Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Kington Union, Herefordshire, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth Jones | 14 | 0 | Lost one arm | no. |
| Jane Griffiths | 13 | 0 | A cripple | no. |
| Elizabeth Gwyllym | 14 | 0 | Blind | no. |
| Sarah Jones | 12 | 0 | Subject to fits | workhouse. |
| William Morris | 10 | 0 | Paralysed | no. |
| Sarah Jones | 12 | 0 | Idiotic | no. |
| James Burgoyne | 6 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Ann Fuller | 13 | 0 | Blind | no. |
| Philip Thomas | 14 | 0 | A cripple | no. |
| John Higgins | 18 | 0 | Blind | no. |
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