Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Saddleworth 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 Buckley | 31 | 0 | Blind | no. |
| John Bradbury | 5 | 0 | Lunatic | no. |
| Sarah Byram | 21 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Samuel Gartside | 20 | 0 | Idiotic | no. |
| James Slater | 17 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| John Bromley | 21 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| John Marshall | 13 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Jane Tweedale | 7 | 0 | Infirmity | dist. school. |
| Sarah Hulley | 13 | 0 | Imbecility | no. |
| John Whiteman | 5 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Ann Kelley | 9 | 0 | Idiotic | no. |
| John Buckley | 8 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Mary Cheetham | 11 | 0 | Idiotic | no. |
| Hannah Lees | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Henry Buckley | 5 | 0 | Incapable of maintaining himself | no. |
| John Whitehead | 9 | 0 | Lame and infirm | no. |
| James Gorton Holt | 6 | 0 | Infirm | board school. |
| Sarah G. Holt, his Wife | 6 | 0 | ditto | dist. school. |
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