Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Manchester Union, Lancashire, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Armitt | 21 | 0 | Crippled, and unable to work | no. |
| Elizabeth Ainsworth | 11 | 0 | Paralysis, and general infirmity | no. |
| Jane Anderson | 9 | 0 | Fractured shoulder, and unable to work | no. |
| Margaret Boyle | 13 | 0 | Deaf and dumb | no. |
| Ann Bibby | 10 | 0 | Weak constitution, and general weakness | no. |
| Mary Bamford | 7 | 0 | Imbecility | no. |
| Mary Butterworth | 6 | 0 | General infirmity | no. |
| Jane Barnes | 12 | 0 | Imbecility | no. |
| Elizabeth Brookes | 7 | 0 | Old age and infirmity | no. |
| Mary Buckley | 7 | 0 | Impaired sight, and infirmity | no. |
| James Bugnall | 5 | 0 | Paralysis and blindness | no. |
| Elizabeth Boyle | 6 | 0 | Ruptured | no. |
| Hannah Blackledge | 5 | 0 | Paralysis and infirmity | no. |
| Thomas Burns | 6 | 0 | Asthmatical, and generally infirm | no. |
| Mary Baxter | 5 | 0 | Dislocation of hip-joint | no. |
| Robert Bullock | 6 | 0 | Old age and infirmity | no. |
| Edward Bates | 5 | 9 | Paralysis; wholly unable to work | no. |
| Alice Barnes | 12 | 0 | Paralysis | no. |
| James Beswick | 5 | 0 | Old age and infirmity | no. |
| Thomas Chaytor | 7 | 0 | Deaf and dumb | no. |
| Thomas Clegg | 6 | 0 | Rheumatism and piles | no. |
| Ann Chapman | 15 | 0 | Bedridden | no. |
| Ann Cardwell | 10 | 0 | Imbecility | no. |
| John Carr | 9 | 0 | Ruptured, and unable for heavy work | no. |
| Ann Chadwick | 7 | 0 | Imbecility | no. |
| Patrick Concoran | 6 | 0 | Paralysis; wholly unable to work | no. |
| Elizabeth Cooper | 6 | 0 | Imbecility | no. |
| John Casement | 6 | 0 | Old age and infirmity | no. |
| Nicholas Dillon | 19 | 0 | Blind, deaf, and dumb | no. |
| Martha Dobbs | 16 | 0 | Imbecility | no. |
| James Davenport | 15 | 0 | Impaired sight; married couple | no. |
| Margaret Davenport | 15 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Catherine Daltrey | 6 | 0 | General debility | no. |
| Honor Dowd | 6 | 0 | Old age, and general infirmity | no. |
| Thomas Dawson | 5 | 0 | Ruptured, and suffering from abscesses in the breast | no. |
| Bridget Donelly | 6 | 0 | Asthma; unable to work | no. |
| Sarah Edwards | 8 | 0 | Menorrhagia | no. |
| Ellen Fowler | 12 | 0 | Blind | no. |
| Bridget Flatherty | 10 | 0 | Bad legs | no. |
| John Fitzpatrick | 6 | 0 | Asth matical, and generally infirm | no. |
| Elizabeth Finch | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Ann Fletcher | 6 | 0 | Paralysis and bronchitis | yes. |
| Sarah Fielding | 6 | 0 | Old age and infirmity | no. |
| Bridget Farrall | 6 | 0 | Blind and infirm | no. |
| Margaret Goodwin | 25 | 0 | Old age and infirmity | no. |
| Mary Ann Gorton | 6 | 0 | Asthma, and general weakness | no. |
| James Grogan | 5 | 0 | Impaired sight, and old age | no. |
| Frances Grogan | 5 | 0 | Old age and infirmity | no. |
| Alice Ginty | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Catherine Grainger | 7 | 0 | Impaired sight, and general weakness | no. |
| Margaret Gould | 6 | 0 | Paralysis and infirmity | no. |
| Joseph Gildart | 6 | 0 | Old age and infirmity | no. |
| Thomas Gould | 5 | 0 | Impaired sight, and ruptured | no. |
| Joseph Hopkins | 7 | 0 | Paralysis; wholly a cripple | no. |
| William Hatton | 13 | 0 | Imbecility | no. |
| Mary Harvey | 16 | 0 | Paralysis; bedridden | no. |
| David Howe | 13 | 0 | Imbecility | no. |
| Joseph Hawley | 14 | 0 | General infirmity | no. |
| Thomas Hawkesworth | 6 | 0 | Paralysis; wholly unable to work | no. |
| Henry Hilton | 9 | 0 | A cripple, and generally infirm | no. |
| Joseph Hopwood | 9 | 0 | aralysis; wholly unable to work | no. |
| David Holroyd | 6 | 0 | Impaired sight | no. |
| Ruth Jones | 5 | 0 | Dropsy | no. |
| Francis Jackson | 5 | 0 | Paralysis; wholly unable to work | no. |
| Edward Keeley | 11 | 0 | Strumous disease | no. |
| Sarah Kelly | 7 | 0 | Weak constitution | no. |
| Mary Keegan | 5 | 0 | Infirmity and debility | no. |
| Harriet Kennedy | 7 | 0 | Impaired sight, and infirmity | no. |
| Peter Kelshaw | 6 | 0 | General debility | no. |
| Richard Lee | 34 | 0 | Weak mind, and a cripple | no. |
| Charlotte Langshaw | 15 | 0 | Impaired sight, and general debility | no. |
| Elizabeth Leah | 13 | 0 | Old age and infirmity | no. |
| Sarah Lees | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Catherine Lynch | 8 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Margaret Molineux | 11 | 0 | Palsy and infirmity | no. |
| Nanny Morgan | 6 | 0 | Imbecility | no. |
| Thomas McLoughlin | 12 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Peter McKever | 8 | 0 | Diseased bones | no. |
| John McCowen | 8 | 0 | Old age and infirmity | no. |
| Samuel Morton | 8 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Morris | 7 | 0 | Rheumatism | no. |
| James McElroy | 7 | 0 | Asthmatical, and generally infirm | no. |
| Alice McNamee | 7 | 0 | Old age and infirmity | no. |
| Mary McKenna | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| William Nevitt | 7 | 0 | Asthmatical, and generally infirm | no. |
| Ellen Nuttall | 7 | 0 | Loss of leg, and infirmity | no. |
| George Oates | 10 | 0 | Asthma and general weakness | no. |
| Robert Ogden | 9 | 0 | Old age and infirmity | no. |
| James Oliver | 8 | 0 | Ulcerated leg and infirmity | no. |
| Martha Priest | 5 | 0 | General infirmity | no. |
| Elizabeth Parrott | 8 | 0 | Imbecility | no. |
| Thomas Pearson | 7 | 0 | Impaired sight and rheumatism | no. |
| Thomas Platt | 7 | 0 | Ulcerated leg | no. |
| Sarah Renshaw | 9 | 0 | Old age and infirmity | no. |
| Henry Reynolds | 10 | 0 | Dislocation of hip joint | no. |
| Jane Roberts | 12 | 0 | Deaf and dumb | no. |
| Mary Renshaw | 10 | 0 | General debility | no. |
| Elizabeth Rogers | 7 | 0 | Blind and general weakness | no. |
| Thomas Rhodes | 5 | 0 | Imbecility | no. |
| Thomas Smith | 8 | 0 | Paralysis | no. |
| Margaret Shaw | 10 | 0 | Asthmatical, and unable to work | no. |
| Elizabeth Sutton | 14 | 0 | Rheumatism and general debility | no. |
| Ann Stone | 13 | 0 | Imbecility | no. |
| Hannah Slater | 11 | 0 | Imbecile and a cripple | no. |
| Patrick Shanley | 11 | 0 | Paralysis; wholly unable to work | no. |
| Edward Stringer | 9 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Jane Stott | 8 | 0 | Imbecility | no. |
| Margaret Steele | 8 | 0 | Rheumatism | no. |
| John Sutton | 8 | 0 | Paralysis | no. |
| Robert Smith | 8 | 0 | Lunacy | no. |
| Sarah Smith | 7 | 0 | Bronchitis | no. |
| Jacob Stott | 5 | 0 | Paralysis; wholly unable to work | no. |
| William Tarron | 13 | 0 | Paralysis | no. |
| Ralph Taylor | 5 | 0 | Imbecility | no. |
| Betty Thompson | 7 | 0 | Old age and infirmity | no. |
| Nancy Turner | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Ann Vaughan | 7 | 0 | General infirmity | no. |
| Elizabeth Webster | 5 | 0 | Blind | no. |
| Jane Wood | 7 | 0 | Paralysis and general weakness | no. |
| Sarah Whittingstall | 14 | 0 | Rheumatism and infirmity | no. |
| Ann Waterworth | 23 | 0 | Blind, and suffering from prolupsus | no. |
| John Wilson | 11 | 0 | Paralysis | no. |
| Matilda Walker | 12 | 0 | Imbecility | no. |
| Mary Williams | 7 | 0 | Rheumatism and infirmity | no. |
| William Wheeler | 6 | 0 | Epilepsy | no. |
| James Wharton | 6 | 0 | No work and no means | no. |
| John Walker | 6 | 0 | Asthmatical and infirm | no. |
| Cecilia Williams | 5 | 0 | Blind and imbecile | no. |
| John Doodson | 22 | 0 | Insanity | unknown. |
| John Barlow | 9 | 0 | ditto | unknown. |
| Richard Mellor | 7 | 0 | ditto | unknown. |
| John Sudlow | 7 | 0 | ditto | unknown. |
| William Henry Ogden | 6 | 0 | di itto | unknown. |
| Charles Bramhall | 6 | 0 | ditto | unknown. |
| Patrick Dowd | 6 | 0 | ditto | unknown. |
| James Hindle | 6 | 0 | ditto | unknown. |
| William Nelms | 5 | 0 | ditto | unknown. |
| John Higginbottom | 5 | 0 | ditto | unknown. |
| Martin Cornisky | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Ronald Mallow | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Patrick Sherridan | 5 | 0 | ditto | unknown. |
| Sarah Cook | 12 | 0 | ditto | unknown. |
| Elizabeth Hopwood | 12 | 0 | ditto | unknown. |
| Martha Hudson | 12 | 0 | ditto | unknown. |
| Maria Moffatt | 11 | 0 | ditto | unknown. |
| Ann McEwen | 5 | 0 | ditto | unknown. |
| Mary Ann Parr | 5 | 0 | ditto | unknown. |
| Ellen Renshaw | 10 | 0 | ditto | unknown. |
| Elizabeth Travis | 6 | 0 | ditto | unknown. |
| Ann J. Holleran | 6 | 0 | ditto | unknown. |
| Elizabeth Scholey | 5 | 0 | ditto | unknown. |
| Sarah Taylor | 5 | 0 | ditto | unknown. |
| Sarah A. Miller | 5 | 0 | ditto | unknown. |
| Hannah Jones | 10 | 0 | ditto | unknown. |
| Jane Yates | 10 | 0 | ditto | unknown. |
| Rebecca Coles | 6 | 0 | ditto | yes. |
| Martha Ramsbottom | 16 | 0 | ditto | unknown. |
| Jane Kirwan | 14 | 0 | Scrofula | yes. |
| Elizabeth Hall | 6 | 0 | Insanity | unknown. |
| Ann Walker | 10 | 0 | ditto | unknown. |
| Elizabeth Williams | 7 | 0 | ditto | unknown. |
| Thomas Holgate | 5 | 0 | ditto | unknown. |
| Charles Paxton | 13 | 0 | An orphan, and has not yet had a situation | yes. |
| Samuel Taylor | 11 | 0 | Insanity | yes. |
| William McWalters | 9 | 0 | Deserted by father, and has not yet had a situation | yes. |
| Jane Clarke | 14 | 0 | Insanity | unknown. |
| Elizabeth Croft | 23 | 0 | ditto | unknown. |
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