Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Grantham 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mary Askew | 6 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Benjamin Brown | 10 | 0 | Subject to fits | no. |
| Ann Burton | 23 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
| Zachariah Briggs | 12 | 0 | Deaf and Dumb | no. |
| Charles Critch | 10 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| James Crowson | 8 | 0 | Out of work; has become very infirm | no. |
| Ann Damson | 23 | 0 | Idiot | workh. school. |
| William Dobbs | 8 | 0 | Subject to fits | no. |
| Benjamin Henson | 14 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Howes | 6 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| William Perry | 8 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Samuel Perry | 9 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Susan Ponton | 23 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
| John Rawlinson | 10 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| John Rudd | 14 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Robert Simmond | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Elizabeth Varlow | 23 | 0 | Idiot | workh. school. |
| John Worthington | 9 | 0 | ditto | no. |
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