Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Carlton 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Wilkinson | 33 | 0 | Weak mind | not known. |
| Mary Stead | 10 | 0 | ditto | not known. |
| Hannah Walker | 7 | 0 | Deaf and Dumb | not known. |
| Edward Booker | 5 | 0 | ditto | not known. |
| Selina Bence | 28 | 0 | ditto | not known. |
| John Booker | 5 | 0 | Infirm | not known. |
| Hannah Shelton | 5 | 0 | Blind | not known. |
| John Frankland | 5 | 0 | Old and infirm | not known. |
| John Sykes | 6 | 0 | ditto | not known. |
| James Deighton | 7 | 0 | ditto | not known. |
| Thomas Forrest | 6 | 0 | Blind and infirm | not known. |
| Joseph Harrison | 16 | 0 | Paralysed | not known. |
| Ann Mounsey | 8 | 0 | Weak mind | not known. |
| Susan Mason | 26 | 0 | ditto | not known. |
| Jane Littlewood | 12 | 0 | Confined to bed | not known. |
| Elizabeth Teale | 7 | 0 | Weak mind | not known. |
| Henry Sowry | 10 | 0 | Nearly blind | not known. |
| Susan Holroyd | 20 | 0 | Weak mind | not known. |
| Sarah Duce | 8 | 0 | ditto | not known. |
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