Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Shrewsbury Union, Shropshire, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mary Lawrence | 16 | 0 | Insane | no. |
| Caroline Ward | 9 | 0 | Idiotic | no. |
| Elizabeth Corker | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Emma Williams | 15 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Merrington | 7 | 0 | Labouring under infirmities | no. |
| Thomas Jones | 16 | 0 | Paralysis | no. |
| William Morris | 10 | 0 | Labouring under infirmities | no. |
| John Pearce | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Louisa Cound | 7 | 0 | Idiotic | no. |
| Mary Done | 7 | 0 | Labouring under infirmities | no. |
| John Cooper | 8 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| John Hughes | 8 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Jane Martin | 7 | 0 | Deaf and dumb | no. |
| John Hanmer | 16 | 0 | Insane | no. |
| Thomas Lewis | 16 | 0 | Idiotic | no. |
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