Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Wellingborough Union, Northamptonshire, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ann Pierce | 5 | 0 | Age and infirmity | no. |
| Thomas Rivett | 20 | 0 | Age and infirmity, and palsy | no. |
| Mary Brooks | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Ruth Hickman | 10 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Charles Brown | 10 | 0 | Idiot (harmless) | no. |
| Thomas Lovell | 7 | 0 | Cripple | no. |
| William Sanderson | 10 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
| Fanny Ward | 11 | 0 | Palsy | no. |
| Rebecca Sargent | 5 | 0 | Age and infirmity | no. |
| Peter Smyth | 20 | 0 | Deaf and dumb | no. |
| Mary Nutt | 20 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
| Thomas Roberts | 20 | 0 | Age and infirmity | no. |
| Ann Bays | 20 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
| John Darden | 8 | 0 | Age and infirmity | no. |
| James Leech | 12 | 0 | Cripple | no. |
| John Nobles | 15 | 0 | Age and infirmity | no. |
| Louisa Lawson | 20 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
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