Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Blackburn Union, Lancashire, 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|
George Astley | 20 | 5 | Insane | dist. school. |
John Burns | 18 | 3 | ditto | no. |
Mary Barratt | 15 | 11 | Destitute | no. |
Joseph Barker | 12 | 10 | Lame | no. |
Thomas Butterworth | 10 | 9 | Insane | no. |
Elizabeth Ainsworth | 8 | 0 | Lame | dist. school. |
Reubin Bennison | 7 | 3 | ditto | dist. school. |
Mary Ann Ainsworth | 5 | 3 | Insane | no. |
Jane Abbott | 5 | 5 | ditto | no. |
Ellen Clayton | 19 | 10 | Lame | no. |
John Corbridge | 19 | 10 | Weak minded | no. |
James Cronshaw | 7 | 10 | ditto | no. |
Isabella Cronshaw | 7 | 1 | Lame | dist. school. |
Jane Crosby | 7 | 0 | Old age | dist. school. |
Margery Cunliffe | 7 | 5 | ditto | dist. school. |
John Craven | 5 | 9 | Spinal complaint | dist. school. |
Mary Duxbury | 13 | 11 | Lame | dist. school. |
Hannah Dewhurst | 5 | 2 | Insane | dist. school. |
Christopher Eccles | 14 | 9 | ditto | no. |
Jane Fish | 18 | 3 | Weak | no. |
John Fish | 15 | 9 | Oldage | dist. school. |
James Fielding | 6 | 3 | minded | no. |
John Gregson | 24 | 10 | Destitute | no. |
Mary Holt | 19 | 10 | Weak minded | dist. school. |
John Holmes | 14 | 2 | Insane | dist. school. |
Thomas Hacking | 11 | 0 | Destitute | no. |
Roger Hartley | 14 | 1 | Lame | dist. school. |
William Hatton | 8 | 3 | ditto | dist. school. |
William Holding | 6 | 9 | ditto | no. |
Nancy Howarth | 8 | 4 | Fits | no. |
James Howarth | 8 | 3 | Lame | no. |
Ellen Hindle | 5 | 10 | Weak minded | no. |
Alice Holding | 5 | 1 | Old age | no. |
Margaret Kenyon | 14 | 2 | Sick and destitute | no. |
Ann Knowles | 8 | 5 | Weak minded | dist. school. |
James Kay | 6 | 5 | Old and infirm | dist. school. |
Samuel Kenyon | 5 | 10 | ditto | dist. school. |
Betty Longworth | 11 | 0 | ditto | dist. school. |
John Oldham | 8 | 9 | ditto | dist. school. |
Margaret Pickering | 5 | 9 | Insane | no. |
Jefferory Pickup | 20 | 6 | Weak minded | dist. school. |
Richard Ratcliffe | 12 | 0 | Old and infirm | dist. school. |
Mary Ratcliffe | 8 | 4 | Insane | dist. school. |
Thomas Roberts | 5 | 3 | Lame | dist. school. |
Alice Shaw | 10 | 3 | Insane | dist. school. |
Margaret Sellers | 5 | 5 | Sick | dist. school. |
Ruth Sagar | 5 | 3 | Old and infirm | dist. school. |
John Tassiker | 13 | 9 | Lame | dist. school. |
Alice Taylor | 9 | 9 | Insane | no. |
George Webster | 21 | 2 | Destitution | no. |
Martha Walmsley | 9 | 9 | Weak minded | dist. school. |
Elizabeth Wilkinson | 9 | 4 | Infirm | dist. school. |
Ann Whittle | 8 | 0 | Unsound mind | no. |
Winifred Walsh | 7 | 0 | Lame | no. |
James Walmsley | 6 | 10 | Insane | dist. school. |
Mary Whalley | 5 | 3 | Lame | no. |
Elizabeth Westcott | 5 | 1 | Insane | dist. school. |
Leah Witton | 5 | 1 | Ditto | no. |
George Hodgson | 14 | 6 | ditto | dist. school. |
Thomas Kemp | 5 | 4 | Old and infirm | dist. school. |
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