Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Ulverston Union, Lancashire, 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 Martin | 8 | 2 | Idiocy | no. |
| Martha Domine | 22 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Henry Harrison | 8 | 10 | Infirmity | no. |
| Sarah Clemence | 7 | 2 | ditto | no. |
| Elizabeth Park | 22 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Sarah Newby | 5 | 11 | Idiocy | no. |
| John Youngman Mudd | 8 | 8 | Lunacy | no. |
| Jane Fell | 8 | 3 | Deaf and dumb | no. |
| Isaac Molly | 20 | 3 | Idiocy | no. |
| William Creighton | 10 | 5 | Age | no. |
| Thomas Beck | 22 | 0 | Idiocy | no. |
| Francis Kendall | 7 | 2 | ditto | no. |
| Susannah Chamley | 7 | 8 | Infirmity | no. |
| Samuel George Paisley | 7 | 8 | Imbecility | no. |
| Mary Kellett | 5 | 2 | Bastard children | no. |
| James Donald | 8 | 4 | Infirmity | no. |
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