Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Epsom Union, Surrey, 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 Young | 5 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
Henry Teel | 13 | 0 | ditto | no. |
John Osman | 9 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Edward Heasman | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
James Ansell | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Henry Corbett | 15 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Thomas Bullen | 22 | 0 | ditto | no. |
William Pacey | 22 | 0 | Idiotic | no. |
John Nicholls | 18 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
Robert Waters | 22 | 0 | Weak intellect | workh. school. |
Richard Saker | 17 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
John Brown | 14 | 0 | ditto | no. |
William Stevens | 11 | 0 | ditto | no. |
William Elson | 16 | 0 | Idiptic | no. |
William Tate | 15 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
John Linnett | 12 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Charles Stammers | 15 | 0 | ditto | no. |
James Miller | 22 | 0 | Paralytic | no. |
William Jell | 5 | 0 | Idiotic | no. |
Mary Sturt | 22 | 0 | Paralytic | no. |
Eliza Palmer | 9 | 0 | Weak intellect, and one illegitimate child | no. |
Ann Waters | 22 | 0 | Weak intellect | no. |
Susan Stent | 22 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Ann Pardnie | 18 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
Harriet Beagier | 11 | 0 | Widow; one illegitimate child | no. |
Lucy Nicholls | 5 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
Charlotte Terry | 8 | 0 | Weak intellect, and one illegitimate child | no. |
Ann Hines | 9 | 0 | Weak intellect | no. |
Sarah Arthur | 22 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Sarah Hazell | 5 | 0 | One illegitimate child | no. |
Sarah Reed | 22 | 0 | Weak intellect | no. |
Lucy Apted | 17 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Susan Borer | 8 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
Mary Jefferies | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Sarah Neal | 16 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Mary Leaney | 8 | 0 | Weak intellect | no. |
Emma Miles | 10 | 0 | ditto | workh. school. |
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