Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Thorne 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|
Elizabeth Barrett | 13 | 9 | Age and infirmity | no. |
Henry Burr | 6 | 3 | Age and-paralysis | no. |
Emma Moorhouse | 5 | 1 | Bastard child | no. |
Sarah Newsome | 8 | 1 | Deaf and dumb | no. |
Joseph Thorley | 13 | 9 | Age and idiocy | no. |
Maria Ward | 5 | 2 | Deserted by her husband | no. |
James Wraith | 7 | 6 | Idiot | no. |
Elizabeth Wressle | 6 | 9 | Nearly hlind | no. |
Esther Wressle | 21 | 6 | Subject to fits | no. |
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