Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Ruthin Union, Denbighshire, 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|
Lydia Jones | 6 | 0 | Insane | no. |
Mary Edwards | 8 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Sarah Jones | 9 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Mary Price | 9 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Edwin Foulkes | 12 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Owen Owens | 12 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Hugh Hughes | 15 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Margaret Parry | 15 | 0 | ditto | no. |
David Hughes | 15 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Maria Jones | 15 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Robert Lloyd | 6 | 0 | Rheumatism | no. |
Blanch Jones | 7 | 0 | Two illegitimate children | no. |
John Jones | 8 | 0 | Paralysis, and loss of one arm | no. |
Margaret Jones | 9 | 0 | Insane | no. |
Evan Roberts | 10 | 0 | Old age | no. |
John Hughes | 11 | 0 | Loss of both eyes | no. |
John Roberts | 12 | 0 | Paralysis | no. |
Evan Roberts | 12 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Enoch Hughes | 13 | 0 | Cripple | no. |
Elizabeth Davies | 13 | 0 | Old age and debility | no. |
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