Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Haslingden 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Croasdale Clegg | 12 | 0 | Imbecility | no. |
| Robert Bury | 7 | 0 | ditto | dist. school. |
| James Brennand | 5 | 0 | Lunatic | dist. school. |
| John Crousdale | 7 | 0 | Cripple | dist. school. |
| William Cunliffe | 22 | 0 | ditto | dist. school. |
| Elizabeth Haworth | 11 | 0 | Infirmity | dist. school. |
| George Nuttall | 7 | 0 | ditto | dist. school. |
| James Barnes | 5 | 0 | ditto | dist. school. |
| Thomas Catlow | 5 | 0 | ditto | dist. school. |
| Richard Heyworth | 9 | 0 | ditto | dist. school. |
| John Harrison | 9 | 0 | Imbecility | no. |
| Richard Holt | 7 | 0 | Infirmity | dist. school. |
| Richard Pickup | 5 | 0 | Fits | dist. school. |
| James Bullcock | 8 | 0 | Infirmity | dist. school. |
| James Duckworth | 12 | 0 | Imbecility | dist. school. |
| John Jackson | 5 | 0 | Infirmity | dist. school. |
| Mary Lancaster | 13 | 0 | Imbecility | no. |
| Delilah Clegg | 9 | 0 | ditto | dist. school. |
| Betty Whitehead | 22 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Hannah Ashworth | 6 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Alice Heywood | 5 | 0 | ditto | dist. school. |
| Sophia Rushton | 5 | 0 | ditto | dist. school. |
| Mary Whitaker | 9 | 0 | Idiot | dist. school. |
| Meriam Jackson | 6 | 0 | Lunatic | dist. school. |
| Susan Heap | 10 | 0 | Imbecility | no. |
| Sarah Dugdale | 9 | 0 | Cripple | dist. school. |
| Mary Hoyle | 9 | 0 | Fits | dist. school. |
| Margaret Barnes | 9 | 0 | Imbecility | no. |
| John Maden | 17 | 0 | Infirmity | dist. school. |
| John Ashworth | 18 | 0 | ditto | dist. school. |
| Hannah Raby | 23 | 0 | Imbecility | no. |
| Sarah Pickup | 8 | 0 | Infirmity | dist. school. |
| Betty Kershaw | 6 | 0 | ditto | dist. school. |
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