Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Newark 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mary Rose | 22 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
| Sarah Ives | 20 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Lydia Marshall | 12 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| William Horsepool | 10 | 0 | Old and infirm | no. |
| John Pilsworth | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Elizabeth Sharpe | 5 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
| Ann Beedham | 8 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| George Sturr | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Bell | 21 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| William Bell | 21 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Ann Payling | 14 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Ann Wright | 14 | 0 | ditto | workh. school. |
| Jane Newton | 7 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Millicent Winter | 16 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Catherine Collins | 20 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Richard Robinson | 7 | 0 | Ulcerated legs; lame | no. |
| Priscilla Else | 6 | 0 | Idiot | workh. school. |
| Sarah Drury | 15 | 0 | ditto | workh. school. |
| Mary Hunt | 10 | 0 | Old and infirm | no. |
| Elizabeth Harrod | 5 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
| William Ward | 5 | 0 | Old and infirm | no. |
| William Holmes | 9 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Harriett Bellamy | 5 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
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