Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Pateley Bridge 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mary Ann Daniel | 9 | 5 | Destitute and infirm | no. |
| Sarah Hall | 8 | 5 | Destitute | no. |
| Ann Maxfield | 6 | 1 | Destitute and improvident | no. |
| Margaret West | 5 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
| John Robinson | 11 | 9 | ditto | no. |
| Henry Stubbs | 10 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Ralph Harper | 9 | 0 | Insane | no. |
| David Reynard | 6 | 5 | Subject to fits; destitute | no. |
| John Stevenson | 4 | 10 | Infirmity | no. |
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