Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Huddersfield Union, West Riding of Yorkshire, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jonas Bower | 6 | 6 | Infirm | no. |
| Henry Hinchliffe | 5 | 6 | Insane | no. |
| Jonas Hinchliffe | 7 | 0 | Blind | no. |
| Mary Garside | 5 | 6 | Infirm | no. |
| James Armitage | 7 | 0 | Blind | no. |
| Grace Crossley | 18 | 6 | Insane | no. |
| Daniel Rogerson | 7 | 6 | ditto | no. |
| Phillis Sykes | 5 | 6 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Thorp | 19 | 0 | Dumb | no. |
| Ann Crowther | 7 | 0 | Insane | no. |
| Alfred Ramsden | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| John Hellawell | 15 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Susan England | 17 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Ann Fox | 10 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| John Spivey | 6 | 6 | Infirm | no. |
| Crist Ibberson | 6 | 6 | Fits | no. |
| Elizabeth Poppleton | 16 | 0 | Dumb | no. |
| George Smith | 9 | 0 | Insane | no. |
| Henry Littlewood | 9 | 6 | ditto | no. |
| John Holmes | 8 | 6 | Defective intellect | no. |
| Martha Moorhouse | 20 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Swift | 6 | 6 | Insane | no. |
| John Moorhouse | 9 | 0 | Subject to fits | no. |
| Amos Boothroyd | 8 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
| William Garside | 10 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Elizabeth Coldwell | 6 | 0 | Insane | no. |
| John Battye | 7 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
| Hannah Hinchliffe | 11 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| George Heaton | 6 | 6 | Defective intellect | no. |
| Alfred Penn | 7 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
| Jane Haigh | 6 | 6 | ditto | no. |
| William Lambert | 10 | 0 | Blind | no. |
| Mary Hirst | 5 | 6 | Insane | no. |
| Ruth Jepson | 6 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
| Mary Haigh | 8 | 6 | ditto | no. |
| Sarah Moorhouse | 20 | 0 | Dumb | no. |
| John Ratcliff | 20 | 0 | Ditto | no. |
| Walter Liversidge | 12 | 0 | Fits | no. |
| Mury Webster | 22 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
| Hannah Haigh | 22 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
| Sarah Littlewood | 11 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| William Bell | 6 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
| Charles Hirst | 16 | 0 | Decrepitude | no. |
| Hannah Swinden | 16 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
| Joseph Mettrick | 8 | 0 | Lame | no. |
| Harriet Hinchliffe | 7 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
| Mary Eastwood | 5 | 0 | Oldage | no. |
| Joshua Garside | 19 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Mary France | 14 | 0 | Cripple | no. |
| Betty Hoyle | 25 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
| John Haigh | 22 | 0 | Weak eyesight | no. |
| Thomas Gledhill | 8 | 0 | Weak intellect | no. |
| Joseph Whitnam | 6 | 0 | Weak eyesight | no. |
| John Hirst | 6 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
| Benjamin Bates | 18 | 0 | Weak intellect | no. |
| Emma Beevers | 11 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
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