Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Walsall 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joseph Kimberley | 23 | 0 | A cripple in both hands and feet | no. |
| Mary Clayton | 15 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Sarah Jobber | uncertain | Insane | no. | |
| Thomas Blakemore | 8 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
| John Essex | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Charles Birch | uncertain | Deaf and dumb | no. | |
| Sarah Butler | 12 | 0 | Cripple | workh. school. |
| Edward Broughton | 5 | 6 | ditto | unknown. |
| George Teece | 8 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
| James Smith | 9 | 0 | Insane | no. |
| Robert Gee | 6 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
| Mary Johnson | 10 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Bullock | 20 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Isaac Rowe | 10 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Ann Mansfield | 9 | 0 | Cripple | workh. school. |
| Ann Charity Smith | 20 | 0 | Sickness | no. |
| Margaret Gregory | 14 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
| Rebecca Thornhill | 10 | 0 | Insane | no. |
| Caroline Read | 12 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Sarah Johnson | 9 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Sarah Taylor | 22 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
| Mary Stackhouse | 11 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| George Brookes | 11 | 0 | ditto | no. |
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