Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Warrington 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Travis | 8 | 0 | Subject to fits | no. |
| William Holt | 8 | 0 | Unsound mind | no. |
| John Taylor | 5 | 0 | Paralysis | no. |
| William Eaton | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Peter Lomax | 7 | 0 | Lunatic | no. |
| Joseph Appleton | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Nancy Brandwood | 5 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Richard Hampson | 13 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
| Jane Ellam | 9 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| William Hayes | 8 | 0 | Weak intellect | no. |
| John Wrigley | 5 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| George Warburton | 8 | 0 | Weak intellect | no. |
| John Welsby | 8 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Ann Welsby | 8 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Harrison | 6 | 0 | Weak intellect | no. |
| Thomas Lawton | 5 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Richard Baker | 10 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
| Thomas Baker | 10 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| John Massey | 5 | 0 | Cripple | no. |
| William Harrison | 5 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| William Boydell | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Mary Ann Howson | 5 | 0 | Idiot | no. |
| John Sudlow | 5 | 0 | Widow | no. |
| Sarah Thornley | 5 | 0 | Old age | no. |
| Elizabeth Cross | 5 | 0 | Husband in penal servitude | no. |
| Mary Lythgoe | 5 | 0 | Husband a soldier | no. |
| Mary Riley | 5 | 0 | Having an illegitimate child | no. |
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