Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Stone 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prudence Grattage | 22 | 0 | Infirmity | |
| Sarah Rushton | 20 | 0 | Widow; no means of supporting herself | |
| Ephraim Suckley | 9 | 0 | Weak mind | |
| Susannah Bromley | 9 | 0 | Ulcerated leg | |
| Elizabeth Plant | 13 | 0 | Lameness | |
| Mary Hughes | 6 | 0 | Destitution | |
| Barbara Robinson | 7 | 0 | Old age | |
| Jane Watson | 6 | 0 | Idiotic | |
| Martha Oldbury | 22 | 0 | Weak mind | |
| Joseph Pickin | 16 | 6 | Infirmity | |
| Jane Birks | 7 | 0 | Fits | |
| James Underwood | 7 | 0 | Infirmity | |
| Jane Munroe | 8 | 0 | Deaf and dumb | |
| Elizabeth Caudland | 21 | 0 | Weak mind | |
| James Snow | 6 | 0 | Infirmity |
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