Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Glanford Brigg 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benjamin Moody | 12 | 0 | Idiocy | no. |
| William Toft | 6 | 0 | Epilepsy | no. |
| John Wright | 12 | 0 | Old age and infirmity | no. |
| David Cockerill | 5 | 0 | Partially blind | no. |
| George Andrew | 23 | 0 | Weak intellect | yes. |
| William Colton | 6 | 0 | Lameness | no. |
| Richard Fowler | 5 | 0 | Old age and lameness | no. |
| Ann Thompson | 8 | 0 | Epilepsy | no. |
| Charlotte Gilliatt | 15 | 0 | Unable to maintain herself | no. |
| Eliza Kirkby | 23 | 0 | Weak intellect | yes. |
| Susan Atkinson | 13 | 0 | Unable to maintain herself and illegitimate children | no. |
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