Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Market Bosworth Union, Leicestershire, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mary Hopkins | 12 | 0 | A widow who unfortunately had a bastard child | no. |
| Elizabeth Harris | 6 | 0 | A widow, left with a large family, and being of rather weak mind, was incapable of taking care of her family | no. |
| Joseph Plant | 5 | 0 | Lunatic, harmless; has been in asylum | no. |
| John Carter | 21 | 0 | A harmless idiot | no. |
| Ann Haywood | 13 | 0 | Imbecile, and of weak mind | no. |
| Harriett Jowett | 7 | 0 | A cripple | no. |
| William Mee | 6 | 0 | A lunatic, harmless; has been in asylum | no. |
| Mary Jones | 9 | 0 | Imbecile, of weak mind | no. |
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