Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Holywell Union, Flintshire, 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 Griffiths | 6 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
| Robert Mellor | 5 | 6 | ditto | no. |
| Sarah Leighton | 12 | 0 | Blind | no. |
| William Mellor | 15 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
| John Price | 11 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| William Jones | 9 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Catherine Isaac | 7 | 0 | Having two bastards | no. |
| Jane Price | 6 | 0 | Blind | no. |
| Francis Evans | 7 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
| Thomas Parry | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| William Blythyn | 15 | 0 | Idiot and paralysed | no. |
| Elizabeth Roberts | 6 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
| Samuel Griffiths | 7 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Elizabeth Parry | 11 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
| Margaret Williams | 12 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Moses Foulkes | 10 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Thomas Evans | 14 | 0 | Cripple | no. |
| William Edwards | 8 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Edward Roberts | 7 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
| David Davies | 7 | 0 | Cripple | no. |
| Edward James | 6 | 0 | Infirmities of age | no. |
| John Jones | 9 | 0 | Deaf and dumb | no. |
| Ann Jones | 7 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
| John Goodwin | 7 | 0 | Paralysed | no. |
| Henry Williams | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Maria Jones | 7 | 0 | Infirmities of age | no. |
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