Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Spalding Union, Lincolnshire, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Lane | 14 | 0 | General debility | no. |
| Mary Walker | 17 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Martin Hill | 10 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| John Brice | 8 | 0 | Imbecility | no. |
| Martha Ashton | 16 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Eliza Melbourn | 13 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Ann Tasker | 9 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| John Holliday | 8 | 0 | Deformity | no. |
| William Sharp | 11 | 0 | Lameness | no. |
| James Buff | 6 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Charles Pretty | 17 | 0 | General debility, and loss of a leg | workh. school. |
| Jonathan Duckars | 10 | 0 | General debility, and loss of an eye | workh. school. |
| Elizabeth Donsby | 14 | 0 | Lupus | no. |
| Catherine Gordenby | 9 | 0 | Having an illegitimate child | no. |
| Ann Taylor | 6 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| William Woodcock | 12 | 0 | Sickness and old age | no. |
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