Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Teesdale Union, County Durham, 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 Allison | 10 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
| Thomas Barron | 9 | 0 | Lunatic | no. |
| Mary Brunskill | 7 | 0 | Having two illegitimate children. | no. |
| George Clayton | 8 | 0 | Idiotic | no. |
| James Dunn | 9 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| George Emmerson | 34 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Phcebe Greenwell | 10 | 0 | Partial lunatic | no. |
| Elizabeth Mackenzie | 6 | 0 | Lunatic | no. |
| Margaret Morton | 9 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Jane Makepeace | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Millens | 7 | 0 | Idiotic | no. |
| Hannah Shields | 7 | 0 | Lunatic | no. |
| Newland Temple | 8 | 0 | Idiotic | no. |
| Elizabeth Thirkell | 6 | 0 | Having two illegitimate children. | no. |
| Mary Watson | 5 | 0 | Infirm (being deformed) | no. |
| Mary Ann Wright | 5 | 0 | Having two illegitimate children. | no. |
| Rachel Walton | 6 | 0 | Idiotic | no. |
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