Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Sculcoates Union, East 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|
William Allison | 24 | 0 | Imbecile | yes. |
Ann Ashton | 11 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
William Ablett | 6 | 3 | ditto | no. |
Jane Boldridge | 17 | 0 | ditto | no. |
John Butterworth | 20 | 0 | Imbecile | yes. |
Ralph Bennison | 18 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Henry Chatterton | 7 | 0 | Partially disabled | no. |
Thomas Frankland | 20 | 0 | Blindness | no. |
William Harper | 11 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
Arm Huntsman | 8 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
Elizabeth Jefferson | 12 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
Mary James | 5 | 0 | Debility | no. |
Elizabeth Kendall | 66 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
Ann Mumby | 10 | 6 | Infirm | no. |
William Paget | 11 | 0 | Scrofula | yes. |
Hannah Porrill | 9 | 3 | Imbecile | no. |
Maria Parr | 8 | 6 | Blindness | no. |
Michael Ramsey | 13 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
John Rowland | 19 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
Elizabeth Richardson | 9 | 0 | ditto | no. |
William Stark | 5 | 9 | Infirm | no. |
Thomas Skelton | 5 | 9 | ditto | no. |
George Sharratt | 10 | 9 | ditto | no. |
Phoebe Worsdale | 5 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
Martha Whisker | 10 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Joseph Ward | 8 | 0 | Blindness | no. |
Mary Ann Fernandez | 23 | 0 | Imbecility | yes. |
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