Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Ecclesall Bierlow Union, West Riding of Yorkshire, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alfred Bivens | 5 | 0 | Possesses very bad sight | dist. school. |
| Hannah Buckley | 5 | 0 | Lame of both legs | dist. school. |
| Ann Clark | 21 | 0 | Weak mind; idiotic | no. |
| John Cottingham | 9 | 0 | Old age; very infirm | dist. school. |
| Thomas Crookes | 5 | 0 | ditto | dist. school. |
| Ann Dungworth | 12 | 0 | Weak mind | no. |
| Henry Frost | 8 | 0 | ditto | dist. school. |
| Samuel Gooddy | 8 | 0 | Old age | dist. school. |
| Mary Green | 18 | 0 | Sickness | dist. school. |
| Erasmus Kent | 5 | 0 | Old age | dist. school. |
| Elizabeth Kent (wife) | 5 | 0 | ditto | dist. school. |
| John Leadbeater | 14 | 0 | Weak eyes; unable to work | dist. school. |
| Joseph Parker | 20 | 0 | Weak mind | dist. school. |
| Thomas Pemberton | 21 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Harriot Stacey | 17 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| John Wilkinson | 6 | 0 | Sickness; asthma | no. |
| Mary Walker | 14 | 0 | Deaf and dumb | deaf and dumb school. |
| Charlotte Sampson | 22 | 0 | Nearly blind; old age | no. |
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