Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Mansfield Union, Nottinghamshire, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Billings | 5 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Charles Berridge | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| William Kenny | 18 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Nathan Pickles | 44 | 0 | Lunatic | no. |
| John Whitworth | 36 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
| William Davenport | 6 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| George Hodgkinson | 6 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
| William Davis | 6 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Thomas Massey | 7 | 0 | Idiot; deaf and dumb | no. |
| John Turner | 5 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
| Ann Day | 16 | 0 | Infirmity | yes. |
| Ann Henson | 21 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| And Cudworth | 5 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
| Mary Spencer | 11 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Cynthia Marshall | 8 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
| Sarah Hodgkinson | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Maria Marples | 13 | 0 | Lunatic | no. |
| Elizabeth Mellors | 12 | 0 | Blindness | no. |
| Sally Clark | 12 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Ann Ellis | 24 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
| Ann Bennett | 10 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
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