Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Birmingham Incorporation, Warwickshire, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Blakemore | 6 | 0 | Illness | no. |
| John Baldwin | 12 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Ann Bayliss | 8 | 0 | Bed-ridden | no. |
| Joseph Birch | 6 | 0 | Illness | no. |
| Elizabeth Bloxam | 18 | 0 | Imbecility | yes. |
| Thomas Bowater | 7 | 6 | Illness | no. |
| James Bolton | 9 | 6 | Epilepsy and impaired intellect | no. |
| John Bayliss | 8 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Ann Brindley | 9 | 0 | Senectus | no. |
| Rebecca Bennett | 12 | 6 | Idiotic | yes. |
| Richard Eustace | 6 | 0 | Senectus | no. |
| Andrew Cameron | 5 | 3 | Hernia | no. |
| John Chaplin | 6 | 3 | Disabled by accident | no. |
| Rebecca Crampton | 6 | 3 | Husband's inability to work | no. |
| Emma Cartwright | 6 | 0 | Epilepsy and imbecility | yes. |
| George Clarke | 13 | 0 | Deserted by father when a boy | yes. |
| George Davis | 5 | 3 | Epilepsy and imbecility | no. |
| Mary Ann Dingley | 8 | 0 | Insane and epilepsy | no. |
| Ann Davis | 7 | 0 | Imbecility | no. |
| Eliza Davis | 5 | 6 | Deserted by husband and left with two children. | no. |
| Walter Edwards | 8 | 0 | Old age and defective sight | no. |
| Arthur Ford | 6 | 0 | Old age and illness | no. |
| Sarah Field | 6 | 0 | Imbecility | no. |
| Elizabeth Freeman | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Thomas Foxall | 5 | 0 | Disabled by accident | no. |
| Nathaniel Fisher | 5 | 6 | Old age and defective sight | no. |
| Catherine Floak | 5 | 0 | Deafness | no. |
| Thomas Green | 6 | 6 | Paralysis | no. |
| Charles Garner | 5 | 0 | Old age, and unable to work | no. |
| Mary Gazey | 7 | 0 | Bed-ridden, and a widow | no. |
| Ann Greensill | 15 | 0 | Parted from husband, and no means. | no. |
| Mary Griffiths | 7 | 0 | Epilepsy, and impaired intellect | no. |
| Joseph Hopkins | 7 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Ann Hodgetts | 65 | 0 | Extreme old age, and imbecility | no. |
| Mary Ann Harriman | 15 | 0 | Deaf and dumb | no. |
| Walter Holland | 8 | 6 | Idiotic | no. |
| William Harper | 8 | 0 | Imbecility | no. |
| Grace Howlett | 6 | 0 | Epilepsy | no. |
| Edward Harden | 6 | 0 | Blindness | no. |
| Ann Hollis | 16 | 0 | Epilepsy | no. |
| Rosannah Hunt | 5 | 0 | Idiotic | no. |
| Paul Jones | 8 | 6 | Old age, and illness | no. |
| John Jagger | 5 | 6 | Idiotic | no. |
| Sophia Lewis | 6 | 0 | Imbecility | no. |
| John Lloyd | 6 | 0 | Hernia, and the effects of an accident | no. |
| Richard Linford | 5 | 5 | The effects of an accident | no. |
| John McEvan | 9 | 0 | Bed-ridden | no. |
| George Malin | 8 | 6 | Epilepsy | no. |
| Mary Mitchell | 6 | 0 | Old age, and widowhood | no. |
| Fanny McNally | 7 | 0 | Imbecility | no. |
| Rebecca Matthison | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Sarah Norris | 7 | 6 | Old age, and lameness | no. |
| James Ollett | 5 | 0 | Old age, and deafness | no. |
| Mary Orderly | 12 | 0 | Old age, and illness | no. |
| John Pickard | 6 | 0 | Old age, and inability to work | no. |
| Joseph Preston | 6 | 0 | Blindness | no. |
| Elizabeth Pearce | 40 | 0 | Deaf and dumb | yes. |
| Benjamin Pritchard | 45 | 0 | Imbecility | no. |
| William Penton | 6 | 3 | Continued illness | no. |
| Richard Petty | 16 | 0 | Idiotic | no. |
| Edward Price | 7 | 0 | Imbecility from old age | no. |
| Charles Record | 5 | 0 | Unsound mind | no. |
| Thomas Rogers | 5 | 6 | Imbecility | no. |
| John Robinson | 6 | 0 | Paralysis | no. |
| Ann Roberts | 7 | 0 | Continued illness | no. |
| John Rogers | 5 | 0 | Bed-ridden | no. |
| William Richardson | 6 | 6 | Lameness, and old age | no. |
| Francis Ryley | 6 | 0 | Bad leg, and weak minded | no. |
| John Shaw | 11 | 0 | Imbecility | no. |
| Samuel Sadler | 6 | 3 | Lameness, and old age | no. |
| Susannah Serle | 15 | 0 | Imbecility | no. |
| William Scott | 8 | 0 | Epilepsy, and impaired intellect | no. |
| Emma Smallman | 11 | 0 | Spinal disease; deaf and dumb | no. |
| Emma Smart | 17 | 0 | Epilepsy | yes. |
| William Turner | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Joseph Tilley | 6 | 0 | Illness, and past work | no. |
| Edward Tobin | 7 | 0 | Extreme old age | no. |
| Sarah Tart | 10 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Anne Turner | 17 | 0 | Paralysis | yes. |
| Mary Taff | 8 | 0 | Continued illness | no. |
| James Warr | 8 | 6 | Effect of stroke | no. |
| William Westney | 6 | 0 | Imbecility | no. |
| Thomas Wrighton | 11 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Thomas Wittering | 6 | 0 | Old age, and deafness | no. |
| Eneas Westrop | 7 | 0 | Imbecility | yes. |
| Mary Weston | 16 | 0 | ditto | yes. |
| Thomas Welch | 8 | 3 | Epilepsy, and idiotic | no. |
| Emma Wright | 7 | 0 | Epilepsy | no. |
| William White | 6 | 6 | Illness, and old age | no. |
| James Wright | 5 | 3 | Defective sight, and old age | no. |
| Jane Wheeler | 5 | 0 | Partial blindness | no. |
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