Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Rotherham 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ann White | 21 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
| Jane Finney | 12 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Ann Waddy | 20 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Rye | 15 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Maria Hague | 5 | 0 | Paralysis | no. |
| Ann Hinchcliffe | 8 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Mary Ann Creswick | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Joseph Chatman | 8 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| James Otley | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Thomas Jarvis | 18 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
| Henry Jarvis | 18 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| John Swallow | 9 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Thomas Tomkins | 9 | 0 | Idiot and paralysis | no. |
| Joseph Barton | 8 | 0 | Old age | no. |
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