Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Barwick-in-Elmet Union, West Riding of Yorkshire, 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|
George Clough | 11 | 0 | Unsound mind | no. |
Isaac Clough | 11 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Samuel Clough | 11 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Joseph Hill | 6 | 0 | Age, and a broken constitution | no. |
Richard Hill | 7 | 0 | Old age | no. |
Mary Logg | 5 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
John Marshall | 5 | 0 | Blind | no. |
John Roberts | 5 | 0 | Weak bodied | no. |
Faith Smith | 7 | 0 | Unsound mind | no. |
Caroline Warrington | 9 | 0 | Orphan | no. |
Hannah Watson | 10 | 0 | Weak body and destitute | no. |
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