Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Woburn Union, Bedfordshire, 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|
Edward Phillips, and Mary, his wife | 7 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
Dinah Bonnick | 15 | 0 | Weak mind | no. |
Mary Phillimore | 20 | 0 | Weak mind and dumb | no. |
David Valentine | 14 | 0 | Weak mind | no. |
Sarah Hoslen | 15 | 0 | Weak mind and idiotic | yes. |
John Barnes | 17 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
John Woodward | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
James Peters | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Sarah Chapman | 25 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
Mary Randall | 20 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
Charlotte Peacock | 5 | 0 | Deranged mind | no. |
John Harbistone | 23 | 0 | Weak mind | no. |
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