Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Whitehaven Union, Cumberland, 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 Dickinson | 22 | 0 | Idiotcy | workh. school. |
| Mary King | 12 | 0 | Old age | workh. school. |
| William Magee | 10 | 0 | ditto | workh. school. |
| Samuel Rogers | 23 | 0 | Idiotcy | workh. school. |
| Robert White | 17 | 0 | ditto | workh. school. |
| Esther Grendall | 13 | 0 | Old age | workh. school. |
| Ann Harrison | 9 | 6 | Fatuity | workh. school. |
| Agnes Perry | 17 | 0 | Lunacy | workh. school. |
| Elizabeth Carr | 11 | 0 | Blindness | workh. school. |
| Mary Carberry | 18 | 0 | Idiotcy | workh. school. |
| Mary Tyson | 22 | 0 | Old age | workh. school. |
| Ann Morris | 25 | 0 | ditto | workh. school. |
| Margaret Walker | 16 | 0 | Imbecility | workh. school. |
| Elizabeth Kendall | 19 | 0 | Idiotcy | workh. school. |
| Mary Reese | 20 | 0 | Imbecility | workh. school. |
| Agnes Reese | 15 | 0 | Idiotcy | workh. school. |
| John Brannan | 21 | 0 | Epileptic insanity | workh. school. |
| John Campbell | 21 | 0 | Melancholy insanity | workh. school. |
| James Black | 16 | 0 | Lunacy | workh. school. |
| Mary Cummings | 17 | 0 | Lameness | workh. school. |
| Elizabeth Fitzsimons | 21 | 0 | Imbecility | workh. school. |
| Jane Davis | 20 | 0 | Idiotcy | workh. school. |
| Elizabeth Peat | 9 | 0 | Old age | workh. school. |
| Mary Osendorf | 12 | 0 | ditto | workh. school. |
| Betty Fisher | 14 | 0 | ditto | workh. school. |
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