 7 | 0 | Paralysis | no |
John Wells | 6 | 0 | Rheumatic | no |
Charles Nye | 6 | 0 | Idiot | no |
Mary Hickox | 25 | 0 | Idiot | no |
John Town | 25 | 0 | Idiot | no |
James Boniface | 5 | 0 | Aged | no |
Richard Welling | 5 | 0 | Aged | no |
William Jackson | 5 | 0 | Infirm | no |
Maria Jackson | 5 | 0 | Infirm | no |
John Shepherd | 6 | 0 | Infirm | no |
Lucy Smart | 6 | 0 | Infant family | no |
James Brown | 6 | 0 | Infirm | no |
John Galland | 5 | 0 | Infirm | no |
James Bawcombe | 7 | 0 | Infirm | no |
Ann Holst | 5 | 0 | Infirm | no |
Mary Deeprose | 7 | 0 | Infirm | no |
Unless otherwise indicated, this page () is copyright Peter Higginbotham. Contents may not be reproduced without permission.