Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Great Yarmouth Union, Norfolk, 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|
Sarah Auger | 15 | 0 | Debility | no. |
Thomas Bilton | 42 | 0 | Weak intellect | no. |
John Boulter | 12 | 0 | Advanced age | no. |
Mary Ann Bowler | 22 | 0 | Bed-ridden | no. |
Mary Ann Bray | 5 | 0 | Infirm from old age | no. |
Ann Burwell | 15 | 0 | Weak intellect | no. |
Louisa Brown | 11 | 0 | Debility | no. |
Matthew Barney | 5 | 0 | Ulcerated legs, and old age | no. |
Robert Cobb | 10 | 0 | Infirm from old age | no. |
Philip Clarke | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Elizabeth Clarke | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Robert Curtis | 5 | 0 | Lame, and infirm from old age | no. |
Eliza Cooper | 5 | 0 | Imbecile, and epileptic fits Infirm from old age | no. |
John Downing | 13 | 0 | Infirm from old age | no. |
Joseph J. Chilford | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
James Darnell | 5 | 0 | Imbecile, with epileptic fits | unknown. |
Mary Ann Day | 10 | 0 | Infirm from old age | no. |
Charles Duck | 6 | 0 | Weak intellect | no. |
Robert French | 21 | 0 | Imbecile, and blind | no. |
Sarah Fennell | 15 | 0 | Debility | no. |
Margaret Ferrett | 15 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
Elizabeth Goose | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Robert Hannah | 9 | 0 | Paralysis | no. |
Elizabeth Harvey | 16 | 0 | Bed-ridden, with paralysis and blindness | no. |
Mary Lewis | 22 | 0 | Infirm from old age | no. |
Mark Lawrence | 6 | 0 | Bed-ridden | no. |
Joseph Moulton | 8 | 0 | Imbecile | unknown. |
Sarah Ann McKeevor | 8 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Mary Simmons | 7 | 0 | Infirm from old age | no. |
Mary Marsh | 7 | 0 | Weak intellect | no. |
Mary Mallett | 6 | 0 | Bed-ridden | no. |
Elizabeth Nicholls | 10 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
Sarah Prior | 30 | 0 | Weak intellect, with lameness | no. |
Sarah Patterson | 12 | 0 | Infirmity from old age | no. |
Isaac Read | 21 | 0 | Loss of a leg and arm | no. |
Luke Rice | 10 | 0 | Paralysis | no. |
Robert Rodwell | 9 | 0 | Weak intellect, with debility | no. |
Maria Runnitt | 9 | 0 | Imbecile | unknown. |
John Searle | 12 | 0 | Paralysis | no. |
Robert Suffling | 11 | 0 | Lameness and old age | no. |
Thomas Savory | 6 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
Charles Sharman | 7 | 0 | Paralysis | no. |
Richard Storey | 7 | 0 | Debility | no. |
Elizabeth Springall | 5 | 0 | Weak intellect | no. |
Sarah Templar | 15 | 0 | Infirm from old age | no. |
Richard Turrell | 8 | 0 | Paralysis | no. |
Matthew Underwood | 5 | 0 | Blind | no. |
Elizabeth Underwood | 5 | 0 | Infirm from old age | no. |
Dorcas Utting | 8 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
Jane Varley | 14 | 0 | Weak intellect | no. |
Mark Watson | 10 | 0 | Imbecile | unknown. |
Henry Wooden | 16 | 0 | Weak intellect | no. |
Ann Webster | 8 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
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