Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Sheffield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Barker | 8 | 0 | Paralysed and infirm | no. |
| Ellen Baines | 5 | 0 | Lunatic | no. |
| George Bradshaw | 14 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
| Henry Bradshaw | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Thomas Cheetham | 17 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| George Creswell | 20 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Joseph Caterer | 7 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
| Hannah Conlin | 8 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
| William Drabble | 9 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Leah Draper | 12 | 0 | Blind and infirm | no. |
| Ralph Dodsworth | 12 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
| Jane Eaton | 9 | 0 | Blind | no. |
| Thomas Grayson | 5 | 0 | Sickness | no. |
| William Hoyland | 5 | 0 | Imbecile and infirm | no. |
| James Holdsworth | 12 | 0 | Imbecile and blind | no. |
| George Hall | 20 | 0 | Epileptic | no. |
| Jane Lockhart | 9 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
| Mary Ann Locker | 12 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| James Nicholls | 9 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| George Osbourne | 6 | 0 | Deaf and dumb | no. |
| Henry Oldham | 10 | 0 | Paralysed | no. |
| Mary A. Plumpton | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Joseph Parkin | 12 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
| Charlotte Redfern | 6 | 0 | Infirm, and a widow | no. |
| Mary Ann Smith | 18 | 0 | Lunatic | no. |
| Aaron Sampson | 20 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
| Mary Settles | 20 | 0 | Lunatic | no. |
| Harriet Turton | 6 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
| Mary Ann Taylor | 7 | 0 | Lunatic | no. |
| Ann Wigfall | 16 | 0 | Imbecile and paralysed | no. |
| Joannah Willson | 12 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
| Ann Woolhouse | 10 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Sarah Winks | 5 | 0 | Lunatic | no. |
| Thomas Wild | 10 | 0 | Constitutionally infirm | no. |
| Absolom Bayldon | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| John Bywater | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Frank Barber | 8 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| John Barker | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| John Winder | 5 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
| Peter Callighan | 8 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
| Patrick Coleman | 5 | 0 | Lnbecile | no. |
| William Calverley | 5 | 0 | Imbecile and infirm | no. |
| Thomas Farrington | 5 | 0 | Paralysed and dumb | no. |
| Margaret Flint | 5 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
| Mary Ford | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Thomas Hobson | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Henry Jones | 5 | 0 | Imbecile | no. |
| William Kay | 6 | 0 | Paralysed | no. |
| Mary Leonard | 5 | 0 | Sickness | no. |
| Sophia Laycock | 8 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
| Harriet Strafford | 5 | 0 | Infirm, and paralysed | no. |
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