Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Nottingham 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sarah Alvey | 12 | 0 | Infirmity | dist. school. |
| Richard Aldridge | 11 | 0 | ditto | dist. school. |
| Walter Allsop | 6 | 0 | Idiotic | dist. school. |
| Ann Atherley | 5 | 6 | Infirmity | dist. school. |
| William Allen | 5 | 3 | Idiotic | dist. school. |
| Maude Bates | 19 | 0 | Insane | dist. school. |
| Catherine Bishop | 10 | 0 | ditto | dist. school. |
| Thomas Brown | 9 | 0 | Insane | dist. school. |
| Rebecca Bell | 7 | 0 | Deserted by husband | dist. school. |
| William Bradley | 7 | 0 | Infirmity | dist. school. |
| Letitia Bunting | 6 | 0 | Paralysis | dist. school. |
| Ann Barber | 5 | 6 | Idiotic | dist. school. |
| Ann Birch | 5 | 6 | Paralysis | dist. school. |
| Mahetabel Blood | 5 | 3 | Insane | dist. school. |
| Mary Briggs | 5 | 0 | ditto | dist. school. |
| Elizabeth Collier | 10 | 0 | ditto | dist. school. |
| Thomas Clayton | 5 | 6 | ditto | dist. school. |
| Jane Drake | 19 | 0 | Idiotic | dist. school. |
| Charles Dykes | 9 | 0 | Partial imbecility | dist. school. |
| Mary Duffin | 5 | 0 | Deserted by husband | dist. school. |
| Henry Eddy | 5 | 0 | Stricture | dist. school. |
| Peter Forgie | 9 | 0 | Paralysis | dist. school. |
| Harriet Glover | 10 | 0 | Insane | dist. school. |
| James Green | 10 | 0 | Imbecile | dist. school. |
| Elizabeth Glover | 8 | 0 | Insane | dist. school. |
| Joseph Greensmith | 6 | 0 | Infirm and blind | dist. school. |
| William Goodlud | 6 | 0 | Infirmity | dist. school. |
| Robert Gaskin | 6 | 0 | ditto | dist. school. |
| Jane Hill | 10 | 0 | Deformity | workh. school. |
| Lionel Haythorn | 10 | 0 | Idiotic | dist. school. |
| Eliza Hillery | 9 | 0 | Insane; recovered, very infirm | dist. school. |
| Charlotte Hayles | 8 | 0 | Partial imbecility | workh. school. |
| Joseph Hackett | 6 | 0 | Stricture | dist. school. |
| Henry Hurd | 5 | 0 | General debility | dist. school. |
| Eliza Jackson | 5 | 0 | Debility | dist. school. |
| Elizabeth Kinning | 12 | 0 | Idiotic | dist. school. |
| Reuben Kilner | 7 | 0 | Infirmity | dist. school. |
| Mary Lacey | 10 | 0 | Insane | dist. school. |
| Jane Mills | 10 | 0 | Idiotic | dist. school. |
| John New | 6 | 0 | Infirmity | dist. school. |
| Henry Newton | 5 | 0 | Fistula | dist. school. |
| Dorothy Needham | 5 | 0 | insane | dist. school. |
| Robert Oldacre | 10 | 0 | Infirmity | dist. school. |
| Mary Ann Pacey | 10 | 6 | Blind | dist. school. |
| John Roberts | 11 | 0 | Infirmity | dist. school. |
| Thomas Rowlston | 9 | 6 | Infirmity | dist. school. |
| Catherine Robinson | 9 | 6 | ditto | dist. school. |
| Peter Rice | 8 | 3 | ditto | dist. school. |
| Ann Shaw | 10 | 0 | ditto | dist. school. |
| Ann Shaw | 9 | 3 | Insane | dist. school. |
| George Stones | 7 | 3 | idiotic | dist. school. |
| George Slater | 6 | 0 | Infirmity | dist. school. |
| Samuel Slater | 6 | 0 | Insane | dist. school. |
| George Turton | 5 | 0 | ditto | dist. school. |
| Samuel Wheelhouse | 18 | 0 | Idiotic | dist. school. |
| Isaac Ward | 10 | 0 | ditto | dist. school. |
| Alfred Walker | 9 | 6 | Idiotic | dist. school. |
| William Walker | 8 | 0 | Infirmity | dist. school. |
| Thomas Wright | 6 | 9 | Infirmity and bronchitis | dist. school. |
| Mary Waldrum | 6 | 0 | Idiotic | dist. school. |
| Maria Webster | 5 | 6 | Insane | dist. school. |
| Martha Watson | 5 | 0 | ditto | dist. school. |
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