Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Kingston-upon-Hull Union, East 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joseph Stickney | 43 | 0 | Weak minded | no. |
| David Snow | 25 | 0 | Aged | no. |
| Elizabeth Bramwell | 20 | 0 | Aged and infirm | no. |
| Hannah Betts | 18 | 0 | Aged; widow | no. |
| Dinah Johnson | 15 | 0 | Partial paralysis | no. |
| Betty Moatson | 13 | 0 | Aged and destitute | no. |
| Elizabeth Butt | 13 | 0 | Weak minded | workh. school. |
| Ann Murphy | 13 | 0 | ditto | workh. school. |
| George Linley | 13 | 0 | Blind | no. |
| Marmaduke Brewster | 13 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| James Quigley | 11 | 0 | Aged and very infirm | no. |
| Mary Ann Tanfield | 11 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
| Sarah Moor | 10 | 0 | Deaf and dumb | no. |
| Sarah Jackson | 10 | 0 | Weak minded | no. |
| Mary Girdham | 10 | 0 | Illegitimate children | no. |
| John Hodgson | 9 | 0 | Partial paralysis | no. |
| Martha Meek | 9 | 0 | Aged and very infirm | no. |
| Dorothy Louth | 6 | 0 | Aged and infirm | no. |
| Mary Fieldhonse | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Thomas Barker | 9 | 0 | Aged, and unable to maintain himself | no. |
| John Munroe | 8 | 0 | Unable to maintain himself | no. |
| Richard Carroll | 7 | 0 | Contracted arm | no. |
| Samuel Levitt | 7 | 0 | Aged and infirm | no. |
| Henry Lazenby | 7 | 0 | Aged and very infirm | no. |
| Ellen Hick | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Jobn Bramhall | 7 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
| John Windle | 6 | 0 | Partial paralysis | no. |
| Ann Windle | 6 | 0 | Aged | no. |
| Elizabeth Shaw | 6 | 0 | Aged and infirm | no. |
| James Jackson | 6 | 0 | Lameness; constitutionally weak | no. |
| Mary Gleadow | 6 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
| Betty Keddy | 6 | 0 | Weak minded | no. |
| William Jowitt | 6 | 0 | Lame | no. |
| Dorothy Jowitt | 6 | 0 | Aged | no. |
| Louisa Driver | 6 | 0 | Weak minded | no. |
| Emma Fowler | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Thornasin Linwood | 5 | 0 | Aged and infirm | no. |
| Elizabeth Hesslewood | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Maria Story | 5 | 0 | Aged and very, infirm | no. |
| Thomas Fowler | 5 | 0 | Insane | no. |
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