Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Hatfield Union, Hertfordshire, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hannah Harris | 13 | 0 | Blind | no. |
| Harriet Harrowsmith | 16 | 0 | Monomania | no. |
| Sarah Hankin | 5 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
| William Ireland | 7 | 6 | Age | no. |
| Charles Pratchett | 18 | 0 | Blind | no. |
| Martha Potterell | 16 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
| John Smith | 16 | 0 | Illness | no. |
| Elizabeth Smith | 13 | 0 | Age | no. |
| William Sherman | 15 | 0 | Disabled | no. |
| Joseph Marlborough | 14 | 0 | Age | no. |
| Eliza Plummer | 7 | 0 | Unfit for service | no. |
| Sullen Stone | 6 | 0 | Age | no. |
| William Warren | 9 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Susan Sale | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Susan Sale, junior | 7 | 0 | Want of health | no. |
| Charles Skeggs | 10 | 0 | Age | no. |
| William Collis | 8 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| James Turner | 12 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
| Charlotte Sherman | 11 | 0 | Not fit for service | no. |
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