Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Helston Union, Cornwall, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ann Williams | 5 | 0 | Has a bastard child | no. |
| Kiturah Gillard | 19 | 0 | Debility | no. |
| Ann Thomas | 15 | 0 | Old age, and weak in body and mind | no. |
| Amelia Roberts | 10 | 0 | Debility | no. |
| Cordelia Banfield | 16 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| James Allen | 16 | 0 | Weak mind | no. |
| Mary Chynoweth | 12 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Sarah Ann Curnow | 5 | 0 | Debility | no. |
| Sarah Plomer | 11 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Catherine Symons | 8 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Jane Perry | 13 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Sarah Green | 8 | 0 | Rheumatic | no. |
| Mary Millett | 12 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
| William Penterick | 11 | 0 | Dumb | no. |
| Maria Trythal | 7 | 0 | Weak mind | no. |
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