Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Tamworth 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benjamin Brown | 8 | 0 | Age and infirmity | dist. school. |
| William Pickering | 6 | 0 | Infirmity | dist. school. |
| Thomas Barnes | 12 | 0 | Weak minded | workh. school. |
| Samuel Lysons | 11 | 0 | Paralysis | workh. school. |
| James Shelton | 19 | 0 | ditto | dist. school. |
| Samuel Sutton | 10 | 0 | Age and infirmity | dist. school. |
| Diana Dale | 45 | 0 | Weak minded | dist. school. |
| Sarah Sidwells | 18 | 0 | ditto | dist. school. |
| Caroline Smith | 7 | 0 | Cripple, and weak minded | |
| Hannah Gilbert | 8 | 0 | Weak minded | dist. school. |
| Ellen Wright | 8 | 0 | Cripple, and weak minded |
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