Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Chorlton 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catherine Brundrett | 20 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Edward McCluskey | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Elizabeth Mason | 12 | 0 | Insanity | not known. |
| Elizabeth Griffiths | 12 | 0 | ditto | not known. |
| Mary Clarke | 13 | 0 | ditto | not known. |
| Margaret Bradshaw | 12 | 0 | ditto | not known. |
| Theodosia Rose | 16 | 0 | ditto | not known. |
| Margaret Heywood | 16 | 0 | ditto | not known. |
| Ann Harrison | 10 | 0 | Imbecility | no. |
| Margaret Thompson | 7 | 0 | Old age and infirmity | no. |
| Thomas Starkil | 8 | 6 | Insanity | no. |
| James Lea | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| William Robinson | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Jonathan Gorman | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| James Birkett | 5 | 0 | Loss of sight | no. |
| Susannah Chorlton | 9 | 0 | Insanity | not known. |
| Catherine Porter | 5 | 0 | ditto | not known. |
| Hannah Stopford | 5 | 0 | ditto | not known. |
| Elizabeth Hanson | 12 | 0 | ditto | not known. |
| Harriet Appleton | 6 | 0 | ditto | not known. |
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