Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Stafford Union, Staffordshire, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Mills | 23 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
| Mary Aston | 20 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Thomas Parker | 10 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Daniel Alsop | 8 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Robert Elsmore | 23 | 0 | Blind | no. |
| William Fradley | 14 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| William Wright | 22 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Elizabeth Hand | 23 | 0 | Insane | no. |
| Henry Holford | 5 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Jane Worthington | 13 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
| Mary Bentley | 20 | 0 | Insane | no. |
| Henry Crutchley | 8 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
| Ann Devall | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Alfred Gilbert | 11 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| John Hughes | 14 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Robert Heywood | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| William Moore | 18 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Isabella Myall | 5 | 0 | Insane | no. |
| Joseph Snape | 12 | 0 | Blind | no. |
| Sarah Shallcross | 18 | 0 | Insane | no. |
| George Shaw | 17 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
| Ann Lymer | 10 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| John Boyle | 7 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Joseph Bull | 6 | 0 | Lost a leg and an arm | no. |
| Jane Fairbanks | 10 | 0 | Insane | no. |
| Thomas James | 7 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
| James Rourk | 5 | 0 | Old and infirm | no. |
| Ann Williams | 16 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Harriet Smith | 17 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
| Ann Biddulph | 15 | 0 | Old and infirm | no. |
| Catherine Hall | 7 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
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