Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Ashbourne Union, Derbyshire, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ruth Brooks | 12 | 0 | Weak mind | no. |
| Annis Cupit | 10 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Hannah Dakin | 11 | 0 | ditto | unknown. |
| Mary Goodall | 15 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Elizabeth Harrison | 8 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| John Higginbotham | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Robert Hunt | 14 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| James Hurd | 13 | 0 | Cripple | no. |
| Frances Pearson | 7 | 0 | Infirm | unknown. |
| Ann Prestbury | 15 | 0 | Weak mind | no. |
| Samuel Petts | 6 | 0 | Rheumatism | no. |
| Ann Robinson | 15 | 0 | Weak mind | no. |
| Elizabeth Swindell | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Margaret Sinnot | 5 | 0 | Weak mind | no. |
| Samuel Smith | 13 | 0 | Blind | no. |
| Frances Thacker | 7 | 0 | Weak mind | no. |
| Edward Thompson | 15 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Sarah Walker | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Maria Walton | 7 | 0 | Idiotic | no. |
| Esther Waring | 15 | 0 | Weak mind | no. |
| Harriet Waring | 15 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Hannah Yates | 14 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
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