Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Caistor 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ann Skelton | 14 | 0 | Age and infirmity; imbecile | no. |
| John Johnson | 20 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| William Robinson | 16 | 0 | Lame; imbecile | no. |
| Harriet Bust | 20 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
| Mildred Hardy | 20 | 0 | Age and infirmity; imbecile | no. |
| Elizabeth Rowson | 20 | 0 | Lame; imbecile | no. |
| Sarah Bainton | 17 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
| William Winter | 20 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Quickfall | 20 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| William Barton | 6 | 0 | Age and infirmity | no. |
| Mary Jane Coulbeck | 16 | 0 | Lame | no. |
| Elizabeth Nuttall | 7 | 0 | Lame and aged | no. |
| Mary Davy | 8 | 0 | Imbecile and aged | no. |
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