Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Skipton 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 Light | 10 | 2 | Imbecile | dist. school. |
| William Dainbrook | 5 | 5 | ditto | dist. school. |
| Thomas West | 6 | 4 | Lame | no. |
| William West | 6 | 7 | lmbecile | no. |
| James Brigg | 7 | 3 | Lame | dist. school. |
| James Allinson | 7 | 4 | Old age and infirmities | dist. school. |
| Thomas Pickles | 7 | 9 | ditto | dist. school. |
| Joseph Hannam | 9 | 2 | ditto | dist. school. |
| Robert Tatham | 10 | 9 | ditto | no. |
| Thomas Ingham | 22 | 0 | Imbecile | dist. school. |
| John Hanson | 19 | 0 | Afflicted with epileptic fits | dist. school. |
| John Hartley | 20 | 0 | Afflicted with scrofula | national school. |
| Nancy Moon | 6 | 6 | Old age | dist. school. |
| Dorothy Coates | 22 | 0 | Imbecile | dist. school. |
| Mary Calvert | 14 | 0 | Lame | dist. school. |
| Margaret Grey | 19 | 0 | Imbecile | dist. school. |
| Ruth Wilkinson | 8 | 6 | Deaf and dumb | dist. school. |
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