Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Manchester Union, Lancashire, 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|
John Armitt | 21 | 0 | Crippled, and unable to work | no. |
Elizabeth Ainsworth | 11 | 0 | Paralysis, and general infirmity | no. |
Jane Anderson | 9 | 0 | Fractured shoulder, and unable to work | no. |
Margaret Boyle | 13 | 0 | Deaf and dumb | no. |
Ann Bibby | 10 | 0 | Weak constitution, and general weakness | no. |
Mary Bamford | 7 | 0 | Imbecility | no. |
Mary Butterworth | 6 | 0 | General infirmity | no. |
Jane Barnes | 12 | 0 | Imbecility | no. |
Elizabeth Brookes | 7 | 0 | Old age and infirmity | no. |
Mary Buckley | 7 | 0 | Impaired sight, and infirmity | no. |
James Bugnall | 5 | 0 | Paralysis and blindness | no. |
Elizabeth Boyle | 6 | 0 | Ruptured | no. |
Hannah Blackledge | 5 | 0 | Paralysis and infirmity | no. |
Thomas Burns | 6 | 0 | Asthmatical, and generally infirm | no. |
Mary Baxter | 5 | 0 | Dislocation of hip-joint | no. |
Robert Bullock | 6 | 0 | Old age and infirmity | no. |
Edward Bates | 5 | 9 | Paralysis; wholly unable to work | no. |
Alice Barnes | 12 | 0 | Paralysis | no. |
James Beswick | 5 | 0 | Old age and infirmity | no. |
Thomas Chaytor | 7 | 0 | Deaf and dumb | no. |
Thomas Clegg | 6 | 0 | Rheumatism and piles | no. |
Ann Chapman | 15 | 0 | Bedridden | no. |
Ann Cardwell | 10 | 0 | Imbecility | no. |
John Carr | 9 | 0 | Ruptured, and unable for heavy work | no. |
Ann Chadwick | 7 | 0 | Imbecility | no. |
Patrick Concoran | 6 | 0 | Paralysis; wholly unable to work | no. |
Elizabeth Cooper | 6 | 0 | Imbecility | no. |
John Casement | 6 | 0 | Old age and infirmity | no. |
Nicholas Dillon | 19 | 0 | Blind, deaf, and dumb | no. |
Martha Dobbs | 16 | 0 | Imbecility | no. |
James Davenport | 15 | 0 | Impaired sight; married couple | no. |
Margaret Davenport | 15 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Catherine Daltrey | 6 | 0 | General debility | no. |
Honor Dowd | 6 | 0 | Old age, and general infirmity | no. |
Thomas Dawson | 5 | 0 | Ruptured, and suffering from abscesses in the breast | no. |
Bridget Donelly | 6 | 0 | Asthma; unable to work | no. |
Sarah Edwards | 8 | 0 | Menorrhagia | no. |
Ellen Fowler | 12 | 0 | Blind | no. |
Bridget Flatherty | 10 | 0 | Bad legs | no. |
John Fitzpatrick | 6 | 0 | Asth matical, and generally infirm | no. |
Elizabeth Finch | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Ann Fletcher | 6 | 0 | Paralysis and bronchitis | yes. |
Sarah Fielding | 6 | 0 | Old age and infirmity | no. |
Bridget Farrall | 6 | 0 | Blind and infirm | no. |
Margaret Goodwin | 25 | 0 | Old age and infirmity | no. |
Mary Ann Gorton | 6 | 0 | Asthma, and general weakness | no. |
James Grogan | 5 | 0 | Impaired sight, and old age | no. |
Frances Grogan | 5 | 0 | Old age and infirmity | no. |
Alice Ginty | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Catherine Grainger | 7 | 0 | Impaired sight, and general weakness | no. |
Margaret Gould | 6 | 0 | Paralysis and infirmity | no. |
Joseph Gildart | 6 | 0 | Old age and infirmity | no. |
Thomas Gould | 5 | 0 | Impaired sight, and ruptured | no. |
Joseph Hopkins | 7 | 0 | Paralysis; wholly a cripple | no. |
William Hatton | 13 | 0 | Imbecility | no. |
Mary Harvey | 16 | 0 | Paralysis; bedridden | no. |
David Howe | 13 | 0 | Imbecility | no. |
Joseph Hawley | 14 | 0 | General infirmity | no. |
Thomas Hawkesworth | 6 | 0 | Paralysis; wholly unable to work | no. |
Henry Hilton | 9 | 0 | A cripple, and generally infirm | no. |
Joseph Hopwood | 9 | 0 | aralysis; wholly unable to work | no. |
David Holroyd | 6 | 0 | Impaired sight | no. |
Ruth Jones | 5 | 0 | Dropsy | no. |
Francis Jackson | 5 | 0 | Paralysis; wholly unable to work | no. |
Edward Keeley | 11 | 0 | Strumous disease | no. |
Sarah Kelly | 7 | 0 | Weak constitution | no. |
Mary Keegan | 5 | 0 | Infirmity and debility | no. |
Harriet Kennedy | 7 | 0 | Impaired sight, and infirmity | no. |
Peter Kelshaw | 6 | 0 | General debility | no. |
Richard Lee | 34 | 0 | Weak mind, and a cripple | no. |
Charlotte Langshaw | 15 | 0 | Impaired sight, and general debility | no. |
Elizabeth Leah | 13 | 0 | Old age and infirmity | no. |
Sarah Lees | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Catherine Lynch | 8 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Margaret Molineux | 11 | 0 | Palsy and infirmity | no. |
Nanny Morgan | 6 | 0 | Imbecility | no. |
Thomas McLoughlin | 12 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Peter McKever | 8 | 0 | Diseased bones | no. |
John McCowen | 8 | 0 | Old age and infirmity | no. |
Samuel Morton | 8 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Mary Morris | 7 | 0 | Rheumatism | no. |
James McElroy | 7 | 0 | Asthmatical, and generally infirm | no. |
Alice McNamee | 7 | 0 | Old age and infirmity | no. |
Mary McKenna | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
William Nevitt | 7 | 0 | Asthmatical, and generally infirm | no. |
Ellen Nuttall | 7 | 0 | Loss of leg, and infirmity | no. |
George Oates | 10 | 0 | Asthma and general weakness | no. |
Robert Ogden | 9 | 0 | Old age and infirmity | no. |
James Oliver | 8 | 0 | Ulcerated leg and infirmity | no. |
Martha Priest | 5 | 0 | General infirmity | no. |
Elizabeth Parrott | 8 | 0 | Imbecility | no. |
Thomas Pearson | 7 | 0 | Impaired sight and rheumatism | no. |
Thomas Platt | 7 | 0 | Ulcerated leg | no. |
Sarah Renshaw | 9 | 0 | Old age and infirmity | no. |
Henry Reynolds | 10 | 0 | Dislocation of hip joint | no. |
Jane Roberts | 12 | 0 | Deaf and dumb | no. |
Mary Renshaw | 10 | 0 | General debility | no. |
Elizabeth Rogers | 7 | 0 | Blind and general weakness | no. |
Thomas Rhodes | 5 | 0 | Imbecility | no. |
Thomas Smith | 8 | 0 | Paralysis | no. |
Margaret Shaw | 10 | 0 | Asthmatical, and unable to work | no. |
Elizabeth Sutton | 14 | 0 | Rheumatism and general debility | no. |
Ann Stone | 13 | 0 | Imbecility | no. |
Hannah Slater | 11 | 0 | Imbecile and a cripple | no. |
Patrick Shanley | 11 | 0 | Paralysis; wholly unable to work | no. |
Edward Stringer | 9 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Jane Stott | 8 | 0 | Imbecility | no. |
Margaret Steele | 8 | 0 | Rheumatism | no. |
John Sutton | 8 | 0 | Paralysis | no. |
Robert Smith | 8 | 0 | Lunacy | no. |
Sarah Smith | 7 | 0 | Bronchitis | no. |
Jacob Stott | 5 | 0 | Paralysis; wholly unable to work | no. |
William Tarron | 13 | 0 | Paralysis | no. |
Ralph Taylor | 5 | 0 | Imbecility | no. |
Betty Thompson | 7 | 0 | Old age and infirmity | no. |
Nancy Turner | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Ann Vaughan | 7 | 0 | General infirmity | no. |
Elizabeth Webster | 5 | 0 | Blind | no. |
Jane Wood | 7 | 0 | Paralysis and general weakness | no. |
Sarah Whittingstall | 14 | 0 | Rheumatism and infirmity | no. |
Ann Waterworth | 23 | 0 | Blind, and suffering from prolupsus | no. |
John Wilson | 11 | 0 | Paralysis | no. |
Matilda Walker | 12 | 0 | Imbecility | no. |
Mary Williams | 7 | 0 | Rheumatism and infirmity | no. |
William Wheeler | 6 | 0 | Epilepsy | no. |
James Wharton | 6 | 0 | No work and no means | no. |
John Walker | 6 | 0 | Asthmatical and infirm | no. |
Cecilia Williams | 5 | 0 | Blind and imbecile | no. |
John Doodson | 22 | 0 | Insanity | unknown. |
John Barlow | 9 | 0 | ditto | unknown. |
Richard Mellor | 7 | 0 | ditto | unknown. |
John Sudlow | 7 | 0 | ditto | unknown. |
William Henry Ogden | 6 | 0 | di itto | unknown. |
Charles Bramhall | 6 | 0 | ditto | unknown. |
Patrick Dowd | 6 | 0 | ditto | unknown. |
James Hindle | 6 | 0 | ditto | unknown. |
William Nelms | 5 | 0 | ditto | unknown. |
John Higginbottom | 5 | 0 | ditto | unknown. |
Martin Cornisky | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Ronald Mallow | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Patrick Sherridan | 5 | 0 | ditto | unknown. |
Sarah Cook | 12 | 0 | ditto | unknown. |
Elizabeth Hopwood | 12 | 0 | ditto | unknown. |
Martha Hudson | 12 | 0 | ditto | unknown. |
Maria Moffatt | 11 | 0 | ditto | unknown. |
Ann McEwen | 5 | 0 | ditto | unknown. |
Mary Ann Parr | 5 | 0 | ditto | unknown. |
Ellen Renshaw | 10 | 0 | ditto | unknown. |
Elizabeth Travis | 6 | 0 | ditto | unknown. |
Ann J. Holleran | 6 | 0 | ditto | unknown. |
Elizabeth Scholey | 5 | 0 | ditto | unknown. |
Sarah Taylor | 5 | 0 | ditto | unknown. |
Sarah A. Miller | 5 | 0 | ditto | unknown. |
Hannah Jones | 10 | 0 | ditto | unknown. |
Jane Yates | 10 | 0 | ditto | unknown. |
Rebecca Coles | 6 | 0 | ditto | yes. |
Martha Ramsbottom | 16 | 0 | ditto | unknown. |
Jane Kirwan | 14 | 0 | Scrofula | yes. |
Elizabeth Hall | 6 | 0 | Insanity | unknown. |
Ann Walker | 10 | 0 | ditto | unknown. |
Elizabeth Williams | 7 | 0 | ditto | unknown. |
Thomas Holgate | 5 | 0 | ditto | unknown. |
Charles Paxton | 13 | 0 | An orphan, and has not yet had a situation | yes. |
Samuel Taylor | 11 | 0 | Insanity | yes. |
William McWalters | 9 | 0 | Deserted by father, and has not yet had a situation | yes. |
Jane Clarke | 14 | 0 | Insanity | unknown. |
Elizabeth Croft | 23 | 0 | ditto | unknown. |
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