Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Radford Union, Nottinghamshire, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sarah Mitchell | 21 | 0 | Lunacy | no. |
| William Cliffe | 16 | 0 | Cripple | no. |
| Ann Chettle | 9 | 0 | Infirmity; old age | no. |
| Joseph Hopewell | 8 | 0 | Idiocy | no. |
| Joseph Pilkington | 6 | 0 | Defective vision | no. |
| John Bellamy | 5 | 0 | Epilepsy | no. |
| Sarah Boot | 5 | 0 | Idiocy | no. |
| Eliza Stanford | 12 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| John Hutchinson | 18 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Sarah Roe | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Emma Allen | 7 | 0 | Epilepsy | no. |
| Sarah Sayers | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Frances Chambers | 6 | 0 | Lunacy | no. |
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