Long-term Workhouse Inmates in North Bierley Union, West Riding of Yorkshire, 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 Ambler | 10 | 0 | Insanity | no. |
| David Busfield | 14 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Daniel Smith | 22 | 0 | Right arm crippled and idiocy | no. |
| John Oldfield | 6 | 0 | Paralysis | no. |
| Rose Gaunt | 8 | 0 | Idiocy | no. |
| Henry North | 32 | 0 | Deficient vision | no. |
| John Sapton | 8 | 0 | Paralysis | no. |
| Zilpha Shaw | 5 | 0 | Insanity | no. |
| Amelia Banks | 13 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
| Joseph Crabtree | 12 | 0 | ditto | district school. |
| Thomas Holmes | 8 | 0 | Insanity | no. |
| Hannah Whitaker | 14 | 0 | Idiocy | no. |
| Maria Booth | 16 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Craven | 12 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| John Asquith | 6 | 0 | Accident in having both legs and both arms broken, and skull fractured. | district school. |
| Jonas Bartle | 20 | 0 | Deficient vision | district school. |
| Abraham Bartle | 25 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
| Joseph Rhodes | 10 | 0 | Epileptic fit | no. |
| Joseph Armitage | 11 | 0 | Idiocy | district school. |
| David Padget | 12 | 0 | Double rupture and crippled hand | district school. |
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