Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Wolverhampton Union, Staffordshire, 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 Blunt | 11 | 0 | Aged and infirm | no. |
John Broom | 16 | 0 | ditto | no. |
William Capper | 10 | 0 | Dumb; weak intellect | workh. school. |
Emma Craddock | 10 | 0 | Weak intellect | no. |
John Davis | 10 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
Joseph Green | 13 | 0 | Weak minded; epileptic | no. |
Andrew Hartland | 14 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Ann Manley | 9 | 0 | Two children dependent upon her; deserted by husband | no. |
David Nicholls | 15 | 0 | Weak minded | no. |
James Pitt | 9 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Walter Perry | 13 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Charlotte Spencer | 16 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Thomas Stokes | 12 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Alice Sturmey | 9 | 0 | ditto | no. |
John Thompson | 9 | 6 | Aged and infirm | no. |
John Wilson | 10 | 0 | Weak, sight | no. |
Mary Ann Smith | 12 | 0 | Weak minded | no. |
Peter Smallwood | 10 | 6 | Weak sight | no. |
John Higgins | 8 | 0 | Aged and infirm | no. |
Mary Blakemore | 9 | 0 | Blind | no. |
Edward Cooke | 7 | 6 | Paralysed | no. |
Maria Jackson | 7 | 0 | Weak minded | no. |
William Chattaway | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Joseph Glover | 5 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
Sarah Banks | 9 | 0 | Epileptic | no. |
Sarah Axham | 7 | 0 | Weak minded | no. |
John Allen | 19 | 0 | Aged and infirm | no. |
Elizabeth Bishop | 20 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
Thomas Cooper | 9 | 0 | Lame | no. |
Ann Kendrick | 8 | 0 | Weak minded | no. |
Susannah Steadman | 12 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Elizabeth Timmins | 9 | 0 | Weak minded; epileptic | no. |
Sophia Timmins | 9 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Mary Timmins | 7 | 0 | Weak minded | no. |
Joseph Wheeler | 18 | 0 | Lame | no. |
Thomas Wild | 10 | 0 | Weak minded | no. |
David Humphries | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
John Furguson | 6 | 0 | Aged and infirm | no. |
Ann Harper | 5 | 0 | Bedridden | no. |
Joseph Kent | 8 | 0 | Family dependent upon him, and aged | no. |
Edward Grovenor | 5 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
Ellen Titley | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Ann Stapleton | 15 | 0 | Aged and infirm | no. |
Mary Stanton | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Mary Moore | 8 | 0 | ditto | no. |
John Hill | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Ann Hill | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
John Bowen | 5 | 0 | Weak minded | no. |
Eliza Savage | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
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