I came across a sad little piece yesterday in Jackson's Oxford Journal of September 1876.
One of OH's by marriage, aged 77, was charged with sleeping in a closet in Worcester Street the previous evening. The Workhouse Superintendent said she had only come out of the Union that day. She was discharged after promising to return to the Workhouse.
Her husband had died in 1874 and her death was registered in March Q 1877.
The report said nothing about her being of unsound mind, so presumably sleeping rough had seemed a better option than staying in the Workhouse, even at her age.
One of OH's by marriage, aged 77, was charged with sleeping in a closet in Worcester Street the previous evening. The Workhouse Superintendent said she had only come out of the Union that day. She was discharged after promising to return to the Workhouse.
Her husband had died in 1874 and her death was registered in March Q 1877.
The report said nothing about her being of unsound mind, so presumably sleeping rough had seemed a better option than staying in the Workhouse, even at her age.
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